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OIT officials report success at restructuring technology services

OIT officials report success at restructuring technology services

Nineteen months after the Office of Computing and Information Technology was renamed the Office of Information Technology, and eight months after the complete restructuring of campus information technology services, administrators said they are pleased with the results of these changes.The Office of Computing and Information Technology was formed in 1986 under the leadership of Chief Information Officer Ira Fuchs as an attempt to unify technological services on campus.In September 2001, with new CIO Betty Leydon in charge, CIT was reborn as the Office of Information Technology, and in July 2002 OIT was significantly restructured to provide better services to the University."The focus during CIT was to provide great technology to campus.

NEWS | 03/13/2003

Sharing a great man's intellect

To this day ? Albert Einstein's 124th birthday ? his altruism and genius still hold a ubiquitous presence in the realm of physics, Zionism, pacifism and even in certain offices of Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study.

NEWS | 03/13/2003

New Yorker's Denby decries state of movie industry

David Denby, film critic for the New Yorker magazine, lamented the state of modern movies at a talk to a filled McCosh 50 last night.The longtime critic and author gave his picks, pans and predictions about the industry while revealing the "nuts and bolts" of the life of a film critic ? what he described as "morose creatures of the city dipping in and out of shadows seeking enchantment."According to Denby, the "golden age" was the '70s, when film schools churned out a crop of new directors by the names of Lucas, Spielberg and Scorcese.Denby said a "ghastly new style" has come into place, a style of production and distribution he described as "the conglomerate aesthetic" which depends on reaching masses and making money."Six conglomerates control eight production companies," he said.

NEWS | 03/13/2003

Foreign affairs magazine aims to engage students

A new student publication, The Internationalist, will launch early next month and aim not only to inform Princeton students about international affairs, but also to act as a forum for university students around the globe to engage in dialogue about the challenges facing their countries and the world."We want people with only passing interest in foreign affairs to be gripped by our magazine," said Adam Frankel '03, who co-founded the magazine.

NEWS | 03/13/2003

Students travel despite economy, chance of war

With midterms and the worst winter weather in years behind them, many students will take spring break as an opportunity to relax and recuperate.

NEWS | 03/12/2003

New spectroscopy technique probes molecular energy flow

Amid a tangled maze of wires and shiny steel enclosures on the ground floor of Frick Laboratory, Chemistry Professors Kevin Lehmann and Giacinto Scoles are overseeing an investigation into the behavior of energy within individual molecules.

NEWS | 03/12/2003

Eating club officer issued alcohol-related summons

The president of Colonial Club was issued a summons Monday for serving a minor and maintaining a nuisance, Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 03/12/2003

Israeli military officer Amir Rosenfeld tells story of his 'courage to refuse'

Three weeks after Amir Rosenfeld finished his graduate exams, he walked to his local recruiting station and, like every other Israeli youth, joined the military.

NEWS | 03/12/2003

Reed decides not to seek reelection

Princeton Borough Mayor Marvin Reed's decision not to run for reelection Friday has prompted praise of his accomplishments, while at least one candidate has made public his intention to vie for the empty seat.Reed, a Democrat, said his decision to retire made sense because of the timing of the Borough's projects."A lot of those things came to fruition this year so I have the rest of the year to finish them," said Reed, 71.University Director of Community and State Affairs Pam Hersh praised Reed for his commitment to the job.

NEWS | 03/12/2003

Students vie for Trustee position

The University announced the three finalists in the running for the Class of 2003's Young Alumni Trustee yesterday.

NEWS | 03/11/2003

University awards Dale '53 Fellowship to Pastor '03

While Dan Pastor '03 was walking down the Street, he found out he'd soon be flying down to Chile with the support of the Martin Dale '53 Fellowship.Pastor, a politics major, discovered he had won the fellowship last month when Associate Dean of the College Clair Fowler happened to see him, Pastor said.He was shocked.

NEWS | 03/11/2003

Think tank

Firestone Library, Frist Campus Center and other study spaces filled up quickly yesterday as midterms and senior theses sent students in search of a quiet niche.

NEWS | 03/11/2003

Iraq conflict may delay EU expansion, European Commission official says

The current situation in Iraq may negatively affect the plan for expanding the European Union, George Cunningham, head of press and public affairs at the European Commission Delegation in New York, said yesterday.In his lecture "EU Enlargement: The Challenges Ahead," Cunningham outlined the challenges of the EU's plans for adding up to 13 new countries to the current 15.The candidate countries ? most of which are former Communist states ? must meet stringent standards before they can enter the union.

NEWS | 03/11/2003

Kristol identifies religion as primary issue in U.S. politics

Religion is becoming the defining issue of U.S. politics, William Kristol, editor-in-chief of the conservative journal The Weekly Standard, said yesterday.

NEWS | 03/11/2003

Rev. Robertson to speak at Whig-Clio

The Rev. Pat Robertson, a leading Christian evangelist who holds controversial views on topics such as Islam and homosexuality, has accepted an invitation from the American Whig-Cliosophic Society to speak on campus.Robertson founded the Christian Coalition of America and made an unsuccessful bid for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.As host of the highest-rated Christian talk show in history, Robertson has called Islam a religion that seeks to control, dominate or "if need be, destroy" others, according to The New York Times.News of Robertson's invitation has elicited a negative response from students who characterize his views as little more than hate speech."It's a big mistake to give a bigot a pulpit to speak," said Taufiq Rahim '04, chair of the governance board of the Carl A.

NEWS | 03/10/2003

Erickcek '03 wins Churchill scholarship for cosmology

The very concept of physics is foreign to most four year-olds, but it was not to senior Adrienne Erickcek, who recently won a Churchill fellowship for yearlong graduate study at Cambridge University's Churchill College."As early as kindergarten I was saying I wanted to be a physicist," Erickcek said.

NEWS | 03/10/2003

Two of five Penn students enter probation program

Nearly four months after the assault on John Brantl '05, two of the five alleged University of Pennsylvania assailants officially entered an 18-month probationary program.Penn sophomore Thomas Bispham and freshman David Hochfelder appeared before court at the Criminal Justice Center on Friday morning to receive their sentences.They entered a program called Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition.

NEWS | 03/10/2003

Law, grad school applicants reach unprecedented levels

Rachel Wagner '03 took the LSAT last June, but decided to defer her application, in part because of "the almost unprecedented level of competition."The recent economic recession led more students to take the LSAT last October than ever before, Rebecca Ross, assistant director of Career Services, told The Daily Princetonian earlier this month."When the economy is soft like it is right now," said Paul Hassen, assistant director of public affairs for the American Council of Education, "very often what happens is enrollment in grad schools increases as people look for alternatives to improve themselves."Student response to the stiff competition has been mixed.Dan Hantman '03 said he knew this year would be hard, but every year has been competitive."I knew that's what I wanted to do, so I was going to give it my best shot," Hantman said.Wagner would like to spend next year working as a legal assistant in a district attorney's office, or traveling.

NEWS | 03/10/2003

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