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For 16 months during the early years of the Clinton administration, Wilson School professor Frank Von Hippel worked with the White House, advising the president on arms control and nuclear disarmament.But he doubts he will be invited back in the near future.And Von Hippel is not alone among those Princeton professors who consider themselves liberals.

NEWS | 01/09/2001

Green '01 receives Marshall Scholarship for study at the University of London

Green '01 receives Marshall Scholarship for study at the University of London

Seth Green '01 left the interview uncertain about his performance.An applicant for the Marshall Scholarship, Green felt the opportunity was a perfect fit for his future plans, but he doubted his interviewer would see that match.And so he prepared for the long and anxious wait before the final decision, not expecting to learn who would be awarded the scholarship for several weeks.But the day after his interview Green found out he had won the prestigious scholarship.

NEWS | 01/09/2001

The pressure's off: Ruiz clinches slot in '05 class

Greg Ruiz just wanted to go home. The senior at Jesuit High School in California had been standing on a makeshift assembly-line, passing 60,000 pounds worth of food since 3 p.m.

NEWS | 01/09/2001

Harvard student uses the Web to show that Yale is a safety school

No Princetonian says, "Penn," without adding "safety school."But at Harvard, students have taken the back-handed remark ? which they direct at arch rival Yale ? one step further into cyberspace.Just in time for the Harvard-Yale football game Nov.

NEWS | 12/14/2000

The trail that takes University donations to the Boy Scouts

The Supreme Court ruling this summer that the Boy Scouts of America may exclude homosexuals spurred criticisms and debate across the nation.

NEWS | 12/14/2000

A glory day

Everyone knows Princeton is cracking down on grade inflation and academic standards these days. But one visiting professor is so tough that he wouldn't let any auditors ? not even one who was born in the U.S.A.

NEWS | 12/14/2000

Annual Giving drive solicits $1 million in donations so far

December 15, 1972 ? Princeton's 1972-1973 Annual Giving fund-raising drive has just reached the $1-million mark, according to its assistant director, William M.

NEWS | 12/14/2000

Through thick and thin

Andrew Baldwin watched awkwardly as his father moved toward him. He saw his father's eyes droop and his body sag as his arms rose to embrace his son.Baldwin cringed.

NEWS | 12/14/2000

Grad students protest dearth of housing availability

Between 60 and 70 people gathered in Firestone plaza yesterday to criticize the University for not taking what some viewed as the necessary steps to provide sufficient housing for graduate students next year.Graduate Student Government officers brought the housing question before the U-Council at its meeting earlier this week.

NEWS | 12/14/2000

Not a tattle tale: Despite new policy, Princeton won't notify parents

During the summer, the U.S. Congress passed a federal policy addendum granting universities the legal right to inform parents of all student drug and alcohol infractions.

NEWS | 12/14/2000

Well worth conducting: A study on orchestral bias

Cecilia Rouse, an associate professor in the Wilson School and economics department, recently co-authored a study on the evidence of sexism in orchestra auditions.

NEWS | 12/13/2000

University student arrested Tuesday on charge of shoplifting at the U-Store

A University student was arrested Tuesday at the U-Store on the charge of shoplifting, Borough Police said yesterday.According to Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 12/13/2000

A Near-Tragic Turn on the Road to 'Yes!'

Four years ago, Dec. 14 was a Saturday. Leaving a music rehearsal in East Meadow, Long Island, I drove down the entrance ramp to the Meadowbrook Parkway.

NEWS | 12/13/2000

Princeton's uncontested presidential scholar, and a final night in the eye of the media storm

Fred Greenstein was flipping through the television channels yesterday when he stopped and stared.

NEWS | 12/13/2000

Limbo no more: Bush vaults to presidency

In a pair of perfectly scripted, made-for-television speeches, president-elect George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore brought their epic and conflict-ridden election to a close last night with talk of reconciliation and national unity.Far from the election-night rallies and cheering supporters who usually form the backdrop for victory speeches, Bush spoke from the floor of the Texas House of Representatives, a site, he said, of bipartisan cooperation.Expressing empathy for the vice president and commending him for a lifetime of public service, Bush called for an end to the partisan wrangling that characterized the campaign and its aftermath."We must put politics behind us and work together to make the promise of America available for every one of our citizens," he said.

NEWS | 12/13/2000

The other election: Kochan claims USG presidency with overwhelming victory

The USG vice presidency is the stepping stone for the chief's job no longer. Joe Kochan '02 ? who last year failed in his bid to become the USG vice president ? was elected USG president yesterday, decisively defeating David Tukey '02 with more than 70 percent of the votes.And with Brigitte Anderson '02's election to the USG vice presidency yesterday, next year's USG presidential election will again lack a number two seeking to become number one.Anderson, new to the USG, barely slipped by USG senator Rolando Amaya '03 to win the USG vice presidential run-off with 52 percent of the votes.Traci Strickland '02 was elected USG academics chair and West Owens '03 was elected USG social chair.Turnout for the run-off ? 1,917 students voted online ? was higher this year than last year, when fewer than 1,300 students voted in the run-off for USG vice president.No candidate for any of the contested USG executive offices won a majority of votes in the races last week, so a second round of voting was required to elect a USG president, vice president, social chair and academics chair."I'm very excited, clearly," said an ecstatic Kochan, who serves as USG chief of staff.

NEWS | 12/13/2000

McCosh worries

Dr. Marvin Geller keeps the shades drawn on many of his office's large windows, allowing soft sunlight to filter through while maintaining a subtle sense of separation from the bustling campus beyond McCosh infirmary.Many of the people who have visited Geller's office over the years were struggling with the realities of the world outside his windows.

NEWS | 12/13/2000

Ivy Club, Tiger Inn choose different paths in legal battle

December 14, 1990 ? Ivy Club and Tiger Inn are now pursuing separate paths in their legal battles with Sally Frank '80 as Ivy has missed its deadline to file a petition with the U.S.

NEWS | 12/13/2000

No Rhodes Scholars chosen here; Princeton still leading total

December 13, 1948 ? For the first time in what Dr. Frank Aydelotte, former director of the Institute for Advanced Study, estimated to be 10 or 15 years, excluding the war years, Princeton failed to place a man on the list of Rhodes Scholarships.

NEWS | 12/12/2000

Decisions sealed

Princeton deans closed the book on the first round of the admission process Monday night, sending out response letters to the University's 1,850 Early Decision applicants.The University received almost 200 more Early Decision applications this year, representing an 11-percent increase from Princeton's about 1,650-member pool for the Class of 2004.Though Acting Dean of Admission Stephen LeMenager said in an e-mail that the University has no fixed limit for the number of early acceptances, he added that he expects the students he accepted with that first round of letters to make up about 45 percent of the Class of 2005.And while Princeton's acceptance and rejection letters already are in the mail, other Ivy League universities have yet to conclude their decision-making processes.Yale's admission office announced on a voice-mail message that letters will be sent "late in the day Wednesday." And at Cornell, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, administrators were working furiously yesterday to get response letters out to applicants by Friday."[Tuesday] is the last day of Early Action," said Marlyn McGrath Lewis, the director of admission at Harvard.

NEWS | 12/12/2000

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