History professor James McPherson's popular American Civil War lecture began like any other.At about 1:30 Wednesday afternoon, bantering students filled McCosh, discussing their upcoming Gettysburg field trip and impending final exam.
Two students have fallen out of their bunk beds this semester, prompting the housing department to send an e-mail to all undergraduate students to warn them of the potential dangers of bunk beds.According to assistant director of undergraduate housing Lisa DePaul, the accidents have prompted the University to explore possible housing policy changes."We will be reviewing the furniture policy as it relates to bunk beds," DePaul said in an e-mail.
University professors Joyce Carol Oates and Peter Singer have joined nearly 30 other plaintiffs in bringing a lawsuit against Princeton Township, demanding the halt of plans to kill over 1,300 deer.The plaintiffs make up a diverse group of Princeton residents, ranging from animal rights activists and elementary school students to avid hunters.
A few miles down the road in Trenton there is a sign on a bridge that reads "Trenton Makes, The World Takes."That saying is now being adopted by Princeton athletics.
It's a little strange at first. Almost surreal. The scenery is too familiar ? though somehow its colors are more vibrant than they are on the dreary morning's walk to class.
We are all governed by one force here at Princeton. Most undergraduate students believe in and follow a golden rule: Don't walk out of FitzRandolph Gate in front of Nassau Hall, or you won't graduate.If we were truly smart, one of us might ask: But why not?
University student Alexandra Shaw '02 fell yesterday while climbing inside the University Chapel near the builiding's north turret, Princeton Fire and Rescue Squad Chief Gregg Paulson said.Shaw, accompanied by a male student, was climbing up a spiral staircase and ladder inside the north turret shortly before 10 p.m.
The Korean War. The Civil War. World Wars I and II. The names of Princetonians lost in these military efforts line the walls of the entrance to Nassau Hall.
University French literature professor Francois Rigolot was officially knighted by French President Jacques Chirac into the National Order of Merit on Nov.
I read last week's 'Glimpse,' and noticed the statement by anonymous: "You never know what everyone is going through." I agree.Reading that line, I got an urge to share my domestic violence experience, for someone to know what so many are going through ? even at this moment as you read this.
In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, people around the nation are wondering whether terrorists could get possession of nuclear weapons.Harold Feiveson, a senior researcher at the Wilson School with advanced degrees in physics and international relations, has spent the last 30 years studying those weapons ? and his conclusion is that it is unlikely but "not inconceivable" that al-Qaida might have access to a nuclear bomb."There are several reasons to be optimistic" that al-Qaida does not have such a weapon, Feiveson explained.
With nearly three months under their belt in the current academic year, administrators in the newly organized Office of Information Technology ? an umbrella organization formed early this past summer covering the former Computing and Information Technology office, the Education Technologies Center and 'Partnership 2000' program ?say they are still focused and working hard to accomplish the goals set out at the beginning of the year.
One Friday afternoon 12 students sat in a small lounge in the McCosh Health Center basement listening attentively as a member of their group gave a presentation on men's body image.Brian Elliott '03, one of two male students in the group of eating concerns peer educators, shared research and statistics and then his own anecdotes about friends who had subsisted on "gummy-bear diets" but stocked their dorm rooms with every type of health supplement and muscle enhancer.There are many students who are unfamiliar with the peer educator group or services ? such as confidential medical and psychological evaluation ? offered by McCosh.
Spilling out of the children's section and gathering around the shelves, a crowd of more than 50 people gathered at the back of Micawber Books on Nassau Street last night to hear author Andrew Solomon speak.Solomon wrote "The Noonday Demon," this year's non-fiction National Book Award winner.
Nina Langsam '03 was announced yesterday as the next president of the Undergraduate Student Government after winning in a runoff.Langsam defeated David Gail '03 in an election held during the weekend after neither candidate received a majority in the first round of voting.She received 60 percent of the vote, said Wade Rakes '02, elections committe co-chair.
Spurred by a local food shortage this year, Princeton is holding a food drive. The event, sponsored by the University's Center for Community Service and the Council of International Graduate Students, will be held Dec.
A fire engulfed the Synthesis and Sequencing Facility in Moffet Hall around 6:30 a.m. yesterday, destroying most of the equipment in the room and causing smoke damage to the laboratory on the floor above.University Public Safety, the Princeton Fire Department, the Kingston Fire Department and the Environmental Health and Safety office all responded to the fire.
During the spring term of 2001, the University Housing Department, banned candles in University dormitories in an effort to decrease false alarms and the risk of fire.
"You have reached U-Call, the Princeton University voice directory," the male voice says with its familiar pauses and intonations.
Adam Frankel '03 was awarded the Circumnavigators Club Foundation scholarship on Dec. 3. The scholarship, which consists of an $8500 grant, will allow him to travel to China, Russia, Cambodia, Haiti and Zimbabwe.The Circumnavigators Club, a 100-year-old organization that strives to better international cooperation and understanding, gave out four scholarships this year.The grants will allow each recipient to pursue an around-the-world travel-study project of international concern during the summer between his junior and senior years."Over the past 30 years, 74 students have benefited from the foundation's sponsorship to undertake worthwhile research projects on a wide variety of timely topics on issues of global importance," said Gregory Rider, the New York metro area coordinator for the Circumnavigators Club Foundation."A number of the foundation's scholars have entered the diplomatic service while many others are pursuing international careers in business, law, medicine, public service, education, technology and the arts," Rider explained in an e-mail.Frankel, a Wilson School major, said he will use his scholarship as an opportunity to understand how AIDS is affecting the economic, societal and political structures in communities throughout the world.
