Pauly Rodney '00 thought his life was complete when he met political strategist Mike McCurry '84.
It all began when a group of freshmen sat watching a football game last fall. Disappointed by the low student attendance, they commented to each other that they hoped more people would come out for the basketball season.
MANCHESTER, N.H. ? "This is the worst," volunteer Julia Friedlander '06 said cheerfully as she held up Wes Clark signs outside a polling station in Derry, N.H.
A veteran of more than a half-century of research, Edward Taylor, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University, has discovered a cancer drug with tremendous potential for treating nearly all solid tumors.After 11 years of clinical trials, the drug, Alimta, was approved by the FDA yesterday, and will be available on the market in as few as two weeks.The FDA approved the use of Alimta in combination with another drug, cis-platin, for the treatment of mesothelioma ? a fatal type of lung cancer, which has been untreatable until now.The drug is administered intravenously for a ten-minute period only once every three weeks, making it perhaps the most convenient chemotherapeutic cancer treatment known.Six months ago, after 11 years of extensive clinical trials, Lilly, in cooperation with the FDA, made Alimta and cis-platin available for compassionate use ? meaning medically eligible patients could obtain the drug free of charge before it was officially approved.And thus far, results from many patients have been overwhelmingly positive.Patients report that they feel better, have much less pain and can return to leading normal lives, Taylor said."It is spectacularly effective in so many cases," Taylor said, "although it isn't a cure.
Brian Jaffe '06 was rescued by a Hummer, Alexander Djerassi '06 by a cop. Julia Friedlander '06 and Rob Buerki '06 fought incompetent drivers with suspended licenses, and Shlomi Sher GS struggled with a cracked windshield.At times, it seemed as if the hardest part of campaigning in New Hampshire was the driving.MapQuest directions and an unrelenting determination to gather votes got Djerassi, Philip Van Stockum '06, Scott Shimp '06 and Melanie Wachtell '04 stuck on a snowmobile path in their Oldsmobile Aurora.
From formal interviews to swallowing goldfish, stories about the Bicker process abound among sophomores who this week join one of Princeton's 11 eating clubs.While still a distinctive feature of Princeton social life, the role of eating clubs has changed significantly since the creation of the residential college system, increased dining and social alternatives and a more diverse student body.Yet the eating clubs serve as reminders of Princeton's past.
The first weeks of Brandon Parry '06's second term are being spent waiting for answers.Today he'll find out if he got into his eating club of choice.In a few weeks, he'll know whether he'll be able to major in what he wants.For Parry, and many other students, the second term of sophomore year is a time of selectivity, reflection and anxiety.Parry, a student government representative, has only limited control over these answers.
Beginning next year, Peter Singer, controversial bioethicist and tenured professor at the Center for Human Values, will spend only one semester a year at the University, electing to return to his native Australia each spring to spend time with family and friends.Singer said there was a "definite possibility" that he would have left the University had special arrangements not been made."I still feel very much attached to Australia, and so does my wife," Singer said.
With its large endowment and consistent alumni participation in annual giving campaigns, the University appears to be a veritable fundraising machine.
For sophomores, spring semester requires many decisions. One of them is whether, and how, to join an eating club."There are so many choices to make as a sophomore ? I'm deciding between four different majors and trying to figure out whether I should be an alternate RA next year or study abroad instead," Catherine Chou '06 said."Bicker seems like an added excitement, an added stress, and one of those choices that could really affect your time at Princeton."Chou chose to bicker Tower Club, one of Prospect Avenue's 11 eating clubs.The Bicker process varies as some clubs require bickerees to undergo a series of interviews, while others involve games and parties.Sophomores must weigh various club characteristics, including food, membership and location, when choosing one to join.Chou was particularly impressed with the food and "friendly and hospitable" members at Tower Club, two factors that influenced her decision to bicker.
For 14 years, Borough officials have battled one of the downtown's largest commercial interests over a controversial development project.Now, the Borough Council is poised to approve the plans of Palmer Square Management to transform the unfinished Hulfish North parking garage on Paul Robeson Place into about 100 luxury condominiums.
