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Well, weather fans ... not a good weekend. Spurred by the prospect of a cataclysmic throwdown with Yale's weatherman, I decamped to Palmer Stadium in full-battle regalia (cowboy hat once owned by Willie Nelson, laser tag guns, orange Home Depot smock), only to experience most profound agony of defeat since the crashing ski jumper in the intro to ABC's "Wide World of Sports." Seriously, I think we should change the bonfire criterion to being ranked #1 in U.S.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

A moment with Hilary Hahn

A moment with Hilary Hahn

Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn will visit Princeton today, performing in McCarter Theater as part of a college tour.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

A moment with Hilary Hahn

Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn will visit Princeton today, performing in McCarter Theater as part of a college tour.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Physics students travel to California

Thirty-five current and prospective physics students flew out to Southern California this fall break for an all-expense-paid trip that included stargazing and a trip to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, along with Hollywood and Venice Beach.The trip, coordinated by physics professors Chiara Nappi and Ed Groth and cosponsored by the physics department and Caltech, allowed students to experience "an exciting application of the physics that they studied in the classroom and to show them the relations of the classroom to current research on gravity and gravitational motion," Nappi said.The group was mainly comprised of sophomores enrolled in a course on classical mechanics, though a mix of juniors, seniors and graduate student chaperones also attended."There were all levels of expertise and it was very exciting for sophomores to be on the same trip with older students," Nappi said.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Keller reflects on decisions in the Judith Miller affair

Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, discussed the future of mainstream journalism Monday afternoon, at a time when his paper has been both the source and the subject of the news."Like most people at the Times, I am suffering from a serious case of Judy Miller fatigue," Keller told a capacity crowd in Dodds Auditorium, referring to the former Times reporter who last week resigned from the paper following scrutiny from colleagues and outside critics about her role in the Valerie Plame leak investigation.In his hour-long speech titled "America Media: Still the Fourth Estate?" Keller discussed the Miller GS '72 affair at length, both defending and criticitizing the Times' role in the affair.Keller said he was right to support Miller's refusal to testify initially in the CIA leak investigation, but that the paper should have been more critical of Miller's reporting, beginning with her now largely-discredited stories on alleged WMDs in Iraq."Newspapers are written and edited by human beings.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Club membership approves donation to University

Campus Club alumni and former undergraduate members have passed a resolution to donate the clubhouse to the University for student and alumni "social and cultural functions," club graduate board member Stephen Culhane '86 said Monday evening.The resolution passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 647 to 18, club graduate board chair Anne Trevisan '86 said, noting that the decision was "bittersweet" but "fairly clear-cut.""I think there were a number of views expressed [among the voters] and there were some reservations among some of the people who voted in favor," Culhane said, "but in terms of the people who voted against, I think the principal issue [was] a desire not to see the club close, which frankly I think everybody shares."The University is awaiting official notice of the donation from Campus' graduate board before making specific plans for the building."If the resolution did pass, then we would need to work with the Club to complete the legal process necessary to donate the Club to the University," Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee '69 said in an email.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

University receives grant for panel on nukes

The MacArthur Foundation awarded a grant of $2.2 million to the Wilson School's Program on Science and Global Security (S&GS) for the creation of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM).The grant, approved by the foundation on Sept.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Gould to establish EEB program in Bermuda

Forget crowded lecture halls and faded textbooks. This summer, ecology and evolutionary biology professor James Gould will be teaching a four-week marine biology course in Bermuda to 15 rising juniors.The program will feature labs involving snorkeling, sand collection and boat trips to study algae, coral reefs and other marine life.Students in the course will have six days of class a week with two lectures daily, weekly precepts and a threeto six-hour lab Mondays through Saturdays.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Club membership approves donation to University

Campus Club alumni and former undergraduate members have passed a resolution to donate the clubhouse to the University for student and alumni "social and cultural functions," club graduate board member Stephen Culhane '86 said Monday evening.The resolution passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 647 to 18, club graduate board chair Anne Trevisan '86 said, noting that the decision was "bittersweet" but "fairly clear-cut.""I think there were a number of views expressed [among the voters] and there were some reservations among some of the people who voted in favor," Culhane said, "but in terms of the people who voted against, I think the principal issue [was] a desire not to see the club close, which frankly I think everybody shares."The University is awaiting official notice of the donation from Campus' graduate board before making specific plans for the building."If the resolution did pass, then we would need to work with the Club to complete the legal process necessary to donate the Club to the University," Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee '69 said in an email.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Cooper says conversation with Rove changed his life

Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper spoke Monday evening about his role in an ongoing investigation of the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity, saying that the scandal has changed his life.Cooper refused to reveal the identity of a confidential source ? later revealed to be senior Bush adviser Karl Rove ? who allegedly leaked Plame's identity, despite being held in contempt of the federal court and threatened with jail time.He only testified before a federal grand jury investigating the leak when he received a last-minute waiver from Rove's lawyer, relieving him of the obligation to protect his source's identity."I spoke to [Rove] for only about two minutes," Cooper said of the conversation where Rove mentioned that Joseph Wilson's wife ? who is Valerie Plame, though Rove did not explicitly name her ? works for the CIA.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Rupp '64, Levinson GS '77 win alumni awards

