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A 19-year-old sophomore on Sunday afternoon was found dead in her dorm room in Wilson College, the University said.Melissa Huang of Mechanicsburg, Pa., was found in her 1939 Hall room by a University custodian and her parents, who had arranged a meeting with her, the University said.While officials have ruled out criminal activity, Media Relations Manager Patricia Allen said Public Safety reported that initial tests to determine the cause of death were inconclusive.

NEWS | 05/13/2004

Princeton tops magazine rankings, again

Princeton tops magazine rankings, again

Status-watchers rest assured: for the fifth straight year, Princeton tops U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.The annual rankings, released Thursday, have Princeton and Harvard University sharing the number one spot out of 248 national universities.

NEWS | 05/13/2004

Science journal to debut this fall

Science and engineering students will have an opportunity this fall to publish their junior papers, theses or independent work in the Princeton Journal of Science, a new student-run publication."Our purpose is to recognize, encourage and promote outstanding scientific work, modeled after professional journals such as Nature and the New England Journal of Medicine," editor-in-chief and co-founder David Khalil '05 said.The journal will incorporate student research from the natural sciences, engineering disciplines and even fields such as anthropology and sociology."A scientifically oriented and professional journal is long overdue at Princeton.

NEWS | 05/13/2004

Students debate FitzRandolph Gate graduation legend

As freshmen, Kyle Weston '94 and a fellow classmate walked through the FitzRandolph Gate while rushing to Victor's Pizzeria for a slice."Only after the fact, slobbering at the mouth with red sauce and all, did we realize that exiting the gate prior to graduation set an immediate curse upon you," Weston said.The myth of the FitzRandolph Gate warns that if you exit the gate before graduation, you might not graduate."Well, we got a few chuckles out of it ? 'yeah, right, whatever!'" Weston said, "though perhaps a few 'what ifs' did gnaw at the mind ? 'what if I do fail . . . what would mom and dad think.'"The FitzRandolph Gate was initially constructed to keep townspeople off the University campus.

NEWS | 05/13/2004

After 17 years, cicadas return to campus

As students leave for summer vacation, swarms of noisy, orange-and-black creatures will be making their cyclic return to campus for a brief stay before disappearing again.They're not alumni coming back for Reunions; they're a type of cicadas that emerge from underground once every 17 years.Unlike the green cicadas that appear every July, periodical cicadas live in the soil as nymphs for 17 years before burrowing through to the surface.Trillions are expected to cover most of the eastern region of North America beginning in late May and are expected to reach densities of up to 40,000 per acre.Notorious for their overwhelming number and constant singing, the cicadas, which can grow to two inches in length, will be in full force during Reunions and Commencement this year ? just as they were in 1987 and 1970."You literally had to shout to talk to people even if you were walking next to them," recalled John Loose '70.

NEWS | 05/13/2004

Physical therapists offer free services

Care for a deep tissue massage performed by a licensed specialist, just steps away from your dorm room?

NEWS | 05/11/2004

University investigates Verizon for contract violation

The University is investigating whether Verizon Wireless held an unauthorized contest for tickets to the Maroon 5 concert, hosted May 2 by Quadrangle Club in conjunction with the University, according to Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne.The agency that booked the concert, More Music Group, will investigate the claims on behalf of the University.

NEWS | 05/11/2004

Doran rejects Brandeis offer, awaits University tenure

Michael Doran GS '97, a popular assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, has decided to remain at Princeton after the dean of the faculty's office responded favorably to a competing job offer extended to him by Brandeis University."I am free to tell you that I will be staying on at Princeton," he said in an e-mail Monday afternoon.NES department chair Andras Hamori confirmed that Doran decided to stay at the University after "Princeton responded generously to the Brandeis offer."In mid-March, Brandeis extended a job offer to Doran ? with tenure.Though officials there were unavailable to comment, Doran confirmed earlier that he was named a candidate for the directorship of the university's new $30 million Center for Middle East Studies.Brandeis' offer prompted Princeton's NES department to consider Doran for tenure and propose a counteroffer in order to retain him.Just under two weeks after the Brandeis offer, the department recommended Doran for tenure to the Committee of Three, the group responsible for final tenure recommendations.As of Tuesday, a final decision regarding Doran's tenure was still pending.

NEWS | 05/11/2004

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NEWS | 05/11/2004

Grad student party shut down after 'miscommunication'

Philosophy graduate students expressed anger with Associate Dean of Student Affairs Joy Montero after Public Safety shut down their end-of-year party on the evening of Friday, April 30, on orders from her office.The disagreement between the students and Montero's office focused on whether Montero had approved the party."We have huge complaints with Public Safety and the office of F.

