Aug. 15 ? Anthrax spores were found in a mailbox this week on Nassau Street, bringing the FBI's investigation back to Princeton.
On a warm spring afternoon, while undergraduates sprawl on Cannon Green, Shirley Tilghman leans across her conference table with intensity.In her first year as University president, she has addressed alumni and congressmen, responded to the events of Sept.
The final meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community this academic year focused mostly on the "housing crisis" afflicting graduate students.
Aug. 13? The University has removed Steve LeMenager, the first Princeton University official who breached Yale University's admission notification Web site, from the admission office, President Tilghman said today.
Christine Evans, known as the clairvoyant Yanna, has made a living predicting her Princeton-area clients' futures.Now she is facing fraud charges that could land her in jail.
Following their graduation in 1895, a group of five Princeton men decided to create a social club to celebrate the friendships they had made.
Spence Miller '02 ? senior class president, assistant minister at large in Aquinas, varsity swimmer, Orange Key tour guide and devoted friend ? will graduate having left his mark on the Princeton community.
Though Princeton Borough Police issued two summonses during the weekend for alcohol serving violations ? the first such citations within three years ? officials say that there has not been a change of policy toward underage drinking at the University.The recent charges do not represent a police crackdown on underage drinking at the 'Street,' Borough Police Capt.
As the current USG administration reaches the half-way point of its term in office, President Nina Langsam '03 and her core group of officers are already well on their way toward achieving many of their goals for the University.Having already considered issues ranging from precept reform to the treatment of women and minorities on the street, the USG has been working to improve both academics and social life for University students."They're doing a great job," former USG president Joe Kochan '02 said.
Sharpe James emerged victorious yesterday from a hotly contested race against politician newcomer Cory Booker to win an unprecedented fifth term as mayor of Newark.Booker, a member of the Newark City Council, vowed to run for mayor again in four years.With 99 percent of precincts reporting, James had 28,363 votes, or 53 percent, and Booker had 24,869 votes, or 46 percent.Though the media has focused on the contested Newark race, New Jersey politicians are also preparing for statewide elections.
The University named Harvard Law School and Kennedy School of Government professor Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 new dean of the Woodrow Wilson School yesterday.
During the first meeting of our freshman seminar, Dr. Jem Spectar told us why he was there in that classroom teaching us about the "International Politics of AIDS in Africa."Spectar has dedicated his life to stopping the spread of AIDS in Africa, but not by lobbying politicians on Capitol Hill or providing people with anti-retroviral drugs from an African clinic.His less conventional, more thoughtful approach, is integral to spawning the world-wide realization that solving the AIDS epidemic is a global obligation.
The Borough Police issued two summonses to Ivy Club officers early Friday morning in connection with an underage drinking incident.Borough Police charged club president Robert Neely '03 with serving alcoholic beverages to a minor and house manager Hugh Lippincott '03 with obstructing the administration of the law.
Cloister Inn and the Quadrangle Club both suffered incidents of vandalism this past week.An unknown student damaged a wall in Quad after it had closed last Sunday, the final day of Houseparties.
Consider our technological lifestyles ? driving to work in SUVs, flying abroad for a vacation and heating our homes to a comfortable 70 degrees.
Internet technologies are playing a growing role in University functions, and future applicants may soon be able to submit some forms online.Part of the college application, financial aid forms and student billing information are all planned to be transformed into web services, said Tim Hogan, OIT information specialist.As web services, these forms could be filled out and sent in electronically over the Internet, without the use of paper forms.
Zena Hitz GS walks down paved paths lined with peeling beech trees everyday to get back home. For the last few weeks, the idyllic Princeton lifestyle has been offset by a growing anxiety about housing next year.Hitz lost her Hibben apartment off Faculty Road, where she lived for four years in this year's room draw.
University mathematics professor Elias Stein will receive the National Medal of Science next month at the White House.
The humdrum of reading period and examinations will be broken by several campus productions over the next month ? including performances of BodyHype Dance Company, the University Concert Choir, Triangle Club and the Student Playwrights' Festival.BodyHype will hold their spring show this weekend at Frist Theatre.
A wave of dumpster fires seemingly caused by arson has struck campus during the past two months, including three incidents in the last five days, said Barry Weiser, Public Safety crime prevention specialist.The fires have occurred most frequently around Spelman Hall and the "junior slums" dormitories."At this time, there is what is perceived to be a problem with dumpster fires," University Fire Marshall Bob Gregory said.
