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Financial aid will increase to meet demand

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Financial aid will increase to meet demand

The University?s Financial Aid Office estimates a $3 to $4 million increase in financial aid requests from students so far this year, but the University will fully meet every student?s needs, according to a University statement released Tuesday.This signifies a 3 to 5 percent increase in financial aid needs from the 2007-08 academic year, when the University awarded $82 million in need-based scholarships.President Tilghman announced at a faculty meeting last Monday that the increase in financial aid demand would be $2.8 million, but Tuesday?s statement indicates that figure has been revised upward.

NEWS | 11/11/2008

Maynard '88: Wilson 1879 battled to get rid of clubs

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Maynard '88: Wilson 1879 battled to get rid of clubs

After failing to permanently shut down the eating clubs, Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, took on the easier task of lobbying for world peace in his journey from Princeton to the presidency.Barksdale Maynard ?88, a visiting lecturer in architecture who wrote a book about Wilson?s time at Princeton, spoke to a group of students in Wilcox dining hall Tuesday night about Wilson?s battle against the eating clubs and how his Princeton experience affected his politics and future presidency.?It?s a 25-year love-hate relationship,? Maynard said of Wilson?s time at Princeton.

NEWS | 11/11/2008

Economic crisis may impact graduate student funding

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Economic crisis may impact graduate student funding

The University may not be able to increase its employee salary pool and funding for graduate students to keep up with rising costs, and it may have to delay construction projects in the wake of the weakened economy, University officials announced at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) on Monday.In the meantime, the University is preparing to launch a revamped shuttle system and revise its parking policies, and it will continue to meet increases in undergraduate financial aid requests.?These are hard times, obviously, and in hard times, no institution, including this one, can be entirely insulated,? Provost Christopher Eisgruber ?83 explained, adding that the University faces ?no special exposure? to the economic troubles.Eisgruber said that the effects of the declining economy will be most felt in postponed construction projects and the salary pool, but he acknowledged that other aspects of campus life may be impacted.

NEWS | 11/10/2008

Mock Israeli checkpoint constructed in protest

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Mock Israeli checkpoint constructed in protest

Students trying to walk through the north entrance doors of Frist Campus Center during peak hours Monday may have encountered some obstacles, as the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) held a series of three demonstrations to protest the establishment of military checkpoints on roads in the West Bank and along its border.?Armed? with plastic weapons, PCP members Theo Beers ?09 and Yael Berda GS played the parts of Israeli soldiers, blocking the central entrance to simulate the checkpoints on many roads essential to everyday travel in the region.All students who tried to enter the building during the demonstrations were asked to show their proxes to pass.

NEWS | 11/10/2008
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Alumni honored by University for careers

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Alumni honored by University for careers

Raj Vinnakota ?93 and Claire Max GS ?72 have been selected to receive two major alumni awards, the University announced on Monday.Vinnakota, the co-founder of the SEED School in Washington, D.C., the nation?s first urban boarding school for students from underserved communities, will receive the Woodrow Wilson Award, which is presented every year to an undergraduate alumnus or alumna whose career embodies the University?s unofficial motto, ?Princeton in the Nation?s Service.?Max, an astrophysicist who has made important contributions in the field of adaptive optics, will be awarded the Madison Medal, which is awarded each year to a graduate alumnus or alumna for a distinguished career, advancing the cause of graduate education or achieving an outstanding record of public service.

NEWS | 11/10/2008

New student groups highlight Southeast Asian culture

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New student groups highlight Southeast Asian culture

You didn?t need an Indonesian passport to get into Saturday night?s ?Passport to Indonesia,? which featured Indonesian food and songs, such as the Bengawan Solo, the Merak Dance (Dance of the Peacock) and Piring Dance (Saucer Dance).Paula Chow, the director of the Davis International Center, and Trie Edi Mulyani, the consul general of the Indonesian embassy in New York, both spoke to an audience of about 100 students and faculty members.The event was sponsored partly by Permias Princeton, a new Indonesian student group.

NEWS | 11/10/2008

Researchers bring science to public

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Researchers bring science to public

Butterfly wings are unexpectedly powerful. In addition to altering the atmosphere enough to change the course of a tornado, butterfly wings can also provide crucial information in the development of cancer-treating drugs, emeritus chemistry professor Edward Taylor explained in the keynote address at the Princeton Research Symposium (PRS) held Saturday at the Friend Center.

