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P-Votes gets 1,104 new N.J. voters

P-Votes gets 1,104 new N.J. voters

After a month of voter registration drives, Princeton Votes 2004 announced today that it has registered 1,295 new voters, equivalent to approximately one-third of the eligible voters among the undergraduate population, according to an organization press release.Of the new voters, 1,104 registered in New Jersey, with the remaining 191 registering as absentee voters in other states.The new registrations come on top of approximately 1,000 existing University student registrations in New Jersey, said Evan Baehr '05, president of the College Republicans and one of the P-Votes founders.Voter registration in New Jersey for the Nov.

NEWS | 10/04/2004

Officials consider new emergency services czar

Princeton Borough and Township officials are considering establishing an emergency management coordinator to oversee local response to crises.While the Township and Borough currently have separate coordinators, supporters of the plan believe that a single czar ? who would manage both municipalities and University response ? would be in a better position to handle a situation like a biological or chemical attack.The impetus for the idea came when Theodore Cashel, emergency management coordinator for Princeton Township, left in April.The University's efforts to discuss emergency preparedness with local agencies strengthened desires for a single official.Phyllis Marchand, mayor of Princeton Township, said her support for the plan stems from a recognition of the close linkage of the Township, Borough and University.

NEWS | 10/04/2004

Search continues for CJL director

After naming an interim director to succeed Rabbi James Diamond, the executive search committee of the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) has convened to find a permanent director.The successor will follow Diamond's nine years of leadership that helped transform the CJL.Diamond resigned as CJL director last spring, capping a 36-year career.

NEWS | 10/04/2004

Clubs' selectivity varies in fall Bicker session

Cap and Gown and Ivy Clubs concluded a highly selective fall Bicker last week, with more than 40 bickerees apiece and far fewer acceptances, according to club members.Of the 45 students who bickered Ivy, just eight were accepted, members said.Further down Prospect Avenue, at Cap and Gown, 13 of 42 bicker candidates won a spot in the club.Ivy and Cap each drew about 140 bickerees in the spring.Tower, which boasted the largest Bicker class in the spring, remained a popular 'Street' option.

NEWS | 10/04/2004

U. to combine RA and MAA positions

The University announced Monday that it will overhaul the residential college advising system next year.

NEWS | 10/04/2004

Brown adopts limited no-loan student aid policy

Since the University announced no-loan financial aid in 2001, many peer institutions have moved to a similar format, and the latest change has come at Brown University.Nonetheless Don Betterton, University director of financial aid, said that he remains confident that Princeton boasts the best program."We have no plans to make major changes to our aid policies," Betterton said.

NEWS | 10/04/2004

Tours unfazed by campus construction

"I thought the tour was great," said Olivia Kang, a prospective applicant from Glendale, Calif., after taking a tour of the University.

NEWS | 10/03/2004

CampusNetwork site opens today for Princetonians

The command options on Thefacebook.com are familiar enough to the average Princeton student.

NEWS | 10/03/2004

Late-night workers recount student antics

It's 2:30 a.m., and the campus is quiet. Joe Godino rings up a customer's bill and tells him, "At the moment, I'm reading 'Gravity' by James Hartle and a book on abstract algebra by Michael Artin."As the recipient of a Ph.D.

NEWS | 10/03/2004

Committee addresses freshman experience

Last Monday, the Committee on the Freshman Year Social Experience issued its final report and provided recommendations to change pre-orientation, orientation and student organizations and activities.The committee was formed last fall to examine "the ignition experience" of freshman, Dean of Undergraduate Students and chairman of the committe Kathleen Deignan said.Faculty, students and administrators joined the group to examine a typical student's first hundred days at the University, and "how we could make it better," Deignan explained.The committee was divided into three subsections to investigate pre-orientation, orientation and organizations and activities. Pre-orientationThe pre-orientation subcommittee examined the University's information delivery system.While students complained about "the overload of information that they receive over the summer," according to the official committee report, they also expressed confusion about subjects ranging from Propect's eating clubs to fraternities and sororities.As a result, the committee recommended the University "find ways to organize the mailings [and] provide the same information on a website" to ease students fears of missing important information.The committee was also surprised by the "impact of who you know before you come here," Deignan said.

