Anyone who has ever rooted for a sports team has probably believed, at one time or another, that they have somehow influenced the outcome of a game with their thoughts alone. Who hasn't seen die-hard basketball fans poised on the edge of the bleachers during an important game, desperately wishing ...

Following months of debate about the role of affirmative action in Princeton's admissions process, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye acknowledged last night that applicants' race does influence her office's decisions.At a panel discussion organized by minority student groups, including Asian students concerned about the adverse role their race may play ...

Across from Mahiri Mwita's desk in Aaron Burr Hall hangs a white marker board. Written on it is a poem by one of his third-year Swahili students. The poem, part of the student's project to translate American verse into Swahili, tells the story of a young girl who is chided ...