In the end, the self-proclaimed ?steamroller? was felled by an adversary no one anticipated: himself.With his wife by his side, New York Gov.
This July, 20 Iraqi and 15 American teenagers will meet in Jordan to discuss the ongoing conflict in Iraq as part of the Youth Initiative for Progress in Iraq (YIPI) conference, which is partially run by University students and has received funding from several University departments.The event is modeled after ?Initiative for Peace: Focus on Kashmir,? a meeting between Indian and Pakistani teens in which participants talked about the conflict in the Pakistani province of Kashmir that Astrid Stuth ?11 helped organize while attending the Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong.
The University is knee deep in bottles, cans and recycled paper as it enters the final month of Recyclemania, a nationwide endeavor on college campuses that encourages recycling, which this year runs from Jan.
Members of the Borough Council reacted strongly to new regulations from the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) after a presentation by COAH Executive Director Lucy Voorhoeve at the Borough Council meeting last night.
University Medical Center receives $25 million donation David and Patricia Atkinson, former residents of nearby West Windsor, pledged to donate $25 million to the University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP), the largest donation ever made to a New Jersey hospital.
Data transmissions by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) provide multiple insights into the formation of the universe and its infancy, said several University researchers who were involved in designing and launching the satellite.
The University announced last night that seniors Rob Biederman, Grant Gittlin and Meaghan Petersack are the three finalists in the running for the Class of 2008?s Young Alumni Trustee (YAT) position.The three seniors were chosen from a pool of 21 candidates by members of their class in an online primary election.
Michael Isikoff, an investigative reporter for Newsweek, discussed the secrecy of the current White House administration and the state of investigative journalism in front of a nearly full Dodds Auditorium yesterday.Isikoff, who authored ?Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter?s Story,? is known for his investigation of the Monica Lewinski story and his coverage of the war on terror.He spoke extensively on the problem of the secrecy surrounding the current Bush administration and actions he believes are unconstitutional.?This is an extremely secretive administration,? Isikoff said.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) ?81 is still conferring with advisers and has not said that he will resign in the wake of the revelation that he was an alleged client of a prostitution ring.The delay in a final decision about his resignation is angering some state lawmakers.
James Krendel-Clark ?11 thought he would take a break from studying to say hello to a group of familiar faces sitting on on the other side of the Murray-Dodge Cafe.
While China?s economy is booming, its leaders feel increasingly insecure and threatened, Susan Shirk, deputy assistant secretary of state during the Clinton administration, said in Dodds Auditorium yesterday during a lecture based on her recent book ?China: Fragile Superpower.??China?s leaders are very anxious about their hold on power inside China,? Shirk said.
News that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) ?81 was involved in a prostitution ring rocked Albany, Wall Street and his alma mater as it became clear that the former New York attorney general, who made his name pushing for greater ethics in government and business, had committed an ethical lapse of his own.
Underclassmen tread softly past the blue sliding metal doors of the carrels nestled in the lower levels of Firestone Library, perhaps afraid that an overworked, overtired senior may emerge and pierce them with an icy glare.
The socioeconomic background of Princeton undergraduates affects their reasons for choosing colleges, the level of knowledge they have regarding the University before entering and what activities they participate in during their four years on campus, according to a survey conducted by the USG in May 2007 that was presented at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Committee (CPUC) yesterday.Former USG president Rob Biederman ?08 discussed the results on behalf of the USG?s Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO). The survey, which captured responses from 30 percent of the undergraduate population, explored the differences in campus lifestyles of students based on socioeconomic factors.While the study?s results are not currently available in full, they are scheduled to be released to the public after COMBO discusses its recommendations with the University Board of Trustees in April.Biederman explained four reasons for conducting the survey, the first of which is that at every university, there are ?pretty clear differences across students based on the type of background they come from.?The second reason, Biederman said, is about visibility, since ?socioeconomic issues aren?t often discussed because one, they?re not that obvious from looking at someone typically and two, they make people somewhat uncomfortable because it?s something that in many cases people are trying to hide on either side.? Biederman explained that the survey will also provide ?data that was quantitative backup for the things we intuitively sort of noticed over four years, three years of college? as well as offering ?a baseline for comparison? to future classes.?We are hoping the future USGs will administer the survey every two or four years,? Biederman said.One key finding of the survey was that a person?s socioeconomic status affects his or her reasons for choosing a college.
Editor's Note appendedPrinceton Borough Prosecutor Kenneth Lozier has asked the Borough Court to reschedule former Charter Club president Will Scharf '08's trial after witnesses were not present to testify at the hearing scheduled yesterday due to a clerical error.Kara Murphy '09, one of the two students involved in the incident that led to the charges against Scharf, did not receive a subpoena intended for her due to an error between the police department and the court clerk's office, Borough Police Lt.
MIT unveils new financial aid planMIT has become the latest top-tier American university to dramatically revise its financial aid plan for middle-income families.The institution announced Friday that beginning next fall it will eliminate tuition for undergraduates whose families make less than $75,000 a year.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia defended the Court?s role in the 2000 presidential recount in Florida and shared his views about the Court?s role in a liberal democracy before a packed audience in McCosh 50 on Friday night.Scalia also received the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service at the event, co-sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and Whig-Clio, which presented the award.Whig-Clio president Molly Alarcon ?10 asked Scalia several questions selected from a pool that had been submitted in advance by Whig-Clio members.Among the most controversial questions Scalia addressed was one from Forest Sebastian ?10 regarding the Supreme Court?s decision to stop the Florida vote recount in the 2000 presidential election.?Get over it, it?s eight years ago,? Scalia said.
Students braved Friday?s downpour and trekked out to Google Games ? an unconventional meeting for students interested in Google ? putting their teamwork and problem-solving skills to the test for one-and-a-half hours by working on six puzzles in groups.?Do we need pencils, paper?
Public Safety officers defended their image at a USG Senate meeting last night that focused on student concerns over campus safety.A recent Public Safety initiative that allows officers to patrol dormitories on Thursday and Saturday nights to crack down on high-risk drinking has been met with hostility from students.?We?re seen as the kind of ?beer police,? and that gives us a bad name,? Deputy Director Charles Davall said to the student leaders.
After declaring his fourth-consecutive third-party bid for the presidency only two weeks ago, Ralph Nader ?55 explained his reasons for running and called for greater civic activism on Saturday afternoon to a crowded McCosh 50 audience.Co-sponsored by the Arab Society of Princeton and Princeton Justice Project, Nader?s lecture was titled ?The Corporate State and the Destruction of Democracy.?Nader, a well-known consumer advocate and the son of Lebanese immigrants, criticized the practice of voting for the ?least worst? candidate and said that such a practice devalues citizens? votes.Third-party politicsAs a third-party candidate, Nader has been obstructed numerous times from appearing on the ballot, he said, adding that ?[Third parties] are constantly getting this political bigotry as if somehow we?re second class citizens.??Unfortunately, we live in a period in our history when political bigotry against third parties and third-party candidates is at an all-time high, and the two-party duopoly has somehow sold us on this notion that we?ve got to vote for winners, and if both winners aren?t that great then we?ll go for the least worst,? Nader said.
