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Pride Alliance launches poster campaign

Pride Alliance launches poster campaign

Students woke up on Valentine's Day to find public areas across campus covered with posters showing gay couples kissing, with the slogan "Love = Love" written in bold letters beneath.In a campaign organized by the Pride Alliance, more than two dozen people put up nearly 1,000 posters Sunday night to "plaster the campus pink," according to a Pride Alliance email.

NEWS | 02/14/2005

Music award eludes Wilentz

History professor Sean Wilentz sat in the Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday night as Alicia Keys and Maroon 5 took the stage.

NEWS | 02/13/2005

U. hosts Ivy Summit to promote leadership

Students from across the Ivy League met to discuss the relationship between science and modern modes of living at the 13th annual Ivy Leadership Summit (ILS), held at the University's Friend Center this weekend.The event, titled "Health, Economy and the International Community," brought together nearly 150 students and community leaders from Ivy League Universities and, for the first time, students from local high schools.The program aims to provide a forum for Ivy League students to discuss issues pertinent to leadership with leaders from varied professions."It's a good time to get together and meet people with similar interests and exchange ideas about relevant issues in society," Princeton participant Esther Lee '08 said.Princeton-area high school students also attented.

NEWS | 02/13/2005

U. grants tenure to Prof. Bass

The University administration granted tenure last week to Gary Bass, an assistant professor of politics and international relations, acting politics department chair Nancy Bermeo said."Gary Bass is a terrific addition to the politics department and the Wilson School," Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter said in an email.

NEWS | 02/13/2005

Students try online matching

Students on the prowl ? or those just looking to procrastinate ? can now find their "match" on a new USG-sponsored website: www.princetonmatch.com.The site ? launched Saturday and sponsored by all four class governments ? provides a matchmaking service for students at the University and other schools in the network.Within one day of its launch, more than 700 students had logged on to the site.The service is run by the CampusMatch network and includes students at Wesleyan, Williams, Bowdoin and Oberlin colleges.Users answer a series of questions describing both themselves and their ideal match and rate the importance of each category to overall compatibility.Users can see who they are compatible with, but not who has viewed their profiles, making the system effectively anonymous.Class of 2006 President Christopher Lloyd said the idea was proposed during a monthly meeting of all four class councils as a way to do "something cool for Valentine's Day."Lloyd emphasized that Princetonmatch is "not a dating service," and that the point was to provide "something fun and entertaining that everyone could enjoy."At the start of the launch, the site experienced a few glitches."I know several guys who have had other guys put on their list, even though they checked off specifically that they were interested in women," said Matt Samberg '06, who registered Saturday morning.There have also been some reports of people with no matches at all, leading some to question the effectiveness of the site.Some found the questionnaire more interesting than the matches."I found the questionnaire pretty interesting and creatively written," said Yiting Jin '07.

NEWS | 02/13/2005

Adviser pool diverse despite switch to RCAs

Despite the elimination of the Minority Affairs Adviser (MAA) system in residential colleges, applicants for the new Residential College Adviser (RCA) positions represented a diverse and talented pool, associate dean of undergraduate students Hilary Herbold said.The number of students applying for advising positions dropped 15 percent this year from last year's all-time high of 205 students to 175, Herbold said.The total number of adviser positions was unaffected by the transition, which combined Residential Advisers (RAs) and MAAs under the new title of RCA.Each residential college will still have 16 advisers, except for Rockefeller College, which has 17 because of its larger size.

NEWS | 02/13/2005

Leading presidents criticize Summers

In a joint statement released Thursday, President Tilghman and two other university heads criticized recent remarks by Harvard University President Lawrence Summers for reinforcing negative gender stereotypes and called on universities across the country to increase support for women in science.The 700-word statement was co-signed by Stanford University president John Hennessy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Susan Hockfield ? both scientists ? and came three days after Tilghman pledged at a faculty meeting to make Princeton the "Ellis Island" for women scientists."Speculation that 'innate differences' may be a significant cause of underrepresentation by women in science and engineering may rejuvenate old myths and reinforce negative stereotypes and biases," the presidents wrote.Summers came under fire last month for suggesting that biological factors may partly explain the gender gap in science faculty at top universities.The joint statement grew out of an e-mail conversation among the three presidents in late January, Tilghman told The Daily Princetonian."We felt a statement from three presidents who were also scientists might be helpful in framing the national debate around why it is important that women participate in the scientific enterprise," Tilghman said in an e-mail Thursday.In their statement, the presidents sought to refocus public attention."The question we must ask as a society is not 'can women excel in math, science and engineering?' ? Marie Curie exploded that myth a century ago ? but 'how can we encourage more women with exceptional abilities to pursue careers in these fields?'" the presidents wrote.Noting increasing competition from abroad and lagging academic performance at home, the presidents wrote, "It is imperative that we tap the talent and perspectives of both the male and female halves of our population.

