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Troubled Nassau Weekly looks to WPRB

Troubled Nassau Weekly looks to WPRB

Following a series of personnel problems, the Nassau Weekly is in the midst of discussions to merge operations with the campus radio station WPRB.Talks have been ongoing between the student leadership of both organizations: the Nass? three editors-in-chief, Colin Pfeiffer ?09, Uzoamaka Maduka ?09 and Chris Schlegel ?09, and WPRB station manager William Sullivan ?09 and news director Sebastian Jones ?09.Decisions have yet to be finalized and approved, but WPRB graduate board chairman William Rosenblatt ?83 has called the proposal an ?intriguing idea.??I?m excited that the undergraduate board is pursuing creative ideas to make the station stronger,? he said.Rosenblatt said that the WPRB board of trustees has not yet discussed the issue with the University.

NEWS | 09/25/2008

Graduate schools consult Facebook

Calling all seniors: It may be time to clean up your facebook.com profiles. According to a survey conducted by Kaplan Test Prep between June and August, 15 percent of law school admissions officers and 10 percent of undergraduate admissions officers have ?personally visited personal networking sites to help [them] evaluate an applicant.?One hundred and fifty-two law schools and 320 of the top 500 colleges participated in the survey, though Princeton did not.

NEWS | 09/25/2008

Fast-a-thon fights hunger in Trenton and around the world

Three hundred students went hungry Thursday so that Trenton?s poor won?t have to.The ?Fast-a-thon,? organized by the Muslim Students Association (MSA), lasted from sunrise to sunset as part of the Muslim custom of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.Any student who decided to fast could make a personal donation as well as recruit sponsors to pledge financial support.

NEWS | 09/25/2008

Goodell: Americans ignorant of nation's coal dependency

Americans probably don?t remember how many times a day they turn on the lights, but they also probably don?t think about the connection between flipping the switch and coal mined from West Virginia and Wyoming, Rolling Stone contributing editor Jeff Goodell explained to a packed audience in the Frist Multipurpose Room on Thursday afternoon.?The problem with dealing with coal is that no one knows we use coal for electricity,? Goodell explained, noting the general ignorance of how intricately involved coal energy is in everyday life.

NEWS | 09/25/2008

Hitz '61 criticizes 'cultural divide' between intelligence agencies

What started Thursday afternoon as a self-proclaimed act of shameless self-promotion quickly became a comprehensive call for the revamping of the U.S.

NEWS | 09/25/2008

Shapiro GS ’64 to chair DeVry

Former University president Harold Shapiro GS ?64 was elected to succeed Dennis Keller ?63 as chairman of the Board of Trustees of DeVry Inc., beginning on Nov.

NEWS | 09/24/2008

Scholar makes historical documents available online

Leigh Bienen is a patient woman.She pored over 14,000 handwritten historical documents kept by the Chicago police department on 11,000 homicides in the city between 1870 and 1930 and has now made these documents available to the public via an online database.But she couldn?t get enough.

NEWS | 09/24/2008

University will pay overtime to Borough Police

The University will compensate the Princeton Borough Police for overtime hours after members of the force responded to large crowds in attendance at the Quadrangle Club for Lawnparties, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne said on

NEWS | 09/24/2008

For University, Spelman 8 great success

The addition of Spelman building 8 to Whitman College was a major draw this year for upperclassmen eager to have both a kitchen and a meal plan, as the popularity of the independent dining option continues to decline.The apartment-style Spelman suites, each of which is equipped with a full kitchen, have traditionally been reserved for juniors and seniors who are independent and therefore have neither a meal plan nor an eating club membership.Interest in the independent dining option, however, ?has been steadily decreasing over the last 5 years,? Undergraduate Housing manager Angela Hodgeman said in an e-mail.This year, roughly 144 independent students are living in Spelman housing, Hodgeman said.Whitman?s expansion into Spelman affords some students the opportunity to combine independent and residential college dining options but may lead to a further decrease in interest in independent draw.Katie Zaeh ?10, for example, said in an e-mail that she dropped out of independent room draw in favor of the Whitman draw because her draw time in Whitman gave her a better chance of getting into a Spelman suite.Others, such as Mike Gilson ?10, get the best of three worlds.Gilson said that he is enjoying the benefits of having both a kitchen in his suite and a shared meal plan between Whitman College and Cloister Inn.

NEWS | 09/24/2008

Mayer blasts interrogation tactics of CIA

Deception, incompetence and social indifference have led the Bush administration to breach ethical and legal boundaries in its anti-terrorism interrogation policy, New Yorker writer Jane Mayer said in a discussion of her new book, ?The Dark Side,? on Wednesday afternoon.?They redefined torture so that they were not torturing unless they caused organ failure or death,? Mayer said.

