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A dozen gerbils is an unlikely collection to find anywhere, let alone in a University dorm room. But one junior ? we'll call him 'Jim' ? has assempled just this cast of characters in a cage in his suite's common room.Jim's gerbil colony started when he bought two of the tiny rodens from a pet store this winter, he said.Then, as gerbils will, the pair began to multiply, resulting in the twelve animals he currently cares for.According to the University's "Rights, Rules and Responsibilities" handbook, "Only fish may be kept in dormitory rooms, and tanks are not to exceed 10 gallons."The gerbil-owning junior is not alone in his decision to violate the rules and own a pet.

NEWS | 04/05/2004

Math, natural sciences seek to bolster undergrad enrollment

Math, natural sciences seek to bolster undergrad enrollment

To many Princeton students, the prospect of majoring in math, chemistry, physics or molecular biology is a daunting one.

NEWS | 04/05/2004

Sophs face wait-list for housing

At 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, the last draw groups of the Class of 2006 were receiving the disappointing news that there were no more on-campus rooms available.Because the Housing Department recently adopted a policy guaranteeing housing for all enrolled undergraduates, the students without assigned rooms were placed on a wait-list.

NEWS | 04/04/2004

Contentious Hargadon deanship colors admissions' past and future

On the second floor of Prospect House six years ago, nine faculty members sat at a dinner table with former Admission Dean Fred Hargadon and complained.They thought he was admitting too many athletes, but too few artists and academics.

NEWS | 04/04/2004

Clark '04 takes prize for research

Rick Clark '04 received first place and a $1,000 prize in the first annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) on Saturday for his study on the fluid dynamics of manta rays.Following a keynote address from emeritus chemistry professor Edward Taylor, the finalists ? including Clark ? presented their projects and fielded questions from a panel of judges.Erica Gralla '04 and Naomi Chow '04 received second place and a $500 award for their study of low-earth orbit satellite designs.Mihai Parparita '04 earned the $300 third prize for his research on static and dynamic image stylization.Adler Perotte '04 explored a neural network model to describe components of memory, earning fourth place and a $250 award.Rounding out the finalists, Matt Satriano '05 earned fifth place and a $200 prize for proving special properties of doubly infinite sequences.On March 31, judges awarded six additional prizes: four $100 honorable mentions and two $150 interdisciplinary awards.Clark praised those involved in the symposium.

NEWS | 04/04/2004

Water Watch leads canvassing event in Princeton Borough

Students from the University's chapter of Water Watch traveled throughout Princeton Borough yesterday to educate residents about how to protect water quality and dispose of hazardous waste.

NEWS | 04/04/2004

International Festival celebrates diversity

Foreign music, different dance forms and food from nations around the globe greeted visitors Saturday afternoon at the 30th annual International Festival in Dillon gym.

NEWS | 04/04/2004

University accepts 11.9 percent for Class of 2008

Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye admitted 1,631 of 13,690 applicants to the Class of 2008, her first class since assuming her new job last summer."The admitted students have superb leadership and personal qualities, and possess talents and achievements in areas such as dance, theater, music, athletics, art, politics, debate and community service," Rapelye said in a news release.At 11.9 percent, the overall acceptance rate is 2 percent higher than the rate for the Class of 2007 ? a difference that can be accounted for in the decrease in the number of applicants.In early March, Rapelye said that though the number of applicants to the Class of 2008 was down this year compared to the previous year, the number of "academic 1's" ? students who received the highest possible rank on the admission office's scale that rates the academic quality of candidates ? had increased while the number of weaker candidates had decreased.A total of 1,050 letters were sent on Thursday to students admitted under the University's regular decision plan ? only 8.8 percent of the 11,875 students who applied under regular decision.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

LSAT testing option not available on campus

While the Law School Admission Test is one of the anxiety-provoking exams many University upperclassmen prepare for and worry about, they have to go elsewhere to actually take it.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

Friends donate $10 million for Whitman dorm

The University is now $10 million closer to funding the construction of Whitman College thanks to a gift in that amount from four benefactors.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

