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Engineers Without Borders improves sanitation in Peruvian village

Engineers Without Borders improves sanitation in Peruvian village

In August, nine Princeton students arrived in the mountain town of Huamanzaña, Peru, with an armful of engineering plans.They departed a month later with the hope that their presence had permanently changed the way of life in that community.This was no ordinary study-abroad excursion, but rather the inaugural trip of Princeton Engineers Without Borders (EWB).Founded in spring 2004, the Princeton chapter of this national organization seeks to "take technologies that are sustainable, culturally sensitive and maintainable and introduce them into disadvantaged communities anywhere around the world," chapter president Sebastien Douville '06 said.One such community was Huamanzaña, which had no sanitation system and a very limited source of clean water.

NEWS | 10/11/2005

Princeton a hacker target, Symantec survey finds

Princeton had the second-highest percentage of computers controlled by hackers among cities worldwide between Aug.

NEWS | 10/11/2005

Goldman Sachs gives PUPP grant

The Goldman Sachs Foundation announced a $475,000 award to the Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP) on Oct.

NEWS | 10/11/2005

Yale map heist stirs University concern

Following a foiled theft of maps from the Beinecke Rare Book library at Yale, Princeton librarians said they are committed to preventing similar crimes here but declined to specify whether anything might be missing from University collections.The thwarted heist, by map dealer E.

NEWS | 10/11/2005

NJ101 educates student voters

Princeton Votes 2005 (P-Votes) hosted an event Friday to familiarize University students, faculty and the local community with key issues in N.J.

NEWS | 10/10/2005

NEH chair warns of 'American amnesia'

Speaking about what he called "the threat of American amnesia," National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman Bruce Cole delivered a lecture Monday, arguing that too many Americans are forgetting their nation's past, a problem that will have repercussions in the future.In his lecture titled "American Ideals and National Memory," Cole discussed the benefits that come from the study of the humanities, especially history."Without our memory, we have no bearings," Cole said.

NEWS | 10/10/2005

Despite University's warning, 104 accept sororities' bids

The three on-campus sororities concluded formal rush Friday, offering bids to 104 of the 150 students who initially registered, Panhellic Association President Emily Somerville '06 said.Twenty-three students dropped rush and the remaining 23 did not receive a bid from a sorority or the sorority of their choice, Somerville said.Neither sororities nor fraternities are officially recognized by the University, which for the second year in a row sent letters to incoming freshmen and their parents discouraging participation in Greek organizations.This year there were fewer participating sororities because the on-campus chapter of Delta Delta Delta lost its charter last spring.Rush began Oct.

NEWS | 10/10/2005

The mathematician and musician

Few professors would be caught wearing jeans and a Hawaiian T-shirt. But Manjul Bhargava GS '98 of the math department isn't your typical professor.At age 30, Bhargava has already finished graduate school, won numerous prestigious awards, been named as one of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10," traveled the world on a Clay Fellowship, worked at the Institute for Advanced Study and received tenure.

NEWS | 10/10/2005

8 a.m. call wakes Rocky/Mathey

Complaints from Mathey and Rockefeller College students prompted University officials to rein in some early-morning construction work on Hamilton Hall, but the noise is unlikely to go away anytime soon."The drilling is literally a few feet from my window," said Emmelyn Stevens '09, who lives in Campbell Hall.Facilities Department policy states that "no construction projects should begin before 8 a.m.

NEWS | 10/10/2005

Malkiel says new grading initiative working

Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel defended the University's new grading policies against criticism from skeptical student leaders at a Monday meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC), insisting the policy would not deny A's to deserving students or damage Princetonians' opportunities after graduation.Malkiel also emphasized the importance of widespread discussion about the planned four-year residential college system, saying that a document will be circulated this semester.USG president Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 said he is suspicious of the idea that the initiative gives students a more accurate idea of their work's quality."I find it hard to believe students don't know when they're doing their best work and can only tell [it's their best] when they get an A," he said.But Malkiel said the policy has better enabled instructors to differentiate between levels of work, with positive results for students who seek honest assessments of their papers and problem sets."[Before the initiative] faculty members were giving students the same grade for the best work as for good work," she said, adding she had heard of some students who received A's on their theses from departments known to be generous, but then took their papers to rigorous professors in other departments for more honest commentary.

