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Music, readings and speeches evoke reflection on loss, hope for future

Music, readings and speeches evoke reflection on loss, hope for future

Professor Alexander Nehamas GS '71 recited a poem by Seamus Heaney titled "Anything Can Happen."USG President Nina Langsam '03 read a passage from the Bible book of Lamentations, emphasizing that "God does not willingly try to hurt anyone."In bleachers and on the grass, the crowd sang "Amazing Grace."As hundreds of students, faculty, staff and community members gathered on Cannon Green last night in recognition of the anniversary of last September's unforgettable tragedy, a contemplative quiet reflected the solemnity of the occasion.The medley of musical selections, poetry readings and other thoughts shared by program participants revealed the diversity of personal responses to Sept.

NEWS | 09/11/2002

For first time, half of freshman class receives financial assistance

Half of this year's freshman class is receiving financial aid, a record-high percentage, the University announced this week.That figure is much higher than figures from the past two years and higher than other Ivy League universities' numbers.Forty percent of the Class of 2004 received financial aid in its first year, and 46 percent of the Class of 2005 received aid its first year.The percentage of the Class of 2006 receiving financial aid at Princeton is also significantly higher than at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania.Yale spokesman Tom Violante said 39.9 percent of Yale's freshman class is receiving aid, and Penn spokeswoman Jessica Reitano said 42.7 percent of Penn's Class of 2006 is receiving aid in the form of both grants and loans.Those figures have increased from last year, officials from both universities said.Because the University has awarded financial aid to more students over the past few years, more applicants who are accepted have chosen to enroll.The University offered admission to 10.9 percent of applicants last year, a record low, and the percentage of accepted applicants who chose to enroll ? the yield ? was approximately 73.6 percent, a record high, according to a press release.The yield for applicants who needed financial aid "was as high or higher than we've had over a number of years," said Don Betterton, director of the University's financial aid program.Both the increase in the percentage of students receiving financial aid and the increased yield were affected by the significant changes made to the financial aid program over the last several years, Betterton said.

NEWS | 09/11/2002

History professor Grafton awarded prestigious Balzan prize for study

The International Balzan Foundation named history professor Anthony Grafton winner of the Balzan Prize on Tuesday.The foundation seeks to acknowledge outstanding achievement in science, culture and humanitarian causes by annually awarding four prizes, each carrying a grant of 1,000,000 Swiss francs ? equivalent to $667,000.Because of the secret nature of the selection process, Grafton did not know of his nomination.

NEWS | 09/11/2002

Campus asked to conserve water because of severe drought conditions

The campus' brown lawns remind students daily that New Jersey is in the midst of the worst drought it has seen in a century."As you can tell, [the lawns are] all parched.

NEWS | 09/11/2002

9.11.02

Eleven-year-old Max Nichols of Tribeca looks on at his mother's church, the Living Word Community Curch, puts on its own memorial service.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

Princeton alumni lead war on terrorism at home and abroad

WASHINGTON ? Robert Mueller '66 knew he had a tough road ahead.As the new director of the FBI last fall, Mueller took over an agency ailing from news about a top agent spying for the Russians, mistakes at Timothy McVeigh's trial and other troubling episodes.But in his office one year ago today, on the job only six days, he had no idea his national role would be remade in a few moments.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

University searches for understanding on anniversary of terrorist attacks

Hours after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Shirley Tilghman announced one of her first major decisions as University president: Classes would begin as scheduled two days later, and campus life would go on.One year later, a glance at campus responses to Sept.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

University New Yorkers remember Sept. 11 with exhibits and crafts

NEW YORK ? They vowed never to forget and created ways to remember.A year after the Sept.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

LeMenager removed for Yale web breach

Though Director of Admission Stephen LeMenager revealed to Yale University in May that he had breached its admission website, he received much of the public blame for the incident.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

Mock terrorist attack on campus to test emergency personnel

On Sunday, Oct. 20, a simulated terrorist attack is slated to take place on the University campus.Princeton area police, fire and rescue personnel, along with the University Public Safety and the Princeton Medical Center, will use the drill to test their emergency response process, Borough Police Capt.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

We Shall Not Forget

NEWS | 09/10/2002

Borough mailbox near Holder Hall removed after FBI finds anthrax trace

The FBI investigation of last fall's anthrax attacks made a visible return to downtown Princeton this summer when agents removed a mailbox across the street from Holder Hall.In a search of more than 600 area mailboxes, agents said, the box at the corner of Nassau and Bank streets was the only one to test positive.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

Deans appointed for engineering and graduate schools, other positions filled

In the last three months, President Tilghman has filled four key administrative positions, completing what has been a year of transition.As students prepared to take final exams last spring, the University administration reached the final stages of its search for a new dean of the graduate and engineering schools.The search for a Graduate School dean ended officially on June 20 when the appointment of longtime chemical engineering professor William Russel was announced.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

Campus Club to replace sign-in by hand picking new members

Struggling with falling numbers, the Campus Club graduate board announced Monday it would take a new approach to finding sophomore members.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

The 'Prince' and University mourn loss of former editor, active alumnus

Former Daily Princetonian trustee Harry Heher Jr. '49 died June 3 at the University of Pennsylvania hospital after a brief illness.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

Robertsons allege misuse of Wilson School endowment

The family that donated what has become approximately $550 million to support the Wilson School is continuing with litigation against the University, and so far there has been no attempt to mediate the dispute.The family members of the Robertson Foundation ? endowed in 1961 through a $35 million gift by Charles Robertson '26 and his wife Marie Robertson ? are displeased with the direction of the Wilson School and the financial management of the foundation's assets.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

Solving the world's problems, all as a mere undergraduate

The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs ? known to students as "Woody Woo" ? provides research opportunities for juniors and seniors in domestic and foreign policy.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Whitman '77 makes $30 million donation

A $30 million gift by Meg Whitman '77 toward the construction of the sixth residential college will enable the University to expand its undergraduate enrollment by 500 students and institute a new four-year college program.The donation, which comes during Whitman's 25th reunion year, was announced in February and will support just less than one-third of the $90 to 100 million project.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Impractical? Perhaps, but the liberal arts curriculum is illuminating

If you thought you came to college to learn something practical, forget it. Princeton is one of the last bastions of the high-minded, esoteric and abstruse ? the liberal arts education.Come September, when you arrive at this small liberal arts university in central New Jersey, it will be time to begin your new life as an A.B., a candidate for Princeton's Bachelor of Arts degree.Ignore your calculator-toting roommates when they casually mention their course load of "Electromagnetic Field Theory and Optics" or "Mechanics of Solids and Fluids," ad nauseam.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Tilghman implements change, embraces University in first year

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.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

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