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University chemists refute accepted particle packing theory

University chemists refute accepted particle packing theory

University scientists in the chemistry department have made a discovery that refutes a 40-year-old belief about how particles behave in a vessel.Their discovery may offer new insights into the nature of non-crystalline materials and granular materials, according to chemistry professor Sal Torquato, who is a member of the team that made the breakthrough.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Long-standing policy keeps Versity.com off campus

A recent controversy at Yale University has brought Versity.com ? an Internet company that provides lecture notes for courses at about 150 colleges and universities nationwide ? to the forefront of a continuing debate over professors' intellectual property rights.Versity.com pays students for their lecture notes and then makes the notes available online.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Borough Council considers traffic pattern recommendations

In an attempt to alleviate traffic congestion in the greater Princeton area, the Borough Council is considering altering traffic-signal patterns and widening intersections.The traffic options resulted from a recently completed study by Garmen Associates ? a transportation engineering firm located in Montvale ? and were presented to the council by Garmen engineer Gary Davies at a meeting earlier this month."[The Borough] really needed a master plan to better understand what the emerging traffic concerns were," Davies said.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Opposition subsides as D-Bar enacts new policy

The new policy at the D-Bar ? which will allow only residents of the Graduate College and their guests to attend the bar until membership stickers are distributed next month ? was implemented Saturday night.On April 16, the committee will distribute 200 membership stickers and, it will disperse 100 more May 16 to non-resident members.Adrian Banner, head of the Graduate College House Committee, said he is satisfied with the decision, which was reached by the house committee and deans of the graduate school March 15.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

No cost, no alcohol, but plenty of cigarettes, at least for Stewart

Drawn by the promise of comedic brilliance and the beauty of free admission, thousands of students piled into Dillon Gym on Saturday night to experience the local humor of Jon Stewart.In addition to the 2,100 students who watched the show, about 200 students were turned away from the door after waiting in a line extending beyond Patton Hall, according to Lee Vartan '00, the student event organizer.The event ? which was coordinated by all four classes ? attracted far more students than expected, according to Nina Langsam, Class of 2003 social chair.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Fire leaves Frist roof undamaged

The fire Thursday night, which burned on the roof of the Frist Campus Center for more than 35 minutes, is not expected to delay the building's construction or opening this fall, campus center director Paul Breitman said Friday.Keith Stanisce, senior vice president of the Barr & Barr Builders, Inc. ? the company performing the renovation ? said the fire had burned some materials on the roof, but had not penetrated the structure."There's no hindrance to our schedule," he said.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

It is often assumed that math instruction at Princeton suffers mainly because of a low level of English proficiency among some instructors. But that isn't the whole story.

When the University announced earlier this year that preceptors would be subject to more stringent English proficiency standards, many undergraduates reflexively pointed to math as the department that is most often plagued by language barriers between students and instructors.But some believe that problems associated with math education at Princeton are about a different kind of barrier.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Students audition for 'Greed'

Eager for a moment of fame on the game known in America for its high financial stakes, about 85 University students traveled to the Hyatt Regency on U.S.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

'Carpe diem': Senior takes a road trip to 'Dead Poets' school

Upperclassmen frequently complain that after four years, the 'Street' is stale and that Saturday nights at Princeton are boring.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

At Princeton, life after tenure provides no rest for the weary

Tenure - the lofty institution that guarantees lifetime job security at the University - does not come easily at Princeton.And those who earn it find that the intensity of academic life at Princeton does not diminish at all after they receive their promotion.Tenured astrophysics professor Edwin Turner said he believes professors' desire to continue their studies prevents much "dead wood" from collecting in the Princeton faculty.History professor Laura Engelstein, who is also tenured, agreed.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

10 sophomores win grants to pursue summer activities

The University announced yesterday 10 winners of the Martin A. Dale prizes, which allow sophomore recipients to complete non-academic projects that pertain to personal interests during the summer.The prizes ? which each carry a $3,000 stipend ? were first offered in the early 1990s by Martin Dale '53.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

Not finding summer lovin' in job search

As part of my preparation for the summer job search, I have finally figured out where the Career Services building is.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

Student wins big on MTV thanks to irresistible Princeton charm

Unlike other students on Spring Break in Cancun, Gary Baumwoll '02 didn't spend his time preying on the opposite sex.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

Institute physicist Dyson wins major religion prize

Physicist Freeman Dyson, a professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, was awarded the 2000 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion on Wednesday.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

Future campus center ignites in blaze, but no one is injured

Smoke visible from Prospect Avenue swirled from the Frist Campus Center as a fire blazed through the roof last night.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

From the classroom to the country: students, faculty explore Cuba

While the American and Cuban governments have argued for more than four months over whether to send one Cuban boy back to Havana, 18 Princeton students have already been there and back in fewer than 10 days.During Spring Break, the students and three professors traveled to Havana to research and explore the country.

NEWS | 03/22/2000

In Holder, more than your daily cup of tea

Eva Steinle-Darling '03"Sam has these tea parties every Sunday. We just usually sit around and have tea and talk.

NEWS | 03/22/2000

Journal points out University's shortage of black professors

Despite President Shapiro's stated commitment to recruit more minority faculty members, the University placed 24th out of the nation's 27 highest-ranked universities in a recent survey comparing percentages of black faculty members.The survey ? which was published in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education's winter 1999 issue ? reported that out of the University's 734 professors, only 15 are African American, making up just two percent of the faculty."The numbers are disgraceful," said American studies program director Sean Wilentz, who is a member of the committee dedicated to recruiting more minority faculty members.

NEWS | 03/22/2000

NAACP chairman Bond revisits the 'dream'

Julian Bond once took a class at Morehouse College in Georgia taught by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Today, the civil rights activist and chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is dedicated to upholding the principles for which the legendary King once fought."We were never intimate friends," Bond said in an interview yesterday.

NEWS | 03/22/2000

Jon Stewart recalls life as a local boy

When Jon Stewart reflects on growing up in central New Jersey, three particularly poignant memories enter the townie-turned-television-titan's mind."Hoagie Haven, Genessee Cream Ale and whizzing on the Mercer Oak," he said.Upon learning that the Mercer Oak is no longer standing, Stewart responded, "I blame Yale.

NEWS | 03/22/2000

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