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Art museum acquisitions face scrutiny over past ownership

Art museum acquisitions face scrutiny over past ownership

Yale University has agreed to return several Machu Picchu artifacts housed in its Peabody Museum of Natural History to their original home in Peru, nearly two years after the Peruvian government sued for their return in December 2008.Though Yale’s agreement is the most recent high-profile repatriation from an Ivy League school, Princeton has also previously been the subject of concerns over the ownership of pieces of art, with a major case involving Italian art still ongoing.

NEWS | 11/29/2010

CJL cautions students on referendum

In the latest installment of the great Sabra hummus debate, the Center for the Jewish Life has stepped into the fray over the referendum, up for a vote on this week’s USG ballot.

NEWS | 11/29/2010

Day in the life: A rough playing field

If Tommy Wornham ’12 woke up on Tuesdays this fall at 6:45 a.m., he would already be late.By the time his football meetings wrapped up at 8 a.m., he was already well into his day as a starting quarterback, before his obligations as a student had begun.After a day of classes, 4:30 p.m. brought a three-hour practice. Wornham ended his day with homework in the evening, before heading to bed to recharge for the next day. Then he did it all again.

NEWS | 11/29/2010

UVA to reinstate early admissions program; Harvard to reevaluate application calendar

After eliminating early admission in 2006, both Harvard and the University of Virginia recently made announcements signaling potential changes to those policies.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

E-mails show turmoil at local police

The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office believes Emann, Lt. Michael Henderson and Cpl. Arthur Villaruz illegally sold Township property, though it is unclear what exactly the county believes the officers sold. All three were removed from their positions on Oct. 1, and police operations have been overseen by the prosecutor’s office.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

Hollimon ’12 attempted to withdraw from vice-presidential race

USG vice presidential candidate Austin Hollimon ’12 attempted to withdraw his candidacy ahead of this week’s runoff election, according to an e-mail recently obtained by The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

After week’s delay, voting on Sabra hummus referendum opens

Beginning today, students will be able to register support, opposition or complete apathy toward the Sabra hummus referendum, which has been hotly debated on campus over the past two weeks.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

Shapiro GS ’64 may join Lions Gate board

Continuing a months-long attempt to buy out the company, billionaire investor Carl Icahn ’57 announced five nominees for the board of directors of Lions Gate Entertainment on Friday. Former University president Harold Shapiro GS ’64, now an economics and Wilson School professor, was among the nominees.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

Yaroshefsky ’12 overwhelmingly reelected as USG president

Undergraduates overwhelmingly re-elected USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 to a second term last week. He got 1,693 votes, more than three times the 492 received by challenger Polly Korbel ’13.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

Altschuler ’93 falls behind in Congressional race

The Congressional campaign of Republican Randy Altschuler ’93 took a major hit Tuesday. With the counting of absentee ballots coming to a close, two-term incumbent and Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop held a 235-vote lead.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

Sam Page ’98 on Hollywood

On screen, Hollywood actor Sam Page ’98 spends his time portraying the very image of a suited, successful Princetonian — doctors, businessmen and professors — on all kinds of primetime television shows. “I’ve been re-editing my demo reel, and I wear a suit in every scene,” he said. “When I was at Princeton, I never owned a suit.”

NEWS | 11/23/2010

Speaking out on coming out

"It gets better.” The simple three-word phrase forms the inspiration for an eponymous nationwide online video movement to offer hope to struggling and scared lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

State Assembly votes to restore family planning funding

The New Jersey State Assembly approved a bill to restore $5 million in funding for family-planning clinics on Monday. The bill passed by a vote of 44-25 with 10 abstentions.The measure came after Republican Gov. Chris Christie eliminated the $7.5 million budget to support the clinics, which provided care to more than 100,000 patients across the state in 2009. Roughly 25 percent of the clinics’ budgets come from state funds, and many have been forced to reduce hours or shut down.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

Nationwide, 36 institutions set capital campaign goals above $1 billion

The University is one of 36 institutions nationwide currently conducting capital campaigns with fundraising goals of $1 billion or more.Princeton was among the 24 colleges and universities that responded to a recent survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education about progress in their capital campaigns. Princeton made more progress toward its goal during the second quarter of 2010 than any other institution except the University of Nebraska.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

Eyeing Congress: Hayworth ’81

When Nan Hayworth ’81 came to Princeton from Munster, Ind., she planned to become a doctor. But after 16 years as an ophthalmologist and five more as a full-time mother, she decided to change course and run for Congress.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

With FDA ban, U. will not act on Four Loko

Four Loko’s maker, Phusion Projects, announced that it would stop including caffeine, guarana and taurine in its drinks on Nov. 16, one day before it received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration requiring it to do so within 15 days or halt sales of its popular product altogether.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

Students pitch 60-second business ideas

On Monday night, 30 teams and individuals each had 60 seconds to win $1,000.During a one-hour, no-strings-attached event held at Friend 101, students pitched minute-long business ideas before a panel of five judges, all local businessmen, in a competition for the $1,000 check.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa discusses newest novel, ‘The Dream of the Celt’

Knighted by the British Crown in 1911 and hanged five years later, Roger Casement made for a “fantastic character for a novel,” said Mario Vargas Llosa, a visiting professor in the Latin American studies and creative writing programs, in his second public lecture on campus since winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

No women named Rhodes scholars at U. since 2003

Among the 32 American Rhodes Scholars announced Sunday, women outnumbered men 17 to 15, marking only the third time women have earned the majority of scholarships since they became eligible for the prestigious honor in 1976. But at Princeton, home to winners Nick DiBerardino ’11 and Mark Jia ’10, a female student has not received a Rhodes in eight years.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

OIT analyzes network errors

After experiencing a wireless outage and facing difficulties adopting a new printing system earlier this fall, the Office of Information Technology now believes it has resolved these problems, though the underlying causes remain uncertain.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

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