PHILADELPHIA ? Head coach John Thompson '88 turned to the crowd and pumped his fist in the final seconds of overtime, summing up the perfect end to a near-perfect Ivy season.Thompson had every reason to celebrate.
Vail Bloom '04 has suddenly become a celebrity after placing third in Maxim magazine's Hometown Hotties contest.
"I guess if you put a gun to my head, I'd say he writes about The Problem With Being Sort of Himself," Chang-rae Lee recited, "namely, the terribly conflicted and complicated state of being Asian and American and thoughtful and male."This is the voice of the protagonist Jerry ? describing the literary voice of his daughter's Korean fianc
Students at Princeton are subject to a fast-paced life. The academic pressures, in addition to athletic and extracurricular commitments Tigers face while balancing a social life, often manifest themselves in a large number of sleep-deprived students.During midterm week this problem becomes more apparent because students have to attend classes and practices while turning in papers, attending review sessions and taking exams.
To most University students, the name Adam Rockman is a familiar one. He's the man they love to hate ? the evil mastermind responsible for sticking you in that 100-square-foot double last year and the reason your email account is always over-quota.
The Graduate School suffered a 26 percent decline in applications from international students this year, following a nationwide trend.
"Well it's alright, it's okay, the Jewish folk are here to stay. We can eat any dish, matzoh balls, gefilte fish." Set to the tune of the Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive" and sung by students in a wacky assortment of clothing, the lyrics filled a packed Center for Jewish Life during the Purim celebration Saturday night.This interpretive retelling of the story of Purim, organized by former CJL president Marc Grinberg '05 with selections from the "Disco Purim Songsheet," was just one part of the Purim Pre-game Party hosted by the CJL.Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the clutches of the evil Hamen by the virtuous Queen Esther.
Could Princeton really be harboring a killer? This is the question posed once again by Ann Waldron in the recently-published "Death of a Princeton President," the second volume in her "Princeton Murders" series.In the series, Waldron writes of a Pulitzer-prizewinning investigative reporter coming to the University to teach "Literature of Fact," a popular humanities class."The Princeton Murders: Big Crime on Campus," the first novel in the series, was published in January 2003 and topped the U-Store's bestseller list last year.Though Waldron was quick to point out that "the characters [in the novel] are completely imaginary," she said she tried "to make it very accurate as far as the campus is concerned." She explained that she drew on her campus experience for descriptions.As a former senior administrator in the University's Office of Communications, Waldron also took classes for three years through the program in continuing education: "I took exams and turned in papers," she said.
While stories about the Middle East have dominated international headlines the past year, the Korean Peninsula is not to be overlooked.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes of fame became 15 when Princeton's Broadway hopeful lost her bid for a spot on "Rent."Though Aliza Kennerly '04 did not win the "Wanna Be in 'Rent' " casting search and the chance to appear in the Broadway show, she had the votes of her seven-year-old niece and six-year-old nephew.
Philosophy professor Scott Soames will be leaving next fall to teach at the University of Southern California.The announcement of his departure, after a 24-year career at the University, comes as one of a series of setbacks for the department this year, following professor Beatrice Longuenesse and lecturer Mark Greenberg's decisions to leave next fall.Soames, 58, specializes in the philosophy of language and the history of analytical philosophy.
When the final buzzer sounded at the end of the men's basketball team's win Saturday night, the Tigers looked more like a team that had just won a visit to the dentist than one that had just clinched a trip to the NCAA tournament.But don't think the Tigers weren't thrilled.
After a visitor was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis following a stay on campus, University Health Services has taken steps to guarantee the ailment does not spread to those at the University.Though the visitor ? a Boston resident and the younger sister of a University student and Ivy Club member ? did not display symptoms while on campus from Feb.
Can the human mind influence random processes generated by a computer? For the past 25 years, researchers at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, under the direction of professor emeritus Robert Jahn '51, have sought the answer to this question.Their research suggests that the role of consciousness is not completely passive in physical reality.
When professor Stanley Allen became dean of the University's School of Architecture, he said he wanted the school to become more involved in the local New Jersey community.
Haven't seen the new controversial movie 'The Passion'? Just one week into its theatrical run, bootleg reproductions are available, complete with images of people walking in front of the screen.
Andre Veiga '07 is as international as one could possibly be. Born and raised in Portugal, he attended an International Baccalaureate high school in India and is now a student at Princeton.
Under a new initiative approved by President Tilghman in February and signed by the eating club presidents on Thursday afternoon, the University will offer each of the 11 clubs about $2000 per semester to hold a party without alcohol on a Thursday or Saturday night.The agreement, known as the Prospect Initiative, translates to in between $30,000 and $60,000 annually in new anti-alcohol funding and will provide a party without alcohol each Thursday or Saturday night, to be hosted by the clubs on a rotating basis.
You'd think firing a rifle on campus would be an easy way to get attention. The Rifle Club, however, remains a virtually unknown team at the University.It's not for lack of success; the University's marksmen became the best in the Ivy League after defeating the University of Pennsylvania ? the only other Ivy with a rifle team.
"My day is not complete without sugar free jello, a stick of beef jerky, and six diet cokes," U-Council Chair Alison Arensman '04 quipped in response to a question posed by Kean Tonetti '06, founder of the new campus publication Peeps.Tonetti said she started Peeps to "test the theory that anyone at Princeton would have something interesting to say" when approached in casual conversation.Recently, a second new publication called Bamn!, edited by Brian Cochran '06, has appeared on campus.The University granted official recognition to both Peeps and Bamn!, saying that each offers a form of expression distinct from existing student groups.The idea for Peeps originated in a discussion between Tonetti and a friend in which the two mused over which students, professors and administrators they would most like to interview if given the opportunity.Since that time, Tonetti has compiled a simple set of questions and, on the Peeps website at www.princeton.edu/~peeps, posted answers she has received from interviews with a wide variety of people.Pointedly nonspecific, Tonetti's questions delve into people's eccentricities, "from the irreverent to the insightful, one peep at a time," according to the publication's website.Tonetti said the Peeps mission is to introduce faculty, students and alumni to one another in a more personal and accessible manner."We want to get a glimpse of peoples' personalities," Tonetti said.
