Today's so-called "organization kid" would feel markedly out of place in the bygone Princeton era of F.
The Princeton Borough Council will reopen discussion on the proposed alcohol ordinance in its meeting next Tuesday.However, Democratic councilman David Goldfarb said the majority of the council remains opposed to the ordinance ? which would let local authorities issue citations for underage drinking on private property, including the eating clubs.
Known affectionately around campus as simply "The 'Wa," the Wawa will be closed temporarily beginning Sunday.Die-hard hoagie fans after a late night at the Street, Forbes College residents and those who routinely visit the store for basic grocery needs will soon have to look elsewhere. Reopening after ChristmasThe store will shut its doors for about a month for remodeling, and intends to reopen Dec.
Despite "horribly inconsistent policies within the Bush administration," National Review Online journalist Andrew Apostolou explained Monday evening why he is hopeful for the occupational prospects of Iraq."Iraq in 2010 won't be a Jeffersonian democracy, but it will be much better off than when it started," he said.Apostolou is also director of research for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, as well as a former writer for The Economist.Citing "Germany and Japan as misleading examples," he predicted a future Iraq resembling modern Italy ? "not the freest or fairest nation," but relatively stable.Apostolou praised U.S.
Associate Director of Career Services Becky Ross met with the USG Sunday night to discuss possibly revamping the University's career and internship services.Initiated by USG vice president Jacqui Perlman '05 and U-Councilor Weili Shaw '04, the discussion centered on improving career opportunities for students."I'm not saying that Career Services is doing a bad job, but there are some areas that could use improvement," said Shaw, a 'Prince' editor.Ross asked members of the USG for their thoughts on improving Career Services.
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and the 1987 National Book Critics Award, distinguished poet and lecturer in the creative writing department C.K.
The University lost out yesterday on the chance to receive part of a $12 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security to study the economic risks associated with terrorist threats and events.Professors at the University's Bendheim Center for Finance added proposals to a consortia application led by the University of Pennsylvania.DHS visited Penn recently in a final review process but announced yesterday that the University of Southern California would receive the $12 million over three years.The DHS grant is one of a growing number of initiatives in higher education that aim to grapple with terrorism.
To encourage the University to use renewable energy sources, the Princeton Environmental Network student group recently conducted a survey to measure student response to the initiative.And the results of the survey were encouraging, PEN co-chair Cathy Kunkel '06 said.About 87 percent of students asked said they would be willing to pay an additional fee if Princeton were to use the money to purchase renewable energy.
To the pleasure of some and the dismay of others, a part of campus lacking in "spires and gargoyles" will get a completely new face by 2009.University administrators are planning to replace the brown-brick 1922, 1940, 1941, 1942 and Lourie-Love buildings in Butler College, said Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62.The remaining Butler dorms, Walker and 1915, will not be affected.The University will be starting a new residential college system in 2006 ? as the first wave of the student-body increase begins ? in which Wilson, Rocky and Forbes will be two-year colleges paired with the future four-year colleges Butler, Mathey and planned Whitman.By 2006, Mathey and Whitman colleges will begin admitting juniors and seniors into rooms, but Butler will not be ready by then, said Wright, a member of the implementing committee.The delay, the result of razing and replacing Butler buildings, will last until at least 2008, at which point Butler will begin as a four-year college.During Butler's reconstruction, students will live in the "ellipse dormitory" ? so named because it continues the ellipse curve formed by Scully Hall and the genomics building ? currently under construction near Poe Field, Wright said.The ellipse dorm will initially house upperclassmen but will ultimately be part of the residential college system.Butler's revamping is still in its nascent stages."We're just now beginning the process of choosing architects" who will create the designs, Wright said.Yet Butler residents are already welcoming the prospect of their college's transformation.Asked what should be done about the brown Butler buildings, resident Matt Sullivan '06 stated his feelings: "They should definitely go."When he first saw the buildings, Sullivan said he "was astonished that there were buildings that looked like that here [on campus]."When she first learned what her residential college looked like, Jin Kim '07, another Butlerite, was stunned.
