On Thursday, the University will end a 12-year drought, not with water but with fire. Princeton will hold a bonfire Thursday night at 9 p.m.
More than any scholarship program or unofficial motto, the memorial atrium in Nassau Hall attests to Princeton's service to the nation.
Young voter turnout rose 25 percent in this year's midterm elections compared to those in 2002, according to an analysis by Young Voter Strategies, a nonpartisan research group at The George Washington University.Turnout among voters aged 18 to 29 grew to 10 million this year from 8 million in 2002.
Triangle Club members kicked off the dress rehearsal of their new show, "Heist Almighty," which opens today at McCarter.
When Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 appeared on "Anderson Cooper 360" recently, speaking about the dangers of a nuclear North Korea, she spoke not from CNN's studios in New York but from the basement of Robertson Hall.There, in room 032, is a new, fully functional, $20,000 television studio, a space that will allow networks to conduct remote live or prerecorded interviews with Princeton academic experts and, the University hopes, will shine the national media spotlight on Old Nassau."It's quite a trek for faculty to go to New York or down to Washington for an interview, and the networks are hesitant to send a crew to campus," Steven Barnes, Wilson School assistant dean for external affairs, said of the studio, which went live Oct.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said yesterday that his country is "misunderstood" and has been unfairly represented as a breeding ground for radical Islamist terrorists.
Author and activist Sister Helen Prejean shared stories from her 25-year crusade against the death penalty last night, urging the audience to be proactive in bringing an end to the "inhumane" practice."You have a chance to be the first state to abolish the death penalty," Prejean said, noting that New Jersey has placed a temporary moratorium on the practice and that legislators are considering a bill that would replace the death penalty with life without parole."You must be an active participant in shaping social policy that does not give the government the right to kill people."Prejean, who rose to fame after writing "Dead Man Walking" in 1993, handed out protest literature at the end of the lecture, asking the 150 students and community members in McCosh 10 to sign the sheets and send them to Gov.
This evening, Tower and Terrace eating clubs will buck tradition by bringing together a Bicker and a sign-in club for a joint event.
Donald Rumsfeld '54 himself became a casualty of the war in Iraq yesterday, forced to resign his post as secretary of defense after he and President Bush concluded that a "fresh perspective" is required to guide the military.The announcement came just one day after the Republicans took what the president described as a "thumping" in Tuesday's midterm elections.
Nearly 900 students, faculty, staff and local residents bustled through the usually hushed Chancellor Green Rotunda yesterday, getting a comprehensive view of the University's plans for campus development over the next decade.The event, called "Planning in Progress," featured eye-catching visual displays detailing the various aspects of campus development that have been identified and evaluated over the past year by the consulting firm Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP. A detailed displayProminently displayed in the center of the rotunda was a large three-dimensional campus model, with planned buildings, athletic field improvements, landscape projects and reforestation areas marked out in various colors.Each niche on both levels of the octogonal rotunda was dedicated to specific themes, including transportation, landscape and campus neighborhoods, such as natural sciences or athletics.Posters spanning the walls of the rotunda succinctly summarized the project and challenges and issues pertaining to each theme, while University officials, consultants, architects and engineers from the various firms responded to the comments and questions of community members."This is a chance for the on-campus and town community to see how we're working on these issues," Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee '69 said.One issue that each of the displays dealt with was the effort to achieve a more environmentally friendly campus.
The University has presented two plans to overhaul the current academic calendar to academic department chairs and program directors for their review.
The Crystal Tiger award selection committee announced Wednesday that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is this year's recipient of the award.
"I just want to be able to look at me and see me ... as white."So said Sarah Silverman, stand-up comedian, actress and writer, in her performance on Wednesday night at Richardson Auditorium, a show that students described as "relatively entertaining," "just so funny" and "excellent."Typical for her comic acts, Silverman was unafraid to touch on the personal, like her relationship with Jimmy Kimmel, host of late night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," or the controversial, such as racism, abortion, rape, death and stereotypes of Jewish-Americans.Among her most memorable punch lines were, "I tell my niece every time she loses at tag, an angel gets AIDS," "[The difference between killing six million Jews and 60 million Jews is that] 60 million would be unforgivable," and "I don't give money to [starving toddlers in Africa] because I don't want them to spend it on drugs."Silverman, ironically, said at a reception following her routine that she was very sensitive about discrimination during her childhood, recalling one incident in third grade when a boy threw change at her and then yelled, "Pick it up, Jew!" Since then, however, she has learned to see the humor in situations that could otherwise be construed as insulting."I guess if you don't think it's funny, it's probably going to be offensive," Silverman said.
The family of renowned cartoonist and illustrator Whitney Darrow, Jr. '31 recently donated more than 1,000 of his original cartoons to the University Library, adding breadth and depth to a collection already noted for its holdings in comic and satiric art.The gift to the graphic arts collection in Firestone's rare books department, includes 325 drawings originally published in The New Yorker and 746 illustrations from Darrow's 18 books.The donation is "in so many ways, a tremendous resource," graphic arts curator Julie Melby said.
University students helped douse the nation's electoral map with a fresh splash of blue paint yesterday, in an election that saw Democrats seize the House of Representatives and chip away at GOP control of a Senate that appeared poised early Wednesday morning for a one-seat Democratic majority.Democrats easily picked up the minimum 15 seats they needed to take control of the House for the first time since 1994, with TV networks projecting 226 Democratic seats so far, compared to 190 for the Republicans and 19 undecided.
Riding a surge of support for Democrats among voters in New York, Eliot Spitzer '81 was elected governor of New York last night, defeating Republican John Faso by more than a two-to-one margin.Spitzer is New York's first Democratic governor in 12 years, replacing three-term Republican George Pataki, who did not run for reelection.Voters ousted Republicans from the New York governor's mansion decisively: With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Spitzer garnered 69 percent of votes, compared to Faso's 29 percent.Spitzer's successful campaign led a victorious statewide Democratic ticket, including the reelection of Sen.
Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 chaired the inaugural meeting of the Department of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion Monday morning, making opening remarks and fielding questions to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.The meeting opened with 45 minutes of public discussion on issues ranging from how Palestine's electoral system benefits Hamas to American overtures to Russian newspapers critical of the Kremlin.Rice spoke strongly against any implication that it is the United States' responsibility to impose democracy."A far better name for the committee would be the Advisory Committee for Democracy Support, rather than 'promotion,' " Slaughter said in an email after the meeting, seconding Rice's statement."An outside actor ... cannot create or foster or even promote democracy," she added.
Female professors at the University are paid less than their male colleagues, according to a report released last month.
BRIDGEWATER, Nov. 7 ? With the nation awash in blue, Tom Kean, Jr. was not alone among Republicans making concession speeches last night.
