NEW YORK ? Take a slight bend past the entrance, and a new student at the Harlem Educational Activities Fund in uptown Manhattan sees 43 laminated college acceptance letters, neatly placed in rows and columns.
Against the Princeton Borough Council's wishes, the University Cottage Club has applied to be designated as a state historic site.Council members suspect that Cottage's board of governors has ulterior motives in applying for state historic site standing."The club is attempting to avoid paying taxes," Councilman David Goldfarb said.New Jersey law rules that any state historical site run by a nonprofit organization is exempt from real estate taxes.In 1999 the club was added to the National Register of Historic Places, based on the "architectural structure of the building, high degree of historic integrity, and significant cultural contributions to the community," according to Cottage's website.The club was started in 1886 and the Prospect Avenue mansion was built in 1906.Princeton lore has it that former member F.
The recent turmoil in North Korea has evoked a range of opinions from Korean and Korean-American students.
The side wall of psychology professor Bart Hoebel's office is lined with dozens of storage boxes.
A silent precept. Tales of weekend debauchery over Sunday brunch. A professor sitting alone during office hours.
PHILADELPHIA ? A status hearing Dec. 17 set the preliminary hearing date for five University of Pennsylvania students charged with assaulting a Princeton debater for Feb.
Maureen Nash began her position as Princeton's new vice president of human resources last Wednesday.
'Roundtable Ethics' features University faculty members answering ethical and moral questions solicited from the community.
A University sophomore is suspected of stealing $5,000 in print cartridges from campus computer clusters, according to a Princeton Township Police press release.Tyson Evenson '05 was arrested by the Township Police on Dec.
Eugene McPartland, vice president of facilities at Princeton from 1983 to 1999, died Monday. He was 68.McPartland was involved with numerous University projects during his tenure, including the residential college system, which was established in 1982.
WASHINGTON ? Bill Frist '74, a heart and lung transplant surgeon turned Republican U.S. senator, took over as the Senate majority leader on Monday.Frist emerged in mid-December as the Republicans' choice to replace Trent Lott, who stepped down after suggesting the country would be better off if a segregationist had been elected president in 1948.Frist said at a Dec.
Tofu Parmesan won't be the only organic-sounding dinner item this Thursday at Forbes College and the Graduate College, and if it all goes well, students may soon see a wide selection of eco-friendly menu choices.A campus environmental group has paired with Dining Services and the president's environmental oversight committee to bring the meal to students.Thursday's dinner is the annual "Unit Special" or theme dinner in the dining halls where the staffs decide on a special menu.Menu items include jalapeno-fried free-range chicken, farm-raised corn meal-crusted catfish with cilantro cream and organic Colorado quinoa with caramelized onions.Organic foods have strict guidelines for production and are reportedly better for the consumer and the environment.
The Princeton Borough Council adopted a multi-million dollar bond ordinance for the downtown redevelopment plan at its Dec.
NEW YORK ? New plans to redesign the World Trade Center site went on view for the public in December, and among the architects are seven Princetonians ? including three faculty members, a former visiting professor, two alumni and Dean of the Architecture School Stan Allen GS '88.Their redevelopment proposals will remain on display through Feb.
Never before have I walked past a church in the Western world and seen crowds of young people shoving and screaming outside as though a concert were taking place inside.
PHILADELPHIA ? A status hearing Dec. 17 set the preliminary hearing date for five University of Pennsylvania students charged with assaulting a Princeton debater.The preliminary hearing, which will determine whether the evidence against the students warrants a trial, will be held at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on Feb.
The Princeton Borough Council adopted a multimillion-dollar bond ordinance for the downtown redevelopment plan at its Dec.
Pettus Randall '04 was declared the next USG president yesterday, capping an election marked by narrow margins and high voter turnout."I'm absolutely thrilled," Randall said last night.Randall made up a deficit in the first round of elections to edge out Sonya Mirbagheri '04 in the presidential runoff, garnering 1341 votes to Mirbagheri's 1295, said Michael Kimberly '03, senior elections manager.Randall said he wants to address the seven-week athletics moratorium and push for a 24-hour study area when he takes office next semester.The moratorium is "fundamentally flawed" by inappropriately singling out athletics, Randall said.Randall, who last week wrote a USG resolution denouncing the moratorium, said he hopes to work with the University administration to understand the goal of the moratorium ? and find a better way to address it.More broadly, Randall said he wants the USG to "be more relevant to the students" by making substantive changes and standing up to the administration.In the vice-presidential runoff, Jacqui Perlman '04 received 63 percent of the vote to defeat Brooke Stoddard '04.The voter turnout was 59 percent, up from 57 percent in the general election.
The Princeton Township Committee voted again in favor of a resolution to hire a wildlife management firm to reduce the local deer population through sharpshooting and the net-and-bolt technique.
WASHINGTON ? Bill Frist '74, a heart and lung transplant surgeon turned Republican U.S. senator, will take over as majority leader of the Senate when it reconvenes on Jan.
