On the wall of the reception room in Firestone Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) hangs an unassuming white frame.
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 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.
When Ann Coulter implied that she wanted to call John Edwards a "faggot" during a speech at a Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month, the audience reacted with confusion: some clapped, some laughed, some gasped.As politicians, bloggers and TV talking heads hurried to parse Coulter's comments about the former Democratic senator from North Carolina and current presidential candidate, no one sought the opinion of one player in the melodrama: Edwards' daughter, Cate Edwards '04.But if the press had asked for her response, Edwards said, she would have told them she objected more to Coulter's tone than to her target.
A field of 30 narrowed to three yesterday with the Alumni Association's announcement of the finalists in the race for young alumni trustee.Following an election marred by confusion among the candidates regarding the rules on campaigning, seniors Alex Lenahan, Caitlin Sullivan and Jim Williamson received the greatest number of votes from among their peers.The elections have been dominated by student government leaders in recent years.
For Bill Zeller GS, the best things in life are free.Zeller made a splash on the Internet when, 10 days after the release of the Windows-compatible version of Apple's music player iTunes in October 2003, he released myTunes, a program that runs alongside older versions of iTunes and allows users to download music from other users' libraries over a local network.Since then, myTunes has been downloaded over 3.5 million times, Zeller said."One thing that surprised me was the strong emotional response I got from people about my program," he said.
Wilson School dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 will be the 31st recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Law, a press release from the University of Virginia said yesterday."It's an honor to receive this award and it's a particular honor for me because I grew up in Charlottesville," Slaughter said in an interview.
Correction appendedThe University has returned close to $800,000 to the Robertson Foundation, acknowledging that it did not adequately inform the foundation's trustees of the short-lived Graduate Funding Agreement.Compared to the foundation's $800 million endowment and the $207 million the Robertsons are demanding that the University return, the $782,375 reimbursement seems paltry.
The United States has reached a dead end in its nuclear talks with Iran, Sir John Thomson said yesterday in Dodds Auditorium.
The University will launch a capital campaign this fall, President Tilghman said yesterday at the monthly meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC)."There are days when it gives the provost a headache thinking about what to do," Tilghman said, referring to projects in the pipeline such as the four-year residential colleges and the Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. "It is a big agenda for us.
On a sunny day in early spring, Nassau Hall stands perched atop Witherspoon Street like a shining citadel.
English professor Jeff Nunokawa has a facebook.com account, but he doesn't use it for the same reason his students do.
The life-size blowup doll used in a Princeton Pro-Choice Vox (PPCV) demonstration last week has been reported as stolen from Frist North Lawn, Public Safety Sergeant Kenneth Samuel confirmed yesterday.
Hungry competitors stuffed chicken wings and chocolate pies down their throats Friday afternoon in the basement of Tiger Inn, taking part in an eating competition to raise money for charity.Joe Falit '07, Ashley Beyers '08 and Chris Merrick '08 organized the event to raise $1,450 for Patrick, an undocumented resident from Haiti.
Correction appendedFundamentalist Islam is "the antithesis of secular western democracy," Director of Islamic Affairs Ahmed Kostas argued yesterday during a panel discussion on the religion's relationship to democratic institutions."The Islamic states are set up [so] that no further Sharia is needed," Kostas said, using the Arabic term for "law." Consequently, he said, Islamic states reject imposition of Western legal thought.Kostas spoke alongside Near Eastern studies graduate student Karen Bauer and politics professor Amaney Jamal, who discussed their research on Islam.
Despite recent faculty efforts to reform the academic calendar, a USG survey found that undergraduates do not want to see major changes to the current schedule, USG officers said at last night's Senate meeting.USG president Rob Biederman '08 said in an interview that the survey found "two overwhelming percentages": Students want the University to retain Fall Break as well as the current extended reading period schedule.Academics chair Sarah Breslow '08 said that over 1,400 students responded to the survey but she declined to release precise statistics.
The first round of voting for young alumni trustee ended Thursday night, with seniors picking their top three choices for a candidate to join the University Board of Trustees.
The same type of engine that powers F-18 fighter jets also generates electricity and heat on campus.For its efficient cogeneration process, the University power system has just won the Environmental Protection Agency's 2007 Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Award."It's really, really great in that it reduces the need for electricity because its so efficient," said James Kuczmarski '08, a member of the Wilson School task force "Sustainable Use of Energy at Princeton University."To produce energy, Princeton uses a cogeneration system, a plant that provides power and thermal energy from only one input fuel.