One student was charged with assault this weekend as others fell victim to unusual theft and vandalism.
"We are changing the culture here at Princeton, but we know that it does not change quickly."Maria Klawe, the dean of the engineering school, sits on a couch in the E-Quad foyer, a look of concentration momentarily replacing her energetic smile.
It was Thursday night, and the place was packed with students. Free drinks were handed out left and right.
After first considering a "social honor code" early this semester, the USG's Undergraduate Life Committee is depending on the community for advice on what, if anything, it should do to make students from all groups feel more comfortable on campus.When ULC chair William Robinson '04 initially proposed the social honor statement, he received a great deal of feedback from USG members.
You probably thought beauty pageants were no longer politically correct ? that a formalwear parade, talent contest and question-and-answer session could never happen at the University, let alone in the engineering school.You were wrong.And in the words of Jason Lawrence GS, emcee of Friday night's Mr. Engineering contest, the contestants were "rugged specimens of manhood."Twelve undergraduate male students in the School of Engineering and Applied Science heeded the call to compete in the less-than-traditional beauty pageant in McCosh 10 ? proving they could emerge from the E-Quad to entertain a very large crowd for more than two hours."If you are sick and tired of engineers being stereotyped as nerds who never leave the E-Quad, this is your chance to prove everyone wrong," said Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs Peter Bogucki's e-mail to the engineering students in early November.
There was no Kasparov or Deep Blue ? just four college kids taking on 55 murderers, rapists and kidnappers.On Friday, Princeton chess club members Brandon Ashe '04, Jonathan Heckman '04, Ian Prevost '05 and Samson Benen '07, traveled to Trenton to play chess against inmates at the maximum-security New Jersey State Prison.Each student played 13 to 14 inmates simultaneously.
David Robinson '04 is one of 32 recipients of this year's Rhodes Scholarship ? and the only winner from the University.And when his mother started screaming into her cell phone Saturday evening, people in the Washington, D.C., hotel lobby knew something had happened.A few moments later, the doormen were lined up to shake Robinson's hand as he arrived from the Washington bureau of The New York Times, where he had just learned he had been chosen from 963 applicants endorsed by 366 schools.The announcement was the culmination of a week-long, two-round selection process that whittled the pool from 450 to 100 to the 32 winners."I feel so fortunate," said Robinson, speaking to The Daily Princetonian on the train ride back to the University yesterday afternoon.
At first appearance, Vail Bloom '04 seems like an ordinary Princeton student. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration ? after all, it was her looks that won her a photo spread in the men's magazine Maxim.
THE FACTS Name: Francis Scott Fitzgerald '17 Hometown: St. Paul, Minn. What's so great about Princeton? "First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." What's not so great about Princeton? "The inhabitants have been so long out of the world that, though they make a show of keeping up to date in dress and manners and literature, they depend to a great extent on hearsay." ? "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" Favorite movie: "A good one-reel comedy in the moving-picture machine." ? "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" Best place to meet girls in your town: "Cottage, an impressive melange of brilliant adventurers and well-dressed philanderers." ? "This Side of Paradise" Even better place to make out: "Quiet halls with an occasional late-burning scholastic light." ? "This Side of Paradise" What did you do over Fall Break? "After a day without food I began to grow hungry.
This Monday, Princeton's women's lacrosse team scored a visit to the White House to celebrate its 2003 national championship victory.For the second consecutive year, the team participated in Champions' day ceremonies, meeting the President and posing for photographs.During the photo session, the President shook hands, made jokes and charmed members of the team."The President is so much cuter in person than he comes off on TV," said Kelly Darling '05 in an email.
Next year's freshmen will have a chance to experience the genomics center's integrative approach to science through a six-course, five-department experimental sequence.The intensive program, which will combine material from first-year biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics, will provide an alternative to the current prerequisites for any of the five departments.Students will take two courses each semester of their freshman year, followed by one course each semester of their sophomore year.
