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Borough may face lawsuit over proposed ban on public smoking

Borough may face lawsuit over proposed ban on public smoking

Princeton Borough could face a lawsuit if a proposed ban on smoking in public places is passed by the Princeton Regional Health Commission later this month, according to Borough attorney Michael Herbert.Herbert said if the health commission decides to accept the ordinance ? which would ban smoking not only in restaurants, bars and areas within 15 feet of public buildings but also in many private buildings ? the Borough could be sued for injunctive relief.Injunctive relief would exempt those filing suit from following the smoking ordinance."The firm [filing the suit] is arguing that the health commission is not an authority as a municipal governing body," Herbert said.Herbert ? whose firm has represented the Borough since 1987 ? declined to disclose the name of the law firm or the names of the parties that may file the suit.According to Herbert, this is not the first time the health commission has been confronted with legal charges.

NEWS | 03/07/2000

La Borgata cheers, stomps and laughs through end of losing season

Chris Roser-Jones '02 and Michael Chiswick-Patterson '02 sat together at dinner scribbling strategies and suggesting possible rotations for their Dillon Youth Basketball League team's upcoming playoff game Friday night.La Borgata finished 0-6 in the regular season, losing its final game by two points.

NEWS | 03/06/2000

Economics professor Malkiel joins NeuVis board of directors

University economics professor Burton Malkiel GS '64 was named yesterday to the Board of Directors of NeuVis, Inc., an e-business development consulting firm.A former member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors who has served as director of several financial institutions, Malkiel said he was excited to be joining the NeuVis board.

NEWS | 03/06/2000

Borough Police arrest student for possession of drug paraphernalia

Damon Nabrit '03 ? whose treatment by Public Safety and Borough Police prompted protest by University minority students and others Sunday morning in front of Witherspoon Hall ? was arrested Saturday afternoon for possession of drug paraphernalia following a search of his room by police, Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 03/06/2000

Candidacy on the line, Bradley faces Super Tuesday

Voters across the nation will render their verdicts on Bill Bradley '65 and the rest of the presidential hopefuls today, as 16 states hold Democratic showdowns and 12 host Republican contests in the judgement day of the presidential nomination race.The former New Jersey senator's candidacy is on the line in today's primaries and caucuses, and there is wide consensus that he must win several states ? including at least one of the major contests ? to remain viable as a candidate.California and New York are Super Tuesday's biggest prizes, offering each state's Democratic primary winner 367 and 243 delegates respectively.

NEWS | 03/06/2000

Russian robber-baron potentially powerless in country he shaped

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky ? who amassed what some experts believe to be a multi-billion-dollar fortune through murky business dealings and connections to Russian prime ministers and presidents ? is unsure of what the future under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds for him, he said yesterday.Putin, who remains largely a mysterious figure in the West, is widely expected to win the upcoming Russian presidential election March 26.Berezovsky, speaking through a translator during an address in Dodds Auditorium, said people have asked him, "Could it not happen that the next day [Putin] will not put you in jail?""I have no guarantee that will not take place," Berezovsky admitted."What I know about [Putin] is positive," Berezovsky said in an interview after the speech.

NEWS | 03/06/2000

After unparalleled success in college, three Princetonians try their hands at pro lacrosse

For four years, Jon Hess '98, Jesse Hubbard '98 and Chris Massey '98 were Princeton lacrosse. The program took them in as freshmen, and they, in turn, took the program to new heights, in the process changing the face of the game.Two years after passing through Fitz Randolph Gate, the three have not lost their love for the game ? or the competitive drive that took them to the top of Princeton's record books.The inseparable trio did have to separate after winning its third straight national title as seniors.

NEWS | 03/06/2000

Dining services presents new meal plan, hours of operation for Frist Center

Director of Dining Services Stu Orefice gave a Microsoft PowerPoint demonstration at last night's USG meeting, detailing the new dining options and point plan that will be available with the opening of Frist Campus Center.Orefice said DDS will add more meal plans combining varying meal and point numbers, in which one point equals one dollar.

