Sitting at a virtual table in an online poker room just before midnight, a player ? who asked not to be identified, so we'll call him "John" ? found himself facing off against nine opponents in a $2 limit game of Texas Hold 'Em.
The University Store is facing some new competition in Frist Campus Center this fall. For the first time, the Student Souvenir and Outfitting Agency has begun selling Princeton merchandise, including t-shirts, sweatshirts and wall banners, from a booth located near the welcome desk.The booth is tentatively scheduled to be open 11:30 a.m.
For years, University students have thumbed through their facebooks in search of familiar names and faces.This year, however, the same information ? and more ? can be accessed with the simple click of a mouse through the new University online facebook."It's just a great idea to bring the community together," said Clare Hunt '05, manager of the Princeton Facebook Agency.The new cyber facebook, adding to the basic photo and biographical information found in the paper version, allows students to compile lists of friends, keep track of their meal exchanges, and send e-cards to friends and family.Students can also create profiles, write in a journal, and check personalized calendars that can remind them of friends' birthdays and events held by campus groups with which they are involved.The online facebook is also an asset to campus groups, providing pages with message boards and calendars.In addition to offering these tools, the online facebook functions as "the most powerful search engine on campus," Hunt said.
The over 200,000 users of TheFacebook.com ? an online directory system that services 37 colleges and universities nationwide ? may soon have to find other means of networking.
Ten cases of sexual offenses were reported on campus during 2003, according to crime statistics to be released by the Department of Public Safety later this month.That number is in line with the average of nine cases reported annually for the past three years.All of the incidents last year were handled through the Sexual Harrass-ment/Assault Advising Resources and Education (SHARE) office of University Health Services.None of the victims reported the incidents to campus or local law enforcement, a fact Director of Public Safety Steven Healy called "a problem."The University's numbers put it at the high end of Ivy League schools.
The University Medical Center at Princeton on Thursday evening admitted an undergraduate with a case of viral meningitis."There is no reason for people to be alarmed.
Imagine you're a rising junior, thrilled at the prospect of moving out of your residential college and into a huge suite in an upperclass dorm with all your friends.You hear that room draw times have been posted, so you dash to the nearest computer and frantically scroll down the list in desperate search of your name."O.K., so I'm not on the first day," you think, "I can still end up with a sweet room somewhere in the slums."But the scrolling continues."Hmm, alright, maybe not the slums, but a quad in Brown is still a possibility.
Construction is a fixture of most college campuses ? Princeton being no exception ? but students returning this year have found more fences than usual.
In a complex a few minutes from the University, scientists and meteorologists are working to better understand the earth's climate as Hurricane Ivan brings destruction to sites throughout the country.The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) ? home to one of the leading climate-modeling systems ? creates models of how certain weather patterns develop over long periods of time."[Our] goal is to better understand the earth's climate.
It's not easy being green.Nevertheless, the University is designing more "green," environmentally conscious buildings.The new ellipse building, soon to be named the Emma B.
The University announced this week that Charter Trustee Robert Murley '72 and his wife, Mary Pivirotto Murley '76, will make a $2 million donation to fund the construction of a tower in Whitman College, which is scheduled to be finished in 2007.The Murleys timed their donation to coincide with the 25th anniversary of their wedding, Sept.
Freshmen rushing fraternities and sororities this fall have found themselves at the center of a tug-of-war between the administration and Greek organizations.In a letter sent to parents and guardians of the Class of 2008 this summer, the University "strongly discourage[d]" joining Greek organizations and urged students "to expand their circles of acquaintances and experiences, not prematurely narrow them."The letter represented the most direct University appeal to students not to take part in Greek life in many years."We asked freshmen in a voluntary way to not be involved in rush," Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan said.
TRENTON ? A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against Gov. James McGreevey by two Princeton-area lawyers, Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer '81, who had asked for an immediate special election to determine an interim governor.Afran said he was "shocked and puzzled" by Judge Garret Brown Jr.'s decision in federal district court and will take the case to the state court.The plaintiffs, both members of the Green Party, argue that McGreevey effectively resigned Aug.
The U.S. Department of Energy chose Princeton's Plasma Physics Laboratory to lead the United States' participation in an international fusion energy project known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)."We wanted to do it because it gives us an intellectual role in planning this experiment and making sure it succeeds," said Robert Goldston GS '77, director of the plasma physics lab.
With only 10 minutes left in the 3-11 evening shift, the emergency radio goes off at the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Station.
Princeton Borough Police Chief Charles Davall confirmed Tuesday that he has applied for the position of deputy director of Public Safety at the University."[The position] would be a good fit for me, personally and professionally, and for the University," Davall said in an interview Tuesday night.Davall, 47, a 25-year veteran of local law enforcement, will become eligible for a full state pension on Dec.
They're the cards that open doors ? literally. Everyone has come to know the proximity card ? popularly shortened to 'prox' ? that gives access to dorms and meals, and serves as identification on campus.So students returning to check-in for new room keys might have been surprised and even disoriented when they were handed a new prox as well.Over the summer, the University replaced all of the standard white proxes with orange and black tiger-striped counterparts, citing a need for technological improvement."You're seeing both a new card and a new reader," said Elisabeth Dahlen, director of the TigerCard office.
Virginia France has had enough of shoplifting."I'm through with that," the University Store spokeswoman recently told a reporter who came to ask about the store's revamped security system.
The Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), which is responsible for managing the University's multi-billion dollar endowment, estimates an investment return of 16.5 percent in the last fiscal year, said PRINCO president Andrew Golden."Our return this year is above average from what we expect to generate year after year," Golden said.
In the basement of the energy wing of the Engineering Quad, past a long, white tunnel, down two flights of stairs and through a set of double doors, is a postcard with the message, "Greetings from Mars."The postcard hangs on the wall of a lab ? the Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Lab (EPPDyL) ? in which research is conducted that may help put a man on Mars.
