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Yale endowment returns top peers

Yale endowment returns top peers

Outpacing recent performance by its peer institutions, Yale's endowment generated a 22.9 percent return last year, the university's investment office said Monday.Now valued at more than $18 billion, Yale's endowment is second in size only to Harvard's, which grew to $29.2 billion in the 2005-06 fiscal year ending June 30, according to numbers released by the Harvard Management Company last week.The Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), which manages the University's endowment, is expected to release its 2005-06 numbers after its board of directors meets on Oct.

NEWS | 09/27/2006

Conservative author promotes abstinence

Men and women should refrain from premarital sex, avoid pharmaceutical birth control even in wedlock and discourage peers who manifest same-sex attractions from acting on their inclinations, abstinence proponent and author Jason Evert told an audience of approximately 50 students and locals Tuesday night.In a talk titled "Sexual Propositions: Romance Without Regret," Evert ? the author of several books and a member of the lay apostolate organization Catholic Answers ? stressed the potential emotional damage, physical risks and denigration of women he said sex outside of marriage fosters.Dressed in an untucked button-down shirt and ambling in front of the audience stand-up comedian-style, Evert punctuated his promotion of traditional sexual mores with quips and anecdotes, frequently drawing laughter from the audience."Every guy in here has the desire to lust after girls, but he also has a deeper desire to love a woman," he said, arguing that men should practice self-control while women should dress modestly and avoid tempting male peers to objectify them."All guys have been lied to about what it means to be a man.

NEWS | 09/26/2006

Bank allows grads to defer

Prospective candidates applying to Teach for America (TFA) will no longer have to balance the desire to volunteer against the prospect of losing out on a more lucrative job offer, thanks to a new policy enacted by financial giant JP Morgan.In a partnership between the two organizations, students accepted to both JP Morgan and TFA will have the option to defer their finance jobs for two years to work at TFA.

NEWS | 09/26/2006

Door closes on pub for this year

"Miscommunication" between the University and the Borough Council late last year led the Pub Committee to indefinitely postpone plans for regular pub nights, Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson said yesterday.Plans for a permanent University pub have also been tabled for now, though discussions with the Borough will continue."We do not have a timeline for revisiting this idea, but it won't be this year," Dickerson said in an email.

NEWS | 09/26/2006

New program teaches more than English

Though he began his Princeton career taking Chinese "on a whim," Rory Truex '07 has taken his appreciation for the language beyond the classroom.Building off his experience in the Princeton-in-Beijing (PiB) and Princeton-in-Asia (PiA) programs, Truex inaugurated "Summer of Service," a new program in which 11 undergraduates taught at an English immersion program in rural Jishou, China, last summer."It's so easy to do so much good," Truex said.

NEWS | 09/26/2006

Living on prayer

Recognizing the need for religious leadership for Muslim students on campus, the Office of Religious Life (ORL) recently hired Khalid Latif as the University's first Muslim chaplain.Latif, 23, who grew up in Edison, N.J., graduated from New York University with degrees in political science and Islamic studies and completed a year of chaplaincy there, will offer spiritual guidance to students and promote interfaith programs on campus.He will be dividing his time between part-time chaplain positions at Princeton and NYU, as well as finishing his master's degree at the Hartford Theological Seminary, where he is getting certified in Islamic chaplaincy."I don't sleep, ever," he joked.

NEWS | 09/26/2006

Profs choose blogs over Blackboard

Capitalizing on the rising popularity of blogs, students and professors at the University are replacing the stodgy and sometimes inflexible Blackboard software with interactive weblogs for their course postings.Blogs allow users to easily post content online, without having to know all about web software, Michael Muzzie, OIT digital media consultant, said.Edward Felten, a professor of computer science and director of the Center of Information Technology has taught two courses using blogs.

NEWS | 09/25/2006

UHS to provide new HPV vaccine

In a move mirroring health trends nationwide, University Health Services (UHS) will soon make the newly released human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination available to Princeton students."We wanted to wait until we had the vaccine in hand before we put it on our website, but we expect to have it available sometime later this week," UHS physician Peter Johnsen said.The vaccine protects against the sexually transmitted disease HPV, which has been linked to the development of cervical cancer in women.

