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Panel debates merits of Electoral College system

Panel debates merits of Electoral College system

A panel on the Electoral College yesterday afternoon considered the merits and faults of the system that has recently contributed to much of the political turmoil rocking the nation.Five professors gathered at the Wilson School to outline a variety of positions on the much-maligned institution ? ranging from the view that it should be abolished completely to the contention that any reforms are unnecessary and even undesirable.Among the panelists, the most common objection to the Electoral College was that it creates an unfair policy of disenfranchisement.

NEWS | 11/15/2000

A community's place . . . in a town's future

Many people would say Princeton Borough stops at the graveyard. Diagonal from the Arts Council on Witherspoon Street in a large plot of earth ? where the headstones marking the graves of white people are separated from those marking the graves of black people ? many would say Princeton ends and another town begins.And while most residents of the John-Witherspoon community ? which begins with Green Street right beyond the graveyard ? do not want to be a completely separate entity, they relish their unique identity.Just as most blacks still elect to be buried in the black portion of the graveyard, many of those living in the historic community north of Palmer Square have not been forced into their neighborhood, but rather, live there by choice."I like Princeton, but Leigh Avenue is cool," said George Cumberbatch, who moved to the John-Witherspoon community from the West Indies as a high school student in 1973 and has owned the restaurant George's Downtown Deluxe on Leigh Avenue for the past 12 years."There's more of a sense of community," Cumberbatch added as he casually leaned one elbow on the wooden counter where he places the hot plates of catfish and fried chicken once they are ready to be served.

NEWS | 11/15/2000

Film producer shoots Woodrow Wilson documentary on campus

The steps of Nassau Hall or the shore of Lake Carnegie may be the scene of thousands of untold stories.

NEWS | 11/15/2000

Accidents, Robberies Mar Weekend; 1500 Couples Crowd 'Prince'-Tiger

November 16, 1959 ? Two automobile accidents and a rash of thefts totaling $4950 worth of luggage, clothing and jewelry marred the 1959 version of the Princeton-Yale weekend.One local resident was killed, and a Yale student was badly injured in the auto wrecks which occurred on Friday and Saturday nights of the weekend.Borough police said eight parked cars were victimized by thieves during the weekend, but were unable to give all the names and locations pending further invesigation.The $4950 is based on a total of what the owners estimated their losses to be.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

Cutting through a community

Walking down the passageway of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier somewhere in the Mediterranean, 18-year-old Jimmy Mack realized he was being taught to kill.Frustrated with the lack of work in Roanoke, Va., he had joined the Navy a year earlier and had already seen the world ? Guantanamo Bay, San Juan, Port-au-Prince, Palermo, Naples, Istanbul, Barcelona, Nice.On his second Mediterranean cruise, however, the novice gunner was struck suddenly by the lethal purpose of his travels.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

McCosh not affected by shortage of flu vaccine

Doctors across the nation are notifying their patients that the arrival of much of the influenza vaccine ? important to the elderly and those with chronic illnesses ? has been delayed.The University's McCosh health center, though, has plenty."We're lucky," said Helen Ackley, the coordinator of travel and immunization at McCosh.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

Institute abandons lawsuit; Hut withdraws counter-suit

The Institute for Advanced Study dropped its lawsuit against professor Piet Hut last week after more than three months in court, according to Institute Director Phillip Griffiths.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

Finding a Way To Beat the Heat

The U.S. Navy was looking to heat up its research in the electric power industry earlier this year.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

Yale plans to reduce incoming class sizes

In a move that could potentially change the face of the Ivy League, Yale University officials announced earlier this week plans to decrease the size of the school's student body.The Yale admissions office said it intends to take 100 fewer students during the next two years.And the size reductions appear to have already taken effect.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

Princeton graduate students appear less likely to unionize than peers

The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that graduate students who are paid to teach or perform research at private colleges and universities have the right to unionize.While this ruling gives graduate students at Princeton the legal right to form a union, there is not as much interest in exercising that right here as at some peer institutions.Graduate students at New York University and Yale have been particularly active in the fight to secure unionization rights.Last spring, 1,500 NYU graduate students voted to form a union ? a move that was supported by a regional labor board decision.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

Panel considers underground site for Borough power plant

Princeton Future ? the panel of University and community leaders planning to revitalize the downtown area ? has been meeting for the past few months trying to nail down its plans.They recently received an estimate that the cost of moving the PSE&G power station ? currently located next to the public library in the Borough ? underground will cost about $2.7 million, panel co-chair Sheldon Sturges said.Robert Geddes ? the panel's co-chair and former dean of the University's school of architecture ? and the rest of the panel had expected the cost of moving the station underground to be about $15 million.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

Living close, looking from afar

Look for the fingerprints to either side of a dedication plate bearing a name. Search for the footprints in the grass that frames a cement walkway.Members of the John-Witherspoon Community and their ancestors have left an indelible mark on the University campus.

NEWS | 11/14/2000

Graduate students appeal for affordable dental benefits

One year ago, a group of University graduate students began pushing for across-the-board dental benefits for faculty, staff and graduate students.

NEWS | 11/13/2000

Review spurred proposed switch to writing class

Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel said yesterday that the writing-intensive seminars proposed as a requirement for all students beginning with the Class of 2005 are the culmination of reviews of the University's writing program conducted during the last two years."An internal committee of faculty and administrators undertook a review of our writing program," Malkiel said.

NEWS | 11/13/2000

Students strengthen town ties with new Habitat-Princeton project

Habitat-Princeton is primed to drop the hammer and begin renovations on a new house in Princeton Township sometime in the next few months.The house ? a 2,800 square-foot duplex ? is located at 52 Leigh Ave in the Township.

NEWS | 11/13/2000

Through changes upon changes, a community clings to its character

Albert Hinds, at 98 one of the oldest members of the Princeton community, sat leisurely with his arms resting on a small dining room table, eyes fixed in an astute and contemplative gaze.

NEWS | 11/13/2000

The 'Saturday Night' massacre that launched a career

"It was incontestably the worst year in the show's history." So Doug McGrath '80 describes his first months in the entertainment industry as a writer for Saturday Night Live, a job he landed just three months after graduating from Princeton in what would seem to be an auspicious start.Unbeknownst to McGrath at the time, he joined the SNL payroll at one of the most tumultuous periods in the show's history.Only one year after being hired, McGrath, along with the rest of the writing staff, was fired.Some might deem this a not-so-promising beginning for a man who has subsequently written or co-written more than four feature films, as well as become an experienced actor and director. It's 9 a.m.

NEWS | 11/13/2000

2000 Expected at 'Prince'-Tiger Prom Featuring Soft Lights and Sweet Music

November 14, 1947 ? Tonight from 9:30 to 2, The Daily Princetonian and the Princeton Tiger will play host to nearly 1000 couples at the annual 'Prince'-Tiger Dance, the only formal prom of the Fall and the first to be held in the new Dillon Gymnasium.Soft lights and sweet music will be the order of the evening.

NEWS | 11/13/2000

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