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McCarter Theatre to feel effects of N.J. arts budget cut

McCarter Theatre to feel effects of N.J. arts budget cut

New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's recommended $31.7 million budget cut for the arts and cultural activities is not expected to affect University departments, such as music or creative writing, but it would be a blow to McCarter Theatre, which hosts many University and student performances.McCarter Theatre managing director Jeff Woodward said he does not yet have a specific plan to address the proposed funding cut, but he said he anticipates changes."It's certainly going to affect the scale of production here, but we're probably going to have to do smaller cast plays and spend less money on scenery, costumes and props," Woodward said.

NEWS | 02/10/2003

Posters protest Hargadon for Baccalaureate

Posters put up in Frist Campus Center several days ago read "Why Hargadon? Accountability Now."Three weeks after the announcement of Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon as this year's Baccalaureate speaker, a few dissenting voices from the senior class are beginning to make themselves heard.Much of the outcry comes from the Queer Radicals group, an unofficial campus organization that formed at the start of this year.

NEWS | 02/10/2003

CPUC investigates drinking problems

At a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community yesterday, University administrators presented a report on initiatives to curtail University alcohol consumption in 2003.The report included current statistics on problematic binge drinking among undergraduates.

NEWS | 02/10/2003

Tower heavily bickered as most sign-in clubs fill up

The eating clubs welcomed their new members this weekend as Bicker and second-round sign-ins drew to a close.Tower Club, with 161 hopefuls, had the largest Bicker class.

NEWS | 02/09/2003

New USG board convenes to create collective vision

The 2003 USG Senate convened for the first time yesterday to form a collective vision for the year.

NEWS | 02/09/2003

McCosh, PMC admit 18 over last weekend

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.

NEWS | 02/09/2003

University sponsors historic conference

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.

NEWS | 02/09/2003

The visual arts program: A major less traveled

When one thinks of the disciplines available here at Princeton, subjects that easily come to mind are history, politics and economics.

NEWS | 02/09/2003

Whig-Clio debates possible brief on U. Michigan's side

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.

NEWS | 02/06/2003

Sharing life on the Web

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?

NEWS | 02/06/2003

Proposed parking lot raises concern over urban sprawl

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.

NEWS | 02/06/2003

N.J. doctor protest centers on rising malpractice costs

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.

NEWS | 02/06/2003

Research lost on Columbia shuttle

The space shuttle disaster that claimed the lives of seven astronauts on Saturday also destroyed more than one hundred scientific experiments.

NEWS | 02/06/2003

Citations

Watch, but don't look!Fortunately for the nosey, one doesn't need to look directly at something to pay close attention to it.

NEWS | 02/05/2003

WWS drops race factor in program

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.

NEWS | 02/05/2003

No further charges planned in undercover investigation

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.

NEWS | 02/05/2003

International fusion project will use Princeton physics lab

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.

NEWS | 02/05/2003

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