NEWS | 05/11/2004

Stone discusses work on Fidel Castro

Considered by many to be one of today's most controversial film directors, three-time Academy Award winner Oliver Stone is generally known for movies that explore the various facets of America's domestic landscape.

NEWS | 05/09/2004

Students compose music to win iPod

When Dan Semaya '04 first experimented with Apple Computer's new GarageBand software last January, it resonated with him so much that he decided to promote the contest, GarageBandFEST '04.Semaya, the University's campus representative for Apple Computer and president and founder of the Princeton Student Macintosh Users' Group, came up with the idea to award students for displaying originality and creativity while using the GarageBand program.

NEWS | 05/09/2004

Glenn '05 devotes time to service

At 7:30 in the morning, the University is quiet ? except for the ambitious runner or student who wants breakfast before an 8:30 class.But Katy Glenn '05 is already up.

NEWS | 05/09/2004

Broad-based upperclass role seen

The Tilghman administration envisions the four-year residential college system integrating every undergraduate, according to a recent self-study of the plans to set up the system.The plan highlights how the administration hopes that upperclassmen who choose not to join an eating club, as well as those who choose to join clubs, will have a place in the colleges.

NEWS | 05/09/2004

Shades of Princeton site provides forum

To establish a campus-based forum for incidents of discrimination, Sustained Dialogue launched a website titled, "Shades of Princeton" last Thursday.The website, shadesofprinceton.org, encourages members of the University community to anonymously submit or comment on any incident of discrimination, including cases of race, religion, size and class."The main goal of the website is to create awareness on race relations and use that as a source of momentum to effect a change," Brian Kirk '06, a Sustained Dialogue director, said.One of the biggest problems in tackling the issue of race relations on campus, according to Kirk, is making people aware that a problem exists.

NEWS | 05/06/2004

Singer authors book on the role of ethics in Bush presidency

Peter Singer is best known as one of the most controversial philosophers of our time. He became the Ira W.

NEWS | 05/06/2004

USG approves changes to Honor Code unanimously

The USG unanimously approved a proposal Tuesday requiring the Honor Committee to consider whether a student "should have reasonably understood that his or her actions were in violation of the Honor Code" when determining penalties for cheating.The amendment, which took effect immediately, lists reasonable knowledge of the code as an extenuating circumstance, which may reduce a punishment from suspension to probation."I think there are many cases in which students for whatever reason may break the rules without knowing they're doing it, and unless its written in the constitution, you have to be punished," Shaun Callaghan '06, USG vice president, said."I think this institutionalizes some type of fairness for people who are unaware of a certain regulation or rule they were violating, and it gives flexibility to the Honor Committee."Ignorance of the Honor Code will not be a legitimate excuse, but the committee will consider instances such as when a student did not know he was violating a teacher's policy on an exam. Censure optionThe amendment also allows the committee to suspend a student "with censure." The words would appear on the offending student's transcript to mark a particularly serious offense.The censure option allows the committee to penalize students who have committed an offense more serious than those that usually merit a one-year suspension, but not severe enough to deserve a two-year suspension. 'Intent'The amendment was prompted by a failed undergraduate-wide referendum last year that would have required the Honor Committee to consider a student's intention when determining penalties.Some students were opposed to the referendum's use of the word "intent," arguing that the Honor Committee could not determine a student's true intent."We thought with the word 'intent' we'd be having to get into the heads of the students," Honor Committee Chairman Eli Goldsmith '04 said, emphasizing that intent could not be determined by concrete evidence.

NEWS | 05/06/2004

University receives RIAA suit subpoena

The University received a subpoena Wednesday ordering it to disclose the names of three community members being sued by the recording industry for copyright infringement.

NEWS | 05/06/2004

Cary retires as pre-med adviser after eight years at post

An average of 140 students apply to medical school from the University each year. About 90 percent of them get in, almost twice the national average, according to the University's Health Professions Advising (HPA) office.But next year's premeds will have to do without the current director of HPA, Jane Cary, who has spent the past eight years guiding University students through the intensive application process.Cary originally came to Princeton from Amherst College when her husband Michael was appointed headmaster of the nearby Lawrenceville School.

NEWS | 05/06/2004

Two assaults reported over weekend

Public Safety and Borough Police reported Sunday that two assaults had occurred in the immediate vicinities of Colonial and Tower clubs Saturday night.In its Sunday police blotter, Public Safety reported that a University student had been assaulted at Tower Club on Saturday night.Further investigation by Public Safety revealed that the conflict was between a bouncer and student member of the club."At first, the University student had reported that he had been assaulted by a non-student," said Duncan Harrison, acting associate director of operations for Public Safety.

NEWS | 05/04/2004

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