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Oct. 8, 2008

Vol. 109, No. 2

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Cover Story

The just-opened Lewis Library differs from the model first designed by “starchitect” Frank Gehry, but campus officials involved in its development say it’s a better fit for the campus. This is the view from Ivy Lane.

The Gehry that landed on Ivy Lane

The new Lewis Library brings a futuristic face to a tradition-heavy place

By W. Barksdale Maynard ’88

Is Princeton ready for Frank Gehry? Skeptics peering over construction fences at the corner of Washington Road and Ivy Lane had their doubts. Some predicted that Lewis Library would be the scariest thing to fall to earth in central New Jersey since that Martian spacecraft jarred Grover’s Mill 70 years ago — “Mr. Wilmuth, would you please...

Joshua Micah Marshall ’91 in his office, shortly after he learned he had received the prestigious Polk Award for legal reporting.

Raking muck in the new public square

Josh Marshall ’91’s blogging led to one of journalism’s biggest prizes – and the resignation of a U.S. attorney general

By Marc Fisher ’80

Poke your way past pungent piles of flowers stacked on the crowded Manhattan sidewalk, press the button and wait for the...

A moment with ... Julian Zelizer

Historians are good at “seeing what’s not new,” says Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public policy — and that’s a...

Freshmen march in the annual Pre-rade to the sounds of the University Band.

Get out and vote, Tilghman urges freshmen

The Class of 2012, notable for diversity and gender balance, takes its place

By Alice Lloyd George ’09

The annual interfaith service that marks the start of each academic year usually includes a stirring welcome for the new...

THE WEEKLY BLOG

Tiger of the Week:
Mary E. Miller ’75

Oct. 15, 2008

SHOPPING THE JOB MARKET – Can Peng, left, an electrical engineering graduate student, speaks with Daniel Earl, a financial technology associate with Citadel, during a career fair at Dillon Gym Oct. 10. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Web Bonus Links

Have a question for Professor Larry Bartels after reading our Books and Arts story? Send it to PAW Online, and we'll post the answers on our Web site.

Lewis Library vistas
A slide show of photos of the most-talked-about building on campus.

On the trail
A slide show of photos from this year's Outdoor Action journeys.

Web Exclusives

60th-reunion reflections
The courage of attack and the courage of endurance: William F. May '48 examines the "virtues to see us through" the indignities of aging.

Rally 'round the cannon
A colorful history of science libraries at Princeton.

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