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UHS to provide same-sex benefits

The Daily Princetonian

UHS to provide same-sex benefits

One day after the New Jersey Senate's decision to legally recognize gay and lesbian domestic partners, the University announced Friday that the Student Health Plan will extend coverage for same-sex domestic partners.The University "felt it was the right thing to do," Associate Director of University Health Services Janet Finnie said.Only a small portion of the graduate and undergraduate student body will be affected by the change in Student Health Plan, but "for those it does effect, it [is] important."Finnie said the University's announcement was independent of the State Senate's vote.On Jan.

NEWS | 01/11/2004

Mulcare '04, Romero '04 win Mitchell scholarships

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Mulcare '04, Romero '04 win Mitchell scholarships

Robert Mulcare '04 and Cynthia Romero '04 are two of 12 college students nationwide to win the 2004-05 Mitchell Scholarship, a prestigious award funding one year of study at any college or university in Ireland or Northern Ireland, the U.S.-Ireland Alliance announced yesterday.Mulcare plans to earn a master's degree in economic policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and Romero plans to work toward a master's degree in comparative ethnic conflict at Queen's University in Belfast.

NEWS | 01/11/2004

$15,000 fund created for publications

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$15,000 fund created for publications

The USG passed the Poe Field Resolution, and its Projects Board announced a new fund for publications at Friday's USG meeting, the last of the fall semester.Rishi Jaitly '04, co-chair of the Projects Board, announced at the meeting that $15,000 has been earmarked for publications on campus.The Wilson School, the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students contributed to the publications fund, Jaitly said, offering $5,000, $6,000 and $4,000 respectively.The Wilson School designated its donation to be spent only on policy and political publications.Jaitly said the board initially sought these funds to show their recognition of the importance of publications on campus and their unique financial situation."[Publications] have . . . permanent costs, but limited revenue potential," Jaitly said.He also emphasized the same application standards will apply when the funding is made available with the start of the second semester."This isn't a free pot of money," Jaitly said.

NEWS | 01/11/2004

2003 Wrap-up & Predictions for 2004

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2003 Wrap-up & Predictions for 2004

Sources say the Princeton University community made some New Year's resolutions this year. Looking back on the news from 2003, we have narrowed down the list of possible resolutions to the following: Dating honor codeLast year. Three changes were made to the Honor Code in the spring of 2003.

NEWS | 01/08/2004
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O'Brien '65 returns as president, role model to former alma mater

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O'Brien '65 returns as president, role model to former alma mater

John O'Brien '65's life has come full circle. Forty-two years after graduating from the Milton Hershey School in Pennsylvania, he has returned to the school to take the helm as president.Founded in 1909 by Milton Hershey, of Hershey's Chocolate fame, the boarding school provides needy children with free education from preschool through high school.O'Brien entered the school, which was then an orphanage for boys, when he was three and stayed there through twelfth grade."I had not been outside of the Hershey area too much when I went to look at schools," O'Brien said of his college search, during which he was recruited for his athletic and academic skills."Princeton had the most authentic people, the most real people and that is why I chose it over Harvard, Cornell and the other schools I was accepted to," he said.

NEWS | 01/08/2004

Wright '62 leaves University 30 years later than planned

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Wright '62 leaves University 30 years later than planned

If Shirley Tilghman were in your introductory French class, you would most likely notice. But when Tom Wright '62 took Spanish 101 last fall, instructor Alberto Galindo had no idea he was teaching the University's vice president and secretary."Someone had told me he worked in the president's office, but no one told me that he was the vice president," said Galindo, who learned of Wright's position only after he searched online late in the semester.Wright is a behind-the-scenes guy ? even he downplays his role.

NEWS | 01/06/2004

Renowned scholar Ikenberry to join Wilson School

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Renowned scholar Ikenberry to join Wilson School

One of the nation's top international relations scholars, Georgetown University professor John Ikenberry, has agreed to join the faculty of the Wilson School, dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 announced Monday.The move comes as part of an ongoing effort to reinvigorate the school's international studies program, Slaughter said."Jeff Herbst, chair of the politics department, and I, are working hard to rebuild the IR [international relations] subfield," Slaughter said in an email.The hiring of Ikenberry and of Tom Christensen, an East Asia specialist lured from MIT last year, were "important steps in that direction," Slaughter said.Ikenberry did not respond to phone messages, but Slaughter said he would teach undergraduate courses on international relations, likely including the introductory survey course."I am absolutely delighted that Professor Ikenberry has accepted our offer," Slaughter said.

NEWS | 01/06/2004

FBI anti-terrorism team asks for help from Public Safety

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FBI anti-terrorism team asks for help from Public Safety

An FBI-led anti-terrorism task force discovered blueprints of common areas of Princeton Borough and the University in an apartment in Philadelphia earlier this week, University Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser said.The FBI would not release to the University the reason for its investigation of the individual in possession of the blueprints, Weiser said.The FBI contacted University officials to determine the locations featured in the blueprints and ask whether the University was familiar with the person under investigation."[University officials] were not familiar with the individual's name in the engineering or physical planning offices," Weiser said.The University was helpful in identifying the locations shown in the blueprints, he said."[The University's Department of] State and Community Affairs said similar blueprints were used in the project to redesign downtown Princeton Borough," Weiser said.

NEWS | 12/11/2003

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