NEWS | 09/25/2006

Arts hub will not erase 'Wa, Tilghman vows

University officials presented an updated 10-year campus plan and defended their recent decision to discontinue Early Decision at this year's first meeting of the Council of Princeton University Community (CPUC).The Wawa convenience store will be relocated to make room for the arts neighborhood, but President Tilghman assured students that the store would still be within easy reach.

NEWS | 09/25/2006

In Harvard and Princeton's wake, UVa. ends early admission

The University of Virginia announced Monday that it would end its early admissions program, becoming the third institution of higher education in the U.S.

NEWS | 09/25/2006

Grad alums awarded MacArthur fellowships

Terence Tao GS '96 may be a genius, but he discovered his passion for math in an unlikely place: in front of the television.It was there, watching "Sesame Street," that the seeds of mathematical renown were planted, when a two-year-old Tao began to teach himself to count.

NEWS | 09/25/2006

Leak prompts evacuation

A puff of hydrogen gas released during the installation of new equipment in Frick Laboratory yesterday caused an hour-long evacuation of the building.University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt '96 said that hydrogen was released while workers were connecting a cylinder of the gas to the distribution system of a new chromatograph for room 159 in the laboratory.The gas triggered a monitor that notified Public Safety of the potential leak.

NEWS | 09/25/2006

Crime around campus

Princeton stadium, Sept. 16, 1:01 a.m.A borough police officer reported receiving a 911 call regarding a fall victim on the north side of Princeton stadium.

NEWS | 09/25/2006

English bring song across pond

When Redcoats came to Nassau Hall in 1777, General Washington greeted them with cannonballs. Today's English emissaries have received a far more welcoming reception.Francis Williams and James Kanagasooriam are visiting Princeton during a gap year between their studies at Eton College and Cambridge.

NEWS | 09/24/2006

Jordan foreign minister calls for mutual respect

Jordan's foreign minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib argued in a Wilson School lecture Friday afternoon that while his country supports Palestine's right to self-determination, neighboring Israel's security is equally important.The two sides "have to respect each others' right to exist," Al-Khatib told an audience in Dodds Auditorium, which peppered the minister with questions after his speech.Al-Khatib described Jordan as a country "in the middle of all the crises in the region." He stressed his concern about the Palestinian economy and government, noting that democratically elected Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas is a "committed leader" who needs the support of the Arab and international community.At the same time, Al-Khatib defended the needs of Israeli security repeatedly, stating that he was "not against [the] special and deep" relationship of the United States and Israel.But Al-Khatib acknowledged criticism from some Arab populations leveled at his government for its perceived lack of action in aiding Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, especially during this past summer's conflict between Israel and Lebanon.The Jordanian government should respect these sentiments, Al-Khatib said, but it need not "play on emotions of the masses" ? a stance which some have argued has distanced top Arab governments from their people.The question-and-answer session after the foreign minister's speech dealt largely with the recent Israeli-Lebanese war, which Al-Khatib noted resulted in a few billion dollars worth of damage to Lebanon as well as the displacement of one million Lebanese.But the foreign minister strongly denounced Hezbollah's actions, including the group's capture of two Israeli soldiers, which resulted in a heavy Israeli response.

NEWS | 09/24/2006

USG votes to hear all referenda

USG senators have tabled a constitutional amendment that would give them final say on student referenda and have voted to continue discussing a proposal to reform the University's pass/D/fail policy.

NEWS | 09/24/2006

Wireless disruptions over weekend frustrate students

University wireless service has been punctuated with sporadic disruptions this weekend, frustrating students across campus.According to the OIT website, "an issue with the Wireless Access Points servicing the campus wireless network" is causing interruptions in user connectivity.

NEWS | 09/24/2006

Show me the money

I started this column last year as an antidote to anxiety over finding my passion and setting myself up for career success.

NEWS | 09/24/2006

Q&A with James McGreevey

Following a short speech at the U-Store Saturday, former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey conducted a joint interview with reporters from The Daily Princetonian, Times of Trenton and Princeton Packet.Is this your first time back at Princeton?Yes, it's wonderful.

NEWS | 09/24/2006

Spin doctors

Physics professor Ali Yazdani runs a lab that literally floats on air.Deep within the basement of Jadwin Hall, powerful air pistons prop up a 35-ton room, protecting a scanning tunneling microscope from miniscule vibrations caused by seismic activity and the traffic from Washington Road.

NEWS | 09/24/2006

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