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Brown students stage walkout in protest of warPROVIDENCE, R.I. (U-WIRE) ? At noon on Thursday, cruise missiles pummeled the city of Baghdad, protestors gathered by the thousands worldwide and at Brown University, President Ruth Simmons walked unnoticed past several hundred students on her way to University Hall, newly barricaded by wire fences.

NEWS | 03/23/2003

Princetonians find time to talk about finding time

Princetonians find time to talk about finding time

Princeton students last month found an email survey in their inboxes. The survey, which began by asking students to take a time out to fill in the circles, wanted to know how much time students spend on various activities out of the classroom.

NEWS | 03/23/2003

U.S. makes some gains, suffers setbacks in Iraq

(WASHINGTON POST) Against a backdrop of artillery fire and screaming jetplanes, U.S. Marines fought their most pitched battle of the five-day-old war in Iraq today when they captured two bridges critical to the U.S.

NEWS | 03/23/2003

USG, Carl A. Fields Center form Monthly Cultural Leaders Summit

The USG and Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding have established the Monthly Cultural Leaders Summit, a collection of representatives from various minority groups on campus.Its first meeting was held on March 7.Though in the past, both organizations have made similar efforts, this is the first time the two have worked together to form such a summit.The collaboration of the USG and the Fields Center will provide a greater incentive for multicultural student groups to send and continue sending representatives to the summit's meetings, William Robinson '04, Undergraduate Life Committee Chair, said."It would be run through the Fields Center," Robinson said.

NEWS | 03/23/2003

Three students arrested during anti-war protest on Nassau St.

Borough Police arrested and charged three University students with disorderly conduct and obstructing a highway Thursday when they sat in the middle of Nassau Street bound to each other with piping to protest the war with Iraq.

NEWS | 03/23/2003

Greenstein talks Bush leadership

President Bush has matured into a leader with a vision and seems to grasp the international challenges posed by a war with Iraq, said a top analyst of the presidency at the Wilson School yesterday.Fred Greenstein, a Wilson School professor emeritus and leading scholar of presidential leadership, referred to Bush's recent prime time press conference and said, "With what was the length of his answers, what was the density of his responses, you could see someone who was far more up to speed than he was before."The lecture titled "Presidential Leadership Wartime: The Case of George W.

NEWS | 03/13/2003

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

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