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Panelists discuss Al Jazeera media

Panelists discuss Al Jazeera media

Al Jazeera New York Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara, Near Eastern studies professor Michael Doran GS '97 and politics professor Amaney Jamal debated whether the Al Jazeera television network should be criticized for biased reporting or praised for its political independence in a discussion Tuesday night.The event "Al Jazeera: How it sees the world" was part of the second Goodman Lecture on Media and Global Affairs and drew a full crowd to Dodds Audiotorium and the Robertson Bowls.Foukara credited Al Jazeera for accomplishing what few Arabic language stations had done before."[The station] is a new window into a style of open debate that had always been stifled in the region," he said.Before Al Jazeera's inception in 1994, Foukara explained, national progaganda stations were the only source of news for average Arab citizens.

NEWS | 04/12/2005

Anthropology department reinvigorated

For a century, the main doors of Aaron Burr Hall ? home of the Department of Anthropology ? have faced Nassau Street.

NEWS | 04/12/2005

Students pursue certificates to enhance majors

When Mark Batsiyan '06 decided to major in philosophy, he made sure he had a fallback."With a philosophy major, it's nice to have something like finance to back it up," he said.Batsiyan is one of 15 humanities majors pursuing finance certificates, according to Wilson School professor Swati Bhatt, the undergraduate certificate representative for finance.

NEWS | 04/12/2005

Banquet kicks off cancer awareness week

Cancer Awareness Week, sponsored by Princeton Against Cancer Together (PACT), will feature speakers, a candlelight vigil and a Pink Party this week."Our two goals for this week are fundraising and awareness," said Jennifer Senske '06, co-president of PACT.

NEWS | 04/11/2005

Two years away

To decide how Princeton undergraduates can best experience residential life, German professor Michael Jennings and two colleagues went on 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 | 04/11/2005

Panel says sentencing unequal

Nearly 200 people attended a lecture on racial discrepancies in the criminal justice system Monday night featuring Georgetown University law professor David Cole and Princeton University professors Cornel West 'GS 80, Devah Pager and Bruce Western.The lecture ? "The New Apartheid State?" ? was the third in a series presented by the Prison Reform group of the Princeton Justice Project titled "An Unjust Sentence?" and was organized by Spencer Compton '05 and Krista Brune '06.

NEWS | 04/11/2005

ROTC to march in support of troops

The Princeton Army ROTC is planning a march from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) to the University in support of American troops in Iraq.The march will begin at TCNJ on the morning of April 23 and include cadets from TCNJ's ROTC, which is partnered with Princeton's.

NEWS | 04/11/2005

Juniors awarded environment prize

Catherine Kunkel '06 and Marilyn Waite '06 are among 80 nationwide winners of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship, which honors students interested in pursuing careers related to the environment.The Morris K.

NEWS | 04/11/2005

God's calling: A gay minister tells her story

People always said Rev. Beth Stroud had been called to the ministry by a higher power. She was devoted to her faith, congregation and church.But when she rose to her feet one morning in December 2004, it became clear to Stroud that her faith in God and dedication to the United Methodist Church was no longer enough.Before an audience of colleagues and congregants, the church to which Stroud had given her life charged her with engaging in "practices incompatible with Christian teachings" as a "self-avowed, practicing homosexual."United Methodist Church doctrine considers homosexual acts to be incompatible with Christianity and denies practicing homosexuals the right to be ordained or appointed by the church.Stroud visited Princeton Sunday and delivered at the University Chapel a sermon on her struggle to reconcile her sexuality with her religion.

NEWS | 04/10/2005

Former General Zinni suggests new policy in war on terror

Former commander of U.S. Central Command Anthony Zinni outlined a new strategy for America's War on Terror Friday during the third annual Wilson School Colloquium on Public and International Affairs.Zinni objected to the current framing of the struggle as a global war on terror."Terrorism is the use of violence against innocents ? we have just declared war on a tactic," Zinni said.The speech identified flaws in U.S.

NEWS | 04/10/2005

University discusses new bridge

The University announced a proposal this month for a pedestrian bridge over Washington Road connecting Icahn Laboratory with Jadwin Hall and the chemistry building, which will replace the Armory.The bridge is part of the University's recently released plans for campus development over the next 10 years.Swiss bridge designer Christian Menn recently submitted a design for a concrete bridge, University architect Jon Hlafter '61 said."The Grounds and Buildings Committee of the Board of Trustees has not yet reviewed [the] proposal," Hlafter said, adding there will be "no official release of information about the design until authorized by the Committee."President Tilghman said in her campus planning speech that the design will be released soon.According to Hlafter, the bridge will serve both practical and aesthetic purposes.

