A weekend
of fun. . .
5/6/02
Above, the band Lucky Boys Confusion plays on the steps of
Colonial Club during lawnparties on Sunday. Andrew Parker
03 gives Nadia Litterman 05 a little hug.
Below, Ileana Drinovan
02 putts on a makeshift green at an all-campus party,
FristFest, on Thursday. FristFest took place over the weekend
and was counterprogramming to houseparties. (Photos by Matt
Winn 03)
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May 8, 2002
CAMPUS
Scott D. Tremaine *75, a professor
of astrophysical sciences, and Boris L. Altshuler, a professor of
physics, were elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition
of their achievements in original research.
Ten undergraduates (six females and four
males) ended up in either McCosh Health Center, Princeton Medical
Center, or Helene Fuld Medical Center in Trenton last weekend
the annual Houseparties bash, reported the Daily Princetonian.
Jennifer Pan 04 is among only 16
U.S. students to receive a Goldman Sachs Global Leaders award on
May 9. She was chosen on the basis of her outstanding leadership,
academics, and civic participation.
The works of four contemporary photographers
is on view at the Art Museum through May 26. The photographers represented
in the exhibition "Contemporary Views: Photographs by Paul
Berger, Sarah Charlesworth, Barbara Ess, and Ray K. Metzker"
express a personal message in their work and reveal a sensitivity
to the properties of their medium. At the same time, the most recent
works by the four artists reveal much about broad trends in the
complex field of current photographic approaches and strategies.
Princeton Borough Mayor Marvin Reed recently
"asked university officials to consider limiting the number
of cars students bring [to campus] citing concerns about traffic
congestion in town," reported the Prince. Reed also suggested
Princeton ban freshman from bringing cars. But the university has
no plans to do so.
Steve Coll, managing editor at the Washington
Post, was among a panel of editors who discussed the enormous
challenge and pressures facing journalists and editors post-September
11 on April 30 at the Woodrow Wilson School. The panelists also
included Richard Starr of the Weekly Standard and Katrina
vanden Heuvel 81 of the Nation. According to Coll,
even seven months after the terrorist attacks, journalists are frustrated
by the reality that some complex aspects of the war on terror continue
to be impenetrable. "Al Qaeda remains an elusive subject,"
Coll noted. Similarly, the jihadist movement is "a transnational
subject. Its a very difficult subject to root out. It requires
language skills. It requires deep forms of specialization. To organize
foreign correspondents to try to describe and chronicle phenomena
of that kind both before and after September 11 was really just
beyond our ability."
A notebook that provides a window into the
life of one of Princetons most important presidents is now
housed in Firestone Library. William Rittenhouse Harman 63
of New York City, a collector of early American documents, has donated
a manuscript notebook kept by John Witherspoon, who led Princeton
from 1768 to 1794 and was the only college president and only clergyman
to sign the Declaration of Independence. The manuscript contains
68 pages of sermon notes and outlines, personal memoranda and financial
that Witherspoon wrote in Scotland before he became Princetons
sixth president.
More than 40 Mercer County high school students
from low-income families will study for six weeks at the university
as part of the University Preparation Program, started last
year by Sociology Professor Miguel Centeno. Local high school teachers
teach the students under the supervision of the Teacher Preparation
Program.
Andrew Peek 03 and Sam Spector 03
will spend 18 days in the Middle East this summer for a program
on terrorist threats to democracy and freedom sponsored by the Foundation
for the Defense of Democracy. "Based in Israel, the program
... allows students to interact with political and military leaders
from around the world," reported the Prince.
Kenneth Deffeyes *59, a professor
of geosciences, emeritus, "argues we are heading for a devastating
oil shortage that will cause prices to soar and economies to plunge
into recession," reported the Vancouver Sun. His theories are
outlined in his recent book Hubberts Peak: The Impending World
Oil Shortage (Princeton University Press).
Cosmo Iacavazzi 65 *68 was selected
by the National Football Foundation as an inductee and member of
the 2002 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Chairman Jon F. Hanson
and Honors Court Chairman Gene Corrigan announced the former Tiger
running back as part of a 13-player class, which will enter the
ultimate college football shrine in South Bend, Indiana.
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Stefan Collini, professor of intellectual history and English
literature at the University of Cambridge: "Paradoxes of Denial:
Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century Britain."
May 14, "Cretan Liars," 4:30 McCormick 101
Princeton Art Museum
Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.
- Contemporary Views: Photographs by Paul Berger, Sarah
Charlesworth, Barbara Ess, and Ray K. Metzker, April 20-May
26
- "Anthony Van Dyck: 'Ecce Homo' and 'The Mocking of Christ.'"
