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As raids continue, a community responds

As raids continue, a community responds

In the wake of another arrest of an area immigrant, a Latino advocacy group raised more than $3,000 in a fundraiser Friday to support immigrants' issues.The event, organized by the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, attracted more than 100 people.The money will help jumpstart an immigration information hotline and establish a database of attorneys to whom callers can turn for assistance, according to Maria Juego, chair of the fund."Anyone can call the hotline if they have a fear of imminent arrests or enforcement actions," Juega said.Just two days earlier, Sergio Valdez, a longtime employee of McCaffrey's supermarket in Princeton, was arrested at work in the latest in a series of raids.Valdez had begun the process of obtaining legal status with the sponsorship of his employer, Juega said."He had an order of deportation and was attempting to file for asylum," she said.Valdez was taken to a detention center in Elizabeth.Concern has been rising in the local Hispanic community after arrests of illegal immigrants in four cities in the last month.

NEWS | 01/31/2005

Edwards tapped to lead new fellowship

Wilson School lecturer Mickey Edwards was named director of a new Aspen Institute fellowship to educate young elected officials and reduce partisanship.The Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership will sponsor 24 officials in a two-year program designed to increase civility in public discourse and promote cooperation across party lines.Though the fellowship will primarily target politicians in local and state government, politicians from all levels of government will be eligible to participate.Edwards, who served as a member of Congress for 16 years, said he looks forward to boosting enthusiasm for public office and reducing partisanship."We will be on the lookout for young leaders who are thoughtful, reflective and not knee-jerk," he said.

NEWS | 01/31/2005

UMCP to leave Witherspoon Street site

The University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) will move from its current Witherspoon Street site within the next five years, following a unanimous vote by the trustees that oversee the hospital.The trustees of the Princeton HealthCare System (PCHS), which owns and runs UMCP, made the decision Jan.

NEWS | 01/31/2005

U. gives 127 acres of land to state

As part of an ongoing effort to conserve open space in New Jersey, the University recently donated 127 acres of land in Plainsboro and South Brunswick.The donation is a part of a five-year collaborative effort between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Plainsboro Township, South Brunswick Township and the University to preserve a total of 187 acres of open space.The donated property lies within the state-designated Princeton Nurseries Historic District and adjacent to the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park.

NEWS | 01/31/2005

Dancing the night away

Gliding across the gym floor in one another's arms, five brightly-clad couples narrowly avoided collision.

NEWS | 01/31/2005

George wins Bradley Prize

Professor Robert George and political commentator George F. Will '66 were named two of the four winners of the Bradley Prize last week, an honor bestowed annually on public intellectuals and academics by the Lynne and Harry Bradley Foundation, a prominent conservative group.George and Will, who will receive $250,000 each, were chosen from more than 100 nominees by a committee made up of conservative heavyweights such as Thomas Rhodes, president of the National Review, a leading national opinion journal; Charles Krauthammer, a syndicated columnist and past winner of the prize; Robert Bork, a renowned legal scholar; and Jean Kirkpatrick, a Regan foreign policy adviser.Michael Grebe, the foundation's president, noted that the winners were being recognized for their achievement with regard to the foundation's purpose, described on its website as "strengthening American democratic capitalism and the institutions, principles and values that sustain and nurture it."Grebe described George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, as a "brilliant scholar." He particularly noted George's contributions in the areas of natural law ? a theory that posits that the standards that govern human behavior are, in some sense, derived from the nature of humans ? and constitutional philosophy, along with his service in government as a member of President Bush's bioethics council.Grebe also singled out George's leadership of the University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

NEWS | 01/30/2005

New editors take over at 'Prince'

What is this?This paper is enormous! And color? What is color doing on it? Has The Daily Princetonian become some sort of wrapping paper?

NEWS | 01/30/2005

Depts. report on grading policy

Students in the chemical engineering department received a memo as they prepared for final exams, confirming that regardless of the size of the class, only 35 percent of the students enrolled would receive A-range grades."Yes, Princeton admits great students and perhaps on an ab solute scale they should all receive A's," departmental representative Jay Benziger said in the memo.

NEWS | 01/30/2005

In its 129th year, the 'Prince' unveils color broadsheet

Today's issue of the 'Prince' features color and a new 12.5x22 -inch broadsheet design, the most striking visual change to the paper in decades.