NEWS | 11/09/2008

Hindus light up chapel for Diwali week

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Hindus light up chapel for Diwali week

The chancel of the University Chapel was transformed into a Hindu temple Saturday night, with candle-filled bowls and gold statues lining its steps, as more than 200 University and community members removed their shoes to participate in Diwali, the Hindu festival of light.This year?s celebration, held for the first time in the University Chapel, was the brainchild of Coordinator for Hindu Life Vineet Chander, selected last summer to fill the newly created position, and of members of the Princeton Hindu Satsangam (PHS), a student group focused on promoting awareness of Hinduism on campus.Sponsored by the Office of Religious Life and the Hindu Life Program, the event included dance performances, singing, speeches, a lamp-lighting ritual and readings from sacred texts.

NEWS | 11/09/2008

Mayor of L.A. cites need for diversity

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Mayor of L.A. cites need for diversity

The current generation of young Americans has marginalized race?s influence in politics, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Saturday night in the keynote speech for the Wilson School?s Students and Alumni of Color (SAOC) symposium.He cited the election of President-elect Barack Obama as the latest and clearest example of a country moving toward racial equality.?We showed we were capable of becoming a more perfect union ? one where the Constitution that once defined Obama as three-fifths of a man now allowed him to capture three-fifths of the electorate,? Villaraigosa said.?On Tuesday, the American people chose hope over cynicism,? he added.The selection of Villaraigosa, the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872, as a speaker at the symposium was part of its mission to ?explore what it means to be a leader of color in these exciting times,? according to SAOC?s website.After praising America?s newly elected president, Villaraigosa shared his personal story, which began in East Los Angeles and culminated in the mayorship of America?s second most populous city.Outlining the challenges he faced growing up, including temporarily dropping out of high school, Villaraigosa explained how he overcame the setbacks of poverty and graduated from UCLA and the People?s College of Law.Though he said that his path was a difficult one, Villaraigosa noted that the work of minority leaders before him helped pave the way.?I?m here on the shoulders of others, here on shoulders of Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks,? he said.

NEWS | 11/09/2008

eXpressions show wows with variety

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eXpressions show wows with variety

Kanye West as a ballet composer? Tchaikovsky must be rolling in his grave.That is just a taste of the blend of styles present in the fall semester eXpressions show, fittingly titled ?Kaleidoscope.? The show is a melange of dances from jazz to lyrical to the Robot.The variety was one of many impressive aspects of the show.

NEWS | 11/06/2008

Brazilian justice: No party switches

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Brazilian justice: No party switches

When faced with inadequacies in other areas of government, the judiciary must compensate with creative solutions, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Joaquim Barbosa said Thursday afternoon in a seminar in Aaron Burr Hall.Barbosa is the first self-identifying Afro-Brazilian minister of the Brazilian Supreme Court in its 179-year history.

NEWS | 11/06/2008

Merkley GS ’82 wins Senate seat

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Merkley GS ’82 wins Senate seat

Oregon House of Representatives speaker Jeff Merkley GS ?82 (D) has defeated incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) in a close race for Oregon?s Senate seat, making the two-term moderate Republican the latest casualty in the Democrats? quest to expand their congressional majority.The outcome of the race was up in the air Tuesday night when the polls closed, and the margin remained razor-thin as ballots were counted: Merkley led in the counting Tuesday night, and Smith took the lead early Wednesday morning.

NEWS | 11/06/2008

Dalai Lama withdrawal would disrupt talks, scholar says

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Dalai Lama withdrawal would disrupt talks, scholar says

The Dalai Lama?s expected withdrawal from talks with China on the issue of Tibetan autonomy will terminate ongoing mediation efforts, said Robert Barnett, lecturer in Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia, in a lecture in Robertson Hall on Thursday.Barnett said the failure of the current talks ? the eighth round since 2002 ? is due to China?s aggressive stance toward Tibet, the country?s unwillingness to make concessions and the Dalai Lama?s continued efforts to draw attention to the situation.In response to protests within Tibet earlier this year, China launched a ?patriotic education? campaign, Barnett explained.The campaign, which was initiated to denounce the Dalai Lama, has led to the ?institutionalization of abuse,? he said, explaining that under this program ?all monks and officials have to sign documents that literally record the primary insults and criticisms of the Dalai Lama.?Barnett cited a recent article published by the Chinese press that said the ?Dalai Lama deserved to be ill because he was a deceitful vagrant.?Though China has allowed for more personal freedom, ?religion is curtailed in ways that a Western analyst does not expect,? Barnett noted.While people in the countryside and private sector are allowed to practice their religion so long as they follow certain regulations, he explained, ?people who work for the government are not allowed to practice religion at all if they are Tibetan.?Barnett said the Dalai Lama?s withdrawal from talks with China is a reaction to the frustration of his followers, who no longer tolerate his participation in fruitless discussions.While China is willing to hold talks with Tibetan leaders, no agreements have been reached with regard to Tibet?s autonomy.

NEWS | 11/06/2008

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