NEWS | 09/24/2008

West GS ’80 holds discussion with Tony-winning Rashad

Individuals must find their voices, find their joy and ultimately find themselves, religion professor Cornel West GS ?80 and Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad agreed during a discussion on the African-American intellectual tradition Tuesday afternoon.Racism can prevent intellectual growth, Rashad explained.

NEWS | 09/23/2008

Citadel responds to University Band fracas

As the altercation between Princeton University Band (PUB) members and cadets at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., last Saturday has drawn heated debate, The Citadel administration and individual cadets reacted to the erupting controversy Tuesday.Lt.

NEWS | 09/23/2008

Moscato: Economic woes won't affect University financial aid

The volatile economic environment will not affect the University?s ability to meet the full need of students applying for financial assistance, Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid Robin Moscato told The Daily Princetonian this weekend.Though there has been an increase in the number of students requesting financial aid this year, Moscato said, ?the University has a remarkable commitment to meeting the full need of every student who applies for and needs financial aid ... we?re committed to meeting this additional demand.?Moscato?s pledge comes on the heels of a warning by the Department of Education that the record number of college students seeking federal financial aid may lead to a $6 billion shortfall in the government?s Pell Grant program unless Congress appropriates more funds.Pell Grants are scholarships given to students from low-income families, and awards currently range from $400 to $4,310, according to the Department of Education.

NEWS | 09/23/2008

Economic plan has major shortfalls, professors say

Editor's noteAn incorrect version of this article was accidentally posted online early this morning.

NEWS | 09/23/2008

Five creative scholars win MacArthur ‘genius grants’

Five scholars connected with the University have been awarded MacArthur Fellowships, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the John D.

NEWS | 09/23/2008

Greendesign store offers ‘eco-friendly’ products

After eight years in Europe, two kids and a high-tech corporate career, Tim McNulty and Chi Park have turned over a new leaf and opened Greendesign, an ?eco-goods? store, on Witherspoon Street.Not only does the store offer eco-friendly products, but much of the decor comes from American-made sustainable materials, and 90 percent of the store?s products are made in the United States.

NEWS | 09/23/2008

University makes changes to campus plan, will build underground garage

Bowing to opposition from community members, the University announced yesterday that the parking garage originally planned for construction next to Princeton Stadium will now be built below ground.The announcement of the change was included in a presentation on revisions to the Campus Plan given by Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ?69 at Monday?s meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC). The Campus Plan is a comprehensive outline of University construction projects to be completed through 2016.?As we began to discuss these plans with local officials, the community and neighbors in the area, we began to rethink some of this planning,? Durkee explained.The Campus Plan originally called for the Data Center, home to the Office of Information Technology, to be moved from Prospect Avenue to a new building that would replace Lot 16.

NEWS | 09/22/2008

Charter hit with Borough charges

Princeton Borough is charging Charter Club with two counts of serving alcohol to minors and two counts of maintaining a nuisance.The trial against the club, however, did not begin Tuesday as scheduled because two of three witnesses for the prosecution did not appear in court.The charges result from two separate incidents that occurred during the 2007-08 academic year, Charter Club attorney Rocco Cipparone said in an interview after Tuesday?s court proceedings, adding that the first incident occurred on Dec, 1, 2007, and the second took place on April 5, 2008.Though the Borough has already dropped its charges against former Charter Club president Will Scharf ?08 relating to the December incident, Cipparone explained that the prosecutor is able to bring charges stemming from the incident for a second time because the current charges are against the club as a whole, not Scharf.Each offense normally carries a sentence of up to six months in prison and a $1,000 fine.

NEWS | 09/22/2008

Tilghman will not sign petition to lower drinking age

President Tilghman will not sign the Amethyst Initiative petition, which recommends lowering the drinking age to 18, saying that she believes the petition?s success is highly unlikely and its outcome unpredictable.Started by Middlebury College President John McCardell, the Amethyst Initiative petitions the government to openly discuss lowering the drinking age from 21, with the goal of lessening the dangerous binge drinking that is rampant among underage college students.Though the petition has the support of Dartmouth President James Wright as well as the leaders of 128 other institutions of higher education, Princeton will not follow suit, Tilghman said.?The primary reason is that it is my policy not to sign petitions unless it is directly addressing an issue I ... have a clear opinion on,? she explained, adding ?that is not the case with this issue.??In my view, there are many other important issues that the University has to engage Washington with at the moment,? she added.

NEWS | 09/22/2008

Rapelye: High diversity in Class of 2012

The Class of 2012 is more diverse and of a higher quality compared to past classes, even as the yield percentage dropped this year, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said this week.Rapelye had told The Daily Princetonian in June that she estimated the yield for the Class of 2012 at ?around 59 percent or just below 60 percent.? She has now confirmed that the official yield is 58.6 percent, representing a decline from last year?s yield of 67.8 percent.The Class of 2012 includes more than 200 students from families of lower socioeconomic backgrounds, defined by Rapelye as a family of four with an annual income of $55,000 or less.

NEWS | 09/22/2008

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