NEWS | 02/10/2005

Dance club to debut in Wilson

Students tired of beer-drenched eating club taprooms and DJ Bob may want to experience the BlackBox in Wilson College, touted as the "Princeton's first legitimate nightclub.""It looks like a club you'd go to in Philly or New York," said Professor Marguerite Browning, Master of Wilson College.Once just a venue for student performers, BlackBox is now promoting itself as a trendy hangout for student revelers.

NEWS | 02/10/2005

Forbes unplugged

The Forbes Blackbox shook with laughter as Evan Younger '08 unleashed a melodic falsetto, then a rumbling baritone, upon his audience.

NEWS | 02/10/2005

Roommates lobby for Arnold

When Mimi Chen '79 and Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones '80 first met as freshman-year roommates in 1975, neither could have predicted they would remain friends for life.

NEWS | 02/10/2005

U. to expand substance-free housing

With room draw approaching, four residential colleges have decided to expand substance-free housing options in certain dorms to meet increasing demand from underclassmen.The staff at each college ? including masters, assistant masters, deans and administrators ? held meetings earlier this year to determine the exact location and number of rooms they would designate substance-free.Butler College's substance-free living area will move from 1922 Hall to Lourie-Love.

NEWS | 02/10/2005

Bradford hurt in house fire

Wilson School professor and Associate Dean David Bradford remains in critical condition after being taken to Temple University Hospital early Tuesday morning.Bradford suffered third degree burns "to a large portion of his body" in a fire in his home on Pine Street, near Rialto's Barbershop, according to a statement from the Princeton Borough Police Department.Bradford's wife called 911 Tuesday around 1:00 a.m.

NEWS | 02/09/2005

Seniors gear up for Annual Giving

By Arielle Gorin princetonian staff writerYsa Rodriguez '05 spent an hour Tuesday night learning how to convince her friends to pay the University more money.Rodriguez, who chairs the Annual Giving 2005 committee, is among 150 seniors kicking off the AG project this week.

NEWS | 02/09/2005

Tri-Delta charter revoked

The national organization of the Delta Delta Delta (Tri- Delta) sorority will withdraw the charter of its Princeton chapter at the end of this academic year, effectively shutting down the sorority on campus.According to Michelle Shimberg, the national president of Tri Delta, the official date of revocation is May 11.Shimberg said that Tri Delta has been working with Princeton's chapter closely in hopes of making internal improvements."The chapter did not score at a level that puts them in accredited status," she said.

NEWS | 02/09/2005

Into the woods

They cross frozen streams and pine forests, navigate past barbed wire and "No Trespassing" signs and brave snow banks and torrential downpours.

NEWS | 02/09/2005

Dining halls to serve late-night desserts

Several residential colleges are providing late-night snacks second semester to satisfy the nocturnal cravings of underclassmen and enrich students' social experience."Harvard has a similar program and it seems to work well in providing a late night study space as well as a 'community' space within the residential setting where students can gather for informal quiet conversation," Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan said in an email.On recent nights, hungry up-campus students could munch on cookies, apples, coffee, hot chocolate, three kinds of cake and make-your-own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the Rocky Dining Hall."I think it's a great idea because I know a lot of students go to the U-Store at night.

NEWS | 02/09/2005

Stem cell initiative proposed

Molecular biology labs at the University may receive a financial boost if New Jersey votes to pass a $380 million state initiative.

NEWS | 02/08/2005

Cyanide death likely a suicide

County officials confirmed Tuesday that their "working assumption" is that a sophomore who was found dead in her dorm room in September died by suicide.Though the Mercer County medical examiner determined in September that Melissa Huang '07 died after ingesting cyanide, the manner of her death remains an open question nearly six months later.Though "all of the factors point to [her death] being a suicide," according to county assistant prosecutor Angelo Onofri, he cautioned that the case will not be closed ? and a manner of death announced ? until results from a state computer crimes lab are available.In January, Huang's personal computer was sent to the New Jersey State Police High Technology Crimes and Investigations Support Unit for analysis "just to determine if there's anything that may help shed some light on the case," Onofri said.He declined to comment on what, if anything, the State Police are looking for on Huang's computer or why the computer was taken in January, three months after her death.

NEWS | 02/08/2005

Plans for Ivy Club renovation underway

Ivy Club received preliminary approval last week for a 5,300 square foot expansion that would increase its floor space by almost 25 percent.

NEWS | 02/08/2005

Bush's proposed budget may affect funding

President Bush's proposed 2006 federal budget calls for the elimination of certain loans for higher education and limited increases in research funding, both of which could affect universities across the country.Congress began deliberating Tuesday on the budget, which would cut more than $1.2 billion in Perkins loans, a type of low-interest loan available to undergraduate and graduate students.The cut will likely have little effect on Princeton students, according to undergraduate financial aid director Don Betterton, because aid is primarily provided through University grants."Since we don't give initial student loans, the University only has a modest amount of loan activity compared to other schools," he said.But the University does provide some aid in the form of federal loans, he said.

NEWS | 02/08/2005

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