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As college students nationwide flock to spots like Cancun and Miami for spring break, hundreds of Princeton undergraduates are getting ready to spend their breaks far from sunlight, deep in the bowels of Firestone Library or the labs of the E-Quad, working on their senior theses.With most theses due in April, spring break is when seniors hope to concentrate on their writing.

NEWS | 03/15/2006

'CFA' creates name for himself

'CFA' creates name for himself

Casey Ford Alexander '09 ? more commonly known as "CFA" ? has appeared on stage and in TV shows since age 10, once performed in Carnegie Hall and has been in the spotlight for most of his life.But when asked to describe himself, he said he values privacy above all else."I am really passionate about acting, but I am also pretty reserved," Alexander said.

NEWS | 03/15/2006

Fire breaks out in Gauss Hall

A small kitchen fire broke out tonight in 211 Gauss Hall. No students were injured and the fire was soon contained.The room's walls had been soaked in alcohol, a firefighter and policeman on the scene said.

NEWS | 03/15/2006

'CFA' creates name for himself

Casey Ford Alexander '09 ? more commonly known as "CFA" ? has appeared on stage and in TV shows since age 10, once performed in Carnegie Hall and has been in the spotlight for most of his life.But when asked to describe himself, he said he values privacy above all else."I am really passionate about acting, but I am also pretty reserved," Alexander said.

NEWS | 03/15/2006

Shultz '42 ties war on terror to Cold War

Likening the war on terror to the Cold War, George Shultz '42 said in a lecture yesterday that economic and political sustainability, coupled with military preparedness, is the only method to combat terrorism."The world has never been in a situation of better promise than now," Shultz, who served as secretary of state for seven years under President Ronald Reagan, said.

NEWS | 03/15/2006

Princeton students gone mild

As college students nationwide flock to spots like Cancun and Miami for spring break, hundreds of Princeton undergraduates are getting ready to spend their breaks far from sunlight, deep in the bowels of Firestone Library or the labs of the E-Quad, working on their senior theses.With most theses due in April, spring break is when seniors hope to concentrate on their writing.

NEWS | 03/15/2006

Polish activist describes new democracies' hurdles

Adam Michnik, lifelong human rights activist and editor-in-chief of Poland's first independent daily newspaper, described how post-communist nations have "a problem with history" in a lecture yesterday in Aaron Burr Hall.Translated by University history professor Jan Gross, who introduced him as "one of the few heroes of revolution that has no skeletons in his closet," Michnik spoke of the problems all newly-formed democracies face when confronting their past.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

DPS issues guidelines on Facebook

As students call for "poke" attacks and scramble to block Public Safety officers from viewing their facebook.com profiles, Public Safety director Steven Healy has issued guidelines establishing how officers may use the site.Officers can continue to use Facebook as a supplementary source for investigations, but cannot scour the site for parties or other activities.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

Construction irks grad students

Students in graduate housing have been coping with an unwanted wakeup call most mornings for more than five months now ? heavy construction outside their rooms, often beginning at six or seven in the morning."It used to be that we had a nice quiet area.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

Polish activist describes new democracies' hurdles

Adam Michnik, lifelong human rights activist and editor-in-chief of Poland's first independent daily newspaper, described how post-communist nations have "a problem with history" in a lecture yesterday in Aaron Burr Hall.Translated by University history professor Jan Gross, who introduced him as "one of the few heroes of revolution that has no skeletons in his closet," Michnik spoke of the problems all newly-formed democracies face when confronting their past.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

Two seniors win Labouisse Prize

Seniors James R. Williams and Soraya Umewaka have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize, a $25,000 fellowship to fund independent projects serving the public good for the year after graduation.Umewaka, a politics major, will travel to Brazil to work for a nongovernmental organization and make a documentary about a mentoring program for poor children.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

Two seniors win Labouisse Prize

Seniors James R. Williams and Soraya Umewaka have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize, a $25,000 fellowship to fund independent projects serving the public good for the year after graduation.Umewaka, a politics major, will travel to Brazil to work for a nongovernmental organization and make a documentary about a mentoring program for poor children.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

The view from Oxford

OXFORD, March 14 ? I began my semester at Oxford confident in my prowess as a writer. Having penned for The Daily Princetonian such fascinating stories as 'Students obey hunger late at night' and 'Freshmen seek their place on campus,' I knew that my first Oxford essay would be a masterpiece.My tutor ? Oxford-speak for the faculty member who's responsible for teaching me ? disagreed.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

The view from Oxford

OXFORD, March 14 ? I began my semester at Oxford confident in my prowess as a writer. Having penned for The Daily Princetonian such fascinating stories as 'Students obey hunger late at night' and 'Freshmen seek their place on campus,' I knew that my first Oxford essay would be a masterpiece.My tutor ? Oxford-speak for the faculty member who's responsible for teaching me ? disagreed.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

DPS issues guidelines on Facebook

As students call for "poke" attacks and scramble to block Public Safety officers from viewing their facebook.com profiles, Public Safety director Steven Healy has issued guidelines establishing how officers may use the site.Officers can continue to use Facebook as a supplementary source for investigations, but cannot scour the site for parties or other activities.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

Construction irks grad students

Students in graduate housing have been coping with an unwanted wakeup call most mornings for more than five months now ? heavy construction outside their rooms, often beginning at six or seven in the morning."It used to be that we had a nice quiet area.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

Researcher blurs line between gay, straight

"I have a friend who's been gay since day one, 51 years old, who one day comes to me and says, 'Fritz, I'm starting to think about vaginas and women.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Researcher blurs line between gay, straight

"I have a friend who's been gay since day one, 51 years old, who one day comes to me and says, 'Fritz, I'm starting to think about vaginas and women.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Moss '71 chosen to lead MIT media lab

Could a computer ever have common sense? Emotion? To technological innovator Frank Moss '71, these are not just possibilities, but goals.Last month, Moss was named director of the prestigious MIT Media Lab, an information technology laboratory founded in 1980 by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte and then-MIT president Jerome Weisner.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

University claims it underbilled Foundation

In the latest development in the back-and-forth legal battle between the University and the Robertson family, the University submitted two briefs to the New Jersey Superior Court yesterday, asserting that the Wilson School has effectively upheld the Robertson Foundation's mission and appropriately allocated its funds.The University said that it has, in fact, "undercharged" the Foundation by $235 million since 1965, when the University decided to only charge the Foundation for expansion of the school's graduate program instead of the program's base cost.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

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