December 6, 1960 ? Atheist-philosopher-author Ayn Rand will address Whig-Clio tomorrow at 8 p.m.
More than 3,000 minority patients in the United States are currently in need of a bone marrow donation, according to Moazzam Kahan, the director of donator recruitment for the South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters.But the odds are not stacked in their favor.
Maisha Robinson '02 and her twin sister Nuriya '02 were sitting one day in their high school A.P.
WASHINGTON, December 5, 1974 ? President Ford lauded the five recipients of the 1974 Rockefeller Public Service Awards as "unsung heroes" and an "inspiration" and then presented them with scrolls at the award luncheon yesterday."Adlai Stevenson once joked that our public servants serve us right," Ford said during his five-minute speech.
With the winter solstice around the corner and temperatures dropping below freezing, the first snowfall of the season seems imminent.
In a unanimous vote yesterday, the University faculty approved the proposal to require all incoming freshmen starting with the Class of 2005 to take a writing-intensive seminar in place of the current writing requirement.The plan will increase the number of classes required for A.B.
Ecology and evolutionary biology professor Stephen Pacala did not believe Princeton had a good chance of winning British Petroleum's $15-million research grant.Pacala had been on sabbatical last spring when BP approached the University, peddling the grant to promote research into addressing the environmental problem of global warming.In addition to Pacala ? a leading scientist at the Princeton Environmental Institute ? researchers at MIT and Stanford also applied for the funding.And Pacala believed one of those institutions was the likely choice."Stanford and MIT have the big engineering departments.
In September, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved for sale mifepristone ? also known as the abortion pill or RU-486 ? officials at McCosh infirmary were not sure whether they would make the drug available to students.But after months of investigation into the drug's effects, McCosh has decided not to offer RU-486, Director of University Health Services Dr. Pamela Bowen said yesterday.Bowen said she does not believe McCosh has the capability to administer the drug safely.
Almost six months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America has a constitutional right to ban homosexuals as members and troop leaders, communities nationwide are still coming to grips with the landmark decision.Princeton ? home to Boy Scout Troop 43 ? is one of those communities.For more than 50 years, members of Troop 43 have sold Christmas trees behind the Nassau Inn as part of their annual holiday fund-raising initiative.But despite the Supreme Court's controversial decision, the troop has encountered unexpected resistance from Princeton Borough officials this time around.Two weeks ago, troop leaders applied to Borough Council asking for two parking permits that would allow customers space to pick up and load their purchases."We had a request from the Boy Scouts as to whether we would give them two metered parking spaces on Chambers Street," Borough Mayor Marvin Reed said yesterday.When the matter officially was brought before the Borough Council, however, Council member Ryan Lilienthal motioned to deny the request unless the Boy Scouts agreed to accept certain conditions."The use of those facilities would not be granted," Lilienthal said yesterday, "unless we knew [Troop 43] would agree not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation."Lilienthal's motion ? which also requested that troop leaders submit a statement of non-discrimination before being issued the permits ? was seconded by Council president Roger Martindell and then ratified by a 2-1 vote.Troop committee chair Nancy Shaw said it is, and will remain, virtually impossible for the troop to comply with Council demands."We could not provide that kind of statement because it would contravene national Boy Scout policy," Shaw said yesterday.
Five eating clubs ? Campus, Charter, Cloister, Colonial and Dial ? have decided to include coeds in their selection procedures this year, thereby creating the possibility that half of the Prospect Street clubs will admit women in Februrary.Four other clubs ? Cap and Gown, Quadrangle, Tiger and Tower are now deciding whether to bicker coeds, and could boost the total number of clubs accepting girls to seven or eight.Ivy and Cannon clubs have not taken any steps toward changing long-standing policies of admitting only males.
During his freshman year, Greg Ruiz would take his little brother, Tommy, to play for his Special Olympics basketball team and supervise to make sure everything went smoothly.He watched the players ? whose disabilities ranged from Down Syndrome (like his brother) to Cerebral Palsy ? shoot around, run drills and erupt ecstatically if they made a single basket.
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.
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.
On Monday, President Shapiro will be giving away money instead of collecting it. He will present the Princeton Public Library with a donation of $300,000 to fund its new building.The library ? which is planning to erect the structure on its current site at the corner of Wiggins St.
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.
Bright-eyed Stacia Birdsall '02 stood in her kitchen in 55 Spelman stirring a steaming pot of Japanese curry."It's different from Indian curry," she said.
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.
The "Navidad" computer virus arrived at Princeton last week, just in time for the Christmas season.
Two poems by Paul Muldoon, director of the University's Program in Creative Writing, will be permanently engraved in a memorial to Oscar Wilde in England.
Republican Dick Zimmer yesterday conceded the election for New Jersey's 12th District Congressional seat to Democratic opponent Rep.
