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Leeds '06 opts to stay in running

Leeds '06 opts to stay in running

After considering withdrawing from the young alumni trustee election, Ira Leeds '06 said that he has decided to stay in the race while also promoting his "Princeton Matters" petition.It remains unclear what the University's response to Leeds' decision will be.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

USG aims to open campus bar

Just three weeks into the Lenahan administration, the USG is busy formulating plans to increase social options and ease students' academic pursuits.A newly redesigned student course guide will open this week, and after spring break, an on-campus bar may provide students with an alternative to traditional University nightlife.The University is in need of a place where students can "sit down, relax and have a nice beer," USG Senator Alexander Gibson '06 said.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

USG aims to open campus bar

Just three weeks into the Lenahan administration, the USG is busy formulating plans to increase social options and ease students' academic pursuits.A newly redesigned student course guide will open this week, and after spring break, an on-campus bar may provide students with an alternative to traditional University nightlife.The University is in need of a place where students can "sit down, relax and have a nice beer," USG Senator Alexander Gibson '06 said.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

University ranks 25th in private giving

Princeton ranks 25th among colleges and universities receiving private donations for the 2005 fiscal year according to the Council for Aid to Education's annual Voluntary Support of Education Survey.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

Golubcow-Teglasi, Williams tie for Pyne

The Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest honor the University bestows on a member of the graduating class, was jointly awarded Saturday to seniors Jeremy Golubcow-Teglasi and James Williams.When they were notified two Fridays ago, Golubcow-Teglasi and Williams had no idea why they were being called into the office of Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan."I was completely speechless," Williams said.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

Golubcow-Teglasi, Williams tie for Pyne

The Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest honor the University bestows on a member of the graduating class, was jointly awarded Saturday to seniors Jeremy Golubcow-Teglasi and James Williams.When they were notified two Fridays ago, Golubcow-Teglasi and Williams had no idea why they were being called into the office of Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan."I was completely speechless," Williams said.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

University bridge team qualifies for national college finals

For the University bridge team, the card game is something of a lifestyle.Whether they are playing alone online at 3 a.m.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

University bridge team qualifies for national college finals

For the University bridge team, the card game is something of a lifestyle.Whether they are playing alone online at 3 a.m.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

University ranks 25th in private giving

Princeton ranks 25th among colleges and universities receiving private donations for the 2005 fiscal year according to the Council for Aid to Education's annual Voluntary Support of Education Survey.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

Leeds '06 opts to stay in running

After considering withdrawing from the young alumni trustee election, Ira Leeds '06 said that he has decided to stay in the race while also promoting his "Princeton Matters" petition.It remains unclear what the University's response to Leeds' decision will be.

NEWS | 02/27/2006

Editor's note

A Feb. 23 article on Yale's decision to divest from Sudan misstated the goals of the student group Brother's Keeper.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

'Scholars' program promotes service

The Wilson School announced Friday the creation of a new program ? dubbed "Scholars in the Nation's Service" ? designed to encourage more University students to explore careers in the federal government, especially in the international relations sector."Without a competent, effective, committed government, no amount of public spirit and public service will do the job we need done," Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 said at an announcement Friday.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

Candidate seeks right to campaign

Disappointed that young alumni trustee candidates are being disallowed from campaigning in this year's election, candidate Ira Leeds '06 is collecting signatures from the senior class in an attempt to obtain the right to campaign for the position."The primary goal with the petition is to make sure the seniors are fully informed for the primaries," Leeds said in an interview.Though alumni trustee candidates are not allowed to campaign for the post, young alumni candidates have previously voted on whether to allow a campaign or not.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

'Scholars' program promotes service

The Wilson School announced Friday the creation of a new program ? dubbed "Scholars in the Nation's Service" ? designed to encourage more University students to explore careers in the federal government, especially in the international relations sector."Without a competent, effective, committed government, no amount of public spirit and public service will do the job we need done," Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 said at an announcement Friday.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

The weatherman's fake mailbag

The first in a periodic series in which I fabulate and then respond to ersatz correspondence.Weather Guy, what are your thoughts on the, ah, unique casting choice of Jack Black in "King Kong?" ? CliffCliff: Unwise.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

Alumni outline barriers to service

Sen. Paul Sarbanes '54 (D-Md.) and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker '49 discussed problems the government faces in recruiting students to public service as part of a four-member panel Friday in McCosh 50.The event, part of the Wilson School's 75th anniversary conference on government service, also included Indiana Governor Mitchell Daniels '71 and Joseph Nye '58, former dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.Nye said that money was not a consideration for most people when considering government service.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

Editor's note

A Feb. 23 article on Yale's decision to divest from Sudan misstated the goals of the student group Brother's Keeper.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

Spitzer '81 chides GOP for public's distrust of government

A panel of four alumni, including New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer '81, reflected Friday on the benefits and detriments of government service, as part of an all-day symposium in honor of the Wilson School's 75th anniversary.Spitzer, who has announced his intention to seek the 2006 Democratic nomination for governor of New York, pinned the latest downturn in government service on the ideology of recent Republican presidents."I think the argument I would make is that the ideology that a magnetic leader proffers to the public will either lead to a desire to participate in public service or it won't," Spitzer told the audience, made up predominantly of University alumni.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

Fed chair seeks price stability

In his first public address as chairman of the Federal Reserve, former University economics professor Ben Bernanke stressed the importance of price stability in promoting economic growth in a global environment of increasing oil prices and international competition.Bernanke, who taught at the University for 17 years and served as chair of the economics department, returned to campus Friday as part of the Wilson School's 75th anniversary conference on government service, "In the Nation's Service: Changes and Challenges."In his speech, delivered in Richardson Auditorium, Bernanke drew on historical examples to demonstrate how the U.S.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

Gamers go the distance

This weekend, the B-Level of Frist was filled with rows of people, but the only sound to be heard was the clinking of round "Go" game pieces against wooden boards.Participants ranging in age five to 60 took turns playing the 3,000-year-old Chinese board game as part of the 47th annual New Jersey Go tournament.

NEWS | 02/26/2006

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