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Housing Office to implement new room draw policy

Housing Office to implement new room draw policy

Residential colleges will no longer be zoned by class year. Certain rooms — which will be unavailable during the room draw process — will be designated for incoming freshmen with the goal of bringing them in greater proximity with their RCAs.

NEWS | 02/10/2010

Sahi '10 finds piracy on BitTorrent

It is common knowledge that most Internet file sharing is illegal, but Sauhard Sahi ’10 has proof. Analyzing a random sample of 1,021 files available on a variant of the file-sharing application BitTorrent, Sahi found that 85 to 99 percent of files were shared in violation of copyright law.

NEWS | 02/10/2010

Heavy snow prompts campus closure, cancels classes

In response to heavy snowfall, the University canceled classes and closed the campus to non-critical staff on Wednesday. The nor'easter delivered more than a foot of snow to most of New Jersey, with some parts of Mercer County reporting more than 17 inches. All three Rutgers campuses, The College of New Jersey, Seton Hall University and Rider University were also closed the entire day, while Columbia closed at 3 p.m.

NEWS | 02/10/2010

With bond sale, University debt grows to $2.75 billion

To finance major projects in its 10-year capital plan, the University issued $250 million in tax-exempt bonds on Jan. 20. The bonds will help fund construction of the new buildings for the chemsitry department and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute as well as major renovations to Jadwin Hall and Firestone Library.

NEWS | 02/10/2010

Co-ops reach membership caps

All three campus co-ops — 2 Dickinson St. (2D), Brown Co-op and the International Food Co-op (IFC) — have already reached their membership limits for next year, with 48 members joining 2D and 28 each joining Brown and the IFC. Each co-op is instituting a waitlist.

NEWS | 02/10/2010

U. saves $15,000 with sustainable mulching system

Sustainability efforts on campus generally involve installing new, greener technologies — water-saving toilets, motion-sensitive lights and trayless dining are a few of the University’s recent sustainability initiatives. Though the broader movement centers around consuming less, most initiatives have started with the step of constructing more.

NEWS | 02/09/2010

Back at school, this time to work

Though Princeton graduates are employed across the country and around the world, some alumni find careers by walking back through FitzRandolph Gate. A search of the TigerNet alumni directory revealed 683 Princetonians employed at their alma mater, many of whom work at the University in non-academic capacities.

NEWS | 02/09/2010

Nassau Club elects first female president

President Tilghman ended a 255-year streak of male leadership when she became the University’s president in 2001. Last Friday, Alison Lahnston accomplished a similar feat when she was elected the first female president of the 120-year-old Nassau Club.

NEWS | 02/09/2010

Applicants' Facebook profiles may be viewed

While the Office of Admission says it does not systematically investigate each applicant’s Facebook profile, prospective students should not consider their online activity safe from scrutiny.

NEWS | 02/09/2010

U. endowment projected to rise by 10 percent during FY2010

The University is projecting that the endowment will increase by 10 percent during fiscal year 2010, Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 announced at the town hall meeting on Tuesday night.

NEWS | 02/09/2010

University professor, students disagree with new EPA guidelines

Members of the University community have raised doubts about the prudence of new biofuels guidelines issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last Wednesday. The guidelines call for increased production and use of corn-based ethanol and other biofuels in an attempt to decrease the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.

NEWS | 02/09/2010

Vegan tigers vouch for diet

When Will Fisher '10 has a cookie, he skips the milk. Fisher, like a few other students on campus, is a vegan. Vegans make up a mere 3 percent of the undergraduate population, Director of Dining Services Stu Orefice said in an e-mail. Though they do not consume meat, fish, poultry or animal products and by-products like eggs and dairy, students said that campus dining options — though limited — are still conducive to a vegan lifestyle.

NEWS | 02/08/2010

Diemand-Yauman ’10 wins Pyne Prize

Former USG president Connor Diemand-Yauman ’10 has been awarded the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the University announced this morning.

NEWS | 02/08/2010

Local charter school to offer Mandarin program

This September, some local grade schoolers will be learning more than the basics on their first day of class when the Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS) opens its doors — and debuts its Mandarin Chinese immersion program — to 170 students.

NEWS | 02/08/2010

U. still plans to break ground on construction projects

President Tilghman addressed the immediate future of the University through the lens of fiscal conservatism.

NEWS | 02/08/2010

Audio: The extremes of room draw

Eben Novy-Williams '10, Associate Editor for Sports Emeritus, takes a look at both extremes of room draw in a piece he produced for Back Story, a radio show produced by undergraduates in Dan Grech '99's fall journalism course, The New Audio Age of Journalism. The complete show will air Feb. 14 at noon on WPRB.

NEWS | 02/08/2010

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