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University students demonstrate in front of Nassau Hall yesterday. The protest, calling for divestment, began in front of the Frist Campus Center.

NEWS | 04/18/2002

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Mohr and Morgan ready to 'take off the roof' at show tonight in Dillon

In anticipation of tonight's comedy show, the 'Prince' caught up with Tracy Morgan and Jay Mohr.Mohr called on his cell phone in the middle of walking his dog, Shirley, on the sands of California's Seal Beach where he and his wife, model and actress Nicole Chamberlain, rent a home they call their "decompression chamber."The day before, Morgan's agent patched him through on a conference call from New York City.

NEWS | 04/17/2002

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Mirbagheri '04 brings energy to USG vice presidency

Dressed in a white, V-neck short-sleeve shirt with a beige skirt, open-toed white sandals and long black hair, USG vice president Sonya Mirbagheri '04 looks like any other college student.But when Mirbagheri went to Iran ? she is the younger of two daughters of Iranian expatriates who fled the country following the 1979 Iranian revolution ? she wore a long sleeve shirt and long pants and covered her hair with a head scarf, hiding all except her face in conformance with the dress code required of women.Calling her experiences "eye-opening," Mirbagheri said it was like encountering a "different world" where people live under a fundamentalist government that imposes strict ways of life but where people "love to hear anything you have to say and share."Given her background, Mirbagheri, just accepted to the Wilson School, said she plans to focus on foreign policy in the Middle East and "somehow emphasize culture" in policy making.She is interested in international law and foreign policy and plans to "eventually" go to law school, she said.Mirbagheri was born and raised in Dallas, Tex.

NEWS | 04/17/2002

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McCarter expansion project to open new performance, practice spaces

McCarter Theatre is growing up, and out, thanks to The Next Stage Campaign, a multimillion-dollar expansion project.Workers have recently begun constructing the steel frame for McCarter's addition, which will feature a new theater, rehearsal halls and classrooms that will benefit the University and community alike.Construction of the Berlind Theatre, a second performance space, is one of the plan's most noteworthy features. For student useBuilt for Princeton student group productions and outside acts, the theater is expected to accommodate 350 people.The addition will also include two rehearsal halls and several classrooms available to undergraduates in the University's theater and dance program.The final $14.1 million construction cost has almost doubled the amount originally announced.

NEWS | 04/17/2002

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New student group raises funds and awareness for UNICEF

University professor Peter Singer of the Center for Human Values will speak tonight on the responsibility the United States has to help children in poverty in developing countries.The audience will have the chance to discuss the practical ways the Princeton community can make a difference following the speech.Tonight's lecture and discussion ? to be held in McCosh 10 at 7:30 ? mark the major kick-off event of the newly organized Princeton chapter of the U.S.

NEWS | 04/15/2002

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West criticizes Summers, commends leadership of Tilghman and Gutmann

Cornel West GS '80, who was appointed to the religion department Saturday, yesterday characterized in a radio interview his decision to join the University faculty as both a "pull" toward Princeton and a "push" from Harvard University.Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chair of Harvard's Afro-American studies department, is strongly considering leaving Harvard for Princeton, West also said.In the 12-minute conversation with National Public Radio host Tavis Smiley, West strongly criticized Harvard president Lawrence Summers and highly praised President Tilghman and Provost Amy Gutmann.Despite his "love" for Princeton, West said, he probably would not have left Harvard if not for recent tension with Summers.Asserting that he requires a certain level of respect, West said he was "dishonored" by Summers' "attack on [him] as the wrong person, as a professor and [as] a wrong Negro."Summers unfairly judged West's scholarship and his politics, West said."Summers is the Ariel Sharon of American higher education," West said.

NEWS | 04/15/2002