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Journalist reflects on reporting in Afghanistan

The Daily Princetonian

Journalist reflects on reporting in Afghanistan

Ahmed Rashid, an award-winning Pakistani journalist and author, advocated continued U.S. military commitment in the Middle East in a lecture Monday titled "Afghanistan, Pakistan and Terror."Rashid, the recipient of the 2001 Award for Courage in Journalism from the Human Rights Society of Pakistan, began his lecture by commenting on the military effort in Afghanistan immediately after Sept.

NEWS | 11/21/2005

RCA applications hit all-time high

The Daily Princetonian

RCA applications hit all-time high

The University received 222 applications from students hoping to be Residential College Advisers (RCA) next year ? an all-time high ? associate dean of undergraduate students Hilary Herbold said in an email Monday.Last year, 175 students applied, down from the previous record of 215 in 2003.The applications will now be passed on to the residential colleges, which will interview and select roughly 100 new RCAs by January.Next year will be the second year since all five residential colleges incorporated the Residential Adviser and Minority Affairs Adviser roles into the single RCA position.Wilson College had piloted the RCA position for five years before the rest of the University followed suit.The benefits package for an RCA includes residential college dorm space, 10 meals a week and free meals during breaks.

NEWS | 11/21/2005

RCA applications hit all-time high

The Daily Princetonian

RCA applications hit all-time high

The University received 222 applications from students hoping to be Residential College Advisers (RCA) next year ? an all-time high ? associate dean of undergraduate students Hilary Herbold said in an email Monday.Last year, 175 students applied, down from the previous record of 215 in 2003.The applications will now be passed on to the residential colleges, which will interview and select roughly 100 new RCAs by January.Next year will be the second year since all five residential colleges incorporated the Residential Adviser and Minority Affairs Adviser roles into the single RCA position.Wilson College had piloted the RCA position for five years before the rest of the University followed suit.The benefits package for an RCA includes residential college dorm space, 10 meals a week and free meals during breaks.

NEWS | 11/21/2005

Of puddles and preceptors

The Daily Princetonian

Of puddles and preceptors

USG representatives and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne were sitting around a table on Monday in the dining area of Frist Campus Center with trays of cookies when a student approached the group with a complaint: "P/D/F's shouldn't be before midterms." USG Senator Alex Lenahan '07 and U-Council representative Jeremy Johnson '07 smiled and recorded the grievance in a notebook.The student was one of dozens who stopped by the USG's Air Your Grievances Day, at which representatives encouraged students to voice concerns, complaints and suggestions for student government.The grievances ranged from concerns over grade inflation and the residential college system to "My preceptor sucks!" and "There are too many puddles on campus." Meanwhile, those at the table brainstormed ways to offer chartered bus rides for back-to-school dorm shopping.The list of complaints will be brought before the Senate, and members will decide which are feasible to address.By mid-afternoon, USG members had compiled a list of 37 grievances and suggestions.

NEWS | 11/21/2005
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Floudas devises funding formula

The Daily Princetonian

Floudas devises funding formula

A mathematical formula ? originally developed by a University professor and a graduate student to facilitate the National Science Foundation's (NSF) administration of grant proposals ? might change the way jobs are assigned in everything from hospitals to the government.Christodoulos Floudas, a professor of chemical engineering, and chemical engineering graduate student Stacy Janak derived the mathematical model.

NEWS | 11/21/2005

Of puddles and preceptors

The Daily Princetonian

Of puddles and preceptors

USG representatives and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne were sitting around a table on Monday in the dining area of Frist Campus Center with trays of cookies when a student approached the group with a complaint: "P/D/F's shouldn't be before midterms." USG Senator Alex Lenahan '07 and U-Council representative Jeremy Johnson '07 smiled and recorded the grievance in a notebook.The student was one of dozens who stopped by the USG's Air Your Grievances Day, at which representatives encouraged students to voice concerns, complaints and suggestions for student government.The grievances ranged from concerns over grade inflation and the residential college system to "My preceptor sucks!" and "There are too many puddles on campus." Meanwhile, those at the table brainstormed ways to offer chartered bus rides for back-to-school dorm shopping.The list of complaints will be brought before the Senate, and members will decide which are feasible to address.By mid-afternoon, USG members had compiled a list of 37 grievances and suggestions.

NEWS | 11/21/2005

Candidates nominated for Borough Council

The Daily Princetonian

Candidates nominated for Borough Council

Three candidates for Borough Council were nominated by the Democratic Committee on Monday night.The Committee highly recommended Kevin Wilkes '83 but said that the other two candidates, Anne Waldron Neumann and Barbara Trelstad, would also be qualified for the post.The councilman will be chosen by the Borough Council next week and will fill the seat vacated by newly selected mayor Mildred Trotman.

