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Overcoming first hurdle, Doran gets NES nod

Overcoming first hurdle, Doran gets NES nod

The Department of Near Eastern Studies has recommended assistant professor Michael Doran GS '97 for tenure, department chair Andras Hamori confirmed Monday.Although Hamori could not give any details regarding the department's decision, the announcement is particularly significant because Doran was recently offered a tenured position at Brandeis University.Once a tenure candidate has earned his department's approval, the next step in the process is review by the Committee of Three, composed of six faculty members, the senior deans and the provost.Doran, who received his masters and doctoral degrees from Princeton, teaches courses in "political Islam, Middle Eastern nationalisms, U.S.-Middle East relations and the Arab-Israeli conflict," according to his profile on the NES website.In recent years, Doran, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, has become an increasingly influential figure in Middle East policy.

NEWS | 03/22/2004

Tigers fall to Longhorns, 66-49

DENVER ? Early on, at least, everything was going right for the men's basketball team.Midway through the first half, the No.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

Tigers, past and present, cheer in Denver

DENVER ? The sign Becky Farbstein '04 held up said it all:"Plane Ticket From Jersey: $400 Tickets to NCAA Game: $50 Blowing Off Your Thesis To Dance In Denver: Priceless" Sure, the men's basketball team was playing almost 1,800 miles away from campus.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

Students help craft local shopping center's redesign

Though the Princeton Shopping Center on Harrison St. is only a stone's throw from campus, Rutgers University students redesigned the complex last semester, and now the township is considering implementing their vision.The students worked on plans to transform the shopping center into a higher density community center.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

OIT reports increase in DMCA complaints

As of March 1, 180 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) infringement complaints had been filed with the University this school year.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

Professors sound off on Putin's re-election, reforms

The Russian presidential race ended with Vladimir Putin's landslide victory on March 14, ending weeks of international media speculation surrounding several unprecedented events.In early February a presidential candidate mysteriously disappeared and reappeared in Kiev, only to later drop out of the race.On Feb.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

Students abroad in Madrid react to terrorist attack

As Zinzi Bailey '06 left for class at Madrid's Universidad Complutense on March 11, her host's cleaning lady told her there had been a train bombing and that at least 30 people had been killed."I was completely horrified," Bailey said in a telephone interview.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

Bush, Kerry begin campaigning for 2004 presidential race

President Bush held his first rally of the 2004 campaign in Florida on Saturday, attacking Democratic nominee Sen.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

Four laptops stolen from Frist office during spring break

Four computers worth nearly $8,000 were stolen from the office of the Educational Technology Center in Frist Campus Center between March 5 and 8, authorities said."It's rare to have a multiple number of computers taken at the same time," said Duncan Harrison said, associate director of operations for Public Safety.The computers ? a silver IBM ThinkPad, a large-screen Dell, a white Apple iMac and an IBM notebook ? are valued at $7,645, according to a Princeton Borough police report.Office staff reported the burglary on Monday, March 8.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

$1.6 million suit alleges gender discrimination

Editor's noteThe lawsuit that was eventually filed against the University was dismissed in November 2006 when a Court did not find evidential support for gender bias in the record, and the case did not go to trial.

NEWS | 03/21/2004

University insurer sues Apple

When Princeton firefighters determined that an Apple computer was the cause of a fire in Moffit Hall over two years ago, the University's insurance reimbursed the school for over $2 million.

NEWS | 03/11/2004

White House aide Bolten '76 manages president's budget

As senior White House aides go, Joshua Bolten '76, the man who puts together the budget of the president of the United States, is an awfully modest guy.When reminded that The New York Times last year reported that he "has his fingerprints all over 'just about every . . . domestic policy concocted in his powerful little corner of the West Wing,' " Bolten responded with the weary sarcasm of a man who has heard it all before."Geez, I'm surprised they left out international," he muttered.In fact, when the 'Prince' called his West Wing office for an interview last week, he professed surprise that his his alma mater's newspaper would want to talk to the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and former deputy chief of staff."You guys must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel," he said. Life at the White HouseLike many White House staffers, Bolten constantly steers the topic of conversation away from himself and back to his boss, President George W.

NEWS | 03/11/2004

While seniors work, spring breakers party

Many University students on Saturday are planning to leave the stresses and sleeplessness of midterm week to embark on spring break 2004.

NEWS | 03/11/2004

Men's basketball to open NCAA Tournament in Denver on Thursday

Finally, the magic word flashed onto the screen.Sure, each member of the sizeable crowd gathered in the Rockefeller College common room Sunday evening had seen those nine letters spelled out millions of times before.

NEWS | 03/11/2004

Draw times released early by fluke

Michael Davenport '06 was working on a paper at 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning when he received an instant message from a friend containing an apology and a web address.

NEWS | 03/11/2004

With new offer, Doran awaits tenure decision

The Department of Near Eastern Studies will hold a meeting Friday to discuss the career of assistant professor Michael Doran GS '97, a well-liked scholar of the Middle East known for his post-Sept.

NEWS | 03/10/2004

D-Bar beats the Street for grads

While the Street lay largely dormant last Friday night ? generally the quietest of the weekend ? "Forever Young" was blaring to a packed crowd at that other ubiquitous Princeton drinking hole, the D-Bar.The D-Bar, or the Debasement Bar, so called because of its location in the basement of the Graduate College, is a nonprofit, student-run operation that provides a much-needed relaxation zone for graduate students every night from 10 p.m.

NEWS | 03/10/2004

Township's new public library to feature more than books

The Princeton Public Library will move into its new home ? at the corner of Witherspoon and Wiggins streets, where its old structure was located ? on April 1.The library, currently housed in temporary quarters at the Princeton Shopping Center, will reopen within a new three-story building featuring state-of-the-art amenities and significantly more space than the old library."Before, we had a first-rate library in a second-rate building.

NEWS | 03/10/2004

Eating club members' e-mail lists create online forums

What could be a better use of a Princeton student's time than reading the fleeting and sometimes unusual thoughts of one's fellow eating club members?

NEWS | 03/10/2004

OIT plans to add wireless connections on campus

In today's technology-driven world, being "wired" is no longer necessarily a good thing.Instead, universities are working to make the switch from wired computer communications to wireless ones that allow students to surf the Internet and check email without having to plug their computers into an Ethernet jack.The University's wireless services are similar to most universities inside and outside the Ivy League, offering partial wireless coverage across campus."Princeton is about in the middle when looking at our progress at creating a 'wireless campus,'" OIT Director of Support Services Steven Sather, said in an email.

NEWS | 03/09/2004

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