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Point site born of mishandled purchase

Point site born of mishandled purchase

In its first 10 hours online, the USG's new website point.princeton.edu ? which contains information ranging from Dinky times to campus events ? received about 2,600 individual user log-ons and 8,800 hits, USG President Matt Margolin '05 said.But along the road to its launch, Point has encountered some financial bumps, dating back to its formative phases.The site's forerunner, find.princeton.edu site, was created by Matt Stack '04 and only provided information about eating club events.Last year, the USG purchased Find from Stack for $3,000 to "keep it going so that students could still use all the great features it offered," Margolin said.

NEWS | 11/29/2004

Gang forum educates community

After a string of gang-related events over the past three months, Princeton Township held a public forum to educate the community about gangs in New Jersey.

NEWS | 11/29/2004

Dinner hours now available at Frist Healthy Eating Lab

After opening exclusively for lunch this semester, the Healthy Eating Lab has added dinner hours to its schedule.

NEWS | 11/29/2004

Coll: U.S. lost initiative in Afghanistan

Steve Coll, managing editor of The Washington Post, discussed the developments in Central Asia that led to the 2001 terrorist attacks in Dodds Auditorium on Monday.In a lecture titled "The Roots of September 11: America and Afghanistan," Coll dissected two decades of American involvement in the region, the roots of Islamic fundamentalism and the rise of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.Coll, author of "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001," began his talk with a description of the complications involved in covert operations in the region, particularly with bin Laden.In February of 1999, he noted, CIA-trained tribal leaders had located bin Laden in eastern Afghanistan.Though alerted and ready to strike, U.S.

NEWS | 11/29/2004

MPAA begins lawsuits against downloaded films

University students who often share files online are under the increasing scrutiny as the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) has begun to take action against those who illegally download movies.The MPAA announced its initial wave of lawsuits Nov.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

PUDS to solicit student input through focus groups

Connoisseurs of dining hall cuisine will get to air their compliments, complaints and suggestions next month when University Dining Services holds focus groups for students Dec.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

Fiske studies psychology of Abu Ghraib

Despite the public outrage surrounding the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, new research by psychology professor Susan Fiske on prisoner abuse found that the incident was not an isolated event.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

Hollinghurst details journey to Booker Prize

The road of British author Alan Hollinghurst from budding young novelist to winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize has been marked by his groundbreaking approach towards writing about homosexuality.Hollinghurst, at the University this fall as an Old Dominion Fellow, won this year's prize Oct.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

International students face job search difficulties

"You don't sound like a foreigner," an interviewer for a consulting firm said to Michaela Jacova '05, who listed English as a second language.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

Students skeptical about effect of Alcohol Initiative on drinking

Though most University students have attended an event sponsored by the Trustee Initiative on Alcohol Abuse, often they aren't aware of it.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

Callaghan, Joseph top USG ticket

The campaigning for next year's USG offices officially kicks off this afternoon, with juniors Shaun Callaghan and Leslie-Bernard Joseph vying for the post of USG president.Overall, 32 candidates will compete for 12 positions, with only one position unopposed.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

Alumnus admits smuggling Iraqi artifacts

A Middle Eastern expert and Princeton graduate alumnus was sentenced Monday for attempting to smuggle 4,000-year-old artifacts looted from the Iraqi National Museum after the fall of Baghdad into the United States.Joseph Braude was sentenced to six months under house arrest and two years probation after pleading guilty to smuggling and making false statements before U.S.

NEWS | 11/23/2004

Township targets gang activity in forum

In reaction to increased gang activity over the past three months, Princeton Township will hold a forum to inform community members about gang-related trends in New Jersey.The Township Police Department, Princeton Middle School and Corner House, a nonprofit counseling agency, are cosponsoring the Nov.

NEWS | 11/23/2004

Students from afar stay on campus for Thanksgiving

As a majority of students rush home to families and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, international students find themselves in a unique situation.While the International Students at Princeton organizes activities for foreign students during Fall, Christmas and Spring breaks, they don't plan activities for Thanksgiving because the vacation is so brief.Without planned activities, international students are typically on their own for the four days the University is closed.Jonathan Cheng '05, a Toronto native, will spend his fourth Thanksgiving on campus this year.

NEWS | 11/23/2004

Math profs link particle actions, human free will

Scientists and philosophers have long questioned whether the future of the world is entirely a function of its past.

NEWS | 11/23/2004

Two win Marshall Scholarship

University seniors Joshua Geltzer and Patrick Cunningham have won Marshall Scholarships, which provide funding for American college graduates to study at a British university for two years in any subject.Cunningham, an English major on the creative writing track, will study comedic writers from the late Victorian period at Oxford University.Geltzer, a Wilson School major, will likely study trans-Atlantic relations at either King's College London or Oxford University."It will be very useful to study that dialogue [between Britain and America] from the other perspective and to get to know British culture," Geltzer said.Geltzer said he learned he won the scholarship after receiving a phone call on Nov.

NEWS | 11/22/2004

Tea with royalty: Students meet princes

The University played host to royalty Friday as Hereditary Prince Alois and Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein attended an advisory council meeting for the Liechtenstein Institute On Self-Determination.Along with the meeting, the princes attended tea at Forbes College and high tea ? a late afternoon tea ? at Prospect House.At the high tea, Prince Alois explained some of small states' policy concerns."As a small country you have to be quick and flexible," he said.

NEWS | 11/22/2004

Administrators visit Asia, seek to improve University profile

President Tilghman and three top University officials spent fall recess on a 10-day, four-city tour of cities in China, Korea and Japan designed to raise the University's profile in Asia.Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye, Dean of the Graduate School William Russel and Miguel Centeno, director of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) accompanied Tilghman.The tour, which included stops in Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong and Seoul, also reached out to University alumni living in those cities."We are at somewhat of a disadvantage relative to peer institutions like Stanford and Harvard because we don't have the very large professional schools," Tilghman said.

NEWS | 11/22/2004

Fair highlights U.'s efforts to promote smaller departments

The Majors Fair on Friday gave students the chance to either explore major options or find out more about their favorite department.Departments, especially small ones, tried to convince students to concentrate.Since last year, the administration has called attention to the fact that over half of students choose to concentrate in five departments ? English, politics, history, economics and the Wilson School.In an effort to inform students about the opportunities among small departments, the University released "Major Choices" ? a book of profiles of alumni from smaller departments ? earlier this semester.Professor Robert Phinney of the geosciences department, which had 17 junior and senior concentrators last year, said he believes smaller departments have to try harder to attract students. He explained his rationale in terms of the geology department"There's no AP course in geology, and it's not really taught in high school," Phinney said.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

RIAA begins new round of file-sharing lawsuits

Beginning a new round of copyright infringement lawsuits, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Thursday they will be taking legal action against 791 individuals suspected of illegally downloading music files.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

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