In a reversal of its original position, the FBI will allow families of the Flight 93 victims to listen to the salvaged cockpit voice recording in a Princeton hotel today.The flight crashed in Shanksville, Pa.
Issues ranging from precept reform to the accessibility of career services were raised at last night's USG candidates' forum.
My life in the world of competitive horseback riding ? English hunters, jumpers and equitation ? up to my 18th year had been a lot like a lottery.
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.
Freshman writing seminars will continue in full force next year, said writing program director Kerry Walk, despite rumors that have circulated among the freshman and sophomore classes.Student reactions to the new seminars have been mixed.
Four Republicans are competing for the chance to run against incumbent Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) in the general election.
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.
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.
University trustees approved a recommendation last weekend to change the name of the Third World Center to the Carl A.
Walking across campus can be a sobering experience. Acquaintances ask, "How are you?" and walk away before listening to the answer.
As most freshmen will still vividly recall, the prospect of leaving home and entering college is often daunting.
A group of concerned University students and faculty have banded together to form a campaign against University investment in Israel.
He looked like a humble politician.Wearing a crisp black suit and ironed tie he made his way through an eager crowd of all ages, shaking hands and flashing a wide dimpled smile.
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.
Charles Kalmbach '68 was named the University senior vice president for administration Saturday. He will take office on June 1.Kalmbach's appointment was approved by the University Board of Trustees during its weekend meeting.
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.
Social life at Princeton is unlike any other institution in the country, with eating clubs presenting the most popular social option for upperclassmen.
Though many students will never have the opportunity to have their names embossed on the side of a University building, the next best thing may be helping to shape the future of the campus.Architecture graduate students Juan Du GS and Michael Herrman GS and the 13 semifinalists of the Prospects2 competition may do just that.Du and Herrman won first place Saturday in the competition that challenges members of the University community to redefine living space on campus in association with Whitman College.The semifinalists were nervous because they never expected their proposals to come before the panel.
For Dr. Thoralf Sundt III '79, challenges come in the form of critical decisions made in the operating room while performing difficult surgery at one of the most prestigious hospitals in the world, Minnesota's Mayo Clinic.Sundt is a highly regarded cardiac surgeon, skilled in the advanced procedures that can restore the normal rhythm of a person's heartbeat or repair weaknesses in the large blood vessel leading out of the heart.Just as he helps make people whole again, Sundt said he is deeply connected to and at one with his job."It makes your adrenaline flow and it keeps your enthusiasm up," he said.
Five days into his fifty-day long bike trip across the country, Brian Romanzo '02 lost feeling in his hands.
