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Project '84 contributions lag as rival fund drains support

December 1, 1983 ? With only 130 seniors having pledged support for Project '84, this year's campaign is lagging far behind those of the previous two years, assistant director of Annual Giving Robin Morrison said.According to the latest totals, only 11.4 percent of seniors have made pledges, in comparison with 35 percent for Project '83 and 26 percent for Project '82 at this time of year, Morrison said.Project '84, which is part of Annual Giving, ends June 1.While the fund drive's coordinators attributed the downturn of support to a variety of reasons, most conceded that the student-initiated Endowment for Divestiture has been a significant factor."We probably have more people to convince this year since (Endowment for Divestiture) started up a week before ours did," said Phil Gordon '84, the open club coordinator for the campaign."Endowment for Divestiture made people think twice before giving to the project," he added.Money raised for the endowment, a fund drive designed as an alternative to Project '84, will be turned over to the University only if it rids itself of stock holdings in financial institutions doing business in apartheid South Africa. Only ifUnder the terms of the endowment, if the University does not divest its stock in 20 years, contributions will be given to area organizations promoting better race relations.Craig Kramer '84, one of the endowment's four founders, said that support has probably been diverted from Project '84, but he cautioned against drawing any conclusions with the alternative campaign's finale still three months away."Eleven percent may mean that people are considering the endowment, or it may mean that people are just not giving to the campaign for economic or other reasons," Kramer said.While no firm totals have yet been tabulated, Kramer estimated that 50 students have pledged support to the endowment, a figure that represents slightly more than 4 percent of the senior class.Despite the slow start, Project '84 organizers are optimistic that the fund drive will pick up momentum as controversy over University investment policies toward South Africa wanes."I think that there was oneto two-week setback during the time that the debate (about divestiture) was going on," said John Pauly '84, the campaign's co-chairman."There was obviously an editorial debate, where the endowment said that giving to Project '84 was tantamount to giving to apartheid," he said.

NEWS | 11/30/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Two employees and a question of race

Editor's Note: The names of Jim Williams and Albert Harris have been changed to conceal their identities.On a Friday afternoon three years ago, Jim Williams, a veteran employee of a University office, tossed some personal items into a University vehicle, and headed out onto a campus road.But he never reached his destination.

NEWS | 11/30/2000

The Daily Princetonian

First glimpse of life after PJ: USG candidates speak at forum

On the lower levels of the Frist Campus Center last night, students scurried for capucchinos and chatted in front of the TV while in an upstairs classroom candidates for the USG's winter elections sketched their visions for the future.Five presidential candidates, some already in the USG, others new to it, presented their platforms.David Gail '03 said he supported a tuition freeze and financial aid increases.

NEWS | 11/30/2000

The Daily Princetonian

New Jersey awards grant to University for genomics research

As part of an expanding initiative to finance scientific research at New Jersey institutions, the state recently awarded Princeton a $700,000 grant to expand its genomics research program.Six other biomedical research institutions ? New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, Seton Hall University, Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ? also received grants from the state, ranging from $233,000 to $2.6 million.

NEWS | 11/29/2000

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The Daily Princetonian

In life and lacrosse

At the top of a winding staircase in Dillon tower stands the Princeton University men's lacrosse office ? one of the highest peaks on campus and in the world of collegiate lacrosse.A quick glance around head coach Bill Tierney's office on the fourth floor reveals all the trappings of accomplishment.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

The Daily Princetonian

University hires firm to revamp campus landscape

In the midst of Princeton's multi-million-dollar construction campaign to change the face of the University, an architecture firm has been hired to give campus landscaping a retro twist.Quennell Rothschild & Partners - a New York-based landscape architecture firm - is coordinating a series of exterior renovation projects that will take place during the next several years.The firm is designing and renovating building exteriors and landscaping several areas of campus, using photos and information from the University archives as guides.According to Peter Rothschild, one of the architects working on the project, the renovations involve several sites on campus, including Hamilton Courtyard, the grounds surrounding Whig, Clio and Murray Dodge, the landscaping near Alexander Hall and Cannon Green.Under the firm's guidance, walkways will be repaved, overgrown trees and other plants will be removed and new vegetation will be planted.Rothschild's firm will also be involved in designing the landscaping for the areas near the sixth residential college and the genomics center - both of which are slated to be constructed within the next few years.Rothschild said it is common practice for landscape architects to research the history of buildings when planning renovation.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

The Daily Princetonian

New multimedia database provides learning tool for students

It used to be that if a professor wanted to incorporate visual aids into his lectures, he had to search for the images and arrange them in a particular order for a slide show, all on his own.But now, with the help of the University's Educational Technologies Center, that professor can design interactive multimedia that will allow instant access to a database of images during lectures, providing increased flexibility.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Program builds bridge from physics, math to biology

Beginning next fall, the University will host a new program ? titled "Interfaces in Science" ? to train physical and mathematical science graduate students in the interdisciplinary field of biological research.The program ? which will involve 10 graduate or postdoctoral students at one time ? will be funded for its first five years by a $2.5-million grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, a foundation dedicated to advancing medical research.The program's main goal will be to educate students who exhibit impressive quantitative skills on how to put those skills to use in biology.According to program co-director John Hopfield, a University molecular biology professor, it is often difficult for students who have majored in more quantitative fields ? such as applied math or physics ? to enter into research as biological scientists."Often there is too big an entry barrier into the biology field," said Hopfield, whose original training was in physics.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Goheen Meets With President in Washington

November 29, 1961 ? President Goheen will appear with President Kennedy this morning at 11:45 at the White House when Mr. Kennedy honors the five winners of the 1961 Rockefeller Public Service Awards.Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs administers the awards as a national trust, under funds provided by John D.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Universities cite inconsistent crime data on government Website

Several universities that submitted campus crime statistics for posting on a Department of Education Webpage have filed complaints, alleging that the data displayed is incorrect, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported this week.Since 1991, all American colleges and universities have been required by federal law to publicly disclose campus crime statistics.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Canadians back Liberal Party for third term

Wrapping up an election far more expeditiously than their southern neighbors, Canadians on Monday gave Prime Minister Jean Chretien's Liberal Party of Canada its third straight majority, sending Chretien to another term in the nation's highest office.The Liberal party will retain its majority in the Canadian House of Commons with 173 of 301 seats.Chretien, who has served in the nation's highest post since 1993, will be only the third Canadian prime minister to serve a third term in the nation's 133-year history.The current prime minister's victory came despite recent allegations about his questionable involvement in a bank loan scandal and concerns that he would step down if elected for another five-year term.The Liberals were distantly followed by the Canadian Alliance with 66 seats, the Bloc Quebecois with 37, the New Democratic Party with 13 and the Progressive Conservative party with 12.The Green Party of Canada, one of the more prominent minor parties in this election, failed to land any seats in parliament.Canadian political pundits say the Canadian Alliance was unable to oust the incumbent Liberals because of the Alliance's failure to gain support in Ontario, a Liberal stronghold and the province where the majority of Canadian voters reside.Liberals secured 100 of Ontario's 103 seats.The party was not so successful in Quebec, however.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Long way from home

Adae Romero '02 spent much of her first semester on campus in tears. While her classmates chatted excitedly, eager to make new friends, she found comfort in the soft voices of her relatives thousands of miles away.

NEWS | 11/27/2000