Follow us on Instagram
Try our daily mini crossword
Subscribe to the newsletter
Download the app

News

The Daily Princetonian

Study shows that blind auditions may benefit female musicians

Attempts to conceal the identity of musicians auditioning for spots in orchestras can significantly increase the rate of success for women, according to a study co-authored by Wilson school professor Cecilia Rouse.Rouse and Claudia Goldin ? a professor of economics at Harvard University and one of Rouse's former thesis advisers ? co-produced the study, which was published in the September-November issue of The American Economic Review.The country's top orchestras have long been thought to discriminate against women in hiring, and in the past many renowned conductors have even asserted that women are unsuitable to play in orchestras, according to Rouse."It is hard to say why, but I can say that there were many orchestral leaders on record for saying that they would not hire women," Goldin said.Director of the University Orchestra Michael Pratt said he has not witnessed this sort of discrimination during his time at the University."I have always been amazed that there would be any conductor a fool enough to reject a candidate because she is a woman," he said.In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a "democratization of the hiring process," according to Goldin.

NEWS | 02/14/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Police, administration respond to initiation weekend hospitalizations

Borough Police are investigating several incidents that occurred last weekend, in which 11 students were treated at McCosh Health Center and four at Princeton Medical Center and Capital Health System Fuld Campus in Trenton for severe intoxication and alcohol-related injuries.One 20-year-old male student was taken from Cottage Club to Capital Health System after police found him lying unconscious on the floor and vomiting.

NEWS | 02/14/2001

ADVERTISEMENT
The Daily Princetonian

Open casting call to be held for Russell Crowe film about life of John Nash

As Russell Crowe smiles at the camera while walking down McCosh Walk next month, you could be doing the same right next to him.Open casting calls for Universal Picture's "A Beautiful Life" are scheduled to take place tomorrow and Saturday at the University.The film, which will be directed by Ron Howard and will star the burly Australian Oscar nominee along with Ed Harris and Jennifer Connolly, will be shot on campus and in surrounding areas beginning Mar.

NEWS | 02/14/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Princeton Surveys to Examine Expansion of Physical Facilities

Princeton is studying the possibility of expanding its present enrollment and physical facilities to accommodate a vastly increased number of applications expected to flood the nation's colleges in the immediate and near future, the university announced yesterday.Such an expansion, if realized, might radically alter the conception of a Princeton education with its avowed devotion to a small residential college environment and a carefully drawn student body.In a report to the Board of Trustees, released yesterday, President Dodds stated that Princeton must consider its obligation to the nation.

NEWS | 02/14/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Can a Princetonian enter the 'Real World?'

Nadya One, J-Dog, Oh Righteous One, Hoochie One, Hoochie Two, Drama Queen, Glamour Queen and Screamer are Princeton's latest hopefuls for MTV's next season of "The Real World."The eight self-proclaimed "craziest and most eccentric" freshmen on campus plan to audition for the show early tomorrow morning, according to group organizer Shawn Sindelar '04."We're going into it just as who we are.

NEWS | 02/14/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Renaissance man: Professor emeritus Charles Issawi remembered

Throughout his lifetime, near eastern studies professor emeritus Charles Issawi's colorful pursuits and passions made him the portrait of a true Renaissance man.By the age of five, Issawi spoke three languages ? English, French and Arabic ? and devoured English literature at his boarding school in Alexandria, Egypt.Later in his life, Issawi memorized entire pages of Shakespearean plays and romantic poetry and recited his favorite verses aloud during long walks in New York, where he taught economics at Columbia University.Even after retiring from Princeton ? where he taught from 1975 to 1986 ? the talented researcher of Middle Eastern economics and history published seven books, including his 1999 autobiography "Growing up Different: Memoirs of a Middle East Scholar.""He was a man of wide culture and civilization," said near eastern studies professor Abraham Udovitch, who served as the department's chair during Issawi's Princeton career."He was imbued with his own culture and devoted to it, but he didn't find any contradiction between that and being a man of the world," Udovitch said.Issawi ? born in Egypt to parents of Lebanese, Syrian and Greek ancestry ? died Dec.

NEWS | 02/14/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Borough, Township officials oppose Millstone Bypass project

In a joint meeting between Princeton Township and Princeton Borough officials Monday, local leaders expressed opposition to the state's proposed Millstone Bypass project.Princeton Borough Mayor Marvin Reed conceded in an interview yesterday that traffic is a problem in the Princeton area, but he does not believe the New Jersey Department of Transportation's plan to create the proposed Millstone Bypass will be successful in alleviating traffic.The controversial project would eliminate four traffic signals along U.S.

NEWS | 02/13/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Anna Kournikova virus infects computer systems across campus

Though the Anna Kournikova computer virus is spreading through University computer systems faster than the Lovebug virus ? freshman class president Eli Goldsmith sent it to the entire Class of 2004 ? its damage is minimal, according to Rita Saltz, CIT policy and security advisor."Out of the viruses that have plagued the campus, this one has been the least troublesome," Saltz said, comparing the worm to the latest outbreaks of the Blebla.B, MTX and Hybris a.k.a.

NEWS | 02/13/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Snow buries campus; more predicted

As ground crews finish clearing away the 20-22 inches of snow that forced the University to close Friday, a new storm threatens to heap yet more powder on an already beleagured campus.This storm, which has dumped snow, sleet and ice pellets in Northern Georgia and much of South Carolina, "will continue moving northeast during the night and is expected to spread another blanket of snow along the mid-Atlantic coast by late Tuesday," the National Weather Service reported Sunday. No restThis forecast promises more work for grounds crews just recovering from the weekend's big dig.

NEWS | 02/13/2001