Just when area residents thought plans for the Millstone Bypass were heading in one direction, Gov.
While the nation's political attention focused on the still-undecided presidential election, a group of prominent scholars and political scientists reflected yesterday on one of America's past political giants ? Adlai Stevenson '21.The panel discussion, held in Dodds Auditorium, featured former Sen.
With the result of one of the closest American presidential elections in history hinging on the state of Florida, some University students who hail from the Sunshine State are kicking themselves over and over again for not exercising their constitutional right to vote."I didn't, and I feel like a complete idiot for doing that," said Devon Keefe '01, who calls Orange County, Fla., home."I just kind of flaked and didn't get my absentee ballot," she said.
Three days out, and still no word.The presidential race remained on pause early this morning awaiting the final results of the recount in Florida.
November 10, 1960 - Antibiotics represent a godsend, carrying however tremendous penalties if one is not careful with them," Dr. S.
Two days ago, three Ivy League universities were searching for new presidents. Yesterday, Brown announced its search was complete, leaving Princeton and Harvard with one fewer candidate from which to choose.Smith President and former Princeton University Associate Provost Ruth Simmons was appointed by Brown yesterday to become that university's 18th president next year.Brown's selection committee chose Simmons after a nine-month search.
Democrat Robert Torricelli, in his second official day as New Jersey's senior Senator following Tuesday's election of Jon Corzine, visited campus yesterday hoping to learn as well as to teach.Small in stature and eager to vocalize his views on gun control and universal health care, Torricelli said that, as a graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, he enjoyed exchanging ideas with Princeton's Wilson School students.Torricelli ? speaking to students in economics professor Elizabeth Bogan's WWS 307: Economics and Public Policy ? said he visited the University to get feedback on pertinent political issues.
In a country where the identity of the next president is uncertain, the news that Wawa Food Markets has discontinued the Boli was undoubtedly the second-biggest story of the last several weeks.A cold, foreboding sign stood on the deli counter at the Wa the week before Fall Break announcing the demise of the Boli, shocking and dismaying students throughout campus.Ever since, students have been left in a state of confusion, not knowing where to go to satisfy their late night cravings.
The fight for New Jersey's 12th District Congressional seat between Democratic incumbent Rush Holt and Republican challenger Dick Zimmer is still up for grabs and will remain undecided until tonight or Saturday at the earliest, Mercer County Superintendent of Elections Dulcy Ricciani said yesterday."By [tonight or Saturday], we will have verified provisional ballots," Ricciani said.
In the aftermath of Lawrence Township's adoption of a controversial underage drinking ordinance Wednesday, the Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance met yesterday afternoon in town hall to raise questions about the impact such an ordinance would have if enacted in Princeton Borough and Township.Lawrence officials unanimously approved the state-sanctioned ordinance, which would empower police to cite underage drinkers on private property.Lawrence, where Rider University is located, became the second Mercer County municipality and the third college town in the state to pass such a measure.
In the beginning, there was Princeton. God looked upon Princeton. Princeton gazed back at God, and voiced its general satisfaction with the state of things.
Assistant economics and public policy professor Jeffrey Kling recently worked on Moving to Opportunity, a federal program to help families move from poor neighborhoods to more prosperous ones.
More than 24 hours after results first started coming in, the nation remained in suspense last night, wondering who the next president might be.The day, unlike the night before, was without many surprises.
Word of a big surprise is blowing in the wind across campus today, as the senior class officers have announced Bob Dylan will perform at Princeton on Nov.
The three student representatives on the University's presidential search committee held their first discussion forum last night in the Frist Campus Center, seeking to learn more about what other students want in their next University president.The five students who attended the meeting, however, were disappointed that the search committee participants did not discuss the candidates that are being considered or the details of the selection process.USG president PJ Kim '01 explained that search committees in the past have had difficulty with issues of confidentiality, especially when considering administrators at other institutions."I think it is important to clarify . . . we can't really say that much about what we're thinking about," he said to the small group, adding that members are not allowed to discuss the committee's proceedings.The few students in attendance said they were expecting to learn more about the process during the meeting because it had been promoted to "provide students with an opportunity to learn more about the search," according to the presidential search committee's Website."I came here tonight to listen to what other students had to say and learn more about the process," said Dan Zauber '03.The coordinators of the meeting ? Lauren Hale GS, Lisa Lazarus '02 and Kim ? were to be joined by University Secretary and Vice President Thomas Wright '62, but he was not in attendance.The students, however, were able to discuss several issues that they believe the search committee should consider.
America was closely divided in several of Tuesday's races, but according to a Daily Princetonian poll, Princeton undergraduates were far from evenly split in local and national elections.Betraying a Democratic leaning that many on campus might have predicted, 55 percent of the 1,151 students polled Monday night said they were planning to vote for Vice President Al Gore, as opposed to 26 percent who said they would vote for Texas Gov.
Public Safety will begin registering laptops on campus next week.The effort is designed to facilitate the return of laptops recovered by police or University officials, Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser said yesterday.Public Safety will record the serial numbers of registered laptops in a database that can then be used to match any registered portable computer with its owner.Twelve laptops were reportedly stolen on campus last year, Weiser said.
Though incumbent Democratic Congressman Rush Holt appears to be the winner in Tuesday's election for New Jersey's 12th District seat, he has not accepted the victory, nor has challenger Dick Zimmer conceded defeat."One of us conceding or declaring victory doesn't change the numbers.
Thirty-six years to the day before Princeton's senior class announced that Bob Dylan would perform on campus during senior week, The Daily Princetonian ran a review of another Dylan performance - this one at McCarter Theatre - on an inside page of the paper.November 9, 1964 - "It doesn't matter whether the song has come down from a thousand years or you wrote it yesterday sitting on the toilet," explained the young man who had just enthralled a SRO audience Saturday night at McCarter.Bob Dylan, part folk singer, part philosopher and a near prophet to some members of this generation makes a startling appearance when he first walks on the stage with his jeans and high-heeled desert boots, harmonica and high standing hair.
Jocelyn Hain '01, nestled in an arm chair in front of a large television screen in the Frist Campus Center, had been watching the election coverage since dinner.As students gathered and the votes began to roll in, Hain remained perched on her chair intently the watching the television reports ? anxious and silent.
