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Students bring spirit of service to Firestone plaza

The Daily Princetonian

Students bring spirit of service to Firestone plaza

Battling swarms of bees driven wild by the alluring scent of bulk-packaged peanut butter and grape jelly, students took a break from studying for midterms Friday to make sandwiches for the homeless.The event ? held in Firestone plaza ? was marked by white tablecloths with orange and black shield patterns draped over folding tables and a sign that read "Any Given Friday," a reference to the random, ad hoc nature of the project.The one-time service project was organized independently by Steve Berneman '02 and Grant Atkins '02, who are not affiliated with the Student Volunteer Council.Rockefeller College and the Department of Dining Services jointly funded the project.Eric Sherman '02 and Rusty Klophaus '02 also got involved by lending their guitar skills to entertain the volunteers as they worked, playing twin-guitar renditions of songs by the Dave Matthews Band.The project drew about 125 participants during the course of the afternoon, including a number of students seeking a break from studying in the library.

NEWS | 10/22/2000

The likely line up, or get out of line, as the case may be

The Daily Princetonian

The likely line up, or get out of line, as the case may be

With the search committee for President Shapiro's successor fully assembled, the next step now becomes naming candidates for the position.But for weeks already, students, faculty and alumni at large ? in campus groups, in dining halls and on e-mail lists ? have been assembling applicant pools of their own.And the usual suspects keep coming up.Harvard President Neil Rudenstine '56 and Smith President Ruth Simmons H '96 have been mentioned.

NEWS | 10/22/2000

Rolling the dice

The Daily Princetonian

Rolling the dice

Thomas Knowles '99 graduated from Princeton with more than just a world-class education. He concluded his years as an undergraduate facing a mountain of debt.The monthly payments on his Princeton Student Loan and federal Stafford Loans amounted to about $148 per month ? too much for Knowles to pay as a systems administrator in Princeton's computer science department.But Knowles was not destined for financial ruin.

NEWS | 10/22/2000
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Controversial ordinance's future up in the air as disagreement simmers

The Daily Princetonian

Controversial ordinance's future up in the air as disagreement simmers

Disagreement between Princeton Borough's public safety committee and a group that was to play a pivotal role in evaluating a possible alcohol ordinance threatens to delay further discussion about the future of the controversial law.Earlier this week, the Borough Council's public safety committee tabled discussion of the state law ? which would allow municipalities to adopt ordinances permitting police to cite underage drinkers on private property.The public safety committee, like the Township Committee one month earlier, then requested advice on the ordinance from several local groups, including Corner House ? a counseling and prevention agency for teenage alcohol and drug abuse.But Gary DeBlasio, the executive director of Corner House, said Wednesday the organization does not take official positions on public policy and therefore will not take a position on the possible alcohol ordinance.Township Committee member Roz Denard said Sunday that Corner House was the expert on alcoholand drug-related issues and that both the Borough and Township were waiting for its input.Nevertheless, DeBlasio, who has worked in behavioral health for 23 years, said Corner House would not provide guidance on the issue.

NEWS | 10/19/2000

Panel debates campus views on sex, gender

The Daily Princetonian

Panel debates campus views on sex, gender

A panel held yesterday in the Frist Campus Center on the media's role in shaping views about sex and gender on college campuses was the scene of considerable and often passionate debate.The impetus for the panel ? sponsored by the Organization of Women Leaders ? was a controversial Men's Health article by Laurence Stains that named Princeton one of the nation's top 10 "male-friendly schools."Members of the panel ? which included 'Prince' Editor-in-Chief Richard Just '01 ? discussed whether Stains' article endorsed an anti-female or chauvinistic sentiment among some collegiate males.Stains, who was a member of the panel, maintained that his article was designed to criticize campuses on which males are unnecessarily uncomfortable and the subject of "out-and-out scorn."Citing his belief that women "rule" in academia today, Stains argued that his article was designed to help prospective college students determine where they would be most comfortable.But students on the panel and in the audience said they believe Stains' article did much more than help males determine where they might find a supportive and tolerant environment.Terrace Club president and panel member Nili Safavi '01 took issue with the criteria used in the article to determine which campuses were male-friendly.

NEWS | 10/18/2000

Children's-book giant Sendak reflects on career

The Daily Princetonian

Children's-book giant Sendak reflects on career

Maurice Sendak's face resembles, in a benevolent way, the expressive features of the wild monsters he drew in his award-winning book "Where the Wild Things Are." The similarity is not surprising given that Sendak modeled the monsters in his book on the unkind aunts and uncles that he remembers from his childhood.Sendak, one of the leading visionaries in children's literature, spoke yesterday evening to a crowd of all ages at McCosh 50 in a speech and question-and-answer session sponsored by the Council for the Humanities.When Sendak's most famous book, "Where the Wild Things Are," came out in 1963, it was considered by some critics too scary for children with its drawings of grotesque monsters hanging from trees and beating pots and pans in a dark wood.Other critics believed that the book was inappropriate for children because it was about a boy who disobeys his mother and tells her, "I want to eat you up." Despite the criticism, however, the book was incredibly successful."Adults were critical of the book, but children loved it," Sendak said.Sendak has written and illustrated 19 books and has illustrated more than 60 others.

NEWS | 10/18/2000

Nader sues debate commission for barring his attendance at first face-off

The Daily Princetonian

Nader sues debate commission for barring his attendance at first face-off

Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader '55 filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday in Boston against the Commission on Presidential Debates, claiming the CPD violated his civil rights by barring him from attending the first presidential debate.According to the suit, the CPD used police to prevent Nader from entering a viewing room because of his affiliation with the Green Party and because he had publicly criticized the commission and his opponents' parties.Nader was excluded from attending the debate between Texas Gov.

NEWS | 10/18/2000

Survey Says . . .

The Daily Princetonian

Survey Says . . .

With election day approaching, polls continue to pique public interest. Journalists ply their articles and television reports with numbers from Gallup and CNN.

NEWS | 10/17/2000

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