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Students abroad unaffected by European travel alert

Students abroad unaffected by European travel alert

The State Department issued a travel alert Oct. 3 that warned U.S. citizens of the heightened risk of terrorist attacks in Europe. Ten days later, some of the 55 undergraduates studying abroad in Europe and European students on campus have said that the alert has not significantly impacted their plans.

NEWS | 10/12/2010

Slovenian philosopher Zizek argues that religious texts support atheism

After a long and laudatory introduction by Wilson College Master Eduardo Cadava, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek tugged on the gray T-shirt he was wearing with blue jeans and told the audience that he was a “miserable presence.”

NEWS | 10/12/2010

Firestone farmers market canceled

Students looking to purchase organic coffee, artisan cheese and fresh bread from the Greening Princeton Farmers Market, which used to take place in Firestone Plaza on Tuesdays, will be disappointed to find that it no longer exists.

NEWS | 10/11/2010

Few attend meeting on Malkiel’s successor

The search committee for the next dean of the college held its only open meeting Monday evening in McCosh 28. Though the meeting’s purpose was to provide a forum for student feedback, only one student not on the committee attended. The committee hopes to name a successor to Nancy Malkiel — who announced in September that she will step down as dean at the end of the year — by the end of January, University Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said. This would allow the incoming dean to work in collaboration with Malkiel and other administrators before officially assuming the post on July 1, 2011.

NEWS | 10/11/2010

Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa delivers lecture in Spanish before full crowd

Mario Vargas Llosa, the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature and a visiting professor in the Latin American studies and creative writing programs, argued that culture has withered in modern-day society in a speech on Monday evening in Richardson Auditorium.

NEWS | 10/11/2010

Midnight’s all aglimmer

Take a midnight snack run from Firestone Library to Wawa, and you’ll see a view of Princeton not featured in any campus architecture pamphlet: rooms filled with light, but void of people.

NEWS | 10/11/2010

USG issues mid-year updates

The USG issued a 29-page mid-year report Sunday night detailing the student government’s progress on key initiatives in academics, dining and social events, as well as its agenda for the upcoming semester.

NEWS | 10/11/2010

Students and community members gather for Mid-Autumn Festival, a Chinese holiday

The smell of dim sum filled the halls of the Fields Center on Sunday evening as hundreds of local students and community members celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese equivalent of Thanksgiving.

NEWS | 10/10/2010

Undocumented immigrants issued community ID Cards

Arizona may have recently come under national scrutiny for passing a law cracking down on illegal immigration, but an initiative in Princeton that has the opposite effect has attracted its own share of controversy.

NEWS | 10/10/2010

Princeton Public Library celebrates 100th anniversary

A large crowd gathered under the tents outside the Princeton Public Library on Sunday afternoon, where they cheered, applauded and sang a collective “Happy Birthday” to the library, which was celebrating its 100-year anniversary with a cake shaped like a stack of children’s books.

NEWS | 10/10/2010

Ten vie for freshman presidency

Twenty-seven candidates have entered the races for freshman class government positions, and voting is set to begin today at noon. But, there has again been some confusion in the run-up to voting.

NEWS | 10/10/2010

STI testing to be offered at lower cost starting in November

Beginning in early November, University Health Services expects to offer testing for sexually transmitted infections at dramatically reduced rates.

NEWS | 10/10/2010

Nobel Peace Prize winner nominated by Appiah

When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo on Friday, the news sparked international dialogue about the future of human rights in China.

NEWS | 10/10/2010

Berman GS ’94 explains market swings

When Gregg Berman GS ’94 decided to get a Ph.D. in physics at the University, he did not expect to then spend 16 years working in finance. But the skills he gained as a physicist helped him as he played a critical role in two federal regulatory agencies’ investigation into one of the wildest stock price swings in recent years.

NEWS | 10/07/2010

Nobel Prize-winning chemist recounts accidental discovery

The discovery for which Peter Agre won the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry was somewhat of an accident, the researcher said before a capacity crowd in Dodds Auditorium on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/07/2010

Holt, Sipprelle enter final weeks of congressional race

In a little over three weeks, Rep. Rush Holt will face off against Republican challenger and Princeton venture capitalist Scott Sipprelle in the midterm elections. Holt, the former assistant director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, is the five-term Democratic congressman for New Jersey’s 12th district, which stretches across five counties and includes Princeton and part of Trenton.

NEWS | 10/07/2010

No longer just the doctor’s daughter: Oz '08

Daphne Oz ’08 is writing her way out of the shadow cast by her television star father, Dr. Oz.

NEWS | 10/07/2010

Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize in literature

NEW YORK — For the third time in four years, a professor has won a Nobel Prize while teaching at the University. Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, a visiting professor with the Program in Latin American Studies and the Lewis Center for the Arts, was named the sole winner of the 2010 literature prize Thursday.

NEWS | 10/06/2010

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