NEWS | 01/30/2005

Colonial, Terrace fill in first round sign-in

For the third consecutive year, Colonial Club filled in during the first round of sign-ins. Terrace Club also filled, with 93 new members.

NEWS | 01/30/2005

Tuition to rise by 5 percent

Tuition for both undergraduate and graduate students will rise by 5 percent for the 2005-2006 academic year to offset a projected deficit of about $5 million.In a meeting held on Jan.

NEWS | 01/30/2005

Professors criticize Harvard president's comments on gender

Harvard University President Lawrence Summers apologized for the third time Thursday after his suggestion of "innate" differences between men and women in math and science touched off a firestorm of criticism at Princeton and around the country."I deeply regret the impact of my comments and apologize for not having weighed them more carefully," Summers wrote in a letter to the Harvard community.

NEWS | 01/16/2005

SHARE to overhaul program, pick director

Since the departure of Thema Bryant-Davis, Director of Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE) at University Health Services (UHS), the counseling program has been sluggishly rebuilt and UHS has taken steps to make SHARE more effective in the months ahead.However, several student advisers have said they have been dissatisfied with the University's lack of communication and fellow advisers' diminishing participation since Bryant-Davis' departure."The organization hasn't run as smoothly since Thema's departure," student adviser Josh Goldsmith '07 said.

NEWS | 01/16/2005

Campus Club to return to sign-in

Many of sophomore Stephanie Jacobs's upperclass friends belong to Campus Club, but dissatisfaction with the club's Bicker process made her wary of joining.But the club's recent announcement that it would switch to a sign-in selection process changed Jacobs's mind ? she said she now plans to join Campus in February."I think the change was a good one," she said.

NEWS | 01/16/2005

Cottage Bill passed by state assembly, 71-1-4

The passage of what became known as the "Cottage Bill" by both houses of the state assembly on Dec.

NEWS | 01/16/2005

University professors photograph universe

Professors at the University are constantly pushing the boundaries of their disciplines, whether in nanotechnology or literary theory.

NEWS | 01/16/2005

Rogers '87 recounts tsunami disaster experience in Sri Lanka

After water immersed miles of pristine beach in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka, panicked hotel guests ran up the stairs as the ocean plunged into the first-floor rooms.

NEWS | 01/13/2005

Kahneman, Krueger develop happiness survey

A national quality of life index based on a new research method may soon supplement indicators like the gross domestic product.Noble laureate and Wilson School professor Daniel Kahneman and economist Alan Krueger were part of an inter-university team that developed the Day Reconstruction Method for measuring the emotional quality of people's daily experiences.The Day Reconstruction Method requires survey participants to rank specific activities from the previous day on an "enjoyment scale."Kahneman said he thought a new method of ascertaining people's quality of life was necessary because all previous surveys, such as the standard Experience Sampling Method, ask only "superficial, general questions."As a result, "global evaluations are inaccurate," Kahneman said.In their initial survey, 909 working women in Texas composed the sample population.By analyzing the women's responses to their activities, the research team gauged whether people actually enjoy daily activities by getting their opinions directly after the events occurred.And the surveyors found some interesting results.

NEWS | 01/13/2005

The 'Prince' Year in Photos

Images of Princeton: From FitzRandolph Gate without the gate to Election 2004, from the Pre-Rade to protests in the Borough, these photographs capture the dynamics of campus and community during the past year. ->

NEWS | 01/13/2005

Certificate in finance to limit enrollment

Starting with the Class of 2008, the Bendheim Center for Finance will institute more rigorous enrollment requirements for acceptance into its finance certificate program.The number of students in the program has grown from 61 with the Class of 2000 to 155 juniors currently enrolled.But the new selection process, which will require a minimum grade point average in prerequisite courses, will limit the program to approximately 100 certificate candidates in each class.The decision to implement a more selective process came as a result of logistical concerns related to increased student interest in the program."The rising popularity of the certificate in finance has made it difficult for our relatively small faculty specializing in finance to properly teach and advise our students," Director of the Bendheim Center Yacine Ait-Sahalia said in an email.

NEWS | 01/13/2005

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