NEWS | 04/10/2005

Senate tables amendment

The USG Senate voted Sunday to postpone discussion on a nondiscrimination amendment to its constitution, after Senate members raised concerns over the amendment's breadth and implications.USG officers will meet with the amendment's sponsors over the next few days to discuss modifications to the amendment, which will be reintroduced at a later Senate meeting.The amendment as it stands would add a nondiscrimination clause to the USG constitution that would prohibit the USG from funding or recognizing any group that discriminates in its membership on the basis of several factors.

NEWS | 04/10/2005

Students plan late-night burrito shop

If all goes as planned, University students will soon be able to cap their late-night forays to the Street with the ultimate midnight snack ? a burrito. USG Vice President Jesse Creed '07 and U-Councilor John Brunger '05 are currently working on a proposal to convert the Carl Fields Center into a burrito stand Thursday and Saturday nights from 10 p.m.

NEWS | 04/10/2005

Carnegie Corporation awards profs Rosen, Jamal grants for Islamic studies

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has named University professors Lawrence Rosen and Amaney Jamal Carnegie Scholars, with an award up to $100,000 for each to pursue work in Islamic studies over the next two years.Rosen, an anthropologist, and Jamal, a political scientist, were among 16 winners chosen from a field of about 175 scholars nominated by their universities.Rosen will use the grant to support two book projects, with his first book attempting to show that "ordinary" people can lead intellectually significant lives by examining the experience of four individuals in the Middle East."It's not their biographies, but their ideas," Rosen said.

NEWS | 04/10/2005

New details arise in Lohman case

Three days after graduate student Michael Lohman was barred from campus for at least 60 cases of alleged harassment of Asian women, details are emerging about his alleged actions and personal history.

NEWS | 04/07/2005

Comedian Ben Stiller to speak at senior event

Fans of cult movie characters Derek Zoolander and Gaylord Focker will have their chance to hear from the man behind the laughs when Ben Stiller comes to campus on April 18.

NEWS | 04/07/2005

Israel needs good press, speaker says

Former Israeli Defense Force (IDF) spokesperson Jacob Dallal discussed Israel's attempts to avoid negative foreign press during a lecture at the University's Center for Jewish Life Thursday afternoon.Dallal, who previously worked for the Jerusalem Post from 1995 through 2000 and was a captain in the Israeli army, also discussed how the recent death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the upcoming Israeli withdrawal from Gaza might affect future media and policy developments.The IDF has grown more media-savvy in the last few years, Dallal said to a group of about 20 students."At the start of [2002], the IDF was insufficiently prepared to deal with the press," he said.

NEWS | 04/07/2005

Petition on USG to be discussed

A day after a group of students submitted a petition to the USG calling for action against on-campus discrimination ? specifically by ROTC ? others formed a coalition in a show of support for ROTC's presence.Meanwhile, USG Vice President Jesse Creed '07 scrapped the original agenda for Sunday's USG Senate meeting to set aside 40 minutes to discuss discrimination and the ROTC."We really encourage anyone from the student body to come out to the meeting and take part in the discussion ? for or against ROTC," Creed said.The newly created pro-ROTC group, Supporting Princetonians in the Nation's Service, hopes to emphasize the military's positive role on campus, founder Powell Fraser '06 said."This is not about politics, not about personal agendas," said Fraser, a former ROTC cadet who is also a 'Prince' columnist.

NEWS | 04/07/2005

Maestro plays traditional tabla

The instrument is simple ? a large drum and a small drum, played with the fingers and palm.

NEWS | 04/07/2005

Students design independent majors

Dan Powell '00 never expected his independent concentration in Bioethics to be a subject of conversation with Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.When Powell interviewed for the clerk position he currently holds, Justice Stevens kept turning the conversation back to Powell's hybrid concentration in molecular biology and the humanities.Powell belongs to a small group of students who choose to abandon the preset curriculum of a department and design their own personalized course of study instead.The Independent Concentration Program is available only to students who cannot fit their desired curriculum into one of the University's 34 different concentrations, Director of the Independent Concentration Program Hank Dobin said.Currently two University juniors are pursuing independent concentrations, both in bioethics.This number is substantially lower than at many of Princeton's peer institutions.

NEWS | 04/07/2005

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