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Car hits biker on Washington Road

Car hits biker on Washington Road

A car struck a University employee late Wednesday afternoon at the crosswalk near Ivy Lane on Washington Road.Matthew Montondo, office coordinator for the molecular biology department, was riding his bicycle through the crosswalk when a black 2006 Honda Civic driven by Terrence Curran, a resident of Cranford, N.J., hit him, according to a statement issued by Princeton Township Police.Curran, who was driving northbound, slowed down at the crosswalk to allow pedestrians to pass.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

Tower Club leaks alumni members' social security numbers

Tower Club is taking steps to protect 103 of its alumni in the classes of 2006 and 2007 after a spreadsheet listing their names and social security numbers was e-mailed to current club members early Wednesday morning.The document was attached to an apparently unrelated e-mail that informed current members about a club event.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

American Academy of Arts and Sciences selects 11 University faculty members

Eleven University faculty members received notification last week that they have been elected to be fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). The AAAS, whose membership consists of leaders within the scientific, artistic, scholarly, public affairs and business communities, selected 212 new members this year.The University?s honorees, who hail from a broad spectrum of disciplines, will be formally inducted next fall into the AAAS, which ?conduct[s] a varied program of projects and studies responsive to the needs and problems of society,? according to the group?s website.In the sciences, the inductees include physics professor Robert Austin, mathematics professor Sun-Yung Alice Chang, architecture professor Elizabeth Diller, chemical engineering professor and acting department chair Pablo Debenedetti, and Emily Carter and Marlan Scully of the mechanical and aerospace engineering department.?It?s always nice to be recognized by your colleagues for the work you?ve done over the years,? Austin said.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

Graduate students object to new shuttle plan

When administrators implemented a new route for the green line shuttle last September, some graduate students believed the new route was designed to create ?a ginormous ?P? on campus,? Hilary Bergsieker GS, a member of the Graduate Student Government (GSG) Parking and Transportation Committee, said of the route?s new shape.The route reduced shuttle frequency and efficiency, she explained, adding that administrators did not share the plans for the new routes with the committee until less than 12 hours before the changes went into effect.The new green line, a precursor to the redesigned shuttle system that will be implemented next fall, led graduate students to fear that the ?system was crumbling out from under us rather than getting better,? Bergsieker said.When the University released plans for the redesigned shuttle system in February, Bergsieker joined with Parking and Transportation Committee members Kevin Collins GS and Jeffrey Dwoskin GS to lobby against what they saw as a counterproductive plan.The revised shuttle system, part of the 10-year Campus Plan, is designed to reduce the need for personal vehicles for commuting around Princeton, University Services General Manager Paul Breitman said, explaining that the new plan features more stops around town and replaces three independent routes with four routes connected by transfer stops.These are ?enhanced, improved routes? that will ?provide an efficient, effective way of getting around campus,? Breitman said.The committee, however, believes the system will have the opposite effect.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

Sidewalk discussion dominates Borough meeting

The granite-or-concrete debate consumed the discussion at another Borough Council meeting with no resolution last night, where about 20 Cleveland Lane residents made their voices heard on an issue that has raised tensions on the normally peaceful, leafy avenue in the Borough's western section.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

News & Notes | May 7

Faculty elected to National Academy of SciencesProfessors Emily Carter and Jose Scheinkman, along with senior research biologist Rosemary Grant, were chosen to join the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on April 29.Carter is the Arthur W.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

COMBO results show need to put more textbooks on reserve

Students may find it easier next fall to rely on course reserves for their textbook needs as the administration moves to put more course materials on reserve and to encourage professors to use alternatives to Pequod packets.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

Salciccioli ’09 named U-Council chair

Maria Salciccioli ?09 will replace Sarah Langberg ?09 as U-Council chair, USG president Josh Weinstein ?09 announced at Tuesday?s weekly USG Senate meeting.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

Salmonella outbreak plagues University

The number of confirmed salmonella infections on campus has risen to 16, including 15 students and one staff member.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

