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University trustees raise room and board, freeze tuition

University trustees raise room and board, freeze tuition

Tuition will not increase next year, the University announced on Sunday, but fees for room and board will rise by 19 percent, more than four times the percentage increases implemented in past years.For the 2007-08 academic year, tuition will remain at $33,000, while room and board for undergraduates living on campus with full meal contracts will increase by $1,780.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

At Triangle, an unprecedented president

Kelvin Dinkins '09 slinks onstage in his black glasses, black hat and gray-and-white pinstripe suit.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

Micawber leaves Labyrinth a challenging market

After more than 25 years in business, Micawber Books will permanently close its doors this March.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

Assault sets University, county at odds

The University's disciplinary process is being criticized in the wake of an alleged assault involving two Princeton students.A lawyer for the alleged victim has accused the University of violating the victim's privacy, and local prosecutors have threatened to charge University officials with obstruction of justice and hindering public prosecution, leading the administration to indefinitely suspend disciplinary action against the alleged assailant.The dispute stems over concurrent, but not collaborative, investigations of the alleged assault by the University and law enforcement authorities, and how each of those investigations should proceed.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

Fields Center will move to Elm Club

The University will relocate the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding to the former Elm Club next to Tiger Inn within the next few years, following concerns about the center's distance from the heart of campus."The design was reviewed with the [University] Trustees over the weekend and they were very pleased," University Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee '69 said."The project will need to go through the community approval process, and I don't yet know the timetable for that, but the hope is that the project will be completed by the fall of 2009," he added in an e-mail.Since its inception as the Third World Center in 1971, the Fields Center has occupied the former Osborn Clubhouse, which stands down Prospect Avenue from Elm Club."The proposed move would increase space for programs, accessibility and the visibility of the Fields Center," University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt '96 said in an e-mail.The move seems to address some of the student qualms about the Fields Center voiced in the 2004 USG Survey on Race and Campus Life.Forty-one percent of respondents said they had never been to the Fields Center.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

A farewell from the 130th Board

This issue marks the end of the 130th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian.When our names first appeared on the masthead 12 months ago, we had great plans for the 'Prince.' We dreamed not only of serving, informing, persuading and entertaining our readers, but also of forging the future of this newspaper.This year, for the first time in the paper's history, we offered the 'Prince' free to every student ? and, we believe, made this 130-year-old institution even more relevant to the life of the University.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

Power outage leaves upper campus in the dark

A power outage at 2 p.m. today shut down electricity, hot water, room heat and internet access in a total of 16 buildings.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

Princeton, in the nation's service?

On a warm afternoon in early June, Mark Reinhardt '01 stood beneath the lofty ceiling of Nassau Hall's faculty room, accepting his commission as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.Earlier that day, he had received his diploma on the front lawn outside Nassau Hall, alongside more than 1,000 fellow seniors.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

A message to our community

Since the publication of an op-ed in the joke issue of The Daily Princetonian last week, many readers have raised important concerns about the op-ed itself and the experience of racial and ethnic minorities on campus.As leaders of the Asian-American Student Association and The Daily Princetonian, we are both frustrated that this episode has led some to believe that Princeton is an unwelcoming place for Asian-American students.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

Students bargain over aid

Financial aid awards are often a crucial factor in an applicant's decision to enroll at a college, but now the tables may be turning as students pit schools against each other to receive more money.Last week, in a speech at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., their high school alma mater, Yale senior Phoebe Rounds and recent Yale alumnus Peter Hasegawa suggested that students apply to Princeton in order to gain better financial aid awards at other colleges.According to the two, the average increase in aid awards that resulted from this approach was between $15,000 and $20,000 for four years."I was accepted to Harvard, Yale and Princeton, but Princeton gave me substantially better financial aid," Rounds said in an interview.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

At Princeton, female engineers still a rarity

Caitlin Puklin '07 never noticed that she was the only girl in her engineering precept. Though she had attended an all-girls high school, she felt completely comfortable participating in discussions with a group of 12 males ? until it came time to study automobiles."I did the reading, just like every other week.

NEWS | 01/21/2007

Palestinian ambassador calls for more balanced U.S. policy

Afif Safieh ? the Palestinian Liberation Organization's representative to the United States ? delivered a speech in Dodd auditorium Monday, calling for a more balanced U.S.

NEWS | 01/18/2007

Editors' note

Since publishing Wednesday's joke issue, we have learned that some of our readers were offended by a column satirizing Asian stereotypes. The response surprised us: We did not seek to offend, and we sincerely regret having upset some of our readers.Many criticisms of the column, however, do not recognize its purpose.

NEWS | 01/18/2007

Community gathers to mark King's legacy

Richardson Auditorium rang with the voices of students, faculty and community members Monday during the University's 16th-annual Martin Luther King Day celebration.

NEWS | 01/18/2007

Did he make the grade?

If there was anything that outgoing USG president Alex Lenahan '07 made abundantly clear during his tenure, it was his penchant for communicating with fellow students.After winning the presidency by a large margin in a runoff vote in December 2005, Lenahan immediately issued an e-mail to the student body, outlining his goals for the year and promising a term characterized by dialogue and direct, concrete responses to undergraduates' needs and concerns.Ever since he took that telling first step, students have gradually become accustomed to Lenahan's lengthy e-mail missives on grade deflation and the four-year residential colleges.

NEWS | 01/18/2007

Seminars receive mixed marks

When Princeton's freshman seminar program was first formed two decades ago, professors hoped it would quell what they saw as a rising tide of anti-intellectualism and bring students and faculty closer together."Students didn't seem to engage very much intellectually, even though they also had precepts," history professor and program founder Anthony Grafton said in an e-mail.

NEWS | 01/18/2007

Joke op-ed sparks ire, controversy

Student groups and bloggers forcefully criticized The Daily Princetonian for a column published in the paper on Wednesday, which they claim expressed anti-Asian bigotry.Part of the 'Prince's' annual joke issue, the column was written in broken English and drew on several stereotypes about Asians.

NEWS | 01/18/2007

Malkiel to cap Iraqi insurgents at 35 percent

Reacting to criticism from both Republicans and Democrats on his "New Way Forward in Iraq," President Bush has called on senior University officials to design a new strategy for the troubled nation.Bush has tapped Wilson School dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, President Tilghman and Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel to assist Petraeus in implementing his new initiative, codenamed "Under Allah she flourishes."Malkiel expressed confidence in the new operation, which she hopes will cap casualties at 35 percent of current levels."We believe that once Iraq implements the policy, peer nations like Syria, Lebanon and Iran will follow suit," Malkel argued.Firing back, former USG President Alex Lenahan posted a 40,000-word letter on Al-Jazeera's website arguing that today's insurgents were smarter than their predecessors and should not be penalized."U.S.

NEWS | 01/16/2007

Harry Potter actor Radcliffe to join Class of 2011

Thought Princeton was a magical place? At least one young wizard agrees.Daniel Radcliffe, the 17-year-old British actor who gained worldwide fame for his wide-eyed portrayal of boy-wizard Harry Potter, will join the University next year as the most renowned member of the Class of 2011.Rumors have swirled for month that Radcliffe, who will graduate this June from the City of London School, was considering Princeton.

NEWS | 01/16/2007

Anscombe takes off chastity belts — and everything else

This article is a part of The Daily Princetonian's annual joke issue. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.In the unforgiving light of Holder Hall, students crouched in the hallway and quickly stuffed their clothes into plastic grocery bags.

NEWS | 01/16/2007

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