Last night, Frist's South Lawn was buzzing with hyped up music, dance performances, strobe lights, and of course runway fashion during Service in Style's 2nd annual Charity Fashion Show.
President Bush announced yesterday his intention to nominate University economics professor Harvey Rosen to the Council of Economic Advisers, according to a White House press release.Rosen, who previously served as the deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis at the Treasury Department under the first Bush administration, has taught at the University since 1974.If confirmed, Rosen's appointment would fill one of two vacant seats on the council, which provides the President with economic analysis and advises him on economic policy matters.Rosen was a coauthor of a study on the effects of eliminating taxes on stock dividends along with former council chairman Glenn Hubbard, the Associated Press reported.
President Tilghman joined students, faculty and members of the University community last night to discuss the role of diversity in admissions, recruitment of minority professors and a possible cultural studies distribution requirement.The panel discussion, the second of two sponsored by the Carl A.
The role of moral principles in international relations will be the subject of the Wilson School's first annual Colloquium on Public and International Affairs, which begins this morning with panels in McCosh 10 and Dodds Auditorium.The event, titled "A World of Good and Evil?
The Black Student Union is planning a new Leadership and Mentoring Program, which will match freshmen with upper class mentors."The ultimate goal is to help incoming black students get better acclimated to the Princeton community," said Brandon Nicholson '05, one of the program's organizers.Freshmen who sign up for the program will meet weekly with their mentors.They will also gather several times monthly with a family group consisting of five mentor-mentee pairs."We want to help build a welcoming community," said Brittani Kirkpatrick '05, also a program organizer.Nicholson said the program hopes to "prepare and inform freshmen so they can be more involved" in student government and other campus organizations and activities.LAMP seeks "as much and as broad a representation as possible," Nicholson added.Though the program stems from the BSU, both BSU members and nonmembers served on the committee to develop it, and though it is intended for black mentees, mentors of all races are welcome."We're not seeing this as a BSU thing, or a black student thing.
Life is good for 31-year-old Third Eye Blind drummer Brad Hargreaves. Together with lead singer Stephan Jenkins, bassist Arion Salazar and guitarist Tony Fredianelli, Hargreaves will take the stage tonight as the headlining act of the USG Spring Concert.Hargreaves said the old days of staying in Motel Six and sharing rooms are finished.
"Everything's a target," Rob Peterson, inventor of the AlmostGolf ball, said yesterday.
Between Easter and Houseparties, University students have another date marked on their calendars.
The judge hearing the Robertson Foundation suit yesterday set June 4 as the date to hear arguments about whether the case should proceed.In a two-hour hearing at the New Jersey State Superior Court yesterday, Judge Neil Shuster also said he will rule within a week on three petitions University lawyers made for increased confidentiality in the case and a delay in further evidence gathering.Relatives of Charles '26 and Marie Robertson, who donated the $35 million in 1961 to set up a foundation in their name to fund the Wilson School, sued the University, the foundation, President Tilghman and three University-appointed foundation trustees in July.The relatives allege that University officials were trying to transfer control of the foundation's now $550 million endowment to the University's investment company, trying to commingle the foundation's endowment with the University's and failing to attract students who become government officials in international affairs.The University had asked the court to throw out the case in December, but a decision was delayed when Judge Shuster was hurt in a car accident.Today, the Robertson Foundation will meet in Princeton for its annual board meeting, though it has had regular meetings throughout the year.
Despite the dread associated with thesis writing in the carrels of Firestone Library, some seniors have come up with creative ways to survive life in the multi-storey dungeon.Seniors Mark Harlan, Ben Miller and friends set up a put-put golf course among the stacks to cheer themselves up."We had a lot of distractions to lighten the mood in Firestone," Harlan said.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome hysteria continued to mount throughout Mercer County yesterday as news spread of two suspected SARS cases ? a 68-year-old woman who had recently traveled to Asia and a Seton Hall University student thought to have been infected by a campus visitor.But recent reports have shown that the SARS patient did not infect the Seton Hall student."To date, casual contact with a SARS patient at school, other institutions, or at public gatherings has not resulted in reported transmission," Seton Hall health services reported.
Alcohol is not the only ticket to a good time on the Street lately, as eating clubs have launched efforts to incorporate more alcohol-free events into their weekend calendars.This semester, Quadrangle Club has organized three dry events, all of which have been well-received, said president Corey Sanders '04.These alcohol-free events include a spring party co-organized with the International Students at Princeton and a party featuring Jin, a well-known Asian rapper who has appeared on MTV.
Jeff Nunokawa, a professor of English at the University, recently wrote "Tame Passions of Wilde: The Styles of Manageable Desire" which is set to be released in June.
The Borough Council took the proposed alcohol ordinance off the table at their meeting last night but said they expected University students and administrators to continue efforts to curb excessive drinking at the University.The council voted unanimously to remove the ordinance from its immediate agenda but indicated the ordinance could be reconsidered at any point.
The Times of Trenton reported yesterday that oft-injured junior forward Andre Logan of the men's basketball team is transferring to Yale University.
When history professor Andrew Isenberg was denied tenure a few weeks ago despite support from his department, several of his students began a campaign to protest the decision.Isenberg, who is a recipient of the 2001 President's Distinguished Teaching Award and a faculty member since 1997, teaches the history of the American West.
"I was caught in the crossroads of my life," New Jersey Secretary of State Regena Thomas said.
Lesley Carlin McElhattan '95 was exploring her grandmother's attic one day when she discovered an old 1940s etiquette manual."It was just the funniest thing," McElhattan said.
Public Safety is investigating allegations that two men overturned parts of a campus anti-death penalty group's flag display outside Frist Campus Center early yesterday morning.The obstruction of the flags is part of a trend, some students charge, of suppressing political debate on campus, and now these students are asking for a campus wide inquiry and are planning a letter campaign.Melanie Wachtell '04 of the Princeton Coalition Against Capital Punishment made the allegations yesterday afternoon, saying she witnessed two men upending flags just after midnight yesterday morning.
