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Flood halts Colonial initiations

A sprinkler leak in Colonial Club last Saturday morning caused water damage in the dining hall, kitchen and officers' bedrooms, placing the building off-limits until at least the end of this week, club officers said yesterday."This is a real inconvenience for everyone involved, but I don't think it will have a significant impact on the club membership," Colonial president Tommy Curry '08 said.A ceiling in the former officers' bedrooms will need to be replaced, but the greatest concern is mold growth in the affected areas, he added.Colonial officers worked with the University to create a temporary meal plan for current members until the drying process is complete.

Adam '07 dies of cancer

Alexander Adam '07, an active member of the Princeton theater community and an aspiring writer, died of Ewing's sarcoma Jan.

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Student group promotes safe behavior on Prospect Avenue

In an attempt to reduce the number of sexual assaults on campus and raise student awareness, all 10 eating clubs have held or scheduled presentations on sexual assault.

Colonial and Terrace fill during first round

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Leach '64 brings Congress to University

Former Republican congressman Jim Leach '64 will spend three semesters on campus as a visiting professor in the Wilson School, the University announced late last month.A Republican from eastern Iowa, Leach served in Congress for 30 years before being narrowly defeated in November in his bid for a 16th term.

Micawber leaves Labyrinth a challenging market

After more than 25 years in business, Micawber Books will permanently close its doors this March.

Alex Adam '07 dies of cancer at 23

Alexander Adam '07, an active member of the Princeton theater community, died of bone cancer last Thursday in New York.

University trustees raise room and board, freeze tuition

Tuition will not increase next year, the University announced on Sunday, but fees for room and board will rise by 19 percent, more than four times the percentage increases implemented in past years.For the 2007-08 academic year, tuition will remain at $33,000, while room and board for undergraduates living on campus with full meal contracts will increase by $1,780.

At Triangle, an unprecedented president

Kelvin Dinkins '09 slinks onstage in his black glasses, black hat and gray-and-white pinstripe suit.

Assault sets University, county at odds

The University's disciplinary process is being criticized in the wake of an alleged assault involving two Princeton students.A lawyer for the alleged victim has accused the University of violating the victim's privacy, and local prosecutors have threatened to charge University officials with obstruction of justice and hindering public prosecution, leading the administration to indefinitely suspend disciplinary action against the alleged assailant.The dispute stems over concurrent, but not collaborative, investigations of the alleged assault by the University and law enforcement authorities, and how each of those investigations should proceed.

Fields Center will move to Elm Club

The University will relocate the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding to the former Elm Club next to Tiger Inn within the next few years, following concerns about the center's distance from the heart of campus."The design was reviewed with the [University] Trustees over the weekend and they were very pleased," University Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee '69 said."The project will need to go through the community approval process, and I don't yet know the timetable for that, but the hope is that the project will be completed by the fall of 2009," he added in an e-mail.Since its inception as the Third World Center in 1971, the Fields Center has occupied the former Osborn Clubhouse, which stands down Prospect Avenue from Elm Club."The proposed move would increase space for programs, accessibility and the visibility of the Fields Center," University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt '96 said in an e-mail.The move seems to address some of the student qualms about the Fields Center voiced in the 2004 USG Survey on Race and Campus Life.Forty-one percent of respondents said they had never been to the Fields Center.

A farewell from the 130th Board

This issue marks the end of the 130th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian.When our names first appeared on the masthead 12 months ago, we had great plans for the 'Prince.' We dreamed not only of serving, informing, persuading and entertaining our readers, but also of forging the future of this newspaper.This year, for the first time in the paper's history, we offered the 'Prince' free to every student ? and, we believe, made this 130-year-old institution even more relevant to the life of the University.

Power outage leaves upper campus in the dark

A power outage at 2 p.m. today shut down electricity, hot water, room heat and internet access in a total of 16 buildings.

Princeton, in the nation's service?

On a warm afternoon in early June, Mark Reinhardt '01 stood beneath the lofty ceiling of Nassau Hall's faculty room, accepting his commission as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.Earlier that day, he had received his diploma on the front lawn outside Nassau Hall, alongside more than 1,000 fellow seniors.

A message to our community

Since the publication of an op-ed in the joke issue of The Daily Princetonian last week, many readers have raised important concerns about the op-ed itself and the experience of racial and ethnic minorities on campus.As leaders of the Asian-American Student Association and The Daily Princetonian, we are both frustrated that this episode has led some to believe that Princeton is an unwelcoming place for Asian-American students.

Students bargain over aid

Financial aid awards are often a crucial factor in an applicant's decision to enroll at a college, but now the tables may be turning as students pit schools against each other to receive more money.Last week, in a speech at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., their high school alma mater, Yale senior Phoebe Rounds and recent Yale alumnus Peter Hasegawa suggested that students apply to Princeton in order to gain better financial aid awards at other colleges.According to the two, the average increase in aid awards that resulted from this approach was between $15,000 and $20,000 for four years."I was accepted to Harvard, Yale and Princeton, but Princeton gave me substantially better financial aid," Rounds said in an interview.

At Princeton, female engineers still a rarity

Caitlin Puklin '07 never noticed that she was the only girl in her engineering precept. Though she had attended an all-girls high school, she felt completely comfortable participating in discussions with a group of 12 males ? until it came time to study automobiles."I did the reading, just like every other week.

Joke op-ed sparks ire, controversy

Student groups and bloggers forcefully criticized The Daily Princetonian for a column published in the paper on Wednesday, which they claim expressed anti-Asian bigotry.Part of the 'Prince's' annual joke issue, the column was written in broken English and drew on several stereotypes about Asians.

Seminars receive mixed marks

When Princeton's freshman seminar program was first formed two decades ago, professors hoped it would quell what they saw as a rising tide of anti-intellectualism and bring students and faculty closer together."Students didn't seem to engage very much intellectually, even though they also had precepts," history professor and program founder Anthony Grafton said in an e-mail.