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Harvard tiff resolved; West eases threat to return to Princeton

Harvard tiff resolved; West eases threat to return to Princeton

Though tension between Harvard University President Lawrence Summers and African-American studies professor Cornel West has eased, West's decision to stay in Cambridge has yet to be finalized.West, who received his graduate degree from Princeton in 1980 and served as director of Princeton's Afro-America studies program, met with Summers Thursday evening after media reports that West was planning to leave Harvard for Princeton...."President Summers and Professor West had a good conversation that cleared the air.

NEWS | 01/08/2002

Turning a new page, Firestone rethinks its role on campus

Paula Clancy, head librarian for reserves and general periodicals, remembers that when she first arrived at the University 15 years ago, the A-floor reserve reading room was packed with students, especially at nights and during exam periods.There was a lot of talking and long lines to use the campus phone in the library.

NEWS | 01/08/2002

Rothschild to leave post early

Dean of the Wilson School Michael Rothschild, who had previously announced he would resign at the end of the academic year, has decided to leave his post one semester earlier, effective Feb.

NEWS | 01/08/2002

Indecent exposure to the American Civil War [class]

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.

NEWS | 12/13/2001

Housing reviews bunk bed policy

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.

NEWS | 12/13/2001

Professors join suit against deer hunts

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.

NEWS | 12/13/2001

Can the N.J. Nets succeed with the 'Princeton offense'?

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.

NEWS | 12/13/2001

Crowe takes on Nash in dramatic Howard film

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.

NEWS | 12/13/2001

Angering the FitzRandolph gods

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?

NEWS | 12/13/2001

Undergraduate falls climbing in chapel north turret, injures leg

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.

NEWS | 12/13/2001

Memorial to honor Sept. 11 alumni victims

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.

NEWS | 12/12/2001

Rigolot knighted by France for work in French studies, administration

University French literature professor Francois Rigolot was officially knighted by French President Jacques Chirac into the National Order of Merit on Nov.

NEWS | 12/12/2001

When home is not home sweet home

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.

NEWS | 12/12/2001

WWS international relations researcher says al-Qaida unlikely to have nuclear weapons

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.

NEWS | 12/12/2001

OIT continues to revamp services for students, faculty

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.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Breaking the silence of eating disorders

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.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Award-winning writer visits Micawber to discuss depression, book and Sept. 11

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.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Langsam '03 elected new USG president

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.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Students initiate campus food drive

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.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Fire in Moffett destroys DNA sequencing facility

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.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

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