NEWS | 10/03/2004

Comedian to headline USG event

Comedian Lewis Black of Daily Show fame will be "Back in Black" ? and orange ? when he comes Oct.

NEWS | 10/03/2004

Alumni establish OfficeTiger outsourcing firm based in India

Like many Princeton graduates of the 1990s, Joe Sigelman '93 and Randy Altschuler '93 found jobs in the financial industry.One night in 1999, they chatted long distance as they were up late working on presentations for their clients.It was 3 a.m.

NEWS | 09/30/2004

False fire alarm fee may rise

The Borough Council introduced a modified version Tuesday night of a fire alarm ordinance that seeks to reduce the number of false fire alarm calls.If passed, the ordinance will require Borough property owners with installed fire alarm systems to pay an annual $125 registration fee and a $500 penalty fee if more than four false alarms are triggered each year.The fee was increased from $300 after the Borough solicited public input as to the rates it should use.If the property charged with the penalty has fewer than four false alarms the next year, the fee would be reduced to $150.The number of false alarms in the Borough "has come down quite a bit in the last two to three years," Borough Chief Fire Inspector Bill Drake said.

NEWS | 09/30/2004

Forbes left out of Street initiative

On Sept. 17, the Inter-Club Council (ICC) offered the Class of 2008 a chance to dine at an assigned eating club through the new initiative, "A Taste of Prospect." Students who had signed up from Forbes College, however, were accidentally left out of the program due to an oversight.The glitch was discovered early that day when the students who had signed up from Forbes College learned they had not been added to the roster."I take responsibility for [the oversight]," J.W.

NEWS | 09/30/2004

The rise and fall of U. classes

Freshman Courtney Freer sat in Tuesday's POL 210: Political Theory lecture listening as the professor steamed through her notes on Aristotle's Politics.

NEWS | 09/30/2004

Freshmen adapt to residential life

Among the countless letters pre-frosh receive before arrival at Princeton is the housing letter, containing one word that could possibly shape the course of their next four years on campus ? the name of their residential college.Each of the five colleges ?Butler, Forbes, Mathey, Rockefeller and Wilson ? has accumulated various stereotypes and opinions leaving freshmen to discuss the pros and cons of residential life.While most freshmen and sophomores living in the residential colleges appreciate the idea of the system, some members of the Class of 2008 feel isolated.Jorge Santana '08 of Forbes College finds it difficult to meet students from other colleges because of the separation between dormitories."It has to be a personal effort to seek out other students," he said.While students may not necessarily see all the benefits of living in such a close-knit community, the masters of each college understand the rationale for the dorm life.Elizabeth Lunbeck, master of Forbes College, has worked at Princeton since 1988.

NEWS | 09/30/2004

Shapiro joins Olympic committee

Born in Canada and an economist by training, former University President Harold Shapiro GS '64 might seem an unlikely choice for America's Olympic organization.Yet, Shapiro has recently been appointed to one of 11 seats on the recently overhauled U.S.

NEWS | 09/30/2004

Taking sides

Just before the first presidential debate of 2004, the atmosphere in the Frist Campus Center multipurpose room and the first floor TV lounge resembled the quiet anticipation preceding a championship game.

NEWS | 09/30/2004

PJP lobbies N.J. State House for legal needle sales

Over 100 people are crowded into a committee room of the N.J. State House, sitting in rows of wooden chairs, standing in the back and even lining the hallways.

NEWS | 09/30/2004

Heavy rainfall causes downed trees, flooding

After nearly six inches of rain fell Tuesday night as the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne doused campus, the University began Wednesday to clean up.Unsuspecting students found themselves drenched in a matter of seconds as heavy rain fell at sporadic intervals."I came out of lecture at 2:30 p.m when it just started . . . In the minute [I walked] from Frist to [my dorm], my clothes were soaked completely through," Brian Muegge '05 said.Even the best-prepared students could not avoid the standing water and runoff on campus.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported a 30-year historical average of 3.32 inches of September rainfall for the Trenton area.

NEWS | 09/29/2004

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