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After three years of consideration, trustees approve Wythes plan

After three years of consideration, trustees approve Wythes plan

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.

NEWS | 04/16/2000

Reported vandalism, theft trips up 'A Walk Through Time' exhibit

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.

NEWS | 04/16/2000

A festival of faces: Communiversity weaves together cultures with family fun

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.

NEWS | 04/16/2000

Princeton community, students prepare to Take Back the Night

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.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Shops value students for more than their money

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.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

From 'whazzaa' to 'got milk?' catch phrases catch on

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.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Library program turns middle schoolers into 'Young Curators'

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.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

ISAP president tricks international students with April Fool's Day prank

April Fool's Day might be an American tradition, but that does not keep foreigners from becoming its victims.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

'Risk' meets Model U.N.

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?

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Trustees set to vote on Wythes proposal

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.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Closer to Pyne: Indigo Girls concert moves to Dillon Gym

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.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

No Small Change

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

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

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