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Bipartisanship at the bottom of a bottle of beer

Bipartisanship at the bottom of a bottle of beer

For many, the sacred tradition of the State of the Union address has very little to do with the grand history of college drinking games.Marc Melzer '02 and Howard Deutsch '02, however, showed that presidential eloquence can be perfectly compatible with student inebriation.Suffering through Intersession ostensibly devoted to their senior theses, Melzer and Deutsch took it upon themselves to add a little more humor and excitement to President George W.

NEWS | 02/07/2002

Satcher remembers tenure as top doctor

U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher reviewed the public health reports he has issued during his four-year tenure in a speech yesterday at the Wilson School.

NEWS | 02/07/2002

Multicultural center nears decision on name change

After many prior attempts, discussions and deliberations, administrators and the student leaders of the Third World Center are in committee to change the name of the University's multicultural center."This is not the first year that we have addressed the name change," TWC director Heddye Ducree said.

NEWS | 02/07/2002

Public safety, health services prepare for initiations weekend

For many lucky sophomores, this weekend will mark the beginning of a unique Princeton experience: the coveted eating club membership.

NEWS | 02/07/2002

Journey matters most in education

Last Friday marked my sixth month anniversary of living abroad. Since August, I have been working in Hong Kong as an English teacher.

NEWS | 02/06/2002

Singh honored for research in computing biological data

Mona Singh, an assistant professor in the computer science department, has received a 2001 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the University announced Tuesday.

NEWS | 02/06/2002

Kelly '02 receives Gates Foundation scholarship

When Ann Kelly '02 opened her e-mail yesterday, she discovered she had been awarded Cambridge University's Gates Fellowship, a recently founded scholarship program similar to Oxford University's Rhodes.Throughout the fellowship's application process, which included essays, recommendation letters and a panel interview completed just last week, Kelly had been told final decisions would be made in late February.

NEWS | 02/06/2002

Officials propose GS housing expansion

University officials will present a proposal to the Princeton Regional Planning Board to expand the Lawrence Apartments, a graduate-student housing development off Alexander Street, at the board's meeting today.Representatives from Springdale Golf Club will also attend and plan to present a related plan to build a new clubhouse.The University proposes to add approximately 175 housing units to the apartment development, said Thomas Wright '62, University vice president and secretary.

NEWS | 02/06/2002

UC system reconsiders value of SAT

An advisory panel at the University of California recommended last week that the university replace the SAT I admissions test with a "core achievement test," intended to better judge applicants' chances of success in college.The UC Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools concluded that aptitude tests such as the SAT I are less accurate indicators of future academic performance as a college freshman than are achievement tests such as the SAT II.Furthermore, according to the report issued by BOARS, the purported ability of the SAT to reveal the academic potential of students from disadvantaged backgrounds "is largely a phantom, at least at the University of California.""Our evidence from UC students indicates that the SAT II is a slightly better indicator of freshmen GPA than the SAT I," said Assistant Dean Dorothy Perry of the UC San Francisco School of Dentistry and lead author of the report.Chiara Coletti, vice president of public affairs for the College Board ? the group that administers the SAT ? said that while her organization was willing to work with the UC on developing a new test, it disagreed with the BOARS recommendation."Do we think [the change] is necessary?

NEWS | 02/06/2002

Taking the Reigns

The new USG administration has officially taken over, and while president Nina Langsam '03 has a list of issues she plans to address in the coming year, she will likely face both obvious and unforeseen challenges in the achievement of those goals.Langsam, who won a runoff election against David Gail '03, plans to address issues ranging from the peer advising system and precept reform to the USG reports on minorities and women.She has entered office with a lengthy list of what she hopes to accomplish, as have the past three administrations of Joe Kochan '02, PJ Kim '01 and Spencer Merriweather '00.All three entered office with very specific visions for the future of the University, but their administrations ended up being taken in unforeseen directions.Indeed, the realization of Langsam's agenda depends heavily on her ability to overcome unforeseen challenges, said David Tukey '02, who has held several USG positions since his freshman year."[Langsam] will inevitably face unexpected challenges, the things we cannot anticipate and define," Tukey said.Challenges like those faced by Kim, Kochan and Merriweather will likely confront Langsam, Tukey said, and her task will be to create the appropriate committees to deal with them.Kim cited the sixth residential college as the biggest issue she will face in the coming year.Still, it will be the unexpected problems that will prevent Langsam from achieving her agenda, he said.Merriweather said the job of the USG president often deviates during a term from specific agendas."You can come in with a lot of promises.

