The Princeton Borough Council's public safety committee moved forward with discussion of a new alcohol ordinance Friday.
Since Rishi Sanyal '02 moved into Spelman as an "independent" this fall, he has added a new and challenging task to his "to-do" list ? buying groceries.Throughout the year, Sanyal and his roommates ? none of whom have their own cars ? have relied on their parents, neighbors and local buses to drive them to nearby food stores.But a new offer cooked up by the campus and community affairs committee and McCaffrey's Market promises to provide the recipe for solving Sanyal's dining dilemma.McCaffrey's ? which has local stores in Princeton and West Windsor ? is now offering all students free next-day delivery on orders over $25.Students can access McCaffrey's webpage and order groceries online ? or by telephone ? using credit cards, campus and community affairs chair Nina Langsam '03 said.Though the website will still list a delivery charge, when students use the "Student name/Princeton student" format to enter their names, the market will know to remove the charge.
For Lance Liverman, the benefits of a possible alcohol ordinance allowing police to cite underage drinkers on private property are few, and the drawbacks pose serious dangers of which he and the Princeton Human Services Commission are wary."The main reason we are against the ordinance is that it simply penalizes the individual by issuing a financial fine," said Liverman, co-chairman of the commission, which oversees the youth, senior citizen, welfare and civil rights departments in the Borough and Township.
In the wake of last year's razor-thin state, congressional and national elections, a long-known trend of college student apathy and absence from the voting booths was again exposed."Students have an enormous amount of political power," said Rob Hill, an organizer for this weekend's Vote New Jersey conference, to be held in McCosh Hall.
The Organization of Women Leaders is hosting its first Conference on International Women's Rights starting today and running through tomorrow night.
Princetonians: The cream of the crop among young adults, and the leaders of tomorrow. Bright, morally earnest, industrious meritocrats whose self-control and perky conformism reflect the values of today's society as a whole.In his article "The Organization Kid," published in the April issue of The Atlantic, David Brooks describes the "typical Princeton student," an impression he derives from interview sessions with students he notes are a few dozen, faculty-recommended, articulate leaders of tomorrow.During his visit to Princeton, Brooks encountered clean-cut, cheerful scholars and citizens, respectful of their professors, too busy to involve themselves in national politics or social causes, too future-oriented for social life and too on-the-go to spark up intellectual conversations over a meal.
Concealed by "Marlboro Man skull" masks, a small group of student and local activists took to the streets of Princeton to protest cigarette advertising aimed at minors.The march began near the house of John Reed, a visiting professor at the Univer-sity and member of the Philip Morris Board of Directors.
The Graduate Student Government recently held its first student-wide popular election. Matt Fouse GS, who emerged as the victor in the race for GSG Chair, discussed his administration's goals with 'Prince' staff writer George Spencer.'Prince': What can you say about both student participation in the election and student satisfaction with the new system?Fouse: I think we were all very pleased with the turnout for our first-ever graduate student body-wide elections for GSG officers.
It's no laughing matter: One of the most successful comedians in recent times will be delivering the keynote address at this year's Class Day ceremony.The Class of 2001 officers announced this week that Bill Cosby will be headlining Class Day."I think the insight and wisdom he'll be able to provide our class would be unparalleled," class president Justin Browne said.Adam Friedlander '01, who was "unbelievably psyched" when he heard that Cosby will be speaking, said, "Bill Cosby tells smart jokes, and he's great."At the event ? to be held on the morning of June 4 on Cannon Green ? University administrators and faculty members will speak and present awards to several class members.
Over the past 60 years, Princeton has produced its share of stellar athletes. To single out any one individual as "best all-around athlete" at Princeton during this period of time seems a monumental task.
We see our lives as a chain of events, one leading to the other, carving out a path in a dense forest of possibilities.
Meredith Moroney '02 leaned out her window in 1901 Hall Tuesday with her camera to catch recent Oscar Award winner Russell Crowe in action during the filming of "A Beautiful Mind." As she snapped the picture, Crowe turned around to face her, thrust his hand in the air and extended his middle finger.Moroney said her life has been turned upside down this week, with her voice-mail box perpetually full of phone calls from newspapers around the world and news crews waiting in the courtyard below her second-story room, requesting interviews and permission to print the photo."The phone rings from London, Italy, Australia ? there are calls that you wouldn't believe," Moroney said.Less than a week after he won the best actor Oscar for his performance in "Gladiator," Crowe's stunt is sure to draw international publicity, but the film's spokeswoman said she is not concerned."When it happened, no one even noticed it," she said.
Helen Zia '73, an Asian-American rights activist, has long been at the forefront of the struggle for racial equality.
Nearly 50 students gathered last night in the library of Ivy Club to discuss their concerns and to suggest ways in which the interplay between race relations and social life on campus can be improved.The goal of the discussion, sponsored by the Terrace Race Relations Action Committee and Ivy Club, was "to get people talking" about race and the social scene at Princeton, said Laura Kaplan '02, the Terrace committee's community service chair.
Since the days Joe Bolster '52 attended the University as an undergraduate, the name "Princeton" has been engraved on his heart.A member of the varsity track team when he was a student, Bolster devoted 39 years of service to the University, serving in the Bureau of Student Aid as an associate director of admissions and the director of annual giving.Today, Bolster's own name ? along with the names of his wife, Tink, and their 14 children ? will be etched in Princeton history as part of the Spirit of Princeton's 20th Century Recognition Walk in Palmer Square.The commemorative walkway includes more than 2,200 engraved bricks ? each sold for $100 ? honoring community members as well as University faculty, coaches and alumni.
Perched on top of the tower at the south end of Patton Hall, Chris McParland '01 lives in a spacious six-person suite that sprawls over two floors with an elevator waiting just outside that opens next to the basement laundry room.Students hoping to live in T12 Patton next year had better be drawing today, the first day of room draw for upperclassmen.
President Shapiro is heading an effort to rethink the way human-subject experiments are regulated.
When he was 16-years old, future VH1 Behind the Music subject Joel Rosenman '63 had no clue which college to go to."I knew nothing about colleges; I didn't go to visit them," he said, admitting the sole reason he chose Princeton was that "the coolest kid in the senior class ahead of mine wanted to go."With his landscaping venture ? a lawnmowing business ? then in full gear, Rosenman was not so sure he actually needed to go to college.
Imagine a school devoid of computers, e-mail and the Internet, and one with dormitories lacking telephones or voice mail services.
Fending off Steve Martin's jokes at the 73rd Academy Awards Sunday night, Russell Crowe ? while he wasn't receiving the Oscar for best actor ? may have been looking forward to his long-anticipated movie shoot that begins on campus today.Leading the news both for his accomplishments and beefed-up security after an alleged kidnapping threat, Crowe's visit to the University may bring more than the usual movie entourage."We would not have signed off on their production if we thought there was a viable threat," said University Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser.
