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Legislature awards bank heist 'heroes'

Legislature awards bank heist 'heroes'

TRENTON ? The New Jersey General Assembly honored the heroes of last November's Sovereign Bank robbery in a ceremony on the floor of Assembly Chambers yesterday, during the state legislature's first voting session of the year.Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton) and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D-Ewing) presented a ceremonial resolution to 91-year-old Lucius Wilmerding '27 "for his heroism and bravery" during the holdup.Wilmerding, a former constitutional scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study, was driving to a party with a family friend when alleged bank robber Sandy Casiano hijacked his Ford Taurus."He was trying to make me go faster.

NEWS | 02/19/1998

Companies use aggressive tactics to bolster employee recruitment

Capping off a vigorous college recruiting season that has included ski trips to Utah and dinners at Lahiere's, consulting and investment banking firms find themselves brokering some of their most competitive recruiting deals ever, offering graduating seniors an unusually high average of $40,000 to $45,000 salaries and luring them in with gifts like Cheerios basketballs and "Lost World" water bottles.Recruiting tactics have changed since last year when Charles Valentine '97 was applying for jobs.

NEWS | 02/18/1998

Memorial committee honors Ambroziak design

Princeton students leave their mark in many places besides the University. Brian Ambroziak, a graduate student in architecture, was selected as a finalist to design a monument in the nation's capital.Two summers ago, Ambroziak vied with more than 500 other designers for the chance to fill what he called "one of the most important sites left in Washington that hasn't been fully developed."The competition to design a commemorative monument for the nation's World War II effort was open to all United States citizens, professionals, student designers and others. 500 entriesSix finalists were selected from 500 original entries, and Ambroziak was the only student among these final competitors.Each finalist then chose a team of about 30 other designers or consultants to help refine the original submission.

NEWS | 02/18/1998

Universities denounce purchase of term papers from online sites

The Internet may bring new dimensions to education, but some universities are concerned that students will use the Web to cheat.Boston University recently filed a lawsuit against eight online term paper companies in response to reports that their students are purchasing independent work via the Internet.Term paper agency advertisements appear in publications such as Playboy and Rolling Stone and can be accessed from sites like Term Paper Warehouse and Term Papers 911.

NEWS | 02/18/1998

Boston University accuses Princeton of 'buying' students

The University stepped up financial aid awards on Jan. 14 and both Yale and Stanford followed suit with increases of their own.

NEWS | 02/18/1998

Freshmen attempt to revitalize campus NAACP chapter

College activism is not dead.In contrast to recent criticism that the era of social movements has come and gone, students began to reinitiate Princeton's chapter of the NAACP during a Tuesday meeting in the Third World Center.In an effort to "energize the campus with new activism," University chapter president Misha Charles '01 and secretary Martha Pitts '01 said they are seeking to reestablish an active National Association for the Advancement of Colored People membership at the University.

NEWS | 02/18/1998

Abel Bagel returns to original spot, decreases capacity, business hours

Within the week, students will have to head to a slightly different location to enjoy their Abel bagels.The bagel bakery is moving one store over in the Witherspoon Street building where it currently resides, according to owner Alfie Kahn.Having served the Princeton area for 14 years, the bagel shop will reoccupy its smaller, original location, Kahn said.

NEWS | 02/17/1998

Student committee to evaluate academic performance

The USG Senate officially endorsed the creation of the student-run Committee on Examinations and Standing, one that parallels the faculty version of the same committee.The faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing is the only committee that does not include student participation, mainly because the "vast majority (of work) involves looking at student academic records," Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel said.The primary goal of the student committee will be to include students in general academic discussions that the faculty committee may have, USG academics chair Todd Rich '00 said.The two committees will have to meet at least once every year, according to "Rules and Procedures of the Faculty of Princeton University.""Whenever the Undergraduate Student Government shall establish a committee parallel to a Faculty committee, the parallel committees shall at least once a year meet in joint session," the bylaw reads.In forming the committee, the USG wanted to "ensure that students will be able to meet along with the faculty members and ensure that a student voice is heard in all substantive discussion," Rich said. 'Substantive issues'USG members agree that students should not review student records or violate the privacy of other students, Rich said.

