In a stunning development, the University Jewish community has decided to boycott Tower Club Bicker in early February.
She forcefully opened the door and rushed to her seat. Outside, the wind gently howled, picking up not one or two, but many leaves on its way to the Atlantic.
Shortly before the beginning of the winter recess in December, FBI agents came to campus to make sample copies on all 45 of the University's publicly accessible copying machines.The FBI is investigating letters containing anthrax bacteria, which were mailed from the Trenton area in October.
TRENTON ? James E. McGreevey was sworn in as New Jersey's 51st governor yesterday in a ceremony at Trenton's War Memorial.Declaring in his inaugural speech that New Jersey and the nation are facing a time like none other, McGreevey called upon New Jersey residents to build upon the spirit of community that was forged after Sept.
Rutgers University photocopiers were examined by FBI agents Friday for possible links to the four letters laced with anthrax that were mailed through a Trenton-area post office last year.The tainted letters were addressed to prominent politicians and journalists and were mailed just a few weeks after the Sept.
The University announced Friday that Director of Health Services Pamela Bowen will resign at the end of the academic year.
The Workers' Rights Organizing Committee held a forum Thursday as part of its continuing effort to address the needs and concerns of the University's low-wage workers.The forum, specifically for workers, was poorly attended, organizers believe, because of a scheduled dinner being held that day in the dining halls.
I grew up with the dispute between India and Pakistan constantly in the news. Poverty in India, a nation of one billion people, was and continues to be a distant second in media coverage.
When my generation was growing up, we heard our Pakistani families heatedly discuss the India-Pakistan conflict, the dangers of war and the waves of internal political and social unrest ? all of which combined to leave a deep impression on our young psyches.After 50 years of independence, the same issues repeatedly return to haunt us Pakistanis because we never moved forward from square one.
I've been going to the Arab section of Jerusalem's Old City every other week for the last two months, even though the university where I'm studying tells us it's not safe to do so.
At a meeting last week to explore potential traffic solutions in the West Windsor area, President Tilghman said the University would not develop the land it is purchasing from the Sarnoff Corporation during her tenure.Later in the meeting, the head of the Penns Neck Environmental Impact Statement Partners Roundtable ? the group that organized the meeting ? resigned for unrelated reasons.These meetings aim to balance development and environmental concerns in central New Jersey, where traffic congestion has soared during the past decade.The University agreed in October to purchase 90 acres of Sarnoff's West Windsor campus.The land will not be purchased, however, until West Windsor Township approves Sarnoff's overall development plan, said Robert Durkee '69, the University vice president for public affairs.Since the beginning of the University's discussions with Sarnoff, he said, the University has said the land would not be developed in the near future.
Donald Clayton Spencer, mathematics professor emeritus, died of a heart attack on Dec. 23 in Durango, Colorado.
The 125th 'Prince' editorial board ends its tenure in one week. for good or for bad, much has happened in its year at the helm of the paper.
President Tilghman's first semester in office has seen significant turnover among the top officers of the University administration.
Princeton's newest student-run magazine released its inaugural Winter 2001 issue last week.Two seniors, editors-in-chief Dan Hafetz and Jon Harris, founded Troubadour Magazine as both a travelogue and a commentary about life beyond the gates of Princeton."Troubadour is founded on the assumption that travel is a state of mind, not a state of being somewhere," Harris said.The magazine features selections from student essays and journals ? vignettes of first-hand accounts of foreign environments.
While she officially took over the University presidency during the summer, last week marked 100 days since President Tilghman's official inauguration in September.And despite the challenges she has faced during a tumultuous first semester, many University administrators and alumni say she has skillfully handled her transition into office.So far, Tilghman's short tenure has seen the terrorist attacks of Sept.
A private man, once known only in mathematics and economics circles for his intellectual side, has been yet again thrust into the spotlight.
The debate over Princeton Township's deer population management program heated up over the past few weeks with new legal developments.A coalition of Princeton residents have challenged the Township's plan to cut the deer population from about 1,600 to around 300 over the next few years.
For the biotechnology industry, New Jersey is an exciting place to be. The area around Princeton is teeming with biotech companies whose cutting-edge research is at the vanguard of progress in their fields.These companies like the Princeton area for several reasons.
The holidays met hundreds of high school students with a special surprise this past December: They received "Yes!" letters from Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon.For these students, who Hargadon said probably will make up about 45 percent of the Class of 2006, the holidays were spent basking in the glow of being accepted to the University under its early decision program.Though the University was flexible this admissions season because of anthrax-related mail delays, the deadline for students applying early was Nov.