MANCHESTER, N.H. ? With less than eight hours before polls opened in New Hampshire, Shlomi Sher GS and a dozen Princeton students volunteering for retired Gen.
With just a tip from a friend and a homemade video, Aliza Kennerly '04 has been selected as one of three finalists in the "Wanna Be In Rent?" Casting Search, earning the opportunity to audition for the directors of Broadway's "Rent.""My friend Rinaldo Martinez told me about it, and I thought it would be a fun way of getting my name out there," Kennerly said on how she got involved in the contest.However, Kennerly didn't expect to win a trip to New York City as a finalist when she entered the casting search in December.To audition for the role of Mimi, Kennerly submitted a tape of herself performing "Out Tonight" from "Rent". She recruited three friends, Michael Yang '04, Frankie Ng '04 and Ben Gerut '06, for help.
When the initial shock withers away into realization that my older brother is a soldier in Iraq patrolling in Bagdhad, I feel less removed from the headlines and CNN.
University Public Safety officers shut down University Place for several hours yesterday afternoon after a delivery truck pulled down telephone and electricity wires and bent a utility pole at the intersection of University Place and Edwards Place, Princeton Borough Chief of Police Charles Duvall said.Public Service Electric & Gas workers planned to replace the utility pole last night, temporarily shutting off power to all residences on Edwards Place, said Jeff Dohanic, a PSE&G employee who responded to the scene.At about 4 p.m.
For the final project for English 231 ? Dirty Words: Satire, Slander and Society, many students chose to write a 10-page paper, while the more creative wrote satires, parodied comic strips and wrote mock gospels.Nate Domingue '06 and Bob Moore '06 decided to create a satirical rap, "Generic Rap Song," that has become an Internet hit and has gotten airtime on radio stations as far away as Missouri."Generic Rap Song," written by Domingue and Moore under the alias of "P-Unit," pokes fun at many mainstream rappers and their styles.Domingue and Moore had heard of each other before their English 231 project because of both's involvement in writing and producing legitimate rap projects, but "Generic Rap Song" was their first collaboration.
In its 130-year history, Chancellor Green has served as everything from a library to a pub. As it reopens, now as part of the new Andlinger Center for the Humanities, Chancellor Green will combine its original role as an academic building with its later mission of bringing people together.Anthony Grafton, chair of the Council of the Humanities, said the $40 million Andlinger Center, which also includes East Pyne, Joseph Henry House and a new, unnamed building nearby, will provide an expanded home for the humanities.
MANCHESTER, N.H. ? Sen. Joe Lieberman was half an hour late for Shabbat services on the Saturday morning before the New Hampshire primary, and by the time he walked into the Chabad house in Manchester, only one empty seat remained.Lieberman sat down next to Marc Grinberg '05, who had traveled to New Hampshire the day before to volunteer for Lieberman's campaign.When the prayer ended, Grinberg turned to the senator and introduced himself as a supporter and the campus coordinator of Princeton Students for Lieberman.Chuckling, the senator told him, "You know, I went to Yale."Grinberg replied that convincing Princeton students to elect another Yale alum to the White House was a challenge, so their group had devised a motto ? "Yale on paper, Princeton at heart" ? for campus fliers."He really liked that," Grinberg said later.
Henry Jandl's dream was to humanize architecture. Robert Geddes, former dean of the School of Architecture, recalls Jandl striving over his 35 years at the University to "connect modern architecture with human values using materials, color and light."Jandl served for a time as a professor in the engineering school and is credited with bridging the gap between the practical and artistic branches of architecture on campus.After winning the prestigious Paris Prize for Architecture in his twenties, Jandl went on to study at the renowned Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
The University's main organic chemistry class suffered at least two incidences of cheating during the past semester, leading to an Honor Committee investigation, according to an email by the class' professor and several students.Professor Maitland Jones, who teaches CHM 301-301A: Organic Chemistry, said in an email to the class in early January that a student stole one student's second midterm and another student's third midterm.
