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Comedian Lewis Black elaborates on politics, college life

Comedian Lewis Black elaborates on politics, college life

Stand-up comic and "The Daily Show" contributor Lewis Black is nothing short of deferential in his views about the upcoming election.Asked about the president's decision to go to war in Iraq, Black is careful to articulate a respectful, balanced view of Bush's thought process: "To believe that you're going to go into this country, and that they're just going to go and embrace us and you have no plan ? I mean I knew it was stupid and all I do is watch CNN and touch myself," he said.Well, that's not all he does.

NEWS | 10/14/2004

Judge allows Robertsons to amend complaint

The judge hearing the Robertson Foundation lawsuit upheld the Robertson family's right to amend their complaint in a ruling Wednesday.The Robertsons filed new allegations in June to bolster their two-year-old attack on the University, asserting that the University misspent more than $100 million of the family's gift on unauthorized projects and tried to conceal its actions.Those claims, among others, will now become part of the contentious lawsuit.

NEWS | 10/14/2004

Quintile info elicits mixed reviews

Three weeks after the University announced a grade point average (GPA) quintile ranking system, the student ratings are in.

NEWS | 10/13/2004

The Carpenters '08, '06, '03: A musical trio

As a six-year-old beginning violin lessons, Sean Carpenter '03 wasn't allowed to touch the actual instrument.

NEWS | 10/13/2004

Professors offer analysis of continuing situation in Iraq

In December 2003, just after the capture of Saddam Hussein, The Daily Princetonian interviewed several University professors to understand their opinions of the situation.Now, almost one year later, the conflict in Iraq has become one of the most discussed issues in the nation on the eve of a presidential election.Senior writer Josh Brodie went back to several of the same people to discuss what they thought about the progress made and challenges encountered over the last 10 months in Iraq.The following questions were asked:1.

NEWS | 10/13/2004

Nader '55 to speak tonight

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader '55, in the thick of a coast-to-coast campaign, will speak on campus Thursday.

NEWS | 10/13/2004

College men increasingly suffer from eating disorders, partly pressured by athletics

At first glance, Paul '07 looks like a model student. He is successful academically, boasts an athletic build and handsome features and is a key player on a varsity sports team.Like an estimated 150,000 other college men, however, Paul has darker secrets than meet the eye.

NEWS | 10/13/2004

Tilghman, administrators to visit East Asia

While students hit the campaign trails, visit friends or simply return home for fall break, President Tilghman and several members of the administration will be taking a trip of their own: a four-city tour of Asia.Along with Professor Miguel Centeno, director of the new Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Tilghman will conduct "town hall" style meetings in Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong and Seoul.Accompanying Tilghman and Centeno will be Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye and Dean of the Graduate School William Russel.Each member of the Princeton contingent has a different goal for the trip.Tilghman and Centeno will be primarily speaking to alumni, parents and other University affiliates at the meetings.In each city they will also answer questions from guests.

NEWS | 10/12/2004

Felten predicts intense legal battle over digital media rights

Edward Felten, a professor of computer science, spoke about the fight to control digital media Tuesday, the first of three speeches in the President's Lecture Series.Because of the convergence of all types of media into an easily-duplicated, digital form, there will be "a great earthquake in the media business," Felten said.Felten returned to the earthquake metaphor throughout his presentation, in reference to the growing conflict between protection of digital media and freedom of speech."The ground is rumbling, but the big one is still coming," Felten said.

NEWS | 10/12/2004

Investment banks offer jobs to summer interns, while others endure interview process

Kerry Willoughby '05 was on her way to dinner when the phone rang. A Goldman Sachs representative was on the other end with a job offer.After a summer internship with the investment banking company, Willoughby was given a two-year offer in commodity sales.Not all seniors are in Willoughby's position yet, though.Nicole Snyder, associate director for recruitment and employment relations at University Career Services, said many companies have not yet begun the hiring process."Some employers are more active later in the semester than others.