NEWS | 02/06/2002

Golden girl: USG President Nina Langsam '03 in action

You may have spotted her dancing on a Saturday night at Tower Club. Or maybe at the gym, running on the elliptical, while listening to Janet Jackson.

NEWS | 02/06/2002

Micawber's popularity as textbook supplier continues to rise

As students rush to acquire second-semester textbooks, Micawber Books finds itself in the limelight as an increasingly popular source of course books for the University community.Micawber supplied the books for 128 courses this spring, up from 92 courses last year, said Logan Fox, a co-owner of the bookstore.Since Micawber began selling textbooks nine years ago, the store on Nassau Street has been dueling with the U-Store for textbook sales.

NEWS | 02/05/2002

New, existing classes focus on 9/11 issues

In attempting to answer the tough questions raised by Sept. 11, students are now turning to new and existing courses that deal with terrorism and Middle Eastern relations.Enrollment in both NES 240: The United States and the Middle East and NES 338: The Arab-Israeli Conflict ? both originally one-time courses that are now being offered a second time ? has increased significantly from last year, according to professor Michael Doran, who teaches both.The courses, like the Middle Eastern conflict, however, are not new.

NEWS | 02/05/2002

United We Serve

In the aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11 and the ensuing war on terrorism, many people are reevaluating their views on exactly what it means to be an American citizen.

NEWS | 02/05/2002

Whitman '77 stands out in crowd of male contributors

Meg Whitman '77 stands out among Princeton's largest financial contributors, not because she is a friend of President Tilghman or CEO of eBay, but because she is a woman.Alumnae have a long tradition of contributing to Princeton, often donating generous sums of money, time, expertise and support to the University.

NEWS | 02/05/2002

OIT upgrades e-mail server, security

The Office of Information Technology unveiled a new security measure on Monday that will be added to the University's outgoing e-mail system in hopes of curbing Internet junk mail, more commonly known as "spam."The new secure server, which will be instituted March 26, is called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol with Authentication (SMTPAuth).This measure will force all users with a University-issued NetID and e-mail password to login before sending messages ? similar to the process of logging in when reading e-mails.OIT decided to add this security measure because outsiders have been using the University's IP address to send out spam, said Dan Oberst, director of enterprise services."This issue has been longstanding with the server," he said.

NEWS | 02/05/2002

Van Zandt Williams '65 sent off with fanfare at retirement party

A grateful University gave a warm send-off to Vice-President for Development Van Zandt Williams '65 in the Frist multipurpose room last month.

NEWS | 02/05/2002

State of the Union reflects new presidential focus after Sept. 11

In his third address to a joint session of Congress, President George W. Bush pledged last week in his State of the Union address to continue to fight the war on terrorism, protect national security, defeat the recession and create a new national spirit of volunteerism.The issues brought up in his speech reflected the universally recognized transformation of the Bush presidency in its first year.

NEWS | 02/04/2002

EBay CEO Meg Whitman '77 contribution will fund development of sixth residential college in her name, to be located behind Dillon Gym

A $30 million gift by Meg Whitman '77 toward the construction of the sixth residential college will allow the University to expand the undergraduate student body and institute a new four-year college program, the University announced yesterday.The gift supports just less than one-third of the $90-100 million project to build a new college on the tennis courts behind Dillon Gym, President Tilghman said in an interview yesterday.The donation is the largest gift by an alumna of the University and comes during Whitman's 25th reunion year."I had a great time as a Princeton undergraduate," Whitman said in a press release.

NEWS | 02/04/2002

McDonough appointed general counsel; Ende to remain on staff

Peter McDonough was appointed Jan. 26 to lead the University's legal team as successor to General Counsel Howard Ende.

NEWS | 02/04/2002

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