Arthur Levinson GS '77 and George Rupp '64 were selected as the 2006 recipients of the two major alumni awards bestowed by the Princeton University Alumni Association.Levinson, chairman and CEO of Genentech, will receive the James Madison Medal, and Rupp, president of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), was selected as the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award.The Wilson Award recognizes undergraduate alumni who embody the University's unofficial motto "Princeton in the Nation's Service." The Madison Medal is presented to graduate alumni who have "had a distinguished career, advanced the cause of graduate education, or achieved an outstanding record of public service," according to the University website.On Alumni Day, Feb.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Tilghman asks for arts advice

The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) met Monday afternoon to discuss the results of two recent taskforces that investigated University's racial diversity in hiring efforts and the future of creative and performing arts at Princeton.Most of the meeting, which had been billed as an open forum to discuss the creative arts plan, was spent discussing the continuing efforts of a taskforce initiated by President Tilghman last spring to evaluate and improve the artistic atmosphere in both the academic and extracurricular aspects of the University.School of Architecture Dean Stanley Allen GS '88, who chaired the task force, spoke about the potential for a large-scale change in arts programs."There's really a commitment here to a sort of cultural change," Allen said.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Lobster, steak and plain white rice

Some students in Wu Dining Hall left the comfort of Princeton Monday night for a stark experience of poverty and hunger.Students were randomly assigned to one of three income statuses.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

Tilghman asks for arts advice

The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) met Monday afternoon to discuss the results of two recent taskforces that investigated University's racial diversity in hiring efforts and the future of creative and performing arts at Princeton.Most of the meeting, which had been billed as an open forum to discuss the creative arts plan, was spent discussing the continuing efforts of a taskforce initiated by President Tilghman last spring to evaluate and improve the artistic atmosphere in both the academic and extracurricular aspects of the University.School of Architecture Dean Stanley Allen GS '88, who chaired the task force, spoke about the potential for a large-scale change in arts programs."There's really a commitment here to a sort of cultural change," Allen said.

NEWS | 11/14/2005

KASA hosts adopted kids

Rose Prucker brought her adopted daughter over from Korea more than five years ago. On Saturday, the two joined a host of other adoptees and their families in Murray-Dodge Hall to sample the culture.The families were received by members of the Korean American Students Association (KASA) and other student volunteers for the fifth annual Princeton's Adopted Little Siblings (PALS) day."The event is very valuable for my daughter," Prucker said.

NEWS | 11/13/2005

Conference focuses on diversity

The Wilson School's Students and Alumni of Color (SAOC) group hosted a symposium this weekend that blended a discussion of the policy issues facing minority communities with networking opportunities for graduate students who want to pursue careers in public policy."The world of public policy still does not reflect the racial or ethnic makeup of the ever-changing face of this country," symposium co-chair Suman Sureshbabu GS said during opening ceremonies.The event, which coincided with the Wilson's School's 75th anniversary and SAOC's 10th anniversary, featured several reminders that the School has not always been so racially inclusive.In introductory remarks, Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 noted that the Wilson School was initially founded to produce "public-spirited gentlemen ? white gentlemen," and praised the Wilson School's increase in diversity since that time."This is one of the weekends when I'm proudest to be dean," she said later.Julius Coles GS '66, president of Africare, said at a symposium dinner that when he studied at the Wilson School, the student body included one woman, one African and one African-American.

NEWS | 11/13/2005

USG considers supporting tuition aid act

At Sunday's Senate meeting, the USG discussed endorsing the National Tuition Endowment Act, designed to help lower the financial burden of college students, but decided to wait to receive more information before acting.The act was drawn up at a conference at Columbia University attended by U-Councilor Rob Biederman '08.

NEWS | 11/13/2005

USG considers supporting tuition aid act

At Sunday's Senate meeting, the USG discussed endorsing the National Tuition Endowment Act, designed to help lower the financial burden of college students, but decided to wait to receive more information before acting.The act was drawn up at a conference at Columbia University attended by U-Councilor Rob Biederman '08.

NEWS | 11/13/2005

Conference focuses on diversity

The Wilson School's Students and Alumni of Color (SAOC) group hosted a symposium this weekend that blended a discussion of the policy issues facing minority communities with networking opportunities for graduate students who want to pursue careers in public policy."The world of public policy still does not reflect the racial or ethnic makeup of the ever-changing face of this country," symposium co-chair Suman Sureshbabu GS said during opening ceremonies.The event, which coincided with the Wilson's School's 75th anniversary and SAOC's 10th anniversary, featured several reminders that the School has not always been so racially inclusive.In introductory remarks, Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 noted that the Wilson School was initially founded to produce "public-spirited gentlemen ? white gentlemen," and praised the Wilson School's increase in diversity since that time."This is one of the weekends when I'm proudest to be dean," she said later.Julius Coles GS '66, president of Africare, said at a symposium dinner that when he studied at the Wilson School, the student body included one woman, one African and one African-American.

NEWS | 11/13/2005

Exploring Einstein with music

"Superstrings," a lecture and concert event with Oxford physics professor Brian Foster, violinist Jack Liebeck and pianist Charles Own, used music and demonstrations to explore Einstein's theories.The lecture was sponsored by the physics department as part of the World Year of Physics, a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Einstein's "miracle year," during which his three most influential papers were published."When he came to Princeton, Einstein's greatest contributions to community were in his music," Foster said.

NEWS | 11/13/2005

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