Undergraduate researchers exhibit work

In the crowded and poster-filled lobby of Schultz Laboratory on Wednesday, 33 students displayed science and engineering research projects as part of the University's first full-scale Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS)."The URS is designed to dramatically impact science and engineering education at Princeton," the symposium's chair and founder Jordan Amadio '05 said.Organized solely by students, the URS debuted as a pilot project last May with the aim of enhancing cross-disciplinary dialogue in science and engineering fields.This year's event ? supported by the University's Council on Science and Technology as well as science and engineering departments ? also hopes to promote awareness of innovative campus research while giving students insight on careers in science, technology and medicine, Amadio said.And the syposium's centerpiece is a competition to pick the best undergraduate research project.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

Students fight withdrawal stigma

Though "the numbers vary from year to year," University Registrar Joseph Greenberg said, 75 students withdrew voluntarily last year, while 35 were required to for academic or disciplinary reasons.The decision to withdraw "include[d] a wide range of circumstances," Associate Dean of the College Richard Williams said.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

Administration gives rape kits no funding

Despite pledging to add funding for sexual assault examinations to the "highest needs and priorities" agenda of the 2004-2005 budget, the University has decided not to provide funding to perform rape examinations.University Health Services declined to ask for the kits.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

'Obsessed with my iPod'

The white earphones are unmistakable. They dangle from the person passing you on your way to class, the one exercising on the adjacent elliptical machine, and that kid studying behind you in Cafe Vivian.Princeton students, it seems, have embraced the iPod, a compact portable unit for downloading, storing and listening to music.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

University hires architect to redesign Butler as four-year college

The University decided in December 2003 that it would tear down most of Butler College's dormitory buildings rather than renovate them.Wu Hall, 1915 Hall and the yet-to-be completed Ellipse dormitory will continue to be part of Butler, University Architect Jon Hlafter GS '63 said.The trustees said, however, that they hope to blend the new buildings' styles with the remaining architecture of Butler, unlike the case of Whitman College, for which the trustees prescribed a collegiate Gothic style.Of the current buildings, the University plans to tear down Lourie-Love, 1922, 1940, 1941 and 1942 halls. Architecture firm selectedThe new buildings' architectural styles have not yet been determined, Hlafter added.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

Students not affected by closing of area stores

The face of Nassau Street ? and the surrounding area ? has changed this school year with the closing of the Rusty Scupper and Sam Goody and the opening of a new location for the Carousel restaurant.However, these changes have had only limited effects on the dining and shopping patterns of most University students.The Rusty Scupper, a steak and seafood restaurant located on Alexander Street, closed its doors in January.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

U. to host Bush-Kerry debate

This is the Prince's April Fools Day article, though this notice does not appear in print.The first presidential debate between Sen.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

Proposed Borough tax hike spurs uproar

A proposed 20-percent tax hike has set off a flurry of criticism from Borough homeowners and thrown elected officials on the defensive."I'm outraged," said Charlotte O'Connell, a Patton Avenue resident.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

Professors partner with BP, Ford to explore CO2 emissions

British Petroleum and Ford Motor Company, earlier this year, renewed their commitment of financial aid to the University in the Carbon Mitigation Investigation (CMI) ? a project aimed at researching the greenhouse effect and global warming.A large part of the project focuses on alternative ways to collect and store carbon dioxide gas, which is produced by the burning of fossil fuels.Currently, vast quantities of the gas are released into the atmosphere and strengthen the greenhouse effect ? an ecological phenomenon characterized by increasing global temperatures.It is an environmental problem that needs to be taken seriously, said Robert Socolow, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and CMI's co-director.After internal and external reviews of CMI's progress over the past three years, the project, led by Socolow and Steve Pacala, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was awarded its second allocation of funds.Socolow said the industries have pledged $20 million to the University over the length of 10 years.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

For bouncers, job brings unusual perks and pitfalls

By day, he is a self-employed graphics arts designer specializing in motorcycles and street bikes.

NEWS | 03/30/2004

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