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Then and now: A marriage proposal at graduation, three years and a baby later

Then and now: A marriage proposal at graduation, three years and a baby later

Wick Schmidt '99, a classics major, gave the salutatorian address in Latin at his graduation. In the last line of his speech, he switched suddenly to English and proposed to his girlfriend Anastasia Rohrman '99.Wick said he would have liked to propose in Latin but Anastasia, a mechanical and aerospace engineering major, would not have understood.Because he proposed in English, Anastasia was able to respond with a "Yes" sign given to her by Wick's friend Tim Webster '99, later his best man at the wedding.

NEWS | 11/07/2002

Two years later, is 'The Organization Kid' any different?

David Brooks sugarcoated his potentially bitter lecture at Whig Hall.The writer, who stirred controversy on campus in spring 2001 with his Atlantic Monthly article "The Organization Kid," waffled on one of his main criticisms of Princeton students in the article.The talk, titled "You and Your Souls: The Organization Kid Revisited" addressed the superficiality of the overachieving life that dominates elite campuses across the country.Brooks was at ease, occasionally self-deprecatory, and related easily to the packed chamber, with more than 50 people standing in the back."Often when I speak to groups I know more than the people there," began Brooks, who is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard.

NEWS | 11/07/2002

Tiger Food's Madden '03 to use profits to combat world hunger

While Tiger Food feeds hungry students on campus daily, it will also help serve an underprivileged population, according to manager Dave Madden '03.He plans to donate 25 percent of his $20,000 earnings to Oxfam, an international charity funding efforts to relieve hunger and poverty around the globe.Madden said he will distribute an additional 25 percent of his managerial profits to five charities that focus on AIDS, domestic violence, depression and the environment.

NEWS | 11/07/2002

Township distributes Student Lifeline cards for free emergency taxi rides

The Princeton Township Police will distribute 1,500 Student Lifeline cards this week, which qualify their holders for free taxi rides in emergency situations ? but their program is not targeted at the University.Student Lifeline is a N.Y.-based company that produces the cards and subsidizes the rides from area cab companies, according to the organization's website.The card can be used to avoid drunk driving situations and threatening dates.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Tracking the Tiger: A history of Ivy League academics and athletics

While Princeton consistently ranks at the top of college lists for everything from Ivy League Championships to intramural participation, athletics have a larger effect than stocking trophy cases in Jadwin Gymnasium.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

SCORE will allow students to register online for spring courses

Beginning Nov. 25, forget pencils and manila course cards. For the first time, students will be able to register for spring courses online.This change is part of the Student Course Online Registration Engine (SCORE) software, which was launched this fall.After posting course offerings on the Office of the Registrar's homepage approximately a year and a half ago, the University made the transition to putting registration online."The old system had several deficiencies," said Joseph Greenberg, University registrar.Primarily, the system of course cards was cumbersome for both students and departments, he said.Greenberg said he hopes the new system will ease access for students and add flexibility for departments in regulating course enrollment.The change will certainly cause adjustments both in the registrar's office and in the ways students and departments operate, Greenberg said."Responsibilities will be shifting [in the registrar's office]," he said.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Early action replaces early decision at Yale

Yale University threw a wrench into the college admissions game yesterday, announcing it will let students admitted under its early admission program apply to other schools.Yale officials said replacing its binding early decision program with a non-binding early action program, starting with the class of 2008, would allow students to take a slower, more thoughtful approach to selecting a college.The program asks students to apply by Nov.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Widening students' job horizons without ever leaving campus

Almost a year ago, I was sitting by the fire in the great room at Charter, reading for a seminar the next day, when a friend who had just returned from an information session at the Nassau Inn sat down next to me.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Republicans establish control in Senate, retain majority in House

At about 2 a.m. today, Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan's concession speech to Republican Jim Talent in the Missouri Senate election signaled the political triumph of the Republican Party in a country persisting through terrorism, a downtrodden economy and a stock market collapse.In contrast to the controversial 2000 presidential election, Americans, in the only poll that counts, validated President Bush's high approval ratings and awarded him control of the House of Representatives and Senate.

NEWS | 11/05/2002

Lautenberg wins landslide victory against Forrester

NEW BRUNSWICK ? Frank Lautenberg, who replaced Sen. Robert Torricelli after allegations of ethical misconduct forced him to abandon his candidacy, soundly defeated Republican Douglas Forrester yesterday to represent New Jersey in the U.S.

