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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.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Departure of able 'bagelologist' will leave hole in community

Departure of able 'bagelologist' will leave hole in community

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.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Liebes '52 to lead students on a 'Walk Through Time'

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.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Before k.d. lang, before Jewel, there were two girls with guitars

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.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Though the thesis is done, you can't quite write it off

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.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Recalling a young life under apartheid

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.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Brzezinski addresses Russian past, present and future policies

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.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Money Well Spent? Part One of Two

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.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

The results are in: USG announces election winners

Incumbent U-Council chair Teddy Nemeroff '01, along with class officers and nine other U-Councilors, were elected yesterday in races that drew 1,115 voters.New to the U-Council are Rolando Amaya '03, Jacob Glass '03, West Owens '03, Ryan Salvatore '02, Bob Studley '03 and Tom Vessella '01.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Public servant, passionate academic and, ultimately, a teacher

Though the loud, impassioned message of a quiet and sensitive man will no longer be heard in the classroom, it will never cease to echo in the halls of the politics department and resound in the minds of the students, colleagues, friends and family of professor Gerald Garvey GS '62.Garvey, a professor in the University's politics department since 1968, passed away Sunday.Though his physique was tall and frail, Garvey's commitment to teaching and to those he loved was unparalleled in strength.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

Campus Episcopal Church hires former executive as new chaplain

The Episcopal Church at Princeton announced this weekend that Steve White will assume the position of Episcopal chaplain beginning in the fall of 2000.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

University pledges to consider student input in finalizing plans for Chancellor Green

Classics professor Josiah Ober said yesterday that no final decision about the fate of the Chancellor Green rotunda will be made without input from undergraduates.Preliminary plans call for the conversion of the rotunda into library space, according to Ober, who chairs the committee on the East Pyne and Chancellor Green renovations."The architects have presented preliminary plans that have been reviewed by the president and informally by the trustees and chairs of departments," Ober said yesterday.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

SVC's Youth Reach 2000 celebrates talents, interests of local children

A younger breed of students has been populating the University this week, doing everything from kicking around soccer balls to reading original poetry.The events are part of the Student Volunteers Council's Youth Reach 2000, which offers area students of all ages the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities in concert with the University, culminating in Communiversity on Saturday."The main purpose of Youth Reach is to celebrate the talents of youth in the community and to bring University students in contact with students in the community," coordinator Laura Kaplan '01 said.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

Eritrean president defends nation, seeks peace with Ethiopia

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki sees himself as a crusader for peace.Despite an ongoing 22-month war with neighboring Ethiopia, the passionate leader is cool and confident, even while discussing the deaths of thousands of his countrymen.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

Banking on future success

One-hundred-hour work weeks aren't as fun as they might seem. I know: I spent last summer in the office, working for Morgan Stanley in its investment banking division.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

An expanded student-life post, and a VP from Duke to fill it

Janet Dickerson, Duke University's vice president for student affairs, has been tapped by Princeton to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Dean of Student Life Janina Montero ? and then some.With Dickerson's arrival, Montero's old position will be broadened both in name and function.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

Jobs in the works Interns Accept Full-Time Offers

Last summer, Moeed Yousaf '00 slaved away in an office building, working long hours and finding out what the world of Wall Street was really like.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

Duchovny answers his latest calling

David Duchovny '82 twists his body sideways, legs crossed, hunching his shoulder up and curling his arm over his head so it creates a space, shielding him from the room and the people in it who are watching him.

NEWS | 04/10/2000

Judge places Brodherson '00 on six-month probation

Marc Brodherson '00 was placed on conditional probation for six months yesterday after not offering a plea in response to a drug possession charge that had been reinstated recently.The municipal judge also fined Brodherson $500 during the hearing at Borough Hall.During the probation period, Brodherson cannot be found in possession of any controlled substances without facing jail time or additional fines, the judge said.In addition to the probation and fine, municipal prosecutor Marc Citron proposed a 30-day suspension of Brodherson's driver's license.

NEWS | 04/10/2000

Wildcats accuse Penn singing group of lewd behavior

Members of the Princeton Wildcats, an all-female University a cappella group, were met with an unexpected reception while at the University of Pennsylvania last Thursday.During the group's performance at the annual spring show of the Pennsylvania Six-5000, several members of a Penn fraternity allegedly streaked the stage, according to Wildcats president Jessica Williams '01.The Penn Six-5000, an all-male a cappella group, invited the Wildcats to perform at the April 6 show ? titled "Busted Interface." The invitation was made after the Penn group performed at Princeton on March 25 with the Roaring 20, another Princeton a cappella group.In a draft of a letter Williams plans to send to Penn president Judith Rodin, Williams said the Wildcats "were slightly wary of accepting the invitation due to the tasteless antics of the Penn Six-5000 when they performed at Princeton the previous month."But the Wildcats, "in good faith," said Williams, decided to do the show in Penn's Irvine Auditorium anyway.

NEWS | 04/10/2000

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