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Study abroad to expand programs

Study abroad to expand programs

Though the University has a world-class international relations program at the Wilson School, when it comes to placing students in study abroad programs, the University struggles to convince students to leave campus.This spring semester, the University saw 111 students go abroad to join 11 students already abroad for the year, out of a total undergraduate student population of roughly 4600.

NEWS | 02/26/2004

Conservatives get diversity fund money

When the Princeton Tory and the College Republicans applied for lecture funding from the Bildner Fund for Diversity, they didn't think they had a shot to get it.And Fleurette King, who runs that fund, never thought she would see their application in the first place.After all, previous applicants for grants included groups like the Princeton Justice Project, Queer Graduate Caucus and Organization of Women Leaders ? whose sorts of views the Tory has often accosted in its pages.But last spring the Fund paid for the Tory, the Republicans and Whig-Clio to bring conservative columnist George Will GS '68 to Princeton to talk on the breakdown of the American family.Both King and conservative leaders said they were pleasantly surprised by this twist of events."I think some people would have been curious," King said of the decision to fund the lecture, emphasizing that the fund doesn't have a preconceived agenda and instead only seeks to promote intergroup dialogue.The Fund requires at least two diverse groups to apply for grants together.

NEWS | 02/26/2004

IRC hosts first annual interactive crisis simulation

Close to 100 delegates from nine different colleges are participating in the first annual Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation conference, which started yesterday and will run until Sunday.The event is being hosted by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's International Relations Council and is billed as the first conference of its kind."[This conference] is not a typical Model U.N.

NEWS | 02/26/2004

Franken lampoons government policy

Actor and satirist Al Franken employed hilarious countenances, voice imitations and amusing anecdotes in his speech, "Al Franken: On Politics and Anything Else That Crosses His Mind At 4:30 P.M," yesterday in Dodds Auditorium.Woodrow Wilson had a plan, Franken said, "to end all wars." Yet President Bush, the butt of most of Franken's invective, has involved the country in "a war that will never end," Franken said.In a sarcastic tone, he thanked the Bush administration ? and its yet-unsuccessful search for illegal armaments ? for "not planting weapons of mass destruction."Bush objects to gay marriage, Franken said, but the president has overlooked a far more dangerous threat ? terrorist marriages.With all those terrorist couples walking about, Franken said, "I don't know what he's thinking."Franken poked fun at the president for his alleged lack of dedication when he was in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.Franken imitated Bush as he was asked on "Meet the Press" about his time on a base in Alabama.

NEWS | 02/26/2004

University to offer Hindi language classes in the fall semester

Ravi Shah '06 came to Princeton with a mission to bring Hindi ? the national language of India, which boasts the second-largest population in the world ? to the classroom.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

ULC resolution prompts housing changes

Responding to a proposal drafted by the Undergraduate Life Council last December, the Housing Department has begun the process of improving and adding to existing facilities in upperclass dormitories, especially those buildings not slated for full-scale renovations within the next several years.In the fall, ULC members Xiuhui Lim '05 and Emily Somerville '06 conducted an informal survey of student concerns about housing and compiled the results in a Housing Improvement Resolution.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

Cultural programs see growth

Since a 1994 report called for increasing undergraduates' academic exposure to different cultures, the University has made progress in broadening its course offerings.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

Primaries reveal mixed undergrad engagement

Every election season, the topic of perceived undergraduate political apathy returns to the forefront of campus debate.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

Candy inspires scientific discovery

There is a right and a wrong way to pack things. This is a phenomenon that can be observed every time you pack the trunk of your car, chemistry professor Salvatore Torquato said.And, believe it or not, this concept ? called packing ? has perplexed scientists for hundreds of years."People have been trying to determine the most efficient way to pack things in order to obtain the highest density," Torquato explained.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

Case dropped against former Cap president

Charges against former Cap and Gown Club president Elizabeth Biney-Amissah '04 were dropped on Monday because of a lack of evidence, Princeton Borough Prosecutor Marc Citron said.Biney-Amissah had been charged with maintaining a nuisance and serving alcohol to a minor in November, following an incident in which a student was hospitalized on Oct.