March 9 through June 9.
- "Guardians of the Tomb: Spirit Beasts in Tang Dynasty China."
Through Aug. 31.
- "Klinger to Kollwitz: German Art in the Age of Expressionism."
Through June 9.
- "In the Mirror of Christ's Passion: Prints, Drawings and
Illustrated Books by European Masters." Through June 9.
- "New German Photography." Through March 24.
- "Anxious Omniscience: Surveillance in Contemporary Cultural
Practice." Through March 31.
Firestone LIbrary exhibits
"Seamus Heaney: Irish Poet in Greece" through April 20
Reunions
2002,
May 30 - June 2, 2002
Reunions 2003, May 29 - June 1, 2003
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"Lilies/Pale Yellow"
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Watercolors by Anne-Marie Belli 84 are on view at
the New Jersey State Museum at 205 West State Street in Trenton,
New Jersey, through May 12, 2002.
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evenings of abbreviated art
Size does matter.
Wip Productions' festival lets audiences avoid three-hour maudlin
melodramas, stoic ramblings, and interpretive dance and blesses
them with a variety of brief performances from some of the best
young talent New York has to offer. Rosario Vaina '96 is
producing and appearing in the show.
Performers include comics Demitri Martin (from Letterman and Late
Night with Conan O'Brien) and Laurie Kilmartin (from Comedy Central's
Premium Blend); Muscians Kate Schutt and Sam Bisbee; author Kip
Conlin (Hey, God : Adult Letters to God and the upcoming I'm Okay,
I'm Okay) and many others.
Wip Productions is dedicated to providing emerging artists with
an opportunity to share their work in relaxed settings. This will
be the fifth production from this exciting new production company.
The group's mission is to produce fun and lighthearted shows that
examine wit and irony in our everyday experiences.
In Short Order will be performed May 2, 9, 16, and 23rd at RM (Rubber
Monkey, located at 279 Church Street @ White St. All performances
are at 8:00 pm, the bar opens at 7:30 pm. Admission is $12. For
reservations, call 212-592-3291.
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Jeff Kreisler '95, stand-up comic, will be performing at
Zanie's in Chicago, May 7-9, 8:30 p.m., May 10, 8:30
and 10:30 p.m., May 11, 7, and 9, 11:15 p.m., May 12,
8:30 p.m., Zanie's, 1548 N. Wells, Chicago
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ALUMNI
Kirk Unruh 70, director of development
relations at Princeton, has received the Legion of Merit medal,
one of the militarys highest awards. Unruh, who holds the
rank of rear admiral, was honored for his outstanding performance
while serving as deputy commander of the Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic,
which plans for the defense of vital sea areas, including ports,
harbors and navigable waters of the United States and overseas in
time of war. Unruh, a Navy reservist, served in this position from
October 1999 through September 2001. He now serves the Navy as deputy
commander of the Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, headquartered
in Norfolk, Virginia.
Susan Kirr 86, owner of Conspiracy
Films, is working on a documentary about witches in the military,
which is being filmed in Texas, reported the Austin American Statesman.
She and her husband recently completed a film titled Bike Like U
Mean It, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival.
Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn has appointed Jonathan
Kevles 90 as deputy mayor for Economic Development. Since
July 2001 Kevles has served as the director of the mayors
LA Business Team.
Two brothers, David and Andrew Lauren, have
remade F. Scott Fitzgerald 17s Gatsby, giving
it an updated spin. Their film, G, premiered May 3 at the TriBeCa
Film Festival. Jay Gatsby has been renamed Summer G, "and he
is a record producer with an unambivalent position about diamonds
and shantung," reports nytimes.com. "G recreates The Great
Gatsby away from East Egg and West Egg and closer to Montauk Point."
The brothers father, Ralph Lauren, designed the costumes for
the 1974 movie adaptation of the novel.
The Florida Senate has put Philip Handy 67s
confirmation as the chairman of the new State Board of Education
on hold, reported the Palm Beach Post. But Handy, who took over
the unsalaried job July 1, 2001, holds the number two spot under
Education Secretary Jim Horne for another year without confirmation.
Brig. Gen. David H. Petraeus *87,
assistant chief of staff for military operations in Sarajevo, Bosnia,
will take over as the Armys new commander of the 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, reported the
Associated Press.
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SPORTS
Mens lacrosse takes Ivies and storms back
into NCAA tourney
A 12-10 win over Brown in a do-or-die game on May 4 earned Princeton
its eighth straight Ivy title and gave the defending mens
lacrosse national champions a chance to defend their title in the
NCAAs.
