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New board members take GSG positions

New board members take GSG positions

Elections results were announced and new officers took their positions at last night's meeting of the Graduate Student Government's executive board.Scott Miller GS was elected chair over Erica Carlisle GS, and Donnell Butler GS defeated Weining Man GS for treasurer.Anita Adhitya GS, Eric Adelizzi GS, Lior Silberman GS and Meredith Safran GS ran unopposed for the offices of recording secretary, corresponding secretary, parliamentary secretary and press secretary, respectively.

NEWS | 03/13/2002

University's few independent majors focus on personal ambitions

While some University students were working at summer internships or vacationing abroad between freshman and sophomore year, Shani Moore '02 was studying journalism at Johns Hopkins University.Having a long-standing interest in journalism, Moore was frustrated with the lack of a major at Princeton.

NEWS | 03/13/2002

Crossing the line? Drug use at Princeton

One former dealer describes "inexhaustible demand" for cocaine. Another cleared $10,000 in ten weeks selling marijuana.

NEWS | 03/13/2002

Tilghman to wait before reviewing tenure system

Though President Tilghman said she remains determined to review the University's current tenure policies, she said she will not undertake any reforms until at least the second year of her administration.Tilghman said tenure was not the appropriate issue to deal with first in her presidency.

NEWS | 03/12/2002

Eisenberg '68 remembered for winning intellect, personality

John Eisenberg '68, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, died Sunday in his home in Potomac, Md., after a year-long struggle with a brain tumor.Eisenberg will be remembered for brightening lives, both with his sunny personality and with his improvements in health care for patients nationwide.

NEWS | 03/12/2002

Bicker 501: How to sneak a grad student into Cap & Gown

If you are an undergraduate, you should know this right away: I'm a grad student, who tried to become a member of Cap & Gown, by claiming I was a junior, just so I could write about it.I tell my grad friends to think of eating clubs as a co-ed fraternity, dining hall, recreation center, dance club and bar all wrapped into one.

NEWS | 03/12/2002

Ray '82 considering run for N.J. Senator

Robert Ray '82 resigned as independent counsel yesterday in a move that has freed him for a possible run for New Jersey's seat in the U.S.

NEWS | 03/12/2002

Student volunteers help local family in aftermath of fire

Since a fire damaged the home of the Thomas family on John Street ? located off Witherspoon Street ? about a month ago, University students have been working with local volunteers to return the house to its former, livable state.Members of Community House ? a group that addresses the needs and inequalities within the John-Witherspoon neighborhood ? went to the home March 2, after Director of Community House Marjorie Young investigated how students could help out.Typical of Community House projects, cleaning out the home afforded an opportunity for joint work between members of the University and town communities."I feel a bit of a connection to the people [in the John-Witherspoon neighborhood]" said Michael Martinez '02, a co-coordinator for Big Brother/Big Sister, one of Community House's mentoring projects.

NEWS | 03/12/2002

Campus responds to Israeli-Palestinian conflict with rallies, panel discussions

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continued to escalate when Israel invaded the West Bank Tuesday in response to Palestinian attacks on Israeli citizens two weeks ago.

NEWS | 03/12/2002

Community House director Young brings special 'gift'

When at age eleven Marjorie Young and her family moved to the United States from Haiti, community volunteers helped her adapt to her new home and learn English.

NEWS | 03/12/2002

U-Council discusses USG goals, upcoming campus construction

The Council of the Princeton University Community met yesterday to hear updates on the ongoing and planned construction projects on campus and the agenda of USG president Nina Langsam '03.Langsam presented her goals regarding the University's social and academic issues and regarding women and minority roles on campus.Short-term projects of the USG include planning the spring concert, helping University career services become more accessible to students and putting on social events like last week's ice skating night, Langsam said.Creating a 24-hour study space and establishing a committee on alcohol abuse are the long-term goals of USG, she said.USG will also act on two of the reports commissioned last year regarding women and minority issues, Langsam said.In addition, two representatives of the University's facilities department also spoke about the construction projects around campus.Vice President for Facilities Kathleen Mulligan discussed landscaping projects, and physical planning director Jon Hlafter '61 briefed the council on dormitory renovations and future projects.The renovations that began with Patton, Blair, Little and Dod Halls will continue, with Witherspoon, Brown, Holder and Hamilton halls slated for improvements, Hlafter said.Each dormitory's renovation is expected to last one year.

NEWS | 03/11/2002

Princeton Regional School District to use University athletic facilities

The Princeton Regional School District, currently undergoing a four-to-five-year renovation, will use the University's athletic facilities for the duration of its project.Though the University has made no written commitment, it has given the district a verbal agreement to provide access to athletic fields, tennis courts and gymnasium spaces, said Vice President for Public Affairs Robert Durkee '69 in a press release.Durkee said the school district's access to the facilities would not in any way disadvantage University students, particularly those in club sports."The first priority we have is to make sure all the needs of our students are met," he said.He added that the school district mostly will make use of West Windsor field, which he said the University rarely uses.Cristine McCarthy, coordinator of intramural and club sports, also predicted that the regional schools' use of University facilities would have little impact on club sports in the spring season.Durkee said the University would have to monitor the needs of both University and disrict schools' students throughout the renovation process."We have to take it season by season, sport by sport, day by day," Durkee said, pledging the University would do all it could for the schools "as they go through their very extensive renovation."Durkee said the University has a history of allowing community groups use its facilities.

NEWS | 03/11/2002

Crisafulli '03, Lieberman '02 named to USA Today top academic teams

Two University students were recently named to USA Today's 2002 All-USA Academic Teams.Orion Crisafulli '03 and Erez Lieberman '02 were selected to the second and third teams, respectively.Their achievement was the culmination of a several-month-long application process which attracted about 600 undergraduates nationwide.The selection committee based its decisions on students' leadership, activities, academics and ability to apply their classroom skills to real-world situations.Crisafulli is a mechanical and aerospace engineering concentrator with a 3.94 GPA.

NEWS | 03/11/2002

Entrepreneur Lilien '00 creates Gelscrubs.com

Greg Lilien '00 hears voices. Or at least that's how he answers jokingly when asked how he gets the ideas that have made him a successful ? and unusual ? young entrepreneur.In reality, it seems, the recent grad has mastered a delicate balance of business savvy and an independent, adventurous spirit.After earning his A.B.

NEWS | 03/11/2002

Reparations scholars may name University in lawsuit

When John Witherspoon moved from Scotland in 1768 to assume the presidency of the University, then known as the College of New Jersey, he brought his wife, a 300 book collection and an invigorating leadership style.

NEWS | 03/11/2002

The road to technology: Local leaders target Route 1 for business development

"One of the premier research areas in the United States.""More dot-coms per capita than any other state.""A technological powerhouse" on par with the Silicon Valley.University students would likely not use these grand generalizations to describe the state of New Jersey, which many people associate with power plants and shopping malls.

NEWS | 03/11/2002

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