On Jan. 10, in a show of political defiance aimed in part at the United States, North Korea withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty which it had signed in 1985.
Four of the University's nine Nobel laureate faculty members signed a statement last Tuesday before the State of the Union address condemning a "preventive" war against Iraq.The short declaration cautions that a war with Iraq would undermine U.S.
The Robertson family filed papers yesterday in opposition to the University's motion to dismiss the lawsuit to reclaim the funds of the Robertson Foundation, the $550 million endowment for the Wilson School.The plaintiffs claimed in their opposition papers that there was no basis for a dismissal of the lawsuit and argued that there were factual errors in the motion."Defendants' motion shows that they have lost sight of their moral and legal obligations as the stewards of the Robertsons' extraordinary gift," the plaintiffs argued.
While the Inter-Club Council has tried to provide more options for students who are denied a bid by Bicker clubs, the large numbers of first-round sign-ins suggest that second-round options may be limited.This year, sign-ins saw a rise in participants.
Susan Wolf GS '78 may now be distinguished as an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation award recipient, but when she graduated from Princeton her backup profession was pastry chef.Wolf ? who received a Distinguished Achievement Award in November ? certainly did not know right away that she would become a philosophy professor.
The Texas '10 percent plan' for college admissions, heralded as a race-neutral alternative to affirmative action, does not succeed in boosting minority enrollment at the state's two flagship universities, according to a study conducted by University professor of sociology Marta Tienda.President Bush has asserted that the Texas system is better than ones that use racial preferences.
Dean Georgia Nugent '73 has been chosen to serve as the 18th president of Kenyon College in Ohio, David W.
As students invest this week in the textbooks they will need for the new semester, the number of book buying options continues to grow.
With the first round of sign-ins complete, both Colonial Club and Charter Club have filled their membership for the coming year, though neither the Inter-Club Council nor the clubs released the exact number of members accepted.The council decided to withhold the numbers to avoid stigmatizing the clubs for the second round of sign-ins which will take place Thursday, one day earlier than in years past and before Bicker bids are handed out, ICC Advisor Tim Szostek '02 said.Approximately 350 sophomores went to the Frist Campus Center to sign into their clubs of choice, up from 335 last year.
The controversy surrounding college admissions based on legacy may soon heat up with North Carolina Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Ed-wards' challenge to colleges and universities to end all legacy policies.In a speech at the University of Maryland on Nov.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit regarding the Robertson Foundation, the $550 million endowment for the Wilson School, received an extension until tomorrow to respond to the defendants' motion to dismiss the suit, which was filed in early November.The judge in the case, Neil Shuster, was also injured in a recent car accident, which might delay hearings, University Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 said.Robertson family members filed a complaint in July in New Jersey Superior Court, alleging that the University attempted to take control of the separate endowment.
Second year graduate student Gabor Katona committed suicide on Jan. 20, Borough Police Lt. John Reading said.University proctors found Katona, 32, at approximately 10 PM in his room in Lockhart Hall after receiving a call to check on the student.
Residential college masters recently approved plans to convert part of the Rockefeller College dining room into an upperclass eating space in response to a growing desire among upperclassmen for more dining options."Choosing Rocky was more a choice of space than of location because upperclassmen live all over campus and so it would be hard to find one dining hall that is close to all of them," said Laura Chiang '05, who first proposed the new dining initiative.Rocky also has more empty space than other dining halls, averaging forty empty seats per night, said Stu Orefice, head of dining services.Because of their close proximity to fields and courts, Wu and Wilcox are the most crowded dining halls in part because they tend to attract more athletes returning from practice in the evening, Chiang said.Orefice also hopes to reconfigure the dining hall by replacing the long rectangular tables with more informal smaller tables and by creating a lounge space in the back of the dining room.While upperclassmen have always had the option of remaining on a University meal plan, Chiang has been working closely with Orefice and Janet Dickerson, vice president of campus life, since November to create a more centralized upperclassman dining area.
Though undergraduate fees will rise more slowly than the national average next year, they will exceed recommendations made by the University's budget committee in recent years, reflecting the University's effort to balance the budget during economic doldrums.In the new $850 million University budget approved during Intersession, the Board of Trustees increased undergraduate and graduate tuition by 4.8 percent, the largest jump in almost a decade.
Two recent violent crimes have alarmed the Princeton community in recent weeks. In addition to a carjacking and an aggravated assualt ending in the shooting of the suspect, police reopened an older, unsolved murder.The carjacking occurred in front of the CVS on Nassau St.
University sophomores eager to bicker a newly-revived Cannon Club will have to look for other eating options.
Second-year graduate student and established scholar Gabor Katona GS died Monday, the Princeton Borough Police said.
Macauley Peterson '01 brought Hollywood to Princeton Friday night in an informal gathering known as "Hollywood in Princeton, Take 2."The event provided an opportunity for various people, including University students and alumni, to network with each other while discussing film, music, visual arts and theater.This was the second gathering at Peterson's Nassau Street apartment.
Harvard University ? and possibly Princeton ? will file a brief with the Supreme Court next month supporting the University of Michigan policy that considers race as a factor in admissions, officials said yesterday.Harvard is planning to file the brief by Feb.
If anyone heard a faint rustling in the trees recently, it wasn't the wind. It was a collective sigh of relief coming from the deer in Princeton Township.On Thursday, the New Jersey State Fish and Game Council voted to halt the Township's efforts to reduce deer population with lethal methods.
