When Eric Lander '78 graduated from Princeton with a degree in mathematics, he still believed in learning for its own sake.
Two popular Inter-Club Council (ICC) initiatives ? A Taste of Prospect and Prospect Initiative ? will be launched this month after slight delays.The ICC hopes that it will be ready to offer A Taste of Prospect, a program through which freshmen are invited to a random eating club for dinner, by mid-October."We were hoping to do it earlier this year, but we ran into some technical difficulties," said ICC President Jamal Motlagh '06, who is also the president of Quadrangle Club.Last year the event took place during the first full week of classes, but was repeated two months later because freshmen in Forbes College were accidentally excluded.
Joseph Smagorinsky, founder of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, died Sept.
Though the USG hoped to deliver a newly revamped Student Course Guide this fall ? after hiring two students for the project ? most of the intended updates will not be completed until December, as the group looks for new designers for the task.The changes, funded by the USG, will bring the website's code up-to-date and make the SCG, an online resource that offers student-written reviews of course offerings, more user-friendly.
Lt. Gen. David Petraeus GS '85 '87, who served until recently as head of the U.S. military command responsible for training Iraqi military, spoke Saturday about the importance of setting up independent Iraqi security forces and emphasized that there is still much work to be done.Before a packed McCosh 50, Petraeus, who commanded both the Multinational Security Transition Command and the NATO training mission in Iraq, gave a presentation outlining the current situation in Iraq."Iraqi security forces are in the fight ? the Iraqi lead and Iraqi coalition force backup are the keys," he said.There are currently 115 Iraqi military battalions, Petraeus said, 16 of which emerged over the course of one year.
An unknown man attempted to assault an undergraduate female student Sunday night in the women's bathroom on the 100-level of Frist Campus Center.
Three students volunteered for the gubernatorial campaign of Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) Saturday, spending four hours in a Hamilton satellite office making phone calls in support of their candidate.Their work was a part of both the College Democrats' effort to assist the Corzine campaign and the Princeton in the Nation's Service (PINS) program taking place this month."We found it a lot of fun," said Willie Poor '07, volunteer coordinator for the College Democrats and a former Daily Princetonian photography editor.Though the volunteers were "basically glorified answering machines," Poor said the afternoon was "a blast.""Most of them were recent college grads digging their heels into the grassroots effort," he said.The opportunity is considered a part of PINS, an initiative designed to increase University student involvement in community service activities."We thought you couldn't do any partisan activity for PINS, but that turned out not to be true," Poor said, adding that the College Democrats plan to continue assisting the Corzine campaign, with or without PINS.Stephanie Burset '09, one of the students who volunteered Saturday, said she was initially worried that the volunteer work would amount to tedium."I was like, 'four hours of phone calls?
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's Friday speech, billed as a "major foreign policy address," provided a strong defense of President Bush's policy in the Middle East but offered little in the way of a departure from the administration's previously stated position.The address "was an eloquent restatement of the Bush administration policy on Iraq and democracy," said international affairs professor John Ikenberry.Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, who has previously criticized the administration for its often unilateral approach, nevertheless applauded Rice's emphasis on multilateralism ? seemingly a departure from past rhetoric."She very clearly emphasized that we need to work through institutions with the support of our allies, which is not usually what we hear," Slaughter said, adding that she was also impressed by Rice's ability to marshal history in support of her argument.Joseph Nye '58, former dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, praised Rice's speech but took issue with the parts of the secretary's position."She did a good job of explaining what has been a veiled policy," Nye said, but added, "She has a vision of democracy in the Middle East as a means of eliminating terrorism, but there is an inadequate roadmap for implementing that strategy.
While discharging the duties of Weather Guy duly invested in me by the Nevada Gaming Commission, I am occasionally asked to tender an opinion regarding the events depicted in "The Day After Tomorrow." Like all cinema, I subject "Tomorrow" to a desultory litmus test I call the "Armageddon" Criterion: Does this film contain a poignant and emotionally powerful farewell scene between Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck on the surface of an asteroid?