NEWS | 11/05/2002

Democrats win Borough elections

Two incumbent Democrats held on to their seats on the Princeton Borough Council in yesterday's election, defeating Green Party candidates who garnered a larger share of the vote than many expected.Councilman David Goldfarb and Councilwoman Mildred Trotman were reelected to the two open seats on the six-member Borough Council.Trotman received 1,588 votes, or 38 percent of all votes cast in the Borough.

NEWS | 11/05/2002

Democrats take both Township seats, shutting out Republicans and Greens

Two Democratic incumbents maintained their seats on the Princeton Township Committee, defeating candidates from the Republican and Green parties.Democrat William Enslin received 3,035 votes, or 28 percent of the vote.

NEWS | 11/05/2002

Some students jump head first into campaigns, others content to watch

Erin Tunstill '03 and Neil Maddox '03 carried packets containing candidate information yesterday afternoon as they went door to door around Princeton, urging residents to vote.Maddox and Tunstill, who is a Daily Princetonian circulation director, were part of a student-led campaign to get out the vote among local Democrats.Many University students took an interest in this midterm election.

NEWS | 11/05/2002

Forbes says after inevitable war, U.S. should form Iraqi democracy

Steve Forbes '70, editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine, said war with Iraq is not a matter of if but of when in his lecture, "What Happens After Iraq?," in McCosh 50 last night."In terms of Iraq itself, war will happen sooner rather than later because Saddam [Hussein] is not going to back down," Forbes said.The lecture, sponsored by the Princeton Committee Against Terrorism, addressed the issues surrounding a possible war and the process of establishing a democratic government within Iraq once Saddam has been removed from power."As a member of the board of directors of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies [a foreign policy advocacy group], Forbes is specially qualified to address . . . the domestic political dialogue that contributes to our foreign policy goals and the methods used in their implementation," Sam Spector '03, one of the main organizers of the event, wrote in an email.Forbes said that it would take a while for a civil political structure to fully establish itself in Iraq but that it is also crucial for the United States to stay involved after military aims have been accomplished."One of the huge mistakes the U.S.

NEWS | 11/05/2002

Fire on roof of Lewis Thomas Laboratory prompts evacuation

A small fire erupted yesterday afternoon in Lewis Thomas Laboratory and forced students and faculty to vacate the building.An overheated generator that had been running all day caused the fire, Princeton Borough Fire Chief Neil Hunter said.Firefighters arrived on campus around 3 p.m.

NEWS | 11/05/2002

Holt re-elected to House in decisive win over Soaries

TRENTON ? Incumbent Democratic Congressman Rush Holt won a third term handily last night, defeating Republican challenger Buster Soaries by a margin of more than 30,000 votes.In the Princeton Borough 1st precinct, which includes most of the University's locally registered undergraduate voters, Holt polled 165 votes to Soaries' 48.The mood at the Trenton Marriott, where Holt held his victory party, was jubilant last night.

NEWS | 11/05/2002

Princeton files motion to dismiss Robertson suit

In their first public response to the Robertson family, Princeton, President Tilghman and the three other University-appointed members of the Robertson Foundation filed a motion yesterday to dismiss allegations of misusing Wilson School funds.A tentative hearing is scheduled for Dec.

NEWS | 11/04/2002

Forces of darkness: Early warning system could save Earth from black hole collision

A recent University graduate has collaborated with a veteran University professor to shed light upon an obscure subject: black holes.Under physics professor emeritus John Wheeler, Daniel Holz '92, a postdoctoral student at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California-Santa Barbara, ended his undergraduate career with a senior thesis on the creation of black holes through gravitational waves.A decade later, Holz and Wheeler have again combined efforts to develop a way of detecting black holes.Black holes are regions of space which result from the collapse of a star.

NEWS | 11/04/2002

Minority enrollment in nation's colleges continues to rise

Minority enrollment at colleges across the United States continues to rise, according to a study recently released by the American Council on Education.Enrollment of minorities rose by 3.3 percent between 1998 and 1999, the most recent year for that data.

NEWS | 11/04/2002

ABPA focuses on campus social diversity

The Association of Black Princeton Alumni chose Homecoming weekend, a time of alumni camaraderie, to celebrate its vibrance.Amid the festivities, many alumni voiced concerns about lingering racial issues at the University.At the Friday welcome reception, held at the Carl A.

NEWS | 11/04/2002

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