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Debate over Khalidi candidacy grows

Debate over Khalidi candidacy grows

The potential appointment of a professor embroiled in the recent controversy over Middle Eastern studies at Columbia University has polarized some members of Princeton's Jewish community.Last month, Wilson School professor and Center for Jewish Life (CJL) board member Stanley Katz wrote a sharply critical email to Arlene Pedovitch '80, the CJL interim director, about her previous public comments regarding Rashid Khalidi.Khalidi, director of Columbia's Middle East Institute and a prominent historian, is being considered for Princeton's new Robert Niehaus '78 chair in contemporary Middle East studies."In the first place, I don't think the CJL has or should have a position on an academic appointment in this university," Katz, a former CJL board president, said in his email.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Anderson '06 treated for spinal injuries sustained on OA

A senior Outdoor Action leader was airlifted to a spinal cord injury center in Philadelphia on Sunday after sustaining injuries on the last day of his trip.Steven Anderson '06 is "alert, stable and receiving all necessary and appropriate medical treatment," University Chief Medical Officer Daniel Silverman said.Anderson was hospitalized Friday morning after fellow students on the OA trip notified authorities of a water-related accident.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Nader returns for 50th

Ralph Nader's work is never done.Though Nader, a member of the Class of 1955, may be most famous for lobbying for increased auto safety or his repeated presidential campaigns, his activist career began half a century ago, right here on the grounds of Old Nassau.After finding several dead birds on campus lawns, Nader pushed the administration to ban the use of toxic DDT chemicals on trees.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Students sued for file-sharing

As part of its ongoing campaign to curb music piracy on college campuses, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed federal copyright lawsuits in April against 25 Princeton students accused of illegally trading music files on the high-speed Internet2 network.A total of 405 students at 18 colleges nationwide were targeted for lawsuits.The RIAA initially sent 39 "pre-subpoena" notices to Princeton in late March, but later announced it would sue no more than 25 students at any one college."There are 14 lucky students who will have escaped a lawsuit and 25 who will be sued," industry president Cary Sherman said in an April 12 conference call.Those students facing litigation were notified by the University April 19.The RIAA's lawsuits targeting Princeton students ? collectively known as BMG Music et al.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Streakers disbanded following complaints

The varsity streaking team was disbanded late last month after University officials threatened members with disciplinary action, according to a team co-founder.The action was in response to an April 8 streak down Prospect Avenue.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

U. reaches out to hurricane victims

After Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans and devastated much of the Gulf coast last week, the University announced plans to host up to 45 displaced undergraduate and graduate students for a semester.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Lohman enters intervention program

Michael Lohman, the former mathematics graduate student accused in April of committing dozens of sexual offenses against Asian women on campus, entered a pretrial intervention program Wednesday, avoiding a possible criminal conviction."Michael is remorseful about everything that happened," Lohman's lawyer, Kevin Main, said in an interview today.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

University to grant automatic tenure extension to parents

Faculty members who are expecting or adopting a child will automatically be granted an extra year to pursue tenure, under a new policy announced this week.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Chase addresses seniors at Class Day

You might find the text of Chevy Chase's keynote address on the edge of a bathtub ? or somewhere else in his home.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Admissions, calendar to be reviewed

The undergraduate admissions process and academic year will be examined next fall as administrators consider making changes that would align Princeton more closely with its peers.The academic calendar will be reviewed by the Committee for the Course of Study, which oversees changes to the curriculum.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

RIAA sues another Princeton student

School's out, but the music industry isn't taking a break from litigation. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced a new round of copyright infringement lawsuits last week against 91 students at 33 colleges, including Princeton.This latest series of lawsuits includes one suit filed against a Princeton student, University spokesman Eric Quinones said in an email Wednesday.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Tiger Beer to be served at Reunions

Each spring, alumni fill orange and black plastic cups with beer from thousands of kegs planted firmly in the grass beneath Reunions tents.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Oxman '67 named trustees chair

Nassau Hall will announce today that Stephen Oxman '67 has been chosen by the Board of Trustees as the new chair of their executive committee, making him the senior most member of the University's governing body other than the president.Oxman, a trustee since 2002, replaces Robert Rawson '66, who will step down July 1 after 13 years as chairman and 20 years on the board."I'm very pleased to take on this role," Oxman said in an interview.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

An evolving campus

To decide how Princeton undergraduates can best experience residential life, German professor Michael Jennings and two colleagues hit the road.Last summer, inside one of Harvard's 12 houses ? the residential hubs for sophomores, juniors and seniors ? Jennings entered a dining hall bathed in natural light and chose from small platters of food cooked within the last 10 minutes."These dining spaces and systems were just so different from Princeton's," Jennings said.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Full text of senior Bradford Lyman's speech

Presented unedited, as received from Lyman.Recently, I was talking to my father about Princeton.

NEWS | 05/25/2005

Seniors weigh jobs, graduate school

While some seniors approached their post-graduation futures with rigid planning, Fairy Pardiwalla and Craig McFarland have found that flexibility is the key to preparing for the world after Princeton.A few months ago, Pardiwalla had her heart set on entering a Ph.D.

NEWS | 05/12/2005

Class of 2009 draws 1,220

Out of the 1,807 students accepted for the Class of 2009, 67.6 percent have decided to enroll at the University, Dean of Admissions Janet Rapelye will announce today.

NEWS | 05/12/2005

Frist filibuster packs up, moves to Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? After 384 hours of continuous protest, the Frist filibuster culminated Thursday afternoon as politicians and national media gathered in the shadow of the U.S.

NEWS | 05/12/2005

Professors, editors talk about the 'perfect' magazine

What makes a magazine perfect? To find out, students, professors and community members congregated in the rotunda of East Pyne Wednesday to hear prominent editors and writers discuss the importance of fostering small, intellectual publications.Chair of the Council of Humanities Tony Grafton organized and moderated the forum, named "The Perfect Little Magazine." He called it, "a conversation about the perfect little magazine ? what it is and what it could be."In his opening remarks, Grafton described journalism's recent move toward complete conglomeration as "pretty scary." He stressed the need for smaller, more specialized magazines, both nationally and on college campuses.For the first part of the event, four editors of small magazines spoke about what Grafton labeled "the magazines we have." After a break for dinner, a panel of four magazine contributors discussed "the magazines we don't have."The first round panel included creative writing professors Gabe Hudson and Joyce Carol Oates, as well Wendy Lesser, editor of literary magazine The Threepenny Review and a visiting professor last semester.The other panelists were Sina Najafi, the coeditor in chief of the art and culture quarterly Cabinet, and writers Adam Kirsch, Francine Prose, Judith Shulevitz and Lawrence Weschler.Contrary to the name of the forum, Lesser said little magazines should not strive for perfection."I think the whole point of these little magazines is not to be perfect ? to make lots of mistakes, to make an effort to do something different and new," she said.

NEWS | 05/12/2005

Man arrested for stalking Bush '06

A Massachusetts man was arrested on campus last week for allegedly stalking presidential niece Lauren Bush '06, authorities said.Lucas Schloming, a 31-year-old Cambridge resident and graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was arrested May 6 on federal stalking charges, Public Safety (DPS) Deputy Director of Operations Charles Davall said Saturday evening.Schloming allegedly sent several "threatening emails" to Bush and was later seen "acting suspiciously" and arrested at 58 Prospect Ave., formerly the Elm eating club, Davall said.In late April, Borough police were alerted that Bush was receiving "emails of a harassing nature" from Schloming, Lt.

NEWS | 05/12/2005

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