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University makes changes to campus plan, will build underground garage

The Daily Princetonian

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

The Daily Princetonian

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

The Daily Princetonian

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 Daily Princetonian

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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Fitness pass system increases workout freedom

The Daily Princetonian

Fitness pass system increases workout freedom

Students or gym members who want to take fitness classes at Dillon Gym this semester can take advantage of a new system designed to make attendance more flexible and allow greater diversity in workouts.Individuals interested in Yoga, Pilates and Wellness; Group Fitness or Spinning programs can now buy punch cards for 12, 24 or 36 classes in one of those three categories.

NEWS | 09/22/2008

Chung GS ’78 discusses Korean economy

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Chung GS ’78 discusses Korean economy

Former Seoul National University president and celebrated economist Un-Chan Chung GS ?78 outlined South Korea?s transformation from one of the world?s poorest countries to an economic powerhouse in a lecture Monday evening in Aaron Burr Hall.?In 1957, Korea?s per-capita national income was less than $100, comparable to that of the poorest countries in the world today,? Chung said, noting that ?barely two generations later, with a population of 49 million and a per-capita GDP that tops $20,000, [South] Korea has raised itself to the other end of the spectrum.?South Korea marks its 60th anniversary this year as ?a republic that has pursued the values of modern democracy and a market economy,? Chung said.Chung retraced South Korea?s economic history, beginning with the 1945 withdrawal of Japanese troops from the peninsula.

NEWS | 09/22/2008

Carter: Sustainability program 'timely'

The Daily Princetonian

Carter: Sustainability program 'timely'

Students interested in understanding the energy problems of today and solving the energy problems of tomorrow are trying a brand-new certificate program in sustainable energy.An integrated and multidisciplinary approach to environmental awareness and sustainability, the program has a strong focus on science and engineering.Mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) professor Yiguang Ju, the sustainability program?s new director, said in an interview that the certificate program aims ?to have our students know that the energy problem cannot be solved from only a technological perspective, but with [the perspectives of both] science and engineering combined.?While peer institutions like MIT are involved in energy seminars open to student participation, Ju said that Princeton is ?probably the first to create a certificate program.? He added that the program already has active students.The program?s faculty is composed of professors in disciplines ranging from MAE to geosciences, chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, and public policy.Ju stressed the importance of scholarship surrounding sustainability, noting that the program?s faculty ?think that energy is one of the biggest issues affecting our economy and technological growth, and also the environment.??It?s not a united strength,? Ju said of the University?s current sustainability research.

NEWS | 09/21/2008

Shuttle program sees low ridership

The Daily Princetonian

Shuttle program sees low ridership

As the University-funded Free B jitney pilot program comes to a close, officials involved with the program say it has had mixed success, mainly because of its low ridership.The Free B was established last spring with the goal of reducing rush-hour traffic in Princeton Borough by providing free public transit throughout the downtown area and the Dinky Station.

NEWS | 09/21/2008

Rabbi joins University as spiritual guide

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Rabbi joins University as spiritual guide

Rabbi David Wolkenfeld and his wife Sara, who will spend this year at the University as part of the Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC), aim to support Jewish learning on a non-denominational campus through weekly courses and informal interaction with students.?Being a religious student of any religion at a modern university is something that can be tremendously challenging and tremendously rewarding, and there are opportunities to grow ... as one is getting a college education,? David said.

NEWS | 09/18/2008

A sweet spot in town

The Daily Princetonian

A sweet spot in town

A New Yorker with a proclivity toward cupcakes will probably swear by Magnolia Bakery and Crumbs. A Princetonian with that particular type of sweet tooth might now swear by the House of Cupcakes, newly open for business at 30 Witherspoon St.Behind the zebra-print partition and lime-green walls are ovens hard at work, baking nearly 30 different varieties of cupcakes from ?Coconut Snowball? to ?Brooklyn Black Out.?The House of Cupcakes, which opened in late August, already has a steady base of customers.

NEWS | 09/18/2008

Councilmen: Do not move the Dinky

The Daily Princetonian

Councilmen: Do not move the Dinky

Four hundred and sixty feet may not be a long walk for most college students. The furor of Princeton residents over the proposed relocation of the Dinky Station, however, may force the University to substantially redraw its current plans for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood.At an open house at the Arts Council of Princeton last night to discuss plans for new University neighborhood, residents and Borough Council members rose to express their vehement opposition to the move.?You are saying that this is a development for the community, but I am going to say that this is really a development that is happening to the community,? Borough Councilman Andrew Koontz told Neil Kittredge, an architect for Beyer, Blinder, Belle, the architectural firm hired by the University to lay out the new site.?There are plenty of expendable University buildings down there that have no artistic value and can go [to make room for the development],? Koontz argued.

NEWS | 09/17/2008

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