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Growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, Natasha Japanwala ’14 lived just a block from a street where homeless people slept in rows. And while living conditions on her street were more comfortable, safety threats made simple things like riding a bicycle alone in her neighborhood unimaginable.

NEWS | 10/26/2010

Fantasy author writes on secret campus world

Fantasy author writes on secret campus world

Fantasy author Sarah Beth Durst ’96 distinctly remembers the first time she visited Princeton. “When you go down Washington Road with all the elm trees over it, it felt like I was coming to another world,” Durst said. “That passageway was a transformative experience.”

NEWS | 10/26/2010

Worm aging process may aid female fertility

Molecular biology professor Coleen Murphy and Shijing Luo GS may have found a way to slow down the ticking of a woman’s biological clock: worms.

NEWS | 10/26/2010

Watched around the world

The day that their classmates received their diplomas, Connor Diemand-Yauman ’10 and Jonathan Schwartz ’10 skidded down a Swedish mountain on high-performance sleds in pursuit of $1 million.

NEWS | 10/26/2010

Co-ops introduce first-time meal exchange program for members

With her plate full of pizza — one meat lover’s slice, one cottage cheese and apple, and one strawberry and Nutella — Anjali Bisaria ’12 said, “This is probably the best meal so far this semester.”

NEWS | 10/24/2010

Target: Princeton

Sheila Nall knew police officers were searching her secluded Princeton neighborhood for a fugitive one day last March. But she didn’t know that the wanted man had apparently spent the night hiding out in her garage.

NEWS | 10/24/2010

Mmegwa wins 2014 presidency

Luchi Mmegwa was elected Class of 2014 president after last week’s runoff voting, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 announced in an e-mail to the freshman class Friday evening. Michael Moses and Sophia Deng were elected vice president and treasurer, respectively.

NEWS | 10/24/2010

Dining Services reshuffles chefs' kitchen assignments

Mediterranean salads featuring calamari and scungilli, made-to-order gyros, and smoothies are among this year’s additions to residential college dining menus. Along with a greater variety of options, a chain of personnel shifts has shaken up chef placements, while more dining halls have gone trayless.

NEWS | 10/24/2010

Harsh ’09 was accused of sexual assault, Gawker reports

Griff Harsh ’09, the son of Princeton donor and California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman ’77, was accused of sexual assault while at the University, the gossip website Gawker reported on Friday.

NEWS | 10/24/2010

Rogers ’80 to head council for citizens’ financial education

When Wilson School professor Uwe Reinhardt had his first son, he received a visit from an insurance salesman attempting to sell him a questionable life insurance policy designed to yield a higher commission.

NEWS | 10/24/2010

Nkhereanye ’93 gets prison for $2 million Ponzi scheme

Makara Nkhereanye ’93 and identical twin brother Tsele face up to 10-and-a-half years behind bars for running a $2 million investment scam.

NEWS | 10/24/2010

PrinceCast #4: Challenging Homophobia

Michael Medeiros and Luke Massa sit down to discuss Massa's column on challenging homophobia on campus.

NEWS | 10/21/2010

Study: Alcohol consumption lowers academic performance

Students in the thick of midterms may want to take note of a recent study that empirically demonstrates what they may already know: Alcohol consumption before and during final exam period is detrimental to students’ performance. The effect is particularly significant for the highest-performing students, according to the study, which was released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in September.

NEWS | 10/21/2010

Former Pixar artist illustrates ancient Hindu tale

For Pixar animation artist Sanjay Patel, finding a cross between his Hindu upbringing and love of art was an accident 30 years in the making. The product of his discovery is a modern, illustrated retelling of the ancient Hindu story “Ramayana.”

NEWS | 10/21/2010

Battlefield construction faces dissent

A new report on the historical significance of Princeton Battlefield has given added ammunition to opponents of a plan by the Institute for Advanced Study to build housing on the site.

NEWS | 10/21/2010

Study: Students apathetic about voting in this year's elections

Young adults were a key constituency in the 2008 presidential election but seem to have lost their enthusiasm, according to results from a study by Harvard’s Institute of Politics released Thursday.

NEWS | 10/21/2010

Web Update: Mmegwa ’14 elected class president

Luchi Mmegwa was elected Class of 2014 president following runoff elections earlier this week, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 announced in an e-mail to the Class of 2014 on Friday evening.

NEWS | 10/21/2010

One couple's fight

When Joshua Vandiver GS met Henry Velandia, his future husband, in 2006, he never imagined that he would be fighting to save him from deportation less than four years later.

NEWS | 10/21/2010

Group recalls time spent pursuing entrepreneurship

Before launching zandigo.com, founders Jeremy Johnson, Joseph Perla ’11 and Breanden Benneschott ’11 were shopping for a tent at a Boston sporting goods store. The four planned to sleep in a park while crashing a Harvard conference for admission officers, to whom they planned to pitch a website that allowed admission officers to access the profiles of high school students for a small fee.

NEWS | 10/20/2010

University ranked No. 100 on list of most expensive schools

Though students may still be bitter that the University placed second in this year’s U.S. News & World Report ranking of the top U.S. universities, Princeton barely eked into the top 100 on another ranking, placing behind institutions ranging from Bates College to College of the Holy Cross.

NEWS | 10/20/2010

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