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Padilla's future remains uncertain

Dan-el Padilla Peralta '06, the student who revealed himself to be an illegal immigrant in a front page story in The Wall Street Journal earlier this year, spent the summer attending Washington press conferences and brokering book and movie deals.But even as the young man's name has gone from obscurity to the front pages of national newspapers and as politicians pledge to support his case, the question of his immigration status remains in limbo.

Felten alleges e-vote flaw

Five years ago, computer science professor Ed Felten challenged the music industry by cracking the codes designed to stop music from being copied.

Professor, alum nab Fields honor

The International Mathematics Union named professor Andrei Okounkov and Terence Tao GS '96 among the four Fields Medal winners announced last month.The award, often described as mathematics' equivalent of the Nobel Prize, is given once every four years and is considered the discipline's highest honor.

U. plans to renovate former club

Nassau Hall yesterday announced its plan to transform the former home of Campus Club, which closed its doors last fall, into a new social spot open to all University students.Campus will be a "place where student organization dinners could be held, parties and precepts scheduled as well as a place to just hang out," Amy Campbell, special assistant to Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson, said in an email.The University, which took ownership of the club on Aug.

Famed architect Moneo to design Neuroscience building

The University has chosen architect Jose Rafael Moneo to design a joint neuroscience and psychology complex that will displace the parking lot at the southeast corner of Poe Field.The 200,000 sq.

At 18, math prodigy begins Ph.D.

Arie Israel is spending his first week at Princeton like most of the other 18-year-olds on campus.

9/11 effects linger on campuses

The smoke has cleared, but the effects of Sept. 11, 2001, are still being felt at universities around the country, according to a survey done by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.The web survey, "September 11: Effects on My Campus Five Years Later," polled 133 college presidents and found that 9/11 still has a "moderate impact" on visa rules for students and faculty, campus security management, curriculum offerings and increased student interest in Middle Eastern studies.President Tilghman did not participate in the survey but agrees with some of its findings."There has been a sustained increase in students in politics, international relations, Islamic studies, Near Eastern Studies and Arabic language," she said in an email.As for the impact on international students at Princeton, Tilghman said that visa availability problems mostly affect graduate students from Russia and China.

Parents anguished as children remain trapped

Sitting in her quiet Alabama home on a Friday afternoon in July, Betty Saxon grew increasingly worried as the minutes passed.

Five years later: A special section

In the five years since 19 young men boarded U.S. jet airliners and changed the course of history, the country has seethed, grieved, sought solace, ached for revenge, been afraid, celebrated victories and ultimately, changed.In "Focus," a special section published with today's paper, The Daily Princetonian looks back on the five years since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, exploring the lives of Princetonians, from the victims' families to soldiers to Muslim students. How we changed In interviews with several Princetonians, Sophia Ahern Dwosh explores how the attacks of 9/11 shifted the course of our lives.

The first beer jacket

President Bill Clinton accepts his Class of 2006 beer jacket from class president Chris Lloyd. Clinton spoke in June at Class Day.

Bray '55 guided service group

Charles Bray '55, noted civic activist and the central figure behind Princeton Project 55, died on July 23 of pneumonia.

College Republicans chastise blog for posting group's e-mail

In an example of politics making strange bedfellows, Sen. Joe Lieberman's (D-Conn.) campaign found support from a surprising place over the summer: the Princeton College Republicans.On Aug.

Princetonians in the crossfire

Callie Lefevre '09 sat down to breakfast and broke into tears. The carefree vacationers around her, the lavish breakfast before her ? it was just too much to handle after what had happened.Her friends were still trapped.Only hours earlier, Lefevre and her friend, Emily Norris '09, had arrived in Cyprus.

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Following Harvard, Yale, trustees divest from Sudan

Following Harvard, Yale, Stanford and other schools, the University has announced that it will divest from companies it believes are complicit in the genocide in Darfur.Though the University said it currently has no direct holdings in companies operating in Sudan, the new policy ? adopted earlier this week by the finance committee of the University Board of Trustees ? disallows future investments in companies that directly or indirectly conduct operations that are involved with the genocide in the war-torn region.University spokeswoman Class Cliatt '96 said Princeton waited until now to withdraw investments because, unlike other institutions that had direct investments in companies involved in Darfur, the University has only indirect ties to such companies.President Tilghman explained in an e-mail that for the University to act, "we needed to be persuaded that genocide was indeed occurring and that this had been so for some time.""Furthermore this seemed to be an issue around which there was consensus on campus," she added.Since 2003, tens of thousands of Sudanese have been killed and millions more uprooted from their homes as a civil war rages between Sudanese rebels, government forces and Arab militias.

Spitzer '81 nabs nod for governor

By a staggering margin, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer '81 won the Democratic Party nomination for New York governor Tuesday night.With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Spitzer led with 81 percent of the vote, totaling more than 550,000 votes, the Associated Press reported.

Attitudes and perspectives

The 'Prince' surveyed the University' undergraduate community about their attitudes and perspectives five years after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Foreign students adjust to new security regimen

Some of the most unlikely victims in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001 have been international students studying in the United States.International student enrollment nationwide has dropped significantly since 2001.

Strong endowment returns allow for budget boost

Recent strong returns on the Princeton endowment have prompted University trustees to allot $24.8 million in additional spending to underfunded areas of the operating budget.The increase in spending will be directed towards a number of areas, including energy and renovation costs, information technology and the University library system.The spending increase constitutes only the seventh adjustment in endowment spending policy since it was adopted in 1979, according to the University website.

Harvard drops early admission

Harvard University shocked the world of elite college admissions Monday when it announced it is abandoning its early admission program, saying the move is intended to make the admissions process fairer for disadvantaged applicants.The announcement ? unprecedented among the nation's top universities ? has forced Princeton officials to reconsider the future of the University's own early decision program, which requires students to matriculate at Princeton if they apply early and are accepted.The move came as a surprise to Princeton administrators.