NEWS | 02/24/2004

USG creates undergraduate survey on race

The USG sent all undergraduates an online survey on Monday that will examine campus minority affairs and race relations.

NEWS | 02/24/2004

PUDS releases nutrition information

Fulfilling your New Year's resolution to eat healthily at college has become a little easier since Dining Services introduced its new online "Interactive Nutritive Analysis" this month.Using the software program FoodPro, Dining Services director Stu Orefice and Assistant Director and Dietitian Sue Pierson worked over a year to compile the nutrition information for the more than 6,000 ingredients used in the recipes of the food served in the residential and Graduate College dining halls.Students provided the inspiration for the site, Orefice said.

NEWS | 02/24/2004

Reverend convicted on sexual charges

Reverend Craig Stephen White, better known as "Brother Stephen," whose sometimes virulent preaching along Washington Road earned him notoriety among University students, was convicted on Jan.

NEWS | 02/24/2004

University to phase out two-precept course structure

Beginning next fall, and in some cases this spring, courses with two precepts and one lecture will no longer be offered, said Howard Dobin, the associate dean of the college."We believe that students should be taught primarily by faculty rather than by preceptors," Dobin said.He added that the policy was put in place several years ago, when it emerged from "several discussions of how faculty should be spending their time.

NEWS | 02/24/2004

Corzine addresses college student concerns

New Jersey Senator John Corzine addressed many issues important to college students, including college tuition and financial aid, U.S.

NEWS | 02/23/2004

Campus workers reflect on current Haitian crisis

Since Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide swept purportedly flawed elections in 2000, discontent in this country of 80 percent unemployment has skyrocketed, culminating in the bloody uprising that began three weekends ago.On Feb.

NEWS | 02/23/2004

Record number seek RA, MAA positions

The University's five residential colleges recently selected 102 sophomores and juniors out of a record 194 applicants to serve as advisers for the 2004-05 academic year, according to a press release from the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students."It was an extremely strong list of applicants, which is great, but also tough, because there were many applicants who could have easily taken the position, but there just wasn't enough space," Rockefeller College administrator Pat Heslin said.The advisers offer support and guidance to students within their residential college and provide a link between firstand second-year students and University organizations and administrators.

NEWS | 02/23/2004

Eisgruber '83 to succeed Gutmann as provost

Christopher Eisgruber '83, a professor in the Wilson School and Center for Human Values, will be the University's next provost, President Tilghman announced yesterday.She described Eisgruber as the candidate who "exceed[ed] all my expectations."According to two high-level Princeton officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, Tilghman settled on her choice only late last week, picking Eisgruber over approximately six other candidates.The executive committee of the Board of Trustees met on Friday to give Eisgruber, who will serve as the president's chief academic and budgetary officer, its official stamp of approval.Eisgruber succeeds Amy Gutmann, who leaves Princeton on June 30 to become president of the University of Pennsylvania.As the second-ranking officer of the University, the provost is responsible for the overall academic program and provides general oversight for many University operations.

NEWS | 02/23/2004

Linder '04, Porter '04 win annual Pyne Honor Prize

Seniors Katherine Linder and Steven Porter were honored at the Alumni Day ceremonies this past Saturday with the University's Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction available to an undergraduate.The two had never met, but as Porter mentioned in his acceptance speech, they occupy carrels directly across from each other in Firestone, where both have been working on their theses."It's kind of a testament to the sheer number of exceptional people you'll meet at Princeton," Porter said of the coincidence.

NEWS | 02/22/2004

Nader '55 announces presidential candidacy

Ralph Nader '55 announced yesterday he will run for president as an Independent, making him the first Princetonian to enter the 2004 race for the White House.

NEWS | 02/22/2004

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