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9/11 effects linger on campuses

The smoke has cleared, but the effects of Sept. 11, 2001, are still being felt at universities around the country, according to a survey done by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.The web survey, "September 11: Effects on My Campus Five Years Later," polled 133 college presidents and found that 9/11 still has a "moderate impact" on visa rules for students and faculty, campus security management, curriculum offerings and increased student interest in Middle Eastern studies.President Tilghman did not participate in the survey but agrees with some of its findings."There has been a sustained increase in students in politics, international relations, Islamic studies, Near Eastern Studies and Arabic language," she said in an email.As for the impact on international students at Princeton, Tilghman said that visa availability problems mostly affect graduate students from Russia and China.

NEWS | 09/13/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Five years later: A special section

In the five years since 19 young men boarded U.S. jet airliners and changed the course of history, the country has seethed, grieved, sought solace, ached for revenge, been afraid, celebrated victories and ultimately, changed.In "Focus," a special section published with today's paper, The Daily Princetonian looks back on the five years since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, exploring the lives of Princetonians, from the victims' families to soldiers to Muslim students. How we changed In interviews with several Princetonians, Sophia Ahern Dwosh explores how the attacks of 9/11 shifted the course of our lives.

NEWS | 09/13/2006

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Princetonians in the crossfire

Callie Lefevre '09 sat down to breakfast and broke into tears. The carefree vacationers around her, the lavish breakfast before her ? it was just too much to handle after what had happened.Her friends were still trapped.Only hours earlier, Lefevre and her friend, Emily Norris '09, had arrived in Cyprus.

NEWS | 09/13/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Following Harvard, Yale, trustees divest from Sudan

Following Harvard, Yale, Stanford and other schools, the University has announced that it will divest from companies it believes are complicit in the genocide in Darfur.Though the University said it currently has no direct holdings in companies operating in Sudan, the new policy ? adopted earlier this week by the finance committee of the University Board of Trustees ? disallows future investments in companies that directly or indirectly conduct operations that are involved with the genocide in the war-torn region.University spokeswoman Class Cliatt '96 said Princeton waited until now to withdraw investments because, unlike other institutions that had direct investments in companies involved in Darfur, the University has only indirect ties to such companies.President Tilghman explained in an e-mail that for the University to act, "we needed to be persuaded that genocide was indeed occurring and that this had been so for some time.""Furthermore this seemed to be an issue around which there was consensus on campus," she added.Since 2003, tens of thousands of Sudanese have been killed and millions more uprooted from their homes as a civil war rages between Sudanese rebels, government forces and Arab militias.

NEWS | 09/12/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Spitzer '81 nabs nod for governor

By a staggering margin, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer '81 won the Democratic Party nomination for New York governor Tuesday night.With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Spitzer led with 81 percent of the vote, totaling more than 550,000 votes, the Associated Press reported.

NEWS | 09/12/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Strong endowment returns allow for budget boost

Recent strong returns on the Princeton endowment have prompted University trustees to allot $24.8 million in additional spending to underfunded areas of the operating budget.The increase in spending will be directed towards a number of areas, including energy and renovation costs, information technology and the University library system.The spending increase constitutes only the seventh adjustment in endowment spending policy since it was adopted in 1979, according to the University website.

NEWS | 09/12/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Harvard drops early admission

Harvard University shocked the world of elite college admissions Monday when it announced it is abandoning its early admission program, saying the move is intended to make the admissions process fairer for disadvantaged applicants.The announcement ? unprecedented among the nation's top universities ? has forced Princeton officials to reconsider the future of the University's own early decision program, which requires students to matriculate at Princeton if they apply early and are accepted.The move came as a surprise to Princeton administrators.

NEWS | 09/12/2006

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How we changed

Simeng Sun '08 was in class at Stuyvesant High School, four blocks from the towers. Sandy Charles '05 was watching TV in 1942 Hall.

NEWS | 09/12/2006

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Casualty of war

"Why?" Wilson School professor Uwe Reinhardt asked of his son, Marine Cpt. Mark Reinhardt '01 and another Marine officer as they sat in a bar in San Diego.

NEWS | 09/12/2006