NEWS | 02/17/1998

USG, faculty react to grade inflation

In the week since a faculty committee issued a report both documenting and criticizing a meteoric rise in grade inflation over the last two dozen years, reactions have run the gamut.With the USG lining up on one side as stalwart defenders of a trend towards higher grades, and the report's authors ? the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing ? lining up on the other as critics of grading standards gone awry, the lines have been drawn for a wide-ranging discussion about what the importance of grades.And everyone has an opinion.The USG's responded to the committee's findings in a memo issued yesterday."Apart from the desire to differentiate artificially between Princeton students, the report offers no compelling reason to explain why grades need to be re-centered," wrote USG president David Ascher '99 and academics chair Todd Rich '00.

NEWS | 02/17/1998

USG introduces online calendar

No longer do students have to shuffle through numerous flyers, emails and voice mail messages to remember their activity schedules.

NEWS | 02/17/1998

Augustine '57 envisions new policy dependent on military technology

America must strike a foreign policy balance between isolationism and activism by using its technological prowess, Norman Augustine '57 GS '59 told students and faculty last night at Dodds Auditorium."We need to find out how to avoid becoming '911 America,' and also not standing by while friends suffer," said Augustine, the former CEO of Lockheed-Martin.Augustine suggested that America must continue its investment in technological military innovations, but not ignore the importance of its troops."The technological contribution is significant, but only one ingredient," said Augustine, who is currently a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Longterm developmentThroughout his speech, Augustine continued to stress the need for America to invest in the longterm development of new technologies.

NEWS | 02/17/1998

Triangle returns to original schedule to facilitate touring

New and improved kick-lines have been a spring staple for more than a quarter of a century, but next year Triangle Club will only produce one original show each academic year.

NEWS | 02/17/1998

University endowment increases, ranks fourth largest in country

The results for fiscal 1997 are in, and the University's endowment ranks fourth among U.S. colleges and universities.

NEWS | 02/17/1998

Jewish studies program appoints Schafer first full-time professor

The Program in Jewish Studies has appointed an internationally renowned scholar in hopes of molding the three-year-old program into one of the University's more accessible and diverse undergraduate curricula.Peter Sch

NEWS | 02/16/1998

Voice-mail system crashes; network experiences delays

It has been a rough week for electronic communication on campus.Most recently, the University voice-mail system crashed for a total of 75 minutes on Sunday.

NEWS | 02/16/1998

Regulations hinder new hoagie agency

It is common knowledge that starting your own business can be a difficult task. It can be even harder if the organization you are starting is another campus food delivery service.The Hoagie Haven Delivery Agency, created by Tom Johnson '00 and Josh Greenhill '00, has run into more than a few problems with the University's regulations regarding student-operated businesses and it only began business last night."The Student Agencies office hasn't been very helpful," said Dan Lips '00, an employee of the organization.

NEWS | 02/16/1998

Public Safety, police to renovate trailer for use as command station

The trailer next to the fence in Lot 23 has been parked there for more than a month without a permit.

NEWS | 02/16/1998

Burglar threatens study abroad student in South Africa

A University student studying abroad in South Africa was robbed and threatened Friday after a man broke into her house.Alison Bartlett '99 was alone in her Mowbray home when an unidentified man in his early twenties broke into the house searching for money, she said.To gain entry, the suspect kicked in a rear door ? the only means of egress without steel bars ? after jumping a locked fence that surrounds the property."I heard something in the back of the house.

NEWS | 02/15/1998

Class of '43 creates award for best neuroscience thesis

In the spirit of its ongoing "Excellence in Neuroscience at Princeton" initiative, the Class of 1943 has established an award to be given to a senior demonstrating exceptional work in that field.The Class of 1943 Senior Thesis Prize in Neuroscience will go to the senior whose thesis is judged by the Department of Psychology to be the best in that area of study, according to Barry Jacobs, psychology professor and director of the interdepartmental program in neuroscience.Fifty-fifth Reunion co-chair Ted Rockwell '43 said that his class is interested in helping Princeton's neuroscience program grow, noting that the University has no separate department devoted to the subject."Ending the 'Decade of the Brain,' Princeton ought to be leading the field," Rockwell said.The award will be given at commencement ceremonies each year.

NEWS | 02/15/1998

Firestone exhibits Latin American artifacts

Pre-Columbian coins, 500-year-old letters from Christopher Columbus and 17th century maps of Latin American expansion are currently on display in the main gallery of Firestone Library.The exhibition, "The Search for Latin America: Sources at Princeton," compiles the University's resources on Latin America with a journey through a thousand years of Latin American history.

NEWS | 02/15/1998

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