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University celebrates 260th Commencement

University celebrates 260th Commencement

Almost 2,000 newly minted graduates walked out FitzRandolph Gate at the University's 260th Commencement today after 1,127 undergraduate and 716 graduate members of the Class of 2007 were awarded degrees.About 7,000 spectators were in attendance to watch the ceremony, which included several speeches, the awarding of honorary degrees and the presentation of degrees to graduates.President Tilghman, whose speech was the traditional keynote address, urged the class to "serve this nation and all nations, and make the world a better place for us all.""I hope that you, the Class of 2007, will ... use your Princeton educations to lead well-considered lives in service to the common good," she said, adding that the success of their education could be measured retrospectively in 25 years.

NEWS | 05/17/2007

Rotaract school supplies drive to benefit African students

Armed with an extra backpack and a plane ticket in hand, Justin Karfo '09 will bring home more than just his clothes and laptop this summer.The Burkina Faso native will also take students' leftover school supplies to children at the Primary School of Ziou in Nahouri."I [will] be giving [the supplies] to people who wouldn't have gone to school otherwise," Karfo said.The Rotaract Club, an international service organization, is sponsoring a school supply drive to benefit Ziou's students.Karfo said that going to school in the village can be hard for some children because of the expenses associated with school supplies.The period between August and December is harvest time in the region, he said, and several factors, including a loss of manpower and the cost of additional school supplies, can be too much for some families to manage.Many parents, Karfo said, "don't want [their children] to go to school" if it will mean not only lost income but also additional expenditures on school supplies.In a country where the majority of the people rely on subsistence agriculture, 45 percent of the population lives under the poverty line.Though Karfo grew up in the nearby capital city of Ouagadougou, he said he has a history of doing service work for students at Ziou.

NEWS | 05/15/2007

Bye to brick walls, ciao to waffle ceilings

A large crowd of students gathered yesterday in the Butler Quad to bid a fond farewell to brick walls and waffle ceilings.Immediately after Reunions, the five buildings that form the Butler Quad ? Lourie-Love, 1922, 1940, 1941 and 1942 Halls ? will be demolished to make room for the construction of new dormitories.Yesterday's Farewell to Butler Quad Party hosted live performances from the Sensemaya Afrobeat All-Stars, Spinglass and Funk Master General, bands that each have at least one member in Butler College.

NEWS | 05/15/2007

Summer storage capacity decreases

Undergraduates will have a harder time storing their belongings over the summer this year.With the demolition of the Butler Quad and the renovation of parts of Forbes College, several on-campus storage spaces will no longer be available.

NEWS | 05/15/2007

MIT divests from Darfur

Following in the year-old footsteps of the University and other peer schools, MIT announced Monday that it will divest from companies that it believes are complicit in the mass death occurring in Darfur."MIT invests for the purpose of preserving the capital of MIT's endowment and earning a return on capital that is consistent with MIT's longterm investment horizon," a statement released by the school's news office read.

NEWS | 05/15/2007

Former professor detained in Middle East

After months of virtual house arrest and detention in Iran, a former Princeton Near Eastern studies professor was arrested in Tehran last week on charges that could carry the death sentence.Haleh Esfandiari, who taught Persian classes at the University from 1980 to 1994, stands accused of "crimes against national security." She is under suspicion because of her affiliation with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Washington think tank where she directs the Middle East Program.

NEWS | 05/15/2007

Crime around campus

Lot 16, April 2, 1:11 a.m.A Public Safety staff member reported observing three individuals looking in car windows in the parking lot.

NEWS | 05/15/2007

After outcry, ACS restores members

In the wake of complaints from scientists worldwide, the American Chemical Society (ACS) announced Friday that it would reinstate chemists in Iran and Sudan whose memberships it had previously revoked on legal grounds.The organization had initially barred 36 Iranian members and its one Sudanese member on the grounds that their membership violated U.S.

NEWS | 05/15/2007

Township and borough get MLUC grant

Princeton Borough and Township have received a $60,000 grant to study energy use and generation in local public buildings.Awarded by The College of New Jersey's Municipal Land Use Center (MLUC), the Building Livable Communities grant is expected to be used over a period of 18 months under the guidance of a steering committee of the Princeton Environmental Commission's Sustainable Princeton initiative.Part of the grant will be used to conduct an energy audit on Borough, Township and Princeton Regional School buildings to determine how to increase their energy efficiency.

NEWS | 05/13/2007

On the prowl for study spaces

As Dean's Date approaches, many students are ensconced in their favorite study spots. Some pick a table in Firestone's C-Floor atrium, while others commandeer a classroom in Frist Campus Center or lounge on the front lawn of an eating club.The most difficult challenge, students say, is finding a good spot in a popular study space or a place that is open late at night.

NEWS | 05/13/2007

Much ado about nada

Members of the Triangle Club perform in Rude Olympics IX: The Devil Wears Nada. The show ran from Thursday through Saturday.

NEWS | 05/13/2007

Colonial off tap for rest of semester

Correction appendedCharges have been filed against Colonial Club president Tommy Curry '08 for serving alcohol to a minor and maintaining a nuisance after an intoxicated student told Borough Police that she had been drinking in the club.

NEWS | 05/13/2007

Suspected thief arrested at Cap

Borough Police arrested a sophomore at Cap & Gown Club on Saturday night after a member observed him rifling through jackets in the club's coatroom.

NEWS | 05/13/2007

Splashes of color

South Asian students celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi on Saturday by dousing each other with colored water and powders.

NEWS | 05/13/2007

Students protest torture method

A group of about 10 students gathered near the Frist Campus Center's South Lawn on Friday afternoon to protest the United States' use of an interrogation method known as "waterboarding" that many charge amounts to torture.During the demonstration, Jean Beebe '10 was cuffed by her ankles, lying face-down on a stretcher, with her head made to appear submerged in a bucket of water.

NEWS | 05/13/2007

U. completes emergency system test

With a digital flood of communication, Princeton tested the Connect-ED emergency notification system around 1 p.m.

NEWS | 05/13/2007

University confirms high radon levels in Forbes

Air quality tests performed in the Forbes basement library measured radon levels of 7.5 picocuries per liter (pCi/L), University officials announced in a press release Wednesday.

NEWS | 05/10/2007

USG names Langberg '09 U-Council chair

The USG approved nominations for U-Council Chair and USG Executive Committee members and discussed funding for student groups yesterday at its last meeting of the year.Sarah Langberg '09 will replace Liz Gough '07 as U-Council chair next semester.

NEWS | 05/10/2007

OA, CA to offer full financial aid

The University announced this week that it will expand its financial aid commitment to the Outdoor Action (OA) and Community Action (CA) programs.

NEWS | 05/10/2007

N.J. may end death penalty

The State Judiciary Committee voted by a margin of eight to two yesterday in favor of abolishing the death penalty, moving New Jersey closer to becoming the 13th state to abolish capital punishment.Governor Jon Corzine has said that he will sign the bill into law if the Democrat-controlled state legislature approves it.A small group of Princeton students representing the Princeton Justice Project's Coalition Against Capital Punishment (CACP) attended yesterday's Senate hearings, joining New Jersey Against the Death Penalty to show their support for the bill.The hearing included testimony from both proand anti-death penalty advocates, as well as testimony from members of a state commission created to study the death penalty system in New Jersey.The trip to the hearing in Trenton state house was organized by CACP members David Christie '10 and Sam Fox Krauss '10.

NEWS | 05/10/2007

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