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Two 100-pound mirrors, a 1961 Manet painting, a map outlining the French colonies in Africa and four New Yorker covers are Pam Testani's answer to the typical dorm-room fare of band posters and plastic crates.Steering clear of such supercenters as Bed Bath & Beyond, Marshalls and Target, the senior instead frequented The Annex and a New York flea market to furnish her room.In doing so, Testani has tapped into a nationwide trend of students trying to design the perfect dorm room."I went during freshman week and left my room at about 7 a.m.

NEWS | 09/28/2006

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

At town hall, worries about a divided campus

The four-year residential college system is set to debut next fall, but if last night's town hall meeting in Frist Campus Center was any indication, students still have plenty of questions and concerns.During the hour-long, poorly-attended meeting ? which boasted an audience of about 15, with the occasional additions of passersby attracted by the free Taco Bell and soda ? administrators and representatives from the USG fielded questions about how the approaching changes will affect campus life.Students expressed concern over whether the colleges will divide upperclassmen who join an eating club from those who draw into a four-year residential college.Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel noted that four-year colleges and eating clubs coexisted at the University in the late 1960s and early 1970s, though she admitted when further pressed that there was "very little interaction" between the clubs and colleges at the time.

NEWS | 09/27/2006

Spree for all

The freshman and sophomore classes did battle on Poe Field yesterday at Cane Spree. The annual tradition, which dates back to 1865, pits the two classes against each other in events including cane wrestling, soccer and rugby.

NEWS | 09/27/2006

In trial run next week, late meal to start at 8:30 p.m.

Students planning to catch late meal right after the dining hall closes have had to wait an extra hour this year.

NEWS | 09/27/2006

'Looking out for each other'

Diana Vall-Llobera '10, a native of Puerto Rico, is used to kissing people "hello." The American tradition of shaking hands strikes her as stiff and foreign ? and it's only one of the cultural differences she has encountered since coming to Princeton.To help students like Vall-Llobera adjust to life at the University, Accion Latina has launched a mentoring program for Hispanic students.

NEWS | 09/27/2006

'Freakonomics' author talks prostitution and altruism

Steve Levitt, coauthor of the bestselling book "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything," interspersed economics with anecdotes in a crowded lecture in McCosh 50 yesterday, discussing everything from the pricing of prostitutes to the altruism of the average person."I ask the ridiculous questions that no economist would ask," Levitt said.

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

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

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

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

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