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Uniting to Take Back the Night

Uniting to Take Back the Night

Voices rang and candles blazed through campus Saturday night as nearly 250 students ans staff participated in Princeton's 15th annual Take Back the Night march.The rally began in the University chapel, where event organizer Brooke Friedman '01 discussed its importance."People feel that Princeton is immune from a lot of the problems that afflict society," she said.

NEWS | 04/29/2001

Bluegrass on a green lawn

Country legend Willie Nelson plays before a packed crowd on Cannon Green at the USG concert that honored President Shapiro.

NEWS | 04/29/2001

Clubs go dry for pre-frosh weekend

Nine out of the 11 eating clubs will not be on tap Saturday night when prospective students visit the campus.

NEWS | 04/26/2001

Kochan, Kim to honor Shapiro at USG concert

President Shapiro will be honored by members of the USG on Saturday during the Willie Nelson concert on Cannon Green.USG president Joe Kochan '02 and former USG president PJ Kim '01 will present remarks between the opening and main acts of the concert.Before Willie Nelson takes the stage at 5:30 p.m., the two USG presidents ? Kochan and Kim ? will be joined by the four class presidents to present a gift to Shapiro.Known for his eclectic music taste varying from opera to contemporary, Shapiro has said he is a long-time fan of Willie Nelson.During the September board of trustees meeting in which he announced his retirement, Shapiro quoted Nelson's song "I've climbed many mountaintops, but I've many more to climb" to express his feelings as he retires from the presidency.Given during a performance of one of his favorite performers, Kochan said the time and circumstances of this concert provide the perfect venue to honor the University's outgoing president.

NEWS | 04/26/2001

Survey tracks substance use

Over the past 10 days, University students have received the Core Institute Alcohol and Drug Survey via e-mail.

NEWS | 04/26/2001

Tiger tales: Why we chose Princeton

This weekend pre-frosh are spending time at the University to see if Princeton is the place for them.

NEWS | 04/26/2001

Princeton: So fresh and so clean

With prospective students set to explore Princeton during the annual pre-frosh weekend, the University seems to be flaunting a calculated image of a campus with strong ties to its community, a 21st century view of sexual violence and a social environment dictated by arts events rather than by alcohol.Though Communiversity, the USG spring concert and Take Back the Night overlap this weekend, administrators maintain there is no overarching promotional strategy and the myriad events being scheduled this weekend is just a coincidence."I think it's just an accident that they occur at the same time," University Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 said.

NEWS | 04/26/2001

Horowitz debates slavery reparations advocate in a packed McCosh 50

In a heated debate last night, Dorothy Lewis ? a leader in the movement for reparations for slavery ? and David Horowitz ? the movement's most outspoken antagonist ? presented their views to a packed McCosh 50.The debate was sparked by Horowitz's recent campaign to place advertisements ? titled "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea ? and Racist Too" ? in college newspapers.In an interview before the debate, Lewis, who is co-chair of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, called Horowitz's ads "a dishonor to the memory of the millions of [black] lives that have been lost [to slavery]."Last month, The Daily Californian at the University of California-Berkeley printed Horowitz's ad, but apologized for printing an ad they perceived to be racist after widespread campus protests.Horowitz ? author and president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture ? was adamant in his stance, calling students "little left-wing fascists" for rejecting his views they perceived to be too conservative.At the outset of his opening statements, Horowitz criticized University history professor Sean Wilentz for supporting some issues but refraining to contribute to a "civil discourse" on the issue of reparations.Horowitz attacked the idea of reparations ? the issue that has brought him national prominence.

NEWS | 04/25/2001

Merck funds professorship to honor chemist Arthur Patchett '51

The Merck Company Foundation recently donated $3 million to the University for the establishment of a chemistry professorship in honor of Arthur Patchett '51, who has worked at Merck Research Laboratories both as a researcher and former vice president of medicinal chemistry for four decades.Patchett ? who retired from Merck last year but continues to act as a consultant for the company ? majored in chemistry at Princeton, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and earned a Ph.D.

NEWS | 04/25/2001

Being known for enjoying life

You probably never knew.There's no way you could really tell from looking at me. I look like any other college student who stays up too late and runs late to class every morning.The difference is that if I had been born 20 years earlier I probably never would have been able to go to Princeton ? or any other university for that matter.

NEWS | 04/25/2001

Wilson School grad students pursue public policy internships

When the first-year Wilson School MPA graduate students arrived on campus last fall, they were immediately given a task ? to find an internship for the following summer with an organization that intrigued them.

NEWS | 04/25/2001

Acting governor supports increased University grants

Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco said he will be an active proponent of legislation related to Princeton University amid recent turmoil concerning alleged ethical improprieties while he was the Scotch Plains township attorney ? a controversy that led DiFrancesco to abandon his gubernatorial campaign yesterday."I support innovative programs such as college savings plans, tuition aid grants, biomedical and technology research and teacher preparation grants," he said in an interview earlier this week.In addition to denying charges of misconduct, DiFrancesco must balance the dual role as both acting governor and N.J.

NEWS | 04/25/2001

DiFrancesco drops bid for N.J. governor

Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco dropped out of the 2002 New Jersey gubernatorial race yesterday, following allegations of ethical misconduct and calls for his impeachment."I could not really run this race the way I wanted to on the issues and still be the governor I wanted to be in 2001," DiFrancesco said in a press conference at the governor's mansion in Princeton, citing media investigation into his business transactions as the reason.

NEWS | 04/25/2001

University workers and students gather to discuss grievances with PriCom

More than 100 University workers and students attended the meeting of the University Priorities Committee last night to request funding allocations for cost of living adjustments and raises, according to Tim Phillips, a University janitor and member of the SEIU union."We want them to hear what we're saying," said Sandy Hambrecht, who has been a University employee for more than 20 years.

NEWS | 04/24/2001

Princeton and Oxford anounce collaborative research projects

Princeton and Oxford Universities announced yesterday a comprehensive plan for collaborative research as well as faculty and student exchanges.The initiative was approved by the Princeton University Board of Trustees on Saturday and was similarly approved by the Council of the University of Oxford on Monday.

NEWS | 04/24/2001

Adam Barr '88 writes about his experience working for Microsoft

Looking down from the highest cliff on the digital mountain, then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates described to the business savvy world of 1996 the past, and what might be the future, of the internet in his first book "The Road Ahead."Last year, after a decade of working as a developer for Gates, Adam Barr '88 published his own perspective, "Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: What I Learned in Ten Years as a Microsoft Programmer."In the book, Barr explains how Microsoft works on the inside, and how Microsoft's business practices that he knew helped the company to reach success on the outside. Barr's first impression of Microsoft was his grueling job interview with them shortly after graduating from Princeton.

NEWS | 04/24/2001

Dormnet to be included in room fees

Beginning next fall, a reduced Dormnet service fee of $130 will be incorporated into students' basic dormitory rates.

NEWS | 04/24/2001

Wendy Kopp '89 speaks about Teach for America

Wendy Kopp '89 believes in the power of the big idea.The founder and president of Teach for America, Kopp spoke in Dodds Auditorium yesterday about how she turned her senior thesis ? a plan to send recent college graduates to teach at schools in low-income neighborhoods ? into a non-profit organization that has sent more than 6,000 recent college graduates to teach in 15 low-income areas since its inception."The idea wasn't to create this little non-profit organization," Kopp said.

NEWS | 04/24/2001

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