Editor's Note: With this article, The Daily Princetonian launches a 10-part series on how race affects the lives of Princetonians.James Wiley '01 wasn't used to losing.
Behind the plain-looking door of E-Quad room D334, is a place that could be taken out of a child's fantasy world.Giraffes and tigers, carousels and Kit-Kat clocks, baseball bats and cacti, all surround mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Robert Jahn '51.Though an avid collector and animal lover, at first glance, Jahn appears to be an average engineer.
November 27, 1974 ? President Ford has accepted Princeton's invitation to present the Rockefeller Public Service Awards in Washington on Dec.
The election deadlock between Republican candidate George W. Bush and Democratic candidate Al Gore has affected more than just American students at Princeton.Even though international students ? who make up roughly 5 percent of the student body ? could not vote in this month's elections, many say they still have a paramount interest in who wins.Rebecca Simson '04, who is from Sweden, said that despite the current deadlock, the eventual winner will play an important role in shaping America's international image."I see the American president's role first and foremost from an international perspective, and from this perspective the presidential candidate and the values he [or] she stands for is extremely influential in world politics," she said in an e-mail.Also at stake is what the eventual president might do for some international students' native countries.Tim Allen '04, who lives in South Africa, said in an e-mail, "I was hoping Al Gore would win, as he has far better policy with regard to South Africa, having been there a number of times, and knowing our president as he does."Others expressed concern that the unresolved election has disrupted Wall Street and financial markets in other countries.Thais Melo '04, who is from Brazil, decried the legal battles raging in Florida.
November 22, 1966 ? Clinch H. Belser Jr. '67 and Stephen A. Oxman '67 last night explained their positions on Bicker and the proposal of the Bicker Study Committee before an assembly of about 300 sophomores in Alexander Hall.Oxman, chairman of the Undergraduate Council, stressed the need for the proposal to gain the support of "a sizable number of the sophomores." He noted that the "clubs on Prospect Street are extremely interested in the sophomore response to the proposal" and that if a significant number of sophomores favor the proposal, the graduate boards might be more responsive to calls for its adoption from the club members themselves.Belser, this year's Interclub Committee chairman, countered by stating that the sophomores still really have no objective basis to judge Bicker because "you haven't been through the process yet." He added that discussion of changes in Bicker could best be carried out after Bicker, because at that time "three-fourths of the student body has been through Bicker, not just one-half."Oxman further noted that he hoped that seven or eight clubs would adopt the proposal.
Springdale Golf Course officials are planning to relocate the clubhouse and redesign parts of the golf course following a meeting with University officials, Club Manager Donna Dilorenzo said yesterday.University trustees have identified the location of some of these course renovations as one of three possible construction sites for the sixth residential college.The other sites include the area south of Dillon Gym and the area north of McCarter Theater.Trustees and University officials are hoping to begin construction on the new college within the next few years to provide housing for the 500-student increase outlined in the Wythes proposal, which was approved last April.University Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 said yesterday he was aware University administrators had met with country club officials to discuss possible renovations, but said the construction was not necessarily proposed to provide space for a new residential college."I believe this discussion of construction in the area north of Forbes has led Springdale to determine that they should relocate the clubhouse and several holes," Wright said.
Most people think of carbon dioxide as either the stuff they breathe out after taking in oxygen or the stuff that will eventually turn the planet into a furnace through global warming.
The uproarious atmosphere of indignation ignited by members of the John-Witherspoon community at a Borough Council meeting on overcrowding and quality-of-life issues Oct.
On the third floor of the E-Quad, there is a small but bright and airy office filled with shelves and shelves of files.In a deteriorated state and in need of preservation, the room fittingly is the office of civil and environmental engineering professor George Scherer, who is teaching a lab science course in art conservation offered for the first time this semester.For Scherer, who used to work as a materials scientist at Dupont and Corning research labs, teaching at Princeton is a pleasure.
All in one sitting, students today can contact a professor who is never in his office, get a message to a high school friend at Stanford and purchase discount airplane tickets.And they do it all without picking up a phone, and certainly without licking a postage stamp.Princeton, like most American institutions of higher education, has embraced e-mail and has not looked back.
When time spirals down in the fourth quarter or the offense is stalling on third and long, the Princeton football team turns to the guidance and strength of its captain.
Harrison Ongwenyi was arrested on charges of criminal trespassing at the Graduate College at 2:20 a.m.
Yale University announced last week that it will now admit international students without considering their financial need, joining the ranks of a small, but expanding, group of top universities."It will allow the admissions office to admit more top-quality students who do not have the means to attend Yale on their own," said Gila Reinstein, Yale's assistant director of public affairs.
Authorities have submitted hairs and other physical evidence to be analyzed by the New Jersey State Police crime lab as part of the ongoing investigation into a Nov.
November 21, 1972 ? In the face of extensive criticism from its members and faculty trustees, the Whig-Cliosophic governing council moved Sunday night to suspend tabulation of a recently conducted Presidential preference poll of the Princeton faculty.The poll, conducted under the auspices of Whig-Clio, was actually initiated, financed and organized by T.
It may all come down to the Florida Supreme Court.The world waited yesterday while seven justices ? all appointed by Democratic governors ? heard arguments from the legal dream teams representing Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov.
The approaching end of President Shapiro's tenure meant a warm exchange of ideas and memories with the USG at its meeting last night.Contentious issues such as the arrangements for Nelson Mandela's visit ? later canceled ? and the details of the Wythes report are no longer on the agenda for Shapiro's regular USG appearances.
The sixth residential college's location and structure were the focus of the University Board of Trustees' second meeting of the academic year held this past weekend.The trustees have not decided where the sixth college will be located.
For more than a decade, Ruth Westheimer has been making a name for herself talking about sex.Popularly known as "Dr. Ruth," she talks to the elderly, to single adults, to married couples.
It is commonly believed that Princeton has the best relationship with its alumni of any college in America.Less talked about, however, is the University's relationship with its African-American alumni ? a relationship that some believe has been extremely positive while others contend has been less than stellar.While there is disagreement over how to characterize this relationship, many black alumni agree that Princeton's relationship with its African-American graduates is largely determined by the current state of undergraduate life at the University: When black alumni perceive that the administration is addressing issues important to African-American undergraduates, they are pleased ? and when they feel the University is falling short, their relationship with Princeton can become strained."More minority students are familiar with Princeton compared to 25 or 30 years ago," explained Steve Dawson '70, former president of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni.
