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Administrators visit Asia, seek to improve University profile

Administrators visit Asia, seek to improve University profile

President Tilghman and three top University officials spent fall recess on a 10-day, four-city tour of cities in China, Korea and Japan designed to raise the University's profile in Asia.Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye, Dean of the Graduate School William Russel and Miguel Centeno, director of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) accompanied Tilghman.The tour, which included stops in Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong and Seoul, also reached out to University alumni living in those cities."We are at somewhat of a disadvantage relative to peer institutions like Stanford and Harvard because we don't have the very large professional schools," Tilghman said.

NEWS | 11/22/2004

Fair highlights U.'s efforts to promote smaller departments

The Majors Fair on Friday gave students the chance to either explore major options or find out more about their favorite department.Departments, especially small ones, tried to convince students to concentrate.Since last year, the administration has called attention to the fact that over half of students choose to concentrate in five departments ? English, politics, history, economics and the Wilson School.In an effort to inform students about the opportunities among small departments, the University released "Major Choices" ? a book of profiles of alumni from smaller departments ? earlier this semester.Professor Robert Phinney of the geosciences department, which had 17 junior and senior concentrators last year, said he believes smaller departments have to try harder to attract students. He explained his rationale in terms of the geology department"There's no AP course in geology, and it's not really taught in high school," Phinney said.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

RIAA begins new round of file-sharing lawsuits

Beginning a new round of copyright infringement lawsuits, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Thursday they will be taking legal action against 791 individuals suspected of illegally downloading music files.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

Burst pipe floods rooms in Forbes

A pipe in the Forbes Main Inn burst Friday at 10:30 p.m., flooding the building's second floor with hot water.A brass-plated fitting broke in a pipe causing water to drip through the ceiling.The flood most severely damaged two rooms on the second floor, but the dripping water dampened the carpet of two rooms on the first floor as well."The water came through the closet and also the bathroom . . . There were a couple of inches of water," said Teresa Velez '07, whose second floor room was most affected.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

MoMA opens after renovation, expansion

Daily life in New York City was ostensibly the same on Nov. 15. The Cup of Noodles advertisement in Times Square still smoked, and leering old men took drags from cigarettes on 7th Avenue.But there was one significant difference ? the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) was returning to midtown after three-and-a-half-years in Queens.Barely more than a hour away from the University, the museum has offered a major culture destination to many University students.The day marked the Opening Press Review at the MoMA ? the unveiling of its revamped 53rd Street location.The museum opened to the public on Saturday.The new MoMA building was designed to be more conducive to viewing art, with more spacious interiors and cascading natural light.The museum's glass, granite and aluminum architecture gives the building a futuristic feel.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

Princeton Project releases national security report

The Princeton Project on National Security released its first paper last Wednesday, "U.S. National Security Strategy: Lenses and Landmarks," by Richard Betts, the director of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University.The Wilson School unveiled The Princeton Project on National Security in May in an ambitious attempt to develop a longterm national security strategy for the United States."We have over 200 of the leading thinkers in foreign policy involved with the project," Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 said.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

USG discusses ban on smoking in dorm rooms

The USG discussed endorsing an Undergraduate Life Committee resolution to ban smoking in all residential areas during its Sunday meeting.Despite concerns of negative student responses, Undergraduate Life Committee Chair Juan Lessing '05 attempted to garner support for the resolution."Cigarette fires cause 30 percent of all fire deaths," Lessing said.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

E-Council presents awards to outstanding teachers

Students presented the Engineering Council "Excellence in Teaching" Awards on Friday to four professors and two graduate student teaching assistants to honor their dedication and enthusiasm in teaching undergraduates in spring 2004 classes."The E-Council Teaching Awards are the only entirely student-given teaching awards on campus," said Sarah Moore '06, chair of the Engineering Council Teaching Awards.The E-Council runs the nomination, voting and comments process in which undergraduate engineers can award top professors and teaching assistants, she said.Professor Alexander Smits of MAE 222/CEE 208: Mechanics of Fluid; professor Pablo Debenedetti of CHE 246: Thermodynamics; professor Hugo Simao of ORF 201: Computer Methods for Problem Solving; and professor Robert Dondero of COS 217: Introduction to Programming Systems won the award.The award was also given to graduate students Dries Darius and Steve Mwenifumbo for ORF 335/ECO 335: Introduction to Financial Engineering and CEE 364: Materials in Civil Engineering, respectively.For the first time, the awards were presented by students who had taken the classes and nominated the instructors.Bob Moore '06 and Chris Wynnyk '06 presented their award to Dondero."I feel like I just won the World Series.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

