What do Eliot Spitzer ?81, the-soon-to-be-ex-governor of New York, and a political group whose stated goal was to liberate Antarctica have in common?
The University has added another portion of Little Hall to Mathey College and has taken a step back from its plans to merge part of Spelman Halls into Whitman College after reversing a decision that would have made Wright Hall part of Whitman.University administrators had originally announced plans to incorporate both Spelman 7 and 8 into Whitman at a meeting with campus leaders in late January.
Paperwork filled out, recommendations obtained and transcripts submitted, sophomores who have been waiting to hear whether they have been admitted to the Wilson School flocked to their mailboxes today. Of the 154 students who applied to the program, 90 were accepted, which has been the standard Wilson School class size for the last decade. ?We had quite a range of people,? Wilson School professor and faculty chair Stanley Katz said.
Students interested in getting part of their room costs covered will have the opportunity to work in part-time custodial jobs next fall.
Applied math professor Ingrid Daubechies first learned about pi as a young child, when her father told her to go around the house and measure the circumference and diameter of every circle she could find.?It made an incredibly strong impression on me,? Daubechies said.
In spite of soaring food prices worldwide, Dining Services Director Stu Orefice says that Princeton students will not be seriously affected.According to a recent estimate by the United Nations, world food prices have increased by 37 percent in the past year, and studies by The Economist found a 75 percent increase since 2005.?The students will not be affected by any price increases until the summer or fall semester,? Orefice said.
Recently retired CEO of eBay, Inc., and University trustee Meg Whitman ?77 joined Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on his bid for the White House as the national co-chair of the campaign. ?America needs John McCain?s courageous leadership,? Whitman said in a campaign statement today.
Election results for the Graduate Student Government were verified by the elections managers last evening.
Wandering for 30 minutes through a residential neighborhood in Panama, holding a large antenna aloft and listening intently for the quiet hum of a bird's heart rate on a static radio, Margaret Kearns '09 finally spotted a gold-collared manakin.
The number of shared meal plans offered at Charter Club will decrease from 30 to 17 after the administration requested that the club pay the University three times the amount it did last year per shared meal plan.Charter will offer five of those plans to rising juniors and 12 to rising seniors.The nine other eating clubs, however, will not substantially alter their financial contracts with the University.
NATO faces the challenge of combining European and American alliances to deal with global problems, said Kurt Volker, principal deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs for the State Department, before a crowd of students, professors and community members in Robertson Hall yesterday afternoon.He noted that the United States must work cooperatively with its European allies in NATO because "we are only effective at dealing with [other countries] if we deal with them together."Volker, who worked under NATO's former secretary general Lord George Robertson for several years, has been nominated by President Bush to represent the United States on the NATO Council as a permanent representative.NATO members "are countries that have democracy, human rights, market economies [and] peaceful negotiations," he explained.
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.
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.
