Dune-jumping in South Africa's Red Desert, hillwalking in the Scottish Highlands or visiting ancient ruins in Jordan don't sound like typical spring break activities.
A Princeton employee driving a University vehicle hit a moving vehicle and then two parked cars on Friday at about 4:15 p.m., according to a Princeton Borough press release.Kenrick Butler, 51, of Trenton, a delivery driver employed by the University, was charged with driving while intoxicated after Borough Police investigated the incident, according to the press release.Butler's case is set to be heard on Oct.
An organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Princeton alumni, students, faculty and staff called the Fund for Reunion ? and the University's LGBT Student Services ? recently launched a new series of 12 lectures about LGBT topics this year, known as the Fund for Reunion LGBTQ Lecture Series."The intent was to begin an annual series of lectures.
In an article in yesterday's Daily Princetonian, there were several errors regarding two separate events to be held this Saturday: the Inter-Club Council's upcoming "Street Fair" and the USG concert featuring George Clinton.The article misidentified those eating clubs that will participate in the street fair Saturday afternoon.
After weeks of catchy posters, intense lunch table campaigning, smiles and platforms, the results of the Class of 2007 student government elections were announced yesterday.Freshmen voted P.G.
Despite uncertainty over the participation of Ivy and Cottage clubs, a street fair to improve the eating clubs' image among Borough residents is slated to go forward this Saturday.Cap and Gown, Charter, Colonial, Terrace, Tower and Quad clubs, as well as Tiger Inn, will offer food and carnival games in a street fair on Prospect Avenue.
Though unrecognized by the University, four sororities on campus ? Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi ? concluded rush last Friday.About 140 girls started rush, but some dropped out leaving about 115 at the end of the week, said Hannah England '04, chair of the Panhellenic society on campus.She said roughly 100 new members joined sororities.The rush process takes four nights.
Though the Princeton campus provides the ideal backdrop for many clothing ads, Victoria Young Lanier '99 modeled with a famed clothing designer only after exiting FitzRandolph Gate.Lanier is one of 23 young adults who are promoting their causes through the Polo Jeans Company's Fall 2003 G.I.V.E.
It may soon be the end of the line for the University's beloved Dinky as New Jersey Transit and other local development agencies are looking to replace the commuter rail system along the Route 1 corridor."[New Jersey Transit] has been looking at transit alternatives for the Route 1 corridor," said operation research and financial engineering professor Alain Kornhauser, who specializes in transporation issues.
A new task force started by President Tilghman will consider issues of health and wellbeing, including potential renovation of the McCosh Health Center and the restructuring of the scope of campus health services."For a university of Princeton's stature, with its caliber of students, staff and faculty, we deserve not only a state-of-the-art building, but a state-of-the-art state of mind in our medical services," said Nancy Newman '78, the University trustee who chairs the Board of Trustees' committee on health issues.The task force will look into supplemental health and wellbeing programs, as well as the extent to which the University should provide health care to faculty and staff.
"And that would be an uninvited visitor," Georgia Whidden said, pointing to a Daddy Long Legs spider hanging onto the door frame of the entrance to Fuld Hall, the main building of the Institute for Advanced Study.Even for curious insects, it's tough to gain entry into the secluded think-tank known as "The Institute," located on Einstein Drive just beyond the Graduate College here in Princeton.
The number of students involved in incidents of intoxication illness during the first month of the school year increased to 17 this year ? up from 11 students last year ? according to Public Safety.During a two-week period last month, police issued 30 citations to students on Prospect Ave.
As the new director of the Carl A. Fields Center for Cultural Understanding, Makeba Clay said she is eager to work "with the campus at large on issues of equality and justice."Assuming the position left open by Heddye Ducree roughly six weeks ago, Clay is now at the helm of one of the sole institutions on campus dedicated to actively promoting and supporting various issues of multiculturalism and diversity."This is a place of inclusion, support, intellectual stimulation, and obviously, cultural understanding," Clay said of the Fields Center.Her office there ? accented by shelves and shelves of books ? is reflective of this diversity of interests and experiences.
Editor's Note: A correction on this article has been published. Click here to view it.The USG last night finalized its plans for George Clinton's performance at Quadrangle Club, in conjunction with a community-inspired street fair this Saturday.
Important as both are to university life, academics and athletics often seem like different worlds.
The Princeton Entrepreneurship Club last week kicked off its sixth annual Business Plan Contest, which will differ substantially from previous years.Officers plan not only to revamp the Business Plan Contest, but also to launch an incubator that would provide startup capital or office space for Princeton student companies."We want to make the process more educational," said Jerome Ku '05, president of the Entrepreneurship Club.The club aims to redesign the workshops, seminars and presentations that precede the competition to better teach students how to develop their ideas into successful business plans, as opposed to just telling them how to write an industrial-grade plan.This year's workshops will be more instructional, Ku said, with topics like how to make a business work, how to get financing, how to work with a team, and how to make an appealing presentation.Judging panels will consist not only of venture capitalists, as in previous years, but also other entrepreneurs.
Diplomats and academics called for continued strong ties between the United States and the European Union and more specified roles for them in managing crises during a three-day Wilson School conference on the E.U.
Aspiring lawyers on campus will have a new resource this year.The Pre-Law Society was founded by Derrick Raphael '06 during the summer as a way to help future law students learn more about what attorneys do and provide them with opportunities in law."The main goal is letting people know what's exactly behind law school and what's exactly behind law," he said.
Starting today, scholars and diplomats from around the world will discuss the changing role of the European Union at a landmark three-day conference at the Wilson School.The conference, entitled "The European Union: Its Role and Power in the Emerging International System," is set to begin today at 10 a.m.
Delighting faculty and staff who remember the old student center beside Nassau Hall, the University is planning to reopen Chancellor Green in January.Chancellor Green used to provide students with a place to study, dine and socialize.