Speaking to an audience of more than 3,000 students, faculty and alumni, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that the United States must not waver in its current mission in the Middle East, emphasizing that Iraqi citizens are "on the path to success" but need the support of the international community."We have set out to help the people of the Middle East transform their societies," she said.
The USG lashed out against the administration for not adequately informing them of developments regarding grade inflation, the four-year residential colleges and other issues at its meeting Sunday night.President Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 said the USG only found out about the recently released findings of the Faculty Committee on Grading when he was contacted for comment by an Associated Press reporter."We only found out that they were releasing the report from the AP the night before when the reporter asked me for a reaction," Joseph said.
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said Saturday that the United States must engage international partners if it is to win the war on terror, echoing comments made on campus one day earlier by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice."We have to operate with a new level of cooperation and commitment with members of the international community," Chertoff said at the closing address for the Wilson School's 75th anniversary kickoff weekend in Dodds Auditorium.The Homeland Security secretary's message ? along with that of his colleague Rice ? seemed to suggest a departure from the Bush administration's previous policy."My takeaway message from the weekend is that you're hearing a real shift," Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 said in an interview after Chertoff's address.
"Unacceptable. It's simply unacceptable," Eran Riklis said, referring to the slightly blurry English subtitles running across the bottom of his film, "The Syrian Bride."Riklis, an internationally renowned Israeli filmmaker, screened his newest movie in Frist Campus Center on Sunday night in preparation for its American debut next month.The film, a collaboration between an Israeli director and a Palestinian-Israeli writer and cast, is about the human aspect of the Syrian-Israeli conflict in the Golan Heights."Dealing with the Israeli-Syrian border is a good way to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without actually getting into it, which is almost impossible because it is so much in the news and the situation changes every day," Riklis said."This film is my way of getting to issues which are political, but beyond that, are really human," he added.
More than 40 people turned out Friday for the kickoff retreat of a student group aimed at improving race relations on campus in what club officers described as a promising start to the year.In a series of discussion groups led by trained moderators, participants in the Sustained Dialogue Frist Campus Center retreat identified self-segregation and the language barrier confronting international students as problematic aspects of the University social scene."In terms of numbers, we were targeting to make four discussion groups, and we got it," said Sustained Dialogue president Tyler Kuhn '06.
Several University organizations are holding a series of events and exhibits this week in remembrance of the 136th anniversary of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, which took place Sunday.The International Center (IC) and the South Jersey chapter of the Association of Indians in America sponsored a photo and picture exhibit detailing important moments in Gandhi's life.
The University Chapel opened its doors this weekend for Princeton's first "Respect Life Sunday," an interfaith service aimed at spreading awareness of the pro-life cause.Though some may associate the pro-life movement specifically with abortion and euthanasia, Ashley Pavlic '07, president of Princeton Pro-Life, said in an interview that the event wasn't meant as a form of protest.
Less than a hundred feet from the entrance to Jadwin Gymnasium, where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke Friday afternoon, students and community members rallied in protest of the Bush administration's policies at home and abroad.Earlier in the day, about 160 people attended a rally in Palmer Square that included remarks from Rep.
A long decline in the number of firefighters in the Princeton Fire Department, which is staffed solely by community and University volunteers, has caused some members of the department to worry that they will not be able to adequately respond to fires."I'm concerned that the numbers are dwindling and that some of the calls are maybe only answered by one individual," Fire Department Chief Pat McAvenia said.
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said this afternoon that the United States must engage international partners if it is to win the war on terror, echoing comments made on campus a day earlier by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice."We have to operate with a new level of cooperation and commitment with members of the international community," Chertoff said at the closing address for the Wilson School's 75th anniversary kickoff weekend in Dodds Auditorium.The Homeland Security Secretary's message ? along with that of his colleague Rice ? seemed to suggest a departure from the Bush administration's policy."My takeaway message from the weekend is that you're hearing a real shift," Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 said in an interview after Chertoff's address.
An unknown male attempted to assault a female student in the women's bathroom on the 100-level of Frist Campus Center at approximately 10:25 this evening.
