Hooterrific!It seems slightly out of place, standing unabashedly on the border between the buttoned-down civility of Princeton and the frayed blue collar nature of Lawrenceville.
Marilyn Marks GS '86, former University spokeswoman, takes over today as the editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly ? under a curtain of speculation that the University is exerting influence over the century-old magazine.Marks, who is the fourth editor in four years and second since the magazine became substantially subsidized by the University, takes the helm from Jane Chapman Martin '89, who has led the editorial staff since February 2000.Marks and Chapman Martin are similar in many ways.
Jerry Reilly knows ice cream.The owner of Halo Pub on Hulfish Street, Reilly has been in the business for 28 years.
Maybe Brother Stephen didn't read the Book of Matthew on Monday, but if he did it might have had new meaning to him.Consider Matthew 23:37, selectively edited of course:"Thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee . . . with chickens . . . wings."Stephen White, a fundamentalist Christian preacher better known as Brother Stephen, was bombarded Monday with a hail of mulch, sod, syrup and even chicken wings when he preached at the College of New Jersey, according to various reports.White, who spreads his controversial version of Christianity on college campuses in the Philadelphia area, is infamous at the University for taunting students with his sincere conviction that most Princeton students are going to spend eternity rotting in hell.White was up to his old routine Monday at the College of New Jersey in nearby Ewing, reading from a Bible and calling students fornicators.But in addition to being verbally confronted by offended and argumentative students, White was assaulted with fried poultry."Kids were screaming, 'There's nothing to see here.
Students who have ventured outside the University's FitzRandolph Gate into Palmer Square since returning to campus might have noticed the arrivals and departures of several shops.Most notably, J.
Adie Ellis '04 gets about 30 spam e-mails per day.Late last spring she replied to a piece of junk mail asking to be removed from the list.
One hundred twenty-eight seniors are enrolled in the finance program this year, more than the number of seniors enrolled in the University's most popular major.But an even greater number want to be in the program, said Swati Bhatt, finance program representative.Many students decide they want to earn the certificate too late in their Princeton careers, and the complex array of prerequisites for entry into the program necessitates early and careful planning, she said.In response, the program has adopted more aggressive tactics to recruit students."We want to make students aware as early as possible" about the program and the related requirements, she said.Recently, Bhatt took the unusual step of forwarding an e-mail to the entire undergraduate class about a finance program information session.Before junior year, a certificate candidate is expected to have taken ECO 200: Statistics and Data Analysis for Economics, ECO 305: Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical approach and MAT 200: Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus for Economists.
There is so much construction going on around campus that students tend to ignore the sight of cranes, trucks and cinderblocks.
The University has acquired another weapon in the crusade against underage drinking ? an online course about the dangers of alcohol consumption.AlcoholEdu, developed at the University of Illinois in 1998, is a website that consists of video clips, questions and interactive case studies.The site was first promoted earlier this month in an e-mail to freshmen and sophomores from Daniel Silverman, director of health services."The trustees of the University are very interested in this program," said Lauren Robinson-Brown '85, director of communications.The promotion of AlcoholEdu is part of the University's multilateral campaign against underage drinking.
Troubadour Magazine, a literary travel journal founded last year by Jon Harris '02 and Dan Hafetz '02 was recently named a winner of the 2001 Mark of Excellence competition by The Society of Professional Journalists.
'Roundtable Ethics' features University professors answering ethical and moral questions solicited from the community.
Your Princeton ID card can now do more than just get you into your dorm. The University recently announced a new program called Paw Points, which allows students to use their ID cards for student agency services, photocopies in the libraries and purchases at the U-Store and participating off-campus merchants.Paw Points is a pre-paid, declining balance account tied to the ID card, said Stu Orefice, head of dining services.
The N.J. Department of Health reported Friday that a third case of West Nile virus infection had been confirmed in the state.All three New Jersey residents who have been infected live in Mercer County, which is home to the University.During the summer, the mosquito-borne illness swept across much of the country, with nearly 1,300 cases being reported nationwide.
Few doubt Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's propensity to cause trouble. Last week, President Bush issued an ultimatum to Iraq to comply with U.N.
You can take, but you should not give.That is the message students got this week about sharing music and video files online.In an e-mail Monday, OIT warned students against letting file-sharing programs on their computers upload more than one file at a time, though it never said students should not download files.The message said students who do not comply would be put on a slower part of the network because uploading takes up too much bandwidth.It did not cite security or copyright concerns as reasons for the new policy.
Cotsen Children's Library ? designed as a mystical world tucked away in the corner of Firestone Library ? has always aimed to improve children's literacy by making stories come alive and every book an adventure.
Students will see the results of one of the University's many construction projects when the humanities program moves into a newly-erected building next year.The Princeton Regional Planning Board approved the final part of the three-phase project in June.
Robert Durkee '69, in his role as the University's Vice President for Public Affairs, is Princeton's lead spin doctor, representing the University and its interests to the press, to legislators in Trenton and Washington and to community residents for whom the University campus is a backyard fixture.
The University's oldest dance company held its fall auditions on Saturday, but the event came with a twist ? a male dancer.
For most students seeking a post-secondary education in the United States, taking the SAT is an almost unavoidable rite of passage.
