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From the president's underwear to broadcast journalism

During her four years at Princeton, Laetitia Thompson '99 said she was never interesting enough to make the pages of The Daily Princetonian.Apparently, she didn't tell many people that, at the age of 17, she had asked President Clinton a now-infamous question.

NEWS | 11/16/2000

A 'Fight Club' you can talk about

It is not surprising that attending an Ivy League institution involves many long and frustrating hours of academic exertion.

NEWS | 11/16/2000

Playing the name game, with someone else's name

Life is full of irony. It was news at Princeton when Natalie Portman opted for Harvard, but did anyone care that Robin Williams was coming here?

NEWS | 11/16/2000

An election looms north of the border, and Princetonian-Canadians take notice

What do stop signs and a hernia operation have in common? They both have to do with the upcoming Nov.

NEWS | 11/16/2000

Clinton recognizes Ostriker for contributions in astrophysics

Provost Jeremiah Ostriker was selected by President Clinton to receive a National Medal of Science on Monday.

NEWS | 11/16/2000

New sandwich honors late campus center employee

Palmina Lapins' sandwich bar was like the bar in the television show "Cheers" ? everybody knew your name.

NEWS | 11/16/2000

Wilson College to revamp advising with merger of RA, MAA roles

The Wilson College experience will differ from that of other residential colleges next year. Incoming students will arrive to find they no longer have an RA or MAA, but an RCA.Wilson administrators have decided to implement a new trial advising system to take effect next fall and run for one year.Under this new system, the positions of RA and MAA will be merged into one ? a Residential Community Adviser.

NEWS | 11/15/2000

Spoiled rotten, but finding a sweet taste in Danish ice cream

I admit it. I am a spoiled teenager. I have traveled quite a bit with my family, which is more fun than it sounds.

NEWS | 11/15/2000

Student suspected in Forbes burglary

An unidentified male who police believe to be a Princeton University student allegedly entered a Forbes College resident's room early Friday morning, Borough Police Capt.

NEWS | 11/15/2000

Strike deadline nears in U-Store talks

November 16, 1982 ? With less than two weeks left before the employees' self-imposed strike deadline, union and management officials of the University Store yesterday expressed slim hopes of ironing out a contract by Thanksgiving.And, at a District 65 membership meeting last night, employees were expected to agree upon a date for a strike vote.

NEWS | 11/15/2000

War crimes and punishment

Assistant professor of politics and international affairs Gary Bass published a book in September titled "Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals." Bass focused on the 20th century and how war crimes have been punished.

NEWS | 11/15/2000

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

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