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Computer, Xbox stolen in Henry, student reports

Computer, Xbox stolen in Henry, student reports

In the early morning hours of Sept. 12, an unidentified student residing in Henry Hall reported a burglary with damages estimated at $4,305, Public Safety crime prevention specialist Barry Weiser said."The amount of money involved in this theft makes it a major item," Weiser said.

NEWS | 09/16/2003

Long-time owners of Hoagie Haven back at their counter after 15 years

Hoagie Haven has new counters, a new floor and a new "heart-stop special" ? a bacon cheese steak with eggs for $6.55 ? but the faces behind the counter are familiar.

NEWS | 09/16/2003

New year brings stricter dorm alcohol enforcement

Though the University has made no formal changes to student alcohol policy, it is stepping up education programs and vowing to enforce more strictly standing regulations concerning alcohol use."This year the RAs, MAAs and RCAs have been asked to increase their efforts to confront violations of the alcohol policy that jeopardize the safety of students or property or that show disrespect for the community," said Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan in an email.To curb dangerous drinking this year, the University also encouraged the Class of '07 to take AlcoholEdu ? a three-hour online course on alcohol and the law ? during the summer, instead of when they arrived on campus."The policy is pretty much the same, but the tolerance associated with its implementation has gone down," Wilson College Assistant Master Rupinder Singh said in an email.

NEWS | 09/16/2003

Princeton summer spent constructing new campus

While many renovation projects have yet to be completed, East Pyne Hall and the Marquand Art Museum rejoined the University's functioning buildings at the beginning of this year.

NEWS | 09/15/2003

Crime rate high for first weekend

More crime on campus was committed at the start of this year than last year, but the development is not disturbing, authorities said."It was the worst weekend in a long time," said Barry Weiser, Public Safety crime prevention specialist."I think it's [attributable] to the beginning of the school year.

NEWS | 09/15/2003

U-2 opens 24/7, finding more sales and challenging 'Wa, Frist

The signs outside of the University Store's U-2 convenience mart pose the question, "U-2, 24/7, How convenient is that?" According to students who have taken advantage of the newly extended hours, the answer is very."The 24-hour thing is nice to have when you're studying late at night," Natalie Kurz '04 said.

NEWS | 09/15/2003

Peter Lewis '55: Doling out money from the high seas

"I'm spending a lot of my life in the lap of luxury," Peter Lewis '55 said last week from his $16.5 million yacht off the shore of Lake Michigan.

NEWS | 09/15/2003

With items lost, students find moving, storage agency unreliable

For those students who hail from far away places or even for those simply needing the extra room, finding summer storage is a part of Princeton life.

NEWS | 09/15/2003

Wilson School to partner more closely with NYU law

NEW YORK ? There is no law school at the University ? a fact that students and professors have alternatively boasted of and complained about for years.The University is, however, home to a law and public affairs program, but that wasn't enough for Michael Doyle, a prestigious international relations theorist who left the University in June for a joint appointment in Columbia's law and global affairs schools."It's not quite the same as a law school," he said in a recent interview in his office here.But the University's Wilson School and New York University's law school are trying to forge a closer partnership, involving joint courses, research opportunities and possibly faculty appointments.The effort began when Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, an international lawyer, became Wilson School dean in September 2002.

NEWS | 09/15/2003

East Pyne, Marquand projects complete, others continue

In order to ensure no building becomes outdated, the University each year starts several construction projects on various buildings around campus and usually completes those projects in the late summer.

NEWS | 09/14/2003

WWS split over global studies

In spring 2002, President Tilghman faced a problem. In her first year as president, world affairs had taken on a new level of importance in the nation.

NEWS | 09/14/2003

University dedicates garden to alumni lost in Sept. 11 attacks

Two years and two days after the tragic events of Sept. 11, President Tilghman and the Alumni Council dedicated a Memorial Garden in honor of 13 Princeton alumni who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks.Families and friends assembled Saturday afternoon and braved mud and drizzle to remember their loved ones.

NEWS | 09/14/2003

Students unfazed by price increases at Frist Campus Center food court

As Robert Brutus '05 ate his turkey hoagie in the Frist Campus Center Saturday afternoon, he felt his $5.40 lunch was overpriced, but he understood the need to make price increases."Frist is just like any other restaurant that you go to," Brutus said.

NEWS | 09/14/2003

Family of Fitzgerald's lover donates correspondence

"I only mark the hours that shine," writes Ginevra King, a striking young debutante from the elite Westover School in Connecticut and first love of F.

NEWS | 09/14/2003

New savings program may reduce final cost of college

The University is participating in a new college savings plan that may let parents save on tuition.The group introducing the Independent 529 Plan has made arrangements with 224 universities to give parents a rebate on tuition, depending on how much they invest in the plan.

NEWS | 09/11/2003

Available rooms surface for all wait-listed juniors this summer

Sometimes bad luck can change when you least expect it, as some juniors wait-listed after last year's room draw recently discovered.About 85 lucky members of the Class of '05 were assigned rooms during the summer in 1903 Hall ? one of the campus's more desirable dorms, with its courtyard lawn, ivy-covered walls and prime location.

NEWS | 09/11/2003

Under no-loan policy, record number of freshmen receive aid

As freshmen arrived on campus this year, the University announced that the Class of 2007 has 52 percent of the students receiving aid.The percentage of incoming freshmen receiving financial aid has steadily risen since 38 percent of the Class of 2001 received aid.The high number of financial aid recipients this year can partially be attributed to improvements in financial aid in the last several years, said Don Betterton, director of undergraduate financial aid since 1975.

NEWS | 09/11/2003

Students couldn't go to China -- so teachers brought China to the students

At the beginning of this summer's Princeton in Beijing program, it was hard for students to forget that they were not in Beijing.

NEWS | 09/11/2003

OIT considers new anti-worm plans

After a summer plagued by the spread of numerous computer viruses across the University network, OIT is looking into taking new measures to protect campus machines, which may include the automated installation of security patches to each of the thousands of computers on the network.The plan would eliminate the need for individual users to visit Microsoft's website to download new patches as security flaws in the Windows operating system are discovered.As of yesterday afternoon ? a day after Wednesday's email from OIT asking the University community to install the latest Windows patch ? roughly half of students had updated their computers, The Daily Princetonian determined.The request came as the University was still recovering from the Stealther, Blaster and Welchia worms.

NEWS | 09/11/2003

Student aversion toward Friday classes fails to faze professors

Many University students adore their three-day weekends that start with Thursday night partying on the Street and end late Sunday evening with last-minute papers and readings.But Princeton administrators and professors say adding more classes to Fridays could increase flexibility in scheduling, though they have no plans to add on Friday courses just yet."I feel Friday is an underutilized class time," said Associate Dean of the College Howard Dobin.Around the country, however, Friday classes are happening more often.

NEWS | 09/11/2003

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