NEWS | 10/10/2005

Thesis inspired education non-profit

Taking a cue from Wendy Kopp '89, whose senior thesis became a nationally known nonprofit organization, Christoph Geiseler '04 has turned his own thesis into a music appreciation program for inner-city children.The nonprofit, Modern Improvisational Music Appreciation (MIMA) Music, runs an after-school program called Spinjazz.

NEWS | 10/09/2005

Ain't no sunshine in this town

Like sand grains running through the hourglass, such are the rainy days of our lives. Fresh off a weekend cruelly punk'd by just over four and a half inches of rain, one might realistically hope for more irenic skies this week.

NEWS | 10/09/2005

Police release sketch of assailant

The Borough Police Department has released a sketch and photo of the man suspected of an attempted assault in Frist Campus Center on Oct.

NEWS | 10/09/2005

Self-driving car veers off course

Prospect 11's improbable ride came to an end Saturday morning near Primm, Nev., as the student-engineered robotic vehicle malfunctioned 10 miles into a 132-mile driverless race across the Mojave Desert.The finals of the Grand Challenge competition ? created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to accelerate research in unmanned ground vehicles for use on the battlefield ? pitted 23 completely autonomous cars against each other, the clock and desert conditions in a race for $2 million.Stanley, a Volkswagen SUV modified by a Stanford team in collaboration with area companies, traversed the terrain in less than seven hours to earn its creators the grand prize.

NEWS | 10/09/2005

Info session attracts hundreds

If the crowd in McCosh 50 Sunday afternoon was any indication, the University will not be lacking applicants for the Class of 2010.Hundreds of prospective students and their parents showed up yesterday to ask admissions officer Sallie Langston '03 everything from the importance of SATs to the perils of exceeding the word limit in admission essays.The event, which included a question-and-answer session and a tour of the campus, was the first of two programs run by the admission office for New Jersey students.

NEWS | 10/09/2005

Ready, set, walk

More than 100 University students and Princeton residents passed a drizzly afternoon on Sunday by participating in the Walkathon, a centerpiece of the community-service campaign proposed by USG president Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06.

NEWS | 10/09/2005

Author criticizes marijuana policy

Ricardo Cortes, author of a controversial children's book about marijuana, led a discussion at Terrace Club Friday night on the importance of balanced drug education, in an event hosted by Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP).The book, "It's Just a Plant," has attracted widespread attention over its blunt portrayal of marijuana use.

NEWS | 10/09/2005

USG input valued, Nassau Hall says

Following months of uncertainty, the future of Princeton's dining and social options is coming into sharper focus with the release of a long-awaited report last week and a presentation by two senior administrators to the weekly USG meeting Sunday.Last week, USG members discussed their concern that the administration was not including students in conversations about the new four-year residential college system.

NEWS | 10/09/2005

A lesson from outer space

Students, faculty and the boys of a local Cub Scout troop gathered on campus Thursday afternoon for a lesson in how capricious technology can be.They were witnesses to an initially glitchy but eventually successful teleconference with multimillionaire Greg Olsen, founder of the Princeton-based company Sensors Unlimited, who is currently orbiting Earth on the International Space Station as the world's third tourist in space.Before the teleconference, a home video was shown of Olsen's launch, which took place on Oct.

NEWS | 10/06/2005

Data backup to move to new off-campus location

If a natural disaster were to strike Princeton, many of the files the campus community relies upon ?currently stored on on-campus servers ? could be lost.

NEWS | 10/06/2005

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