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From the Peace Corps to Princeton

From the Peace Corps to Princeton

One month after graduating from Harvard in 2001, Victoria Chang GS found herself in a classroom in West Central Africa teaching teenagers how to use birth control.The Peace Corps had taken her to Gabon for two years to serve as a community health educator, an experience she said eventually led her to Princeton."I was based in the village talking to young moms and pregnant women about maternal/child health," Chang said.

NEWS | 04/04/2007

eXpress yourself

The eXpressions Dance Company will perform its all-student-choreographed dance pieces set to hip-hop and lyrical music this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

NEWS | 04/04/2007

U. increases parents' perks

Graduate students with families will soon benefit from significant changes to University policy, including expanded childcare subsidies, extended maternity leave and suspended teaching and academic obligations during time off."Princeton is making a fantastic effort to help graduate students," said Emily Frasier, a pregnant mother of two whose husband is a second-year graduate student.

NEWS | 04/03/2007

Ivy in Bloom

All around campus, pink saucer magnolias, white star magnolias, daffodils and a variety of other flowers burst into bloom, signaling the end of the winter months.

NEWS | 04/03/2007

Zhu: Chinese economy unable to sustain growth

China's rapid economic growth has turned heads worldwide, but the nation's recent spurt of prosperity may not continue without considerable costs, Vice President of the Bank of China Min Zhu GS '88 told a full audience in Robertson Hall yesterday.During his lecture, titled "2007: Global Economy and Financial Market," Zhu strove to address China's economic rise in the context of its relationship with the United States.

NEWS | 04/03/2007

Seniors struggle to get visas

International students who wish to work in the United States after graduation often run into bureaucratic red tape ? both from the University and from the federal government ? due to the academic calendar's incompatibility with visa-application schedules.Foreign college graduates are not allowed to be employed in the United States unless they have a valid H-1B visa, which is issued to professionals who wish to work in the country for an extended period of time.

NEWS | 04/03/2007

Posters decry biased actions

Following the discovery of an anti-Semitic chalkboard drawing in a Bloomberg Hall study room last weekend, campus groups have come together to create a postering campaign against bias.Various campus groups, including the Center of Jewish Life (CJL) and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS), in conjunction with residential colleges, have begun distributing and posting anti-bias flyers around the University.The flyers display the word "bias" crossed out, with "not on our campus" written below.In an email to Butler residents, Butler Director of Studies Matthew Lazen encouraged students to print out the flyers and display them on doors and windows.

NEWS | 04/03/2007

McCarty to fill in as WWS dean

Nolan McCarty will take over for Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 when she goes on sabbatical for the 2007-08 academic year.McCarty, associate dean of the Wilson School, came to Princeton in 2001 from Columbia.

NEWS | 04/03/2007

Students of all sizes, colors ... and ages

As Gene McHam sat at a foldout desk in McCormick 101 yesterday morning, he listened attentively to Professor Angela Gleason's HIS 343: Civilization in the Early Middle Ages lecture.Though he might seem like a typical student, McHam's silver-gray hair sets him apart from the crowd.

NEWS | 04/03/2007

Sugar thong, honey bra, you know that I'll buy you

Where would you go in Princeton, N.J., if you wanted to wear your underwear and eat it too?Your best bet is Ricky's Candy, Cones and Chaos on Nassau Street.

NEWS | 04/02/2007

Acceptance rate dips to all-time low

The University accepted a record-low 9.5 percent of applicants for the Class of 2011, admitting 1,791 of the 18,942 prospective candidates.Of the 16,605 students who applied regular decision, 1,194 were accepted to join the 597 who were admitted during the Early Decision round in December.

NEWS | 04/02/2007

Polk '77 opts for a distinct job

Hollis Polk '77 helps her customers see their futures ? not the winning lottery numbers ? so they can live better lives and run their businesses more efficiently.As a self-described "clairvoyant/coach," Polk helps her clients clean out "mental clutter" and "emotional noise," guiding her clients through their daily lives and helps them with decision-making.She has been coaching in northern California for 10 years, using her "clairvoyance" to advise her clients.

NEWS | 04/02/2007

Students mentor underprivileged children in local area

Drew Frederick '07 stood next to third-grader Isaiah on the sidelines of the fall Princeton-Dartmouth football game.

NEWS | 04/02/2007

Davis' gift to benefit international students

Globetrotting philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis and her son Shelby Davis '58 donated $5 million to the International Center, which coordinates programs for international students on campus, the University announced yesterday.The International Center will be renamed the Kathryn W.

NEWS | 04/02/2007

Campus environmentalists construct recycling tent

Students strolling outside Frist Campus Center last week were confronted with a tent full of cans, bottles and cardboard boxes intended to represent the volume of recyclable materials that are thrown away instead of recycled at Princeton every day.The display ? erected by Princeton Ecology Representatives and Building Services ? was the brainchild of student "Eco-Reps," who raise awareness about environmental issues on campus in conjunction with the student group Greening Princeton.

NEWS | 04/01/2007

Bladerunner

Max Tarjan '10 performs at the Figure Skating Club's danger-themed "Skate at Your Own Risk" show Saturday night at Baker Rink.

NEWS | 04/01/2007

Making way for Labyrinth, Micawber closes

Micawber Books, the 26-year-old independent bookstore on Nassau Street, closed its doors for good on Saturday.The University bought the store in November from longtime owners Logan Fox and Margaret Griffin and announced a partnership with Labyrinth Books, a small chain that already has locations at Yale and Columbia.

NEWS | 04/01/2007

At local church, Dar Williams sings for peace

As folk singer Dar Williams' acoustic guitar chords drifted over full pews at Nassau Presbyterian Church on Saturday night, she hoped her listeners would absorb more than just music.Williams' performance of original songs ? part of a benefit concert for the Princeton Borough-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) ? featured an overarching pro-peace message, complete with throwbacks to the 1960s antiwar movement, including a moment when she flashed the peace sign while strumming her guitar.Williams, who had headlined CFPA's Annual Concert for Peace twice before, said she has gotten "more radical" with age and was proud to support peace and social justice through her performance."Anything that's done creatively can really move people," she said in an interview before the concert.

NEWS | 04/01/2007

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