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The Daily Princetonian

Yield will drop from past years

Eighty-six students were taken off the University?s waitlist last week, a figure that may reflect the University?s diminishing yield on admissions.This year, 1,526 students were initially placed on the waitlist, more than 300 more than in typical years, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said.Rapelye was unable to confirm an official yield for those offered admission in regular decision, though she explained that a lower yield was an inevitable consequence of eliminating early decision.?We knew when we made the change away from early decision that we weren?t going to get half the class enrolling at 100 percent yield,? Rapelye explained.Last year, 68 percent of those invited to join the Class of 2011 accepted the University?s offer, down from 69.2 percent for the Class of 2010.Rapelye also was unable to say how the University?s decrease in yield this year compared to competitor schools? figures.

NEWS | 05/13/2008

The Daily Princetonian

Vigil raises money for victims in Myanmar

Dozens of candle lights flickered in the University Chapel on Saturday evening, casting a glow over the roughly 50 students, faculty and community residents who gathered for prayers, songs and reflections in response to the deadly cyclone that devastated the politically volatile Southeast Asian country of Myanmar earlier this month.The cyclone hit Myanmar with up to 120-mph winds, and international aid organizations now estimate the death count at roughly 100,000, Reuters reported.

NEWS | 05/11/2008

The Daily Princetonian

Panel: Torture tactics hurt U.S. moral standing

The use of torture in the United States? war on terror has corrupted the ideals of the nation and will have legal and moral repercussions in the years to come, three panel experts on human rights and international law said Saturday in Robertson Hall in a discussion titled ?Torture and the War on Terror.??It?s an appalling failure of the American political constitutional view,? visiting Wilson School professor and former U.S.

NEWS | 05/11/2008

The Daily Princetonian

Hutchings arrested, charged with DWI

Robert Hutchings, diplomat-in-residence and a former assistant dean for academic affairs at the Wilson School, was charged with DWI and careless driving following a motor vehicle accident last Saturday at 8:51 p.m.The Montgomery police found Hutchings standing next to his 1998 BMW on Millstone River Road, where he was traveling south before he lost control of the vehicle, according to a statement from the police department.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

The Daily Princetonian

100 years, 100 columns

It?s been a big week for me, Weather Fans. I handed in my thesis, shaved the thesis beard and appeared on the cover of Monday?s newspaper in a bathrobe, a guaranteed sign of an epic weekend.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

The Daily Princetonian

PAWS: 'Veg Prospects' high at Tower, low at Quad, Terrace, TI

Vegetarian students searching for a place to eat on the Street may wish to consult ?Veg Prospects on Prospect,? a pamphlet rating the meatless menus at each of the eating clubs released Wednesday by the Princeton Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).The brochure, which PAWS president Jenny Palmer ?09 said she hopes will become a ?yearly publication,? is meant to draw attention to the demand for vegetarian food and motivate clubs to improve and expand their meatless options.?I know club officers are doing all they can to make their clubs the best they can be,? Palmer said.

NEWS | 05/08/2008