The 2003 USG Senate convened for the first time yesterday to form a collective vision for the year.
Eighteen students required transportation for medical aid from Thursday through Saturday, the majority as a result of alcohol use, Public Safety Sergeant Alan Lawson said.Public Safety and the Princeton First Aid Squad accompanied four students on Thursday and seven students on both Friday and Saturday nights to the McCosh Health Center and the Princeton Medical Center, said Lawson.Relatively few students were transported on Wednesday night, but no specifics are available, Lawson said.Two students were taken to McCosh and two to the PMC on Thursday, four to McCosh and three to the PMC on Friday, and six to McCosh and one was taken to the PMC on Saturday.The numbers do not include those who sought help from McCosh on their own."It was a very light Bicker, a lot calmer than we've had over the years," said Lawson.Last year, McCosh admitted 12 students in alcohol-related incidents during bicker week, a decline from the 23 students admitted the previous year.
More than 1,000 people attended a colloquium last week organized by Colin Palmer, Dodge Professor of History, entitled "The State of Black Studies: Methodology, Pedagogy, and Research."Palmer said he was "very gratified, very surprised and very pleased" at the turnout for the conference, which marked the first attempt in 20 years to bring together academics from across the country to discuss the current state of African-American studies.The event, which was cosponsored by the University Program in African-American Studies and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, was free and open to the public and ran from Thursday evening through Saturday evening.
When one thinks of the disciplines available here at Princeton, subjects that easily come to mind are history, politics and economics.
With standing room only, Whig-Clio debated whether Princeton should file a brief with the Supreme Court supporting the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy.More of the audience supported not filing a brief on the University of Michigan's side.
Blog ? it sounds like one of those words that has a deep meaning, like the question "Do you grok?" from Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land."What is a blog?
Concerned Citizens of Princeton filed a brief in Mercer County Superior Court yesterday seeking a referendum on the Borough Council's decision to redevelop a section of downtown Princeton.
A five-day-old work slowdown by doctors throughout the state appears to be continuing despite a compromise reached by lawmakers in the N.J.
The space shuttle disaster that claimed the lives of seven astronauts on Saturday also destroyed more than one hundred scientific experiments.
The University discontinued a race-based summer program at the Wilson School yesterday because its admission policy could not be defended in court, Vice President for Communications Robert Durkee '69 said."If you are committed to diversity, what you don't want to do is to defend a program that would put [diversity] at risk," Durkee said of the decision not to wait until a legal challenge arises.No suit has been filed against what University officials called a "successful" program, he added.For 18 years the Woodrow Wilson School Junior Summer Institute has hosted only minority undergraduate students outside the University in the hopes of encouraging graduate study in public and international affairs.Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 said about half of the minority graduate students in the school participated in the summer program.The program may continue, but the minority-only admission policy has been dropped, Durkee said.The decision comes amid the growing debate on how the Supreme Court will rule in two cases that challenge the race-conscious admission policies at the University of Michigan.
Princeton Borough Police said a perceived tolerance for underage drinking at the eating clubs prompted their undercover investigations last semester, which led to charges against four Colonial and Quadrangle club officers.Undercover police officers entered several clubs in late November.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced last Thursday at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory that President Bush has decided the United States will enter negotiations to determine its role in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project.The project aims to determine the viability of exploiting cold fusion as an energy source around the world.
Going miniature is the trend of the new millennium, and electrical engineering professor Stephen Chou is leading the way.
By day, famed economist Paul Krugman could pass for any other prestigious professor, humbly lecturing his ECO 102 students on the finer points of price systems.
In one of their last meetings, Gabor Katona GS and S. Pamela Lewis GS were planning a reading course on philosophy for this semester.
In an attempt to improve its economic viability, Forrestal Village, a Plainsboro outlet mall, will be modified for the third time in 15 years.Managers of the University-owned property plan to fill current vacancies with professional services that will draw potential shoppers.It is hoped that those visiting doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects, insurance agents, stockbrokers and health clubs will also stop at retail stores.The changes, approved last month, required the University to alter the lease.A food court, along with stores such as Nine West, Famous Footwear, S&K Menswear, Workbench Furniture, Vitamin World, Bass Shoe and Casual Corner Outlet are currently located in the traditional buildings that line the two pedestrian-bare streets.Both the University and Plainsboro Township approved plans to reduce retail space from 200,000 to 90,000 square feet and use the remaining space for businesses."The University demanded that there be some retail, not solely an office complex, first and foremost because it was designed to function as an amenity for the rest of Forrestal," said David Knights, director of marketing for Princeton Forrestal Center, a private firm responsible for developing the property.Plainsboro Township required that the first level be filled entirely with retail stores rather than offices.However, the township views the upcoming changes as a short-term fix.
The federal government may relax a regulation that requires colleges and universities to maintain equal opportunities for women in athletics.The regulation, Title IX, requires gender ratios of athletes to correspond to the makeup of the student body.
Princeton Borough Police brought charges against four officers of Colonial and Quadrangle clubs yesterday resulting from a November undercover investigation into serving alcohol to minors on the Street, according to police reports."We are stepping up our enforcement efforts," Borough Police Lt.
"No blood for oil!" the signs said. "One, two, three, four, we don't want your oil war!" they shouted.About two dozen University and community members gathered by Palmer Square yesterday to challenge a potential war in Iraq as a war about oil.Cars honked and some people walking by joined in the protest, while others quietly accepted fliers and moved on.Sponsored by the Princeton Peace Network, the rally was one of more than 100 held to mark the Day of Action suggested by a website, Target Oil.The website said demonstrations took place at over 100 gas stations around the United States and United Kingdom.