NEWS | 03/05/2000

Small, close-knit Baha'i community provides social support

Amanda Henck '02 spent 10 years learning about the Christian gospels at her Lutheran school in Hong Kong.Henck ? who, other than her siblings, was the only Baha'i at the predominantly Christian school ? said the school's environment was tolerant but not free from religious hostility."It was a very international school, but the most vocal people were the group of Pentecostal Christian youth," she explained.

NEWS | 03/05/2000

Future of sophomore workshops uncertain as student interest wanes

Sophomore workshops may be in their last year at Princeton, according to Associate Dean of the College Hank Dobin, who initiated the program.When the first five workshops ? "designed especially for and available exclusively to" sophomores ? were offered in the residential colleges three years ago, they were enthusiastically received, Dobin said.But not only has interest in the program since dipped, students also now have a tendency to neglect or drop out of the not-for-credit workshops, he said."I know that in some colleges they've had problems all down the line, from finding faculty to . . . students not showing up when they say they will," said Germanic languages department chair Michael Jennings, who added that his own experience with the program has been entirely positive.Dobin said he believes time constraints hampered student interest in the workshops.

NEWS | 03/05/2000

Not all experiences in home schooling are created equally

I did not fully appreciate my home-school experience until I had spoken to Lillian Pierce '02 about hers.

NEWS | 03/05/2000

Students gather to address alleged racial discrimination

About 40 students gathered outside Witherspoon Hall early yesterday morning to protest alleged racially biased treatment of African-American students by both Public Safety and the Princeton Borough Police."The issue is to address the general treatment of students of color on campus by Public Safety," said Ashley Adams '02, who led the meeting.

NEWS | 03/05/2000

Different paths to Princeton . . . leave some feeling a step behind

When the members of the Class of 2004 first set foot inside a Nassau classroom next September, in many ways they will all be on the same academic footing ? the same graduation requirements, the same standards of excellence, the same number of hours in each day.In another sense, however, these students will face staggered starting lines for their University education, based in part on the educational paths they took to get here.Alberto Puentes '00 said he felt completely under-prepared by his urban public high school for the rigors of the University.

NEWS | 03/05/2000

Baker '52 looks back

During a visit to campus last week, James Baker '52 showed no hint that he had ever left the state department for private life.

NEWS | 03/05/2000

Denouncing D-Bar restrictions, grad students march on Nassau Hall

A throng of more than 50 graduate students filed into Nassau Hall yesterday afternoon to demand meetings with graduate school deans to discuss the restrictions recently implemented at the D-Bar.Last week, both graduate student D-Bar managers ? known as bar czars ? resigned their positions and closed the facility to protest the University's decision to limit D-Bar access to students living in the Graduate College and their guests.Before descending on Nassau Hall, graduate students gathered in McCosh 46 to discuss a proposal by the Graduate College House Committee and the graduate school administration to incrementally increase the number of graduate students with access to the D-Bar.House Committee chair Adrian Banner GS explained that the plan calls for raising the number of graduate students with access to the bar by 200 on April 16 and 100 on May 16.

NEWS | 03/02/2000

Ivy League students unite in refusing to work for Coke, GM, BP-Amoco

NEW YORK ? Students from Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania pledged yesterday not to accept jobs with several corporations until they meet certain environmental standards."Students have always been idealistic, campaigning to save the world.

NEWS | 03/02/2000

It's a bird, it's a plane . . . No, it's just a 'Go-ped'

While most students trudge around campus to get where they're going, Jennie Platt '01 would rather rumble.

NEWS | 03/02/2000

Near Eastern studies receives grant from federal government

The University's Program in Near Eastern Studies will receive a $318,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education, U.S.

NEWS | 03/02/2000

A squirrel, a trap, a prank and the miracle of life

You are about to read a tale of a plan, nuisances that refuse to leave, a capture, an escape, then the acceptance of life itself.

NEWS | 03/02/2000

Department chairs question faculty redistribution plan

The chairs of the University's smaller departments are promising to cling to their faculty a little more tightly these days after a suggestion by Paul Wythes '55 that the University redistribute its faculty to accommodate his committee's proposed addition of 500 undergraduate students.Wythes said in an interview this week that as a faculty member of a smaller department retired or left the University, he would not necessarily be replaced.

NEWS | 03/02/2000

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