NEWS | 11/21/2005

Inmates: checkmate

The Daily Princetonian

Inmates: checkmate

Every semester for the past three years, members of the Princeton Chess Club have met with burglars, kidnappers, rapists and murderers for a morning of chess.On Friday, Brandon Ashe GS '04, Sam Benen '07, Aaron Pixton '08, and Josh Weinstein '09 took on 61 inmates at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton and suffered only two losses.The event originated in 2000, when Doug Forrester, the Republican candidate in the recent New Jersey gubernatorial election and founder of BeneCard Services, a prescription drug distributor, invited Jude Acres, a chess player from New Orleans, to play 15 inmates of the New Jersey State Prison.In 2002, BeneCard sponsored the first of what has become a biannual chess match between Princeton students and the prisoners.

NEWS | 11/20/2005

Same-sex marriage brief will go to student referendum

The Daily Princetonian

Same-sex marriage brief will go to student referendum

Students will vote in a referendum next month on whether the USG should endorse a brief supporting same-sex marriage.The decision to send the question to the student body for approval or rejection came following nearly 90 minutes of debate involving members of the USG, the Princeton Justice Project (PJP) and other students.The brief was brought before the USG by PJP president Thomas Bohnett '07, also a Daily Princetonian columnist, and Gay Family Rights project head Chris Lloyd '06.Debate during the meeting was heated and broad-reaching, with USG members discussing the merits of gay marriage and the institutional goal of student government.USG President Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 urged the group to act, saying, "We should not decide to do nothing.

NEWS | 11/20/2005

Early applications rise, but still trail Ivy peers

The Daily Princetonian

Early applications rise, but still trail Ivy peers

Applications for the University's binding early decision program for the Class of 2010 rose nine percent over the previous year's figure, amounting to the second-highest number of applications in the past decade, the Communications Office said Friday.The 2,230 applications received thus far by the Admission Office, however, fall short of rivals Harvard and Yale's figures and a recent Princeton high of 2,350 early decision applications for the Class of 2007.Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye did not respond to requests seeking comment last week.Yale saw a 3.4 percent increase in the number of applicants to its non-binding early action program, rising to 4,065 from last year's 3,933, according to figures from the Yale Daily News.

NEWS | 11/20/2005

Inmates: checkmate

The Daily Princetonian

Inmates: checkmate

Every semester for the past three years, members of the Princeton Chess Club have met with burglars, kidnappers, rapists and murderers for a morning of chess.On Friday, Brandon Ashe GS '04, Sam Benen '07, Aaron Pixton '08, and Josh Weinstein '09 took on 61 inmates at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton and suffered only two losses.The event originated in 2000, when Doug Forrester, the Republican candidate in the recent New Jersey gubernatorial election and founder of BeneCard Services, a prescription drug distributor, invited Jude Acres, a chess player from New Orleans, to play 15 inmates of the New Jersey State Prison.In 2002, BeneCard sponsored the first of what has become a biannual chess match between Princeton students and the prisoners.

NEWS | 11/20/2005

Same-sex marriage brief will go to student referendum

The Daily Princetonian

Same-sex marriage brief will go to student referendum

Students will vote in a referendum next month on whether the USG should endorse a brief supporting same-sex marriage.The decision to send the question to the student body for approval or rejection came following nearly 90 minutes of debate involving members of the USG, the Princeton Justice Project (PJP) and other students.The brief was brought before the USG by PJP president Thomas Bohnett '07, also a Daily Princetonian columnist, and Gay Family Rights project head Chris Lloyd '06.Debate during the meeting was heated and broad-reaching, with USG members discussing the merits of gay marriage and the institutional goal of student government.USG President Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 urged the group to act, saying, "We should not decide to do nothing.

NEWS | 11/20/2005

Early applications rise, but still trail Ivy peers

The Daily Princetonian

Early applications rise, but still trail Ivy peers

Applications for the University's binding early decision program for the Class of 2010 rose nine percent over the previous year's figure, amounting to the second-highest number of applications in the past decade, the Communications Office said Friday.The 2,230 applications received thus far by the Admission Office, however, fall short of rivals Harvard and Yale's figures and a recent Princeton high of 2,350 early decision applications for the Class of 2007.Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye did not respond to requests seeking comment last week.Yale saw a 3.4 percent increase in the number of applicants to its non-binding early action program, rising to 4,065 from last year's 3,933, according to figures from the Yale Daily News.

NEWS | 11/20/2005

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