On the heels of a 2-12 Ivy League season that represented a low point in the storied history of Princeton basketball, Joe Scott '87 unexpectedly resigned as head coach of the men's team last week.
While her fellow seniors begin consulting jobs and pursue graduate degrees next year, Maital Friedman '07 will be living in Mbale, Uganda, working to provide textbooks to children in the surrounding villages.Funding for Friedman's efforts comes after the University awarded her the Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize, a $25,000 fellowship that helps graduates pursue public service projects in developing countries.
Bradley Whitford, the actor best known for playing White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on "The West Wing," will deliver the Class Day address on June 4, Class of 2007 president Jim Williamson announced this morning in an e-mail to seniors."For his success as an actor and commitment as a philanthropist, we are honored Mr. Whitford will be joining the senior class to help us celebrate the end of our college careers," Williamson said in his email to the Class of 2007.Whitford, currently stars in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," won an Emmy in 2001 for his "West Wing" role and is involved with the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation, a charity that benefits children.His character on "The West Wing," Lyman, was a fictional alumnus of Harvard College and Yale Law School.Whitford was selected to speak by the Class Day chairs, seniors Chris Chaney, Joe Franken and P.G.
After the University of Pennsylvania announced Tuesday that James Baker '52 will deliver its commencement address on May 14, some students at Penn, Princeton and other schools have criticized the move, citing allegedly anti-Semitic remarks Baker made on two past occasions.At Penn, one of the decision's most vocal critics is junior Max Shapiro, who serves as president of the Penn Israel Coalition.
Chung Un-chan GS '78, former president of Seoul National University (SNU), has recently been the focus of persistent requests from the Uri party and other liberal South Korean political groups to announce his candidacy for the country's presidency.Though several South Korean publications have reported that Chung is close to announcing his candidacy, he has stopped short of declaring his intention to run.
Students scale a still-bare tree in Mathey Courtyard this week, enjoying the day's warm weather despite the presence of impending midterms.
Latin America is more than just a left-leaning, anti-American bastion south of the border, Chilean U.N.
Last semester, students and faculty printed 3,616,921 pages from University clusters, and as the number of pages printed has steadily risen over the last few years, the University's Office of Information Technology (OIT) has taken steps to curb excessive printing.Last week, 104 students, including Sam Clendon '07, received an email from OIT informing them of their excessive use of printing facilities.
Students with iPod headphones and a bounce in their step are usually jamming to favorite tunes, but now they might be swinging to the rhythm of a campus lecture by Ralph Nader '55 or Afghan President Hamid Karzai.Princeton has made audio recordings of public lectures like theirs available in podcast form on its WebMedia site.
When Abass Mohamed '09 urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to send more food aid to refugee camps yesterday, he spoke not only as a concerned student, but also as a former Somalian refugee."Refugees are a different category of people," Mohamed said in an interview before he testified.
The Street is traditionally a venue for strutting the latest styles and snapping photos for facebook.com albums.
Godfrey Miller '07 devours blueberry filling to win the Math Club's annual pie-eating contest in recognition of March 14, Pi Day.
In coping with the current humanitarian crisis in Darfur, looking to the past ? especially the recent history of Rwanda ? may be the key to success, former adviser to President Clinton and Georgetown professor Anthony Lake GS '74 said during a lunch forum yesterday.Lake, who has had a long career in foreign service and public policy, has drawn criticism about his role in shaping American foreign policy in the face of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.As National Security Advisor under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997, Lake was closely associated with the administration's decision to refrain from military intervention to stop the genocide, during which about 800,000 people were killed."If there is one thing I could have a do-over [for]...it would be Rwanda," Lake said.During the forum, Lake led a discussion about American foreign policy and international humanitarian intervention with a group of about 20 community members, faculty members, graduate students and undergraduates.Lake's primary focus was on the current humanitarian situation in Darfur and its links to his prior experiences with the Rwandan genocide.The U.S.
On the wall of the reception room in Firestone Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) hangs an unassuming white frame.
A year after graduation, Brian Shiau '05 launched thesimexchange.com, an online virtual stock market where gamers buy shares to predict how well they think video games will sell.Over 2,600 people have joined the site since November.This website is similar to other prediction market websites where people bet on who will win elections or sporting events, but thesimexchange.com does not involve money."I've been a gamer all my life, [but] the difficulty was trying to come up with a ... fictional asset that will capture how video games work," Shiau said.
Actor Bradley Whitford, widely known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the TV show "The West Wing," will deliver the Class Day address on June 4, Class of 2007 president Jim Williamson '07 announced this morning.In his email to the senior class, Williamson noted Whitford's involvement with a children's charity, the "Clothes Off Our Back Foundation," and said the actor would be an appropriate Class Day speaker."For his success as an actor and commitment as a philanthropist, we are honored Mr. Whitford will be joining the senior class to help us celebrate the end of our college careers," Williamson said in his email.Whitford, who won an Emmy in 2001 for his "West Wing" role, currently stars in NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." He was selected to speak by the Class of 2007's Class Day chairs, Chris Chaney '07, Joe Franken '07 and P.G.
English professor emeritus John Fleming GS '63 will deliver the Baccalaureate address for the Class of 2007, senior class president Jim Williamson announced last night."We felt very strongly that, for all Professor Fleming has done for Princeton and for his eloquence and scholarship, he would be perfect," Williamson said.Fleming said he was surprised and honored to learn of his selection.
A former graduate student who was found dead by her landlord in her Leigh Ave.
On a Friday night late last month, "Dry Dorms = Gay" and "Dry dorms are for Asians" were scrawled in blue dry-erase marker on a whiteboard and a wall in Blair Hall.Though it is unclear who was responsible for the graffiti ? including whether the culprit was even a Princeton student ? the incident highlighted broader questions about whether students who live in substance-free dorms feel marginalized from the campus social scene or ostracized by their peers.Despite some social limitations, several sub-free students said they don't feel isolated from students in regular housing."I have a lot of friends who are in non-sub free housing," Nate Angel '09 said.
English and comparative literature professor emeritus John Fleming GS '63 will deliver the Baccalaureate address for the Class of 2007, class president Jim Williamson announced tonight."We felt very strongly that, for all Professor Fleming has done for Princeton and for his eloquence and scholarship, he would be perfect," Williamson said.