No. 1 Yale upset in HYP race

Though they might be in different boats, racing on different courses against different opponents, all of Princeton?s crews proved they have something in common: They are flat-out fast.Peaking with perfect timing, the men?s lightweight crew made a move for the top ranking as it wrapped up its regular season with a victory on the Charles River this weekend.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

McCoy GS '80 named new University architect

Ron McCoy GS ?80 will succeed Jon Hlafter ?61 as University architect, overseeing campus planning in a period of immense growth under the recently published 10-year Campus Plan.?Finding somebody who was just as perfect as [Hlafter] was for the job was certainly a surprise, and a wonderful surprise,? Vice President for Facilities Michael McKay said of McCoy?s appointment.McCoy said in an interview that he views himself mainly as a part of a collaborative effort.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Princeton Prize hosts first symposium on race

?I?m gonna kill me a n?ger today.?Caroline Mitchell heard those threatening words from a white classmate every morning of middle school as he boarded their school bus.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

University Health Services nears 1,000th course of HPV vaccine

The first cancer vaccine was supposed to be unequivocally a good thing.The Gardasil vaccine, touted as a triumph of modern medicine, protects against four strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) that commonly cause genital warts and cervical cancer.In the two years since obtaining FDA approval and being released by Merck, however, the vaccine has faced tremendous opposition from critics who believe that it encourages sexual activity in young women.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Gangs of Princeton: trouble in paradise

Updated May 10On Halloween night 2004, a group of about 50 teenagers traveled along Bayard Lane and Hodge Road in Princeton Borough, beating up children who were trick-or-treating and flashing gang signs to police officers, the Town Topics reported.This episode was only one of a series of gang-related incidents that have plagued the Borough and Township in recent years.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Discovery paves way for spintronic technology

The weather may be heating up as summer approaches, but thanks to the discoveries of a group of University researchers, computers may soon be cooling down.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Student group seeks to dispel myths about Tibet and China

In response to the Human Rights Torch Relay outside of Princeton Borough Hall on April 24, Ke Wan GS decided to organize a display in Frist Campus Center to counter anti-China sentiment on campus and promote understanding of Chinese culture, history and current events among students.Wan said in an e-mail that on the night of the torch relay he overheard ?somebody mention our campaign to support [the] Olympics as a campaign against human right[s]. I think they misunderstand our goals, and they may need more knowledge about China.?Wan, who founded the student group Airs of China last November and currently serves as its president, set up a ?Background of Tibet? exhibit to combat ignorance.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

COMBO survey: Consider campus pub

In efforts to break down barriers between students of different social groups and to encourage more responsible drinking on campus, both the USG?s Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO) and the Alcohol Coalition Committee (ACC) have proposed that the University re-examine the possibility of a permanent on-campus pub.?I think [a pub] would be a fantastic addition to the Princeton campus,? former USG president Rob Biederman ?08 said.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Panel addresses violence in Tibet

Internal violence persists in the Buddhist regions of Tibet and Burma because the ruling governments continue their attempt to socially and politically unite culturally diverse populations, Columbia professor Robert Barnett and Rutgers professor Josef Silverstein explained in a dinner discussion last night.Following protests by Buddhist monks in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa in mid-March, the Chinese government?s policies in Tibet have been a focal point of news coverage leading up to this summer?s Olympics in Beijing.?The Chinese government is trying to push the idea that monks are violent,? Barnett explained.

NEWS | 05/01/2008

Vote early, vote single transferably

Voters in British Columbia, when asked on a 2005 ballot whether they supported switching to a Single Transferable Vote (STV) system like the one used in the USG?s U-Council elections, chose not to make the switch.

NEWS | 05/01/2008

Psychology building to replace Lot 20

Co-director of the University?s Neuroscience Institute David Tank and University architect emeritus Jon Hlafter ?61 revealed plans for new neuroscience and psychology buildings, to be built south of Icahn Laboratory, at a meeting with community members last night at Princeton Township Hall.

NEWS | 05/01/2008

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