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Students report undergraduate satisfaction

Students report undergraduate satisfaction

The Council on the Princeton University Community (CPUC) gathered Monday to hear Vice Provost Jed Marsh present the results of the Princeton Experience Survey, a comprehensive look at undergraduate and graduate academic and campus life.The survey found that students generally have positive experiences with academics, resources and faculty, but are frustrated with diversity and housing issues.Marsh said he views the survey as "a tool to look at how students perceive their time at Princeton," and to gauge what areas of student life the University can improve and what recommendations it should make to relevant departments and groups.The web-based survey focused on students' experiences through a combination of free response and multiple choice questions.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Sex magazine to debut at BU

Since a group of Harvard University students announced last year that they would be creating a college magazine about sex, featuring nude photography of Harvard students, others have turned to follow suit.Students at Boston University (BU) recently announced that they would be starting their own sex magazine, called Boink, made by and for BU students.According to the Boston Globe, the debut issue of Boink is planned for January, and will be even more explicit than the Harvard publication.In an interview with the Globe, Boink founder Alecia Oleyourryk said "her magazine would be pornography."Boink staff members were unwilling to comment on further details of their plans.But the reaction of Boston University administrators was clear.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Korean television show filmed on campus

Greenstaff Inc. of New York City taped an episode of the Korean television series "Sad Serenade," a love story partly based in Princeton, on Nov.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Conference to honor first architecture dean

The University will hold a symposium to honor Robert Geddes, the first dean of the University's School of Architecture, on Nov.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

USG website to launch Wednesday

Point.Princeton.edu, a new website featuring a list of weekly campus events as well as additional services, will be available to University students starting Wednesday.The new site will advertise student group events as well as departmental lectures, speakers and programs.USG President Matt Margolin '05 said the Projects Board gives money to fund many events that would be more successful with better publicity.The site will list the most important events as well as rank the eight most popular ones.The University maintains a similar site, calendar.Princeton.edu, which Margolin said was difficult to use."The [new] site is very organized and very self explanatory," Margolin said.Students can also customize the site to show events pertinent to their interests.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Civic values task force suggests changes to University

The Student Task Force on Civic Values will present their recommendations tonight to make Princeton "a major research university committed to excellence."The symposium will be held at 6:30 p.m.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Detained immigrants deported to home countries

The eight men arrested on Witherspoon Street last month after a federal immigration investigation have been deported from an Elizabeth, N.J., detention facility.Seven were sent back to their home country of Guatemala and one to Mexico, an associate working on their behalf said.The associate, Maria Juega, the local chair of the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, has been actively involved with the eight men and their families since the arrests.She said the men's families remaining in the community are "not doing well" since their deportation.The mother of Johnny Lopez, 19, who was sent back to Mexico, is feeling the effects of life without her son since his deportation."They are never going to understand the pain a mother feels about her son," said the woman, who asked not to be named and spoke in Spanish.The men were arrested after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency officers were let into an apartment during their search for an illegal immigrant.The officers were legally allowed to check the immigration status of the other men in the apartment after those residents provided false paperwork, said ICE Assistant Director for Public Relations Manny Van in an earlier interview."As ICE officers, we cannot turn away from the law," Van said.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Career Week highlights alternative jobs

Forget about investment banking and consulting. This week, Career Services launched "Not Your Average Career Week."Nicole Snyder, associate director for recruitment and employer relations at Career Services, stressed the importance of exposing students to less publicized job opportunities."We do want to ensure that students are aware of the diversity of the job market," Snyder explained.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Freshmen to order class sweatshirts online

Class sweatshirts are a must-have for any University student on campus. Students show class pride by donning sweatshirts emblazoned with '05, '06 and '07 across the back.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Intel awards professor microprocessor grant

Intel Corporation awarded University electrical engineering professor Ruby Lee a research grant for her work in transforming simple microprocessors into supercomputers.Lee, the Forrest G.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Engineering, creative teams formed

Facing a group of six middle school students, Ted Gudmund-sen, '07 hands out five sticky mailing labels, a 10-foot string, 15 straws, 27 toothpicks, and tells them that they have five minutes to build a tower as high as possible.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

University places ninth in international rankings

Princeton placed ninth in the world university rankings published by The Times of London's Higher Education Supplement on Friday.Harvard is the best university in the world, according to the rankings, followed by the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Club dinners attract sophomores

In an attempt to attract new members in the spring semester, eating clubs have started hosting their annual "sophomore dinners."Sophomore dinners, the first events in the run-up to spring semester Bicker and sign-in sessions, typically begin after Fall Break, with each club organizing a unique event.Popular with sophomores, the dinners bring in up to hundreds of potential new members to experience a more typical upperclassman event at the Street ? dinner.Some of the dinners feature special menus, themes or affiliated events.Charter Club, for example, held a "Southwestern Barbecue Fiesta" on Friday, which president Chris Voie '05 called "overwhelmingly successful."And sophomores have been receptive to the dinners.Ben Brady '07 said he plans to attend future events at various clubs.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Students plan to form West Coast club

Falling leaves, the change of seasons and near-freezing temperatures aside, students hailing from the West Coast must adjust to many new aspects of the Princeton life.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

McGreevey delivers final farewell ahead of Nov. 15

New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey delivered his farewell speech Monday in preparation for his Nov. 15 resignation.McGreevey addressed an audience of several hundred supporters and colleagues.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

'Daily Show' writers discuss book

Three writers for Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" spoke at the Princeton U-Store Friday to promote their new book, "America (The Book)."Speaking to a packed audience, Chris Regan, Rob Kutner '94 and Jason Reisch discussed the political legacy left by America's founders and the experience of working as satirical commentators on current events.Following "The Daily Show's format as a mock news show, "America (The Book)" is a mock textbook explaining America's history and government structure.The book uses such devices as cutout dolls, fake campaign ads and suggested classroom activities to discuss subjects ranging from "Congress: Quagmire of Freedom" to "The Future of Democracy: Four Score and Seven Years From Now."Although "The Daily Show" relies heavily on political humor, the writers denied any partisan leanings in the show's content."It's important to comment on what's going on, but also keep a distance from it," said Regan.

NEWS | 11/07/2004

Meeting attendance policy reviewed after spat

The USG considered an amendment to its constitution Sunday that would clarify disciplinary measures over Senate members' attendance at meetings.The amendment is intended to address members' confusion following a move to dismiss the two Class of 2006 senators at the last senate meeting.USG President Matt Margolin '05 informed Class of 2006 Senator Camille Coates that she had been dismissed Oct.

NEWS | 11/07/2004

Campus Briefs

Professor knighted in Lebanon for researchLebanon President Emile Lahoud knighted one of Princeton's own professors Edgar Choueiri on Oct.

NEWS | 11/07/2004

Ivies discuss common concerns at bi-annual conference

Six student delegates represented the University at the Ivy Council fall conference this weekend, examining a range of joint issues from mail to online music sharing.During the three-day conference in Ithaca, N.Y., students from every Ivy League school met to discuss matters of joint concern.Princeton's delegation used the conference as an opportunity to learn how other schools deal with specific issues, such as mail services and summer storage, said head Ivy Council delegate Jay Saxon '05.

NEWS | 11/07/2004

MPAA begins filing lawsuits against movie downloaders

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) President Dan Glickman recently announced the issuance of hundreds of copyright infringement lawsuits against people sharing movie files online.

NEWS | 11/07/2004

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