Shopping at the Princeton U-Store has always been an experience unique to Princeton, from large stocks of orange and black baseball hats to countless shelves of tiger apparel.
As images of the Sept. 11 attack flash across television screens, many Americans wonder if the country's economy will continue to lie among the rubble in lower Manhattan.Top scholars in the University's economics department will gather to discuss that question in a panel titled "The Economic and Financial Aftermath of the Terrorist Attack on America" today in McCosh 50.Economics professor Alan Blinder, who founded the Center for Economic Policy Studies, said he will moderate the discussion and will be speaking on "the likely or possible impact of this tragedy on the U.S.
With the installation of University politics professor Amy Gutmann as provost this summer, politics professor Stephen Macedo GS '87 took over as director of the University Center for Human Values earlier this month.A tall and friendly man, Macedo was energetic and eager to respond to inquiries, going into detail and depth about his plans for the center.When asked if he had a particular vision, Macedo described his job as simply "carrying on the terrific work that's been done and maintaining the work of the institution."That could be a task in itself ? in the 10 years since Gutmann founded the center, it has established itself as an important and vibrant part of the University's intellectual community.
They were a set of towers, a challenge against the forces of nature and feat of human ingenuity."It was a brilliant engineering design," University structural engineering professor David Billington said yesterday of the World Trade Center complex.As the country reevaluates and strengthens its safety and security measures, one question that begs answering is how the horrifying attack and subsequent building collapses might have been prevented.
In 1945, at the end of World War II, the American soldiers returning to the country were welcomed as heroes.
On Monday morning Savraj Dhanjal '03 stood in front of his dresser mirror, carefully winding a long strip of fabric around his head into a turban.He wrapped a folded length of black cloth around his head once, twice, then carefully placed a long royal blue ribbon along the side of his turban, wrapping the turban once more and adding a white ribbon.
Some University women are concerned about a lack of confidentiality at McCosh Health Center's Sexuality Education Counseling and Health services.McCosh underwent renovations over the summer and the SECH check-in desk was moved from the relatively secluded third floor to the first floor, adjacent to the main reception area.
Following the departure of former President Shapiro, President Tilghman's office re-examined spending records and priorities, resulting in a change in the way funds set aside for use by student groups will be allocated.Previously, undergraduate groups seeking funding for activities would often apply for assistance from the President's Fund, a discretionary fund managed by the University president.Tilghman, however, does not see the distribution of funds as a task in which the University president should be deeply involved."My motivation is to increase the quality of dialogue between the president and the student body," she said.
In a move to put pressure on the Princeton Borough government and increase the influence of students in Borough politics, Steven Abt '04 has decided to run for a seat on the Borough Council.When several members of the USG approached Abt last year in the midst of the debate over the proposed alcohol ordinance with the idea of putting a University student on the council, Abt thought he might be the right man for the job."I have never really considered politics but it was always something that was in the back of my mind," Abt said.Now he will be one of four candidates for three Borough Council seats on the line in this year's election.Council members serve for three-year terms, and each year two seats are up for election.
The University's 2000-01 annual giving campaign was a record-breaking one. From July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, the University received almost $37 million in gifts to the annual giving fund from alumni, parents and friends.Almost two thirds of the University's undergraduate alumni participated in the 2000-01 campaign, a number that Director of Annual Giving Bill Hardt '63 said is "the top figure among major research universities."Hardt said in an e-mail that "only a handful of colleges and universities have rates of participation that regularly exceed 50 percent."Yearly donations to Annual Giving are crucial to addressing the needs of the University because they constitute unrestricted funds.
On the other side of Millstone River, just north of Carnegie Lake, lies a small village no more than a mile or two long in either direction.
Li Shaomin GS '88, a business professor at Hong Kong City University who had been detained by China on charges of espionage, was released this summer after five months of captivity.Li, an American citizen, was detained by Chinese security forces on Feb.
On Nov. 6, 1997, three armed robbers entered Sovereign Bank on Nassau Street, demanded money and held four employees hostage.Three Borough Police officers confronted a robber who held a revolver to a woman's head.
In the seven months since a federal appeals court forced Napster to screen copyrighted materials from its service, University students have continued to use their computers to access copyrighted media such as MP3s.
Dodging construction sites on campus has become as much a part of campus life as going to the 'Street' on Saturdays and pulling all nighters before final exams.
While campus events mirrored the world's breach in normalcy this past weekend, members of the University community struggled to interpret Tuesday's events and articulate the steps necessary for Princetonians to overcome the attack."In the days and weeks ahead," President Tilghman said to a somber crowd on Cannon Green at yesterday's memorial service, "we have the responsibility to recognize the distinctness of each person's experience and the humanity that unites us all."There was a pervading sense of tranquility ? the powerful eloquence of professors and poets, the biblical passages and verses of song spoken and sung from a podium, interrupted only by the voices of a choir standing atop steps beneath white marble columns.But the service was conducted as the weekend came to a close ? an end to a long week leaving people searching for a way to hope.
In the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, three Princeton alumni have been confirmed dead and at least one has been reported missing, in addition to Chris Mello '98 who was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the World Trade Center.Robert McIlvaine '97 and Karen Klitzman '84 were killed in the WTC and Catherine MacRae '00 is still missing.William Caswell GS '75 was aboard American Airlines Flight 77, which departed Washington's Dulles airport en route to Los Angeles, but veered off course and struck the Pentagon, Jean Caswell, wife of the deceased, said yesterday.Caswell ? who graduated with a doctoral degree in particle theory from the physics department ? was a resident of Silver Spring, Md., where he worked as a scientist with the Navy.An avid folk dancer, who enjoyed reading and playing pool, Caswell "cared a lot about truth and wouldn't let anybody get away with half truths," Jean Caswell said.
In colleges across the nation, freshman students are finding themselves homesick.For some, it is because they have just left the familiar environment of their homes.For others, it is for an entirely different reason ? their colleges have no space to house them.
A University student was detained by Princeton Borough Police Saturday and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and a noise violation after a search of his room, said Borough Police Capt.
When Chris Mello '98 hustled down the playing field during one of his many football and rugby games, he was a brute force to be admired and feared.
