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Limbo no more: Bush vaults to presidency

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

Faculty and students debate race relations

Faculty members and students came face-to-face over the issue of race relations last night as conflicting ideas brought emotions to a head during a forum held in the Frist Campus Center theater.A panel of faculty members ? including professors Miguel Centeno, Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Sarah-Jane Mathieu and Winston Soboyejo ? came to the forum to share their feelings about how racial and ethnic diversity affects campus life.All panel members except Centeno were raised outside the United States, and audience members challenged them as to whether they understand the issues minority students at the University cope with on a daily basis.Fernandez-Kelly, who was born in Mexico and is of Spanish and Native-Mexican descent, said while she was growing up in Mexico City she connected more with her European roots.

NEWS | 12/12/2000

New virus worms its way through computers on campus

With the onslaught of final papers, senior theses and junior papers this time of year, Princeton students are especially dependent on their computers.

NEWS | 12/12/2000

Comparative literature

Logan Fox says he's tired. But as the owner and founder of Micawber Books strides purposefully down Nassau Street on a blustery Wednesday afternoon, it's hard to see it.

NEWS | 12/12/2000

The price of leadership

As the nation's economy plowed along with unprecedented success during the last decade, businesses large and small across the country thrived.And colleges and universities were no different, benefitting from swelling endowments and rapid expansion.Faculty salaries have been on the rise as well, with professors faring better in the late 1990s than in any other time in recent memory.But faculty have not been the only ones in the field of higher education to benefit from the booming economy.

NEWS | 12/12/2000

New endowment spending expands current options

For trustees and other University officials, the decision to break Princeton's endowment piggy bank is a natural result of several economically bullish years.The exact size of the possible spending hike will depend largely on the perceived strength of the University's investment portfolio, according to trustee Paul Wythes '55.Going into January, if University investments continue to perform well, Wythes said the push to spend more of the already mammoth endowment ? now topping $8 billion ? would be almost irresistible.In recent years, because of a thriving economy, the University's savings have grown far faster than officials have spent it.

NEWS | 12/12/2000

Ostriker proposes larger-than-usual increase in endowment spending

Provost Jeremiah Ostriker announced at the U-Council meeting yesterday that the University likely will spend a greater portion of the endowment in the 2001 fiscal year ? as much as $40 to $50 million more.The trustees' finance committee will meet Friday to discuss the exact percentage by which it will recommend the trustees increase spending.

NEWS | 12/11/2000

Opening of Liechtenstein institute draws international dignitaries

When H.S.H Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein was a child in 1956, his family housed Hungarian refugees in its palaces.In the 1970s, the prince followed with great interest the birth of independent African nations.And as the next step in what has been a lifelong commitment to resolving international conflicts, the prince officiated at the opening exercises for the University's Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, held before a capacity crowd in Dodds Auditorium on Sunday.The institute will foster research, publication and teaching on self-determination, state sovereignty, and related socio-cultural and economic issues.Though several dignitaries ?including Sen.

NEWS | 12/11/2000

As fear of impending economic slowdown looms, job hopes fall

As Bernard Wang '01 watched the NASDAQ plunge during the last six months, he saw his hopes for landing a job with a glamorous tech start-up fizzle.The fast-paced industry, which enticed him with soaring stock options and the thrill of innovation, saw the floor fall out from under it as company after company could not stop bleeding red.Wang, an electrical engineering major, had wanted to join the technology revolution and lead the charge into the 21st century after his graduation this spring.His plans were hampered, however, when, as a result of mounting debts and free-falling stock prices, these previously hot dot-coms were forced to lay off workers and curtail their campus recruiting."Some companies I was interested in and had been hiring like mad the last few years have recently stopped those efforts and are even scaling back," Wang said in an e-mail.Wang fears that a slowdown in the U.S.

NEWS | 12/11/2000

Waiting game

Thomas Cheung kneeled on the floor of his kitchen as his grandmother began contacting spirits. Now in her 70s, Poa Poa ? as Cheung calls his grandmother ? began learning how to communicate with the other side when she was four years old and still living in China.

NEWS | 12/11/2000

The artist within

When Tristine Skyler '93 applied Early Decision to Princeton more than a decade ago, she hoped her extensive acting career would give her an edge in the competitive admissions process.Skyler ? who recently starred in "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" ? had led a bustling life in New York City, appearing in TV movies, feature films and off-Broadway shows, and dreamed of spending four years on the University's tranquil campus.But Skyler feared the admission office might not approve of her letter of recommendation from Glenn Gordan Caron, the director of "Clean and Sober," a movie in which she acted alongside Michael Keaton."He wrote, 'Tristine Skyler very convincingly portrayed a drug addict in the movie "Clean and Sober." ' Somehow I got in despite that letter," Skyler joked, while munching on guacamole and chips at Teddy's, a trendy cafe in New York City.And being somewhat unconventional has never seemed to bother Skyler since. Amidst soft jazz music playing in the background, the laid-back Skyler reflected thoughtfully on her time at Princeton and the career path she has since followed.Leafing through a recent issue of The Daily Princetonian and smiling, she explained what attracted her to the University when she first visited during her senior year in high school."I was so enamored with this idyllic, dreamy vision of what college is," Skyler recalled, her light green eyes brightening.

NEWS | 12/11/2000

University unsure of benefits from measure to aid schools

December 12, 1963 ? University officials are skeptical that Princeton will benefit greatly from the 1.2-billion college-aid bill passed Tuesday by Congress.They agree, however, that it will require some time to study the details of the bill before it will be possible to do more than speculate.Because the bill aims to support colleges seeking to expand their enrollment, the belief is that smaller schools in the South and West will benefit first, Anthony J.

NEWS | 12/11/2000

Miller '01 receives Rhodes Scholarship

After a week of interminable interviews ? regional, district, first-round, second-round ? Brandon Miller '01 found himself standing along one side of a room with nine other Rhodes Scholar applicants from his district on Saturday.

NEWS | 12/10/2000

Beyond simply coping

Since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 ? mandating that institutions provide reasonable accommodations for handicapped people ? most Ivy universities have seen more students with documented disabilities matriculate.But many of these students are not physically impaired.

NEWS | 12/10/2000

Cap, Quad, Tower vote to allow coeds in Bicker

December 11, 1970 ? Tower, Quadrangle and Cap and Gown decided this week to admit women, assuring that two-thirds of the Prospect Street clubs will be open female undergraduates this year.Only four clubs ? Cannon , Cottage, Ivy and Tiger ? have no plans to include women in their selection processes, and according to Cannon president Stephen J.

NEWS | 12/10/2000

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