NEWS | 10/12/2004

Fellowships serve Christian students

Ryan Bonfiglio '01 arrived on campus as a freshman with one thing on his mind: winning. He was a wrestler and a scholar, and he wanted to prove his mettle.And then he realized he was "surrounded by 4,500 other people who were just as talented as me."Pretty soon, "questions came up: if I wasn't the best student or the best athlete, then what was I?"Enter Athletes in Action (AIA), an evangelical Christian fellowship Bonfiglio joined as a sophomore.

NEWS | 10/12/2004

Borough passes resolution to consider Rt. 92

The Princeton Borough Council passed a resolution last night calling for a roundtable discussion about the proposed Route 92, after hearing pleas from three area residents and a representative from the Princeton Environmental Commission.Councilwoman Wendy Bench-ley urged reconsideration of the resolution the Council previously passed supporting the project, but found herself the sole advocate of such a move.The Route 92 project, which could cost upwards of $700 million, proposes the construction of a 6.7-mile limited-access toll road to serve as an east-west connector between New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 8A, south of New Brunswick, and Route 1.The new road would "reduce congestion on Route 1 and provide easier access to the turnpike," said Joe Orlando, spokesperson for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.Until the U.S.

NEWS | 10/12/2004

Bogle '51 led Vanguard Group to success based on principles developed in his senior thesis

On a sunny day in December 1949, junior John Bogle '51 was sitting in the reading room of Firestone Library, rummaging for a thesis topic.Browsing through the latest edition of Fortune Magazine, he opened to an article that caught his attention."Big Money in Boston," on page 116, was about an industry he never knew existed: mutual funds.

NEWS | 10/12/2004

Missionary kids bring diverse culture to U.

Rachel Schupack '08 sat outside Wu dining hall, preparing to recount her upbringing in Central and South Asia, an experience unusual even by Princeton standards.

NEWS | 10/11/2004

Reeve lived childhood in Princeton

Christopher Reeve, who spent his childhood and adolescence in Princeton before gaining fame for his cinematic role as Superman and advocacy for spinal cord research, died of heart failure Sunday in Pound Ridge, N.Y.

NEWS | 10/11/2004

New chief compliance officer named

The University on Monday appointed Laurel Harvey as its chief compliance officer ? a position which coordinates different academic and administrative departments' compliance with internal and external regulatory measures.Harvey will take her new post on Nov.

NEWS | 10/11/2004

Rare books collection is among world's largest

Many University students have never set foot in Firestone Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, but if they had, they could have discovered the manuscripts of F.

NEWS | 10/10/2004

Election polls emphasize 'horse race' of political campaigns

Don't knock the accuracy of political polls until you see the methods behind the madness. Don't completely believe them either.According to Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI), a worldwide polling group with offices in Princeton and Washington, D.C., political and social surveys are conducted at random in order to represent a population at large.

NEWS | 10/10/2004

How a memo became a symbol of contention

When former University employee Jessie Washington was asked to examine the Office of Religious Life's (ORL) endowment accounts in October 2002, she had no idea her report would turn into a major source of conflict in a $600 million lawsuit.But that's exactly what happened.The report, which claims the University mishandled certain restricted donations to the office, has become a lightning rod in the contentious suit filed by the Robertson family two years ago against the University for control of the $600 million endowment behind the Wilson School.According to a copy of her Religious Life Endowment Review of February 2003, Washington argued that about $1.2 million dollars or 59.1 percent of endowment funds for ORL were used to supplement the University's general spending.

NEWS | 10/10/2004

In math dept., tenure an elusive achievement

In most departments, at most universities, junior professors vie for the prestige and job security offered by tenure ? lifetime job security.While seeking tenure, junior faculty members scramble to get themselves published to set themselves apart.However, at the University's mathematics department, a world-renowned programs, the story is completely different.In the last 18 years, the department has tenured only two professors.The legacy leaves a distinct impression among junior faculty."We come not expecting to get tenure," said assistant professor Jordan Ellenberg, who is leaving at the end of the year for a post at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

NEWS | 10/10/2004

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