The Tigers (8-4, 5-1) are seeded fourth in the NCAA tournament and
have a first round bye in the 12-team pool. Princeton will face
the winner of a match between fifth-seeded Georgetown and unseeded
Manhattan on May 18 at Hofstra University.
Princeton has won six NCAA championships in the last 10 years, and
its 23-6 all-time NCAA tournament record is the best in Division
I history. The Tigers have won 11 straight NCAA games that were
decided by one goal, including all three in last years tournament.
Princeton has made eight Final Four appearances since 1992, all
of which came when Princeton received a first-round bye. The Tigers
have never made the Final Four without a bye.
"Were happy to have the bye and a few days off,"
said Princeton senior B.J. Prager 02, who scored four goals
against Brown. "We lost to some good teams early, and weve
had our backs to the wall. Now were confident and ready to
play anyone."
Johns Hopkins is the first seed in the tournament, which begins
with opening round games at Brown Saturday, May 11, and Delaware
Sunday, May 12.
Baseball to face Harvard or Brown for Ivy
diamond title
Princeton clinched its seventh straight Gehrig Division title against
Cornell on May 5, splitting a doubleheader at home with a 5-1 win
and a 4-2 loss. The Tigers finished the season with a 22-20 record,
13-7 in the Ivy League, and await the winner of a Brown/Harvard
playoff game on Wednesday, May 8, in Massachusetts that will decide
the Rolfe Division. Both teams also finished with 13-7 conference
marks.
Princeton will be on the road for the three-game series that will
decide who gets the Ivy title and the automatic NCAA bid that come
with it. The series starts with a doubleheader on Saturday, May
11 at 1 p.m. A third will be played on Sunday if necessary. Princeton
went 1-3 against Harvard and Brown this season.
Princeton plays Pace in New York on Tuesday, May 7, at 3:30 p.m.
Womens lacrosse to host LeMoyne May 9 in
NCAA opening round
Riding a school record 15-game winning streak, Princeton will host
LeMoyne in the opening round of the 2002 NCAA womens lacrosse
championships on Thursday, May 9 at 3 p.m. The Tigers, ranked No.
1 in the IWLCA Poll, were given the No. 2 seed while Georgetown
was given the top seed.
"Im really excited," said head coach Chris Sailer.
"We are in a great bracket and we will be seeing teams that
we havent seen before. Were ready to go and looking
forward to the tournament.
The Tigers finished the season with 15 straight wins and their only
loss came to Georgetown. The Hoyas grabbed the No. 1 seed after
defeating the Tigers 15-13 in overtime to open the season. Both
Princeton and Georgetown lost one game this season.
Should Princeton defeat LeMoyne, it would then face the winner of
Notre Dame and Ohio State. The second-round game will be played
on Sunday, May 12 at 2 p.m. at another home site. The Tigers are
more than likely to host either the Buckeyes or Fighting Irish.
Round two sites will be set on Thursday night.
North Carolina was given the third seed and Cornell enters the tournament
with the fourth seed.
Track and field teams shine in warm up for Heps
this weekend, May 11-12
With Heps on the horizon, both the men and womens track and
field teams competed in the 2002 Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton
on May 4.
Rocky Craley 04 finished first in the shot put competition
with a mark of 551". Susan Coltman 04 topped the
womens long jump with a distance of 189-1/4".
The Tigers will travel to the U.S. Naval Academy for the Heptagonal
Championships this weekend, May 11-12.
Shannon Smith 05 captured the womens shot title. Dwaine
Banton 05 finished first in the 100m dash (10.72) and teammate
Ryan Smith 02 finished first in the 800m (1:47.9). Jeff Bigham
03 finished first in the 10,000m (31.39.2).
The mile relay team finished first with a time of 3:15.28. Josh
McCaughey 04 finished first in the hammer throw competition
with a mark of 2032", six inches shy of the school record
he set at the Penn Relays a week ago. Paul Lyons 05 finished
first in the discus with a distance of 1558".
Softball splits final doubleheader of season
as it prepares for NCAAs
Senior Kim Veenstra finished her regular season on a winning note.
In her final game on 1895 Field, Veenstra scored the game-winning
run as the Tigers defeated Saint Joseph's 3-2 in a 10-inning thriller
to split a doubleheader on May 1. Saint Joseph's won the first game,
1-0. Princeton finishes the regular season at 32-16, 13-1 in the
Ivies
Princeton, which won its first Ivy title since 1996 this year, will
compete in the NCAA Regionals to be held on May 16-19. The Tigers
will find out when and where they will compete on Sunday, May 12
at 9:00 p.m. The broadcast of the NCAA selection show will be broadcast
on the ESPNews channel.
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