A dozen books, a stack of photocopies, a Firestone carrel and several months of toil ? does this a thesis make?Absolutely not say more than 100 students each year.
In a landmark vote Saturday, the University Board of Trustees unanimously approved the Wythes committee's recommendation to increase the size of the undergraduate student body by 500 students ? finalizing a decision that prompted almost three years of deliberation and elicited considerable campus debate.The increase will be phased in over four years, beginning in 2003 or 2004, once the necessary facilities and living spaces have been constructed, committee chair Paul Wythes '55 said."[The trustees] were very receptive," Wythes said of his committee's proposal.
While rain did not dampen the spirit of Communiversity, vandalism to four of the 90 panels from the "A Walk Through Time . . . from Stardust to Us" exhibit soured one part of the celebration.According to Public Safety Lt.
Flags waving, skirts of elementary school folk dancers swishing and children with tigers painted on their faces laughing created a collage of music and color that shone brighter and sounded louder than the soft thud of rain drops falling from a grey sky."If Gene Kelly can sing and dance in the rain, we can do it here on Nassau," said Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand during her welcoming speech at Communiver-sity on Saturday, before leading the crowd in a verse of the high-spirited tune.Despite the rain, which forced the Arts Council's Art Park ? a series of arts and crafts stations for children ? inside the council's building on Witherspoon Street and deterred certain groups from performing, hundreds of people came out to celebrate town-gown unity."[The rain] hasn't seemed to dampen the spirits of the crowd," Arts Council of Princeton Executive Director Anne Reeves said.
Upon hearing earlier this year that her friend had been raped, Joann Sofis '00 decided she had to do something.To raise awareness about sexual assault at Princeton, she created the book "Stopping the Silence" ? a collection of four women's stories that will be distributed at Saturday's Take Back the Night march.Sofis said she was angry that her friend felt ashamed about being raped.
University students often venture into the town that lies beyond FitzRandolph Gate, whether to purchase shampoo or to treat themselves to an ice cream cone.
WHAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!!!If you're one of the 38 people on this campus who doesn't drink Budweiser, you might not know that this is how people say "hello" to each other nowadays.
When Bonnie Bernstein, outreach coordinator for the Cotsen's Children's Library, first envisioned the Young Curator's exhibit, she did not realize the widespread support network she would be able to harness."It was a real community project," Bernstein said of the exhibit, which chronicles the history of schools and was curated by Princeton-area elementary and middle school students.
April Fool's Day might be an American tradition, but that does not keep foreigners from becoming its victims.
The world is in turmoil. American lives are at stake. Nuclear material has disappeared at the Hungarian border, and the United States will double its peace-keeping police strength in the Balkans within the next 48 hours.World crisis?
The University Board of Trustees will meet tomorrow to vote on the Wythes Committee Report and the 500-student increase it recommends."We will discuss the report at the meeting," committee chairman Paul Wythes '55 said.
The Indigo Girls concert slated for tonight on Poe Field now will take place in Dillon Gym, according to USG social chair Carolyn Chao '01.The decision to change venues was made at the request of the Indigo Girls' managers, who said they were concerned the cool temperatures would affect the performance, Chao said.
The Trustee Initiative on Alcohol Abuse has become a key part of campus life this year, bringing with it an aggressive and well-funded campaign to reduce binge drinking at Princeton.But despite a hefty grant from the trustees to fund non-alcoholic social events and escalated penalties to deter underage drinking on campus, some remain skeptical about whether the initiative's goal of eradicating alcohol abuse on campus was realistic."The initiative technically is trying to limit drinking ? and it is not.
From the Nude Olympics to Princeton's first national lacrosse title, Alfred Kahn has been a fixture in Princeton, delivering bagels to the University and the community for nearly 20 years.
Students will soon have the chance to journey through five billion years of the Earth's history simply by traversing a mile-long path around campus, thanks to the efforts of University alumni.The path ? called, "A Walk Through Time . . . from Stardust to Us" ? is a display of more than 90 panels that tell the story of the Earth's evolution.
It was 1986. The Bangles belted "Manic Monday" from radios nationwide as yuppies cruised around cities in their BMWs, and Phyllis Schlafly told women to leave corporate America to raise their children.
When I sauntered into Pequod at 3:50 p.m. last Monday, two other English majors were frantically grabbing their bound volumes and running out the door.
Tshepo Masango is an African-American freshman from Atlanta. She returned to live in her parents' native South Africa when she was two years old.
As a crowd of jostling professors and students tried to push their way into McCormick's lecture hall, a small man with thinning white hair stood alone to the side of the swarming mass, holding his briefcase with both hands.He stepped forward and whispered to one of the eager participants in a slight accent, "Would you mind if I could just sneak through?"Moments later, the crowd began to charge in the opposite direction ? the lecture had been moved to McCosh 50.
The Trustee Initiative on Alcohol Abuse had two goals ? to provide alternative social activities for students and to curb excessive drinking at the University.And three quarters of the way through the academic year, after the University has spent about three quarters of the $100,000 in allotted funds, opinions remain mixed on whether the initiative has succeeded in accomplishing its first objective ? providing social alternatives to drinking.The most high-profile of these alternate events was Jon Stewart's recent performance in Dillon Gym, which administrators deemed a success."If you look at the turnout for that event, it certainly shows that there is a willingness for students to diversify their social patterns," Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne said.USG treasurer Joe Wheatley '01, who serves on the Trustee Initiative Funding Committee, agreed.