University shut out from Rhodes

Princeton applicants were not among the recipients of the 2005 Rhodes scholarship. The Rhodes Trust announced the 32 winners, selected from a pool of 904 American applicants, this weekend.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

Princetonian Idol 2 highlights student talent, awards prizes

Tom Haine '08 took home the crowning title at Saturday's Princetonian Idol 2, a competition based on the hit FOX television show "American Idol." Three judges, including last year's winner Kamille Davis '05, critiqued the 13 musical acts before a full audience in a Frist Campus Center's multipurpose room.

NEWS | 11/21/2004

Upperclassmen build bars to decorate dorm rooms

When seniors Christo Logan and Adam Leive moved into their Dod Hall room this fall, they found a spacious common room with little else but a desk and two chairs.

NEWS | 11/18/2004

Robertson lawsuit most expensive in U. history

The Robertson Foundation lawsuit has cost the University and the Robertson family more than $7 million in total, making the case the most expensive in the University's history.University General Counsel Peter McDonough said in an interview that the University has spent "an excess of $2 million" on the 27-month-old case.The Robertsons have spent over $5 million, according to a review of the tax forms of the Banbury Fund, the Robertson family's $41 million private foundation that has footed the plaintiff's bill, and interviews with William Robertson '72, the chief plaintiff and president of the Fund.Since the plaintiffs ? Robertson, his sisters Katherine Ernst and Anne Meier and cousin Robert Halligan ? sued in July 2002 for control of the Wilson School's $600 million endowment, both sides have devoted an increasing number of hours and lawyers to the case."Given the amount at stake, the number of depositions and number of lawyers involved, the costs of the case don't surprise me," said Tom Cunniff '89, an attorney at the local firm Fox Rothschild.Prior to the suit, McDonough said the most the University spent on a single case was roughly half a million dollars on the 1990 negligence suit of B.J.

NEWS | 11/18/2004

Science sequence gives freshmen integrated perspective

The new integrated science sequence known as "An Integrated, Quantitative Introduction to the Natural Sciences" ? which is cross-listed as CHM 231, COS 231, MOL 231 and PHY 231 ? is getting rave reviews from its students.The science course ? intended as a two-semester sequence ? is an integrated approach to science that is designed to draw connections between fields.

NEWS | 11/18/2004

Class options overwhelm students

Students across campus will meet with advisers to select courses for the spring this week and next.

NEWS | 11/18/2004

Coalition formed to promote ethical voting

With a $9.6 billion endowment as of March 2004, the University has an enormous amount of investing power.

NEWS | 11/17/2004

Katzenjammers test new Microsoft products

What if your student group could get a free Xbox? How about a bunch of video games to go along with it?

NEWS | 11/17/2004

N.J. colleges request additional funds from state

New Jersey's college presidents voted unanimously Monday to request an additional $208.6 million in higher education funding from the state following several years of stretched finances.The proposals were passed at a meeting of the Executive Board of the New Jersey Presidents' Council at Rutgers University.

NEWS | 11/17/2004

Squash players await approval for club team

Squash may soon be the 39th club sport offered at the University.The prospective team, organized by Luke Cohler '08, is still awaiting University approval.Cohler said he wanted to start the club because he enjoys the sport but does not consider himself "varsity material."Club Squash practices and matches could be easier to schedule than team sports that have to share fields."Princeton is unusual in that we have two squash courts, one for varsity and one for others," Cohler said.

NEWS | 11/17/2004

OIT still working on new e-mail server glitches

Three weeks after OIT upgraded its email software, students are still reporting glitches and incompatibilities with their PCs.Some students still cannot send Microsoft Word attachments while using the browser Internet Explorer 6.1 with the new Sun ONE Messaging Server, said Dan Oberst, head of the Enterprise Infrastructure Services at OIT.OIT has been in close contact with Sun Microsystems, the makers of the new messaging system, and has received all but one final patch for the system.

NEWS | 11/17/2004

Sophomores create anti-Rocky shirts

If you happen to receive one of the last times during room draw, you can expect to spend next year in a tiny, cramped dorm room.

NEWS | 11/17/2004

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