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The search for a new men's basketball head coach is over just a day after it began.The University hired Joe Scott '87, a former assistant coach for the Tigers, from the United States Air Force Academy on Wednesday to take the reigns of its basketball program.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

Writing seminars elicit mixed feelings

Writing seminars elicit mixed feelings

Three years after replacing the old University writing requirement, the Princeton Writing Program has elicited passionate responses ? both criticism and praise ? from the undergraduates who have braved its semester-long seminars.According to Kerry Walk, director of the writing program, "writing seminars have a common goal ? for students, through practice and guidance, to master essential strategies and techniques of intellectual inquiry and argument."While students generally acknowledge that their respective seminars fulfill this basic objective, some, like Megan Ryan '07, question the program's effectiveness."I just think there are a lot of better ways to teach people how to write," Ryan said.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

Nine undergrads win Spirit of Princeton award

The selection committee for the Spirit of Princeton Award, which honors students "for their positive contributions to campus life during their years at Princeton," has announced this year's winners.The nine recipients ? Jordan Amadio '05, Emily Henkelman '04, Rishi Jaitly '04, Kristopher Kersey '04, Daniel O'Brien '04, Taufiq Rahim '04, William Robinson '04, Antoinette Seaberry '05 and Robin Williams '04 ? were selected from a field of 50 nominees, said Thomas Dunne, associate dean of undergraduate students and a member of the selection committee.Committee member Adriana Diaz '06 said the process was especially competitive."We wanted to expand the number [of winners]," she said.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

Pre-frosh visits increase by 50 percent

"Without a doubt," "decidedly so," "outlook good" ? the '8-ball' posters, tacked up around campus to attract student hosts, echo what the admissions office hopes to hear from admitted students after this year's pre-frosh weekend.The admission office has stepped up efforts to recruit volunteer hosts, as the number of pre-frosh scheduled to stay on campus this weekend represents an almost 50 percent increase compared to previous years.According to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye, most years draw 180 to 250 visiting pre-frosh.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

USG approves letter voicing student opinions

After almost a week of discussion and debate, the USG approved a letter Tuesday night expressing a number of student concerns with the recent grade inflation proposals.

NEWS | 04/20/2004

University will accept Common App for Class of 2009

Beginning next year students will be able to apply to Princeton using the same application accepted by Harvard, Yale and over 200 other colleges across the United States: The University is adopting the Common Application, the most widely used set of forms for applying to college."Going to the common application is a really constructive, logical next step for Princeton," Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said in an interview Tuesday morning.The admission office is embracing the Common App not because of flaws in Princeton's current application, but because it allows the University to attract a broader range of candidates, Rapelye said."There's nothing wrong with the current application but we need to reach more students from more backgrounds and we need to be more accessible," she said.

NEWS | 04/20/2004

Herkness '79 makes her debut as romance novelist

When the Class of 2004 graduates later this spring, many will go on to careers in investment banking, law and medicine.

NEWS | 04/20/2004

Thompson takes Georgetown job

Men's head basketball coach John Thompson '88 said on Tuesday he'd leave Princeton to lead Georgetown University's squad.Thompson's decision sends the athletics department into a scramble to find a candidate who can try to match his success, with two trips to the NCAA tournament in four years as head coach.All eyes point to Air Force head coach Joe Scott '87 as the top replacement.

NEWS | 04/20/2004

Hitz '61 to take year-long sabbatical at University of Virginia

Frederick Hitz '61, former inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency, is wrapping up his six-year lecturer's term at the University with a rather surprising twist.Hitz had said he intended to spend his time at Princeton ? to which he will return after a year's sabbatical ? writing a book which analyzed the changes in intelligence agencies after the end of Cold War, when the intelligence community was preparing to face new, non-Soviet threats.Instead, the book Hitz wrote focuses not only on the gathering of secret information, as some might have assumed given his experience, but also touches on another topic of which he is a longtime devotee ? the spy novel.Hitz said he felt that "yet another book on intelligence reform would not be as original" as what he ultimately wrote.

NEWS | 04/20/2004

Theological seminary names Torrance president

Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University have common histories. Presbyterian ministers founded both institutions.

NEWS | 04/20/2004

OIT safeguards online databases

As technology develops, so does the desire to exploit it. University computers, as well as networks around the world, must brave increasingly crafty and frequent attacks.

NEWS | 04/20/2004

Website presents 'after dark' events

The students asked for it, and on April 17, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, the Office of Communications and the Social Opportunities Committee gave it to them.

NEWS | 04/19/2004

Art museum holds unexpected treasures in stored collection

As I stepped inside the Princeton University Art Museum, I was confronted with an array of closed doors ? entryways even the all-powerful prox card does not open.

NEWS | 04/19/2004

Slaughter says Kennedy School rumors untrue

Denying speculation at both Princeton and Harvard universities, Wilson School dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 said over the weekend that she would not leave the University to become dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government."I've never talked to anybody about being a candidate for the Kennedy School," Slaughter said.

NEWS | 04/19/2004

Lights planned at intersection

After a handful of accidents involving pedestrians on Washington Road in recent years, students will be able to cross this busy street more safely in the next academic year.Plans have already been made to install lights at the crossing between Thomas Laboratory and Fine and McDonnell halls over the summer."These lights will be similar to ones at the crosswalk by McCarter Theatre and University Place, which notify oncoming vehicles of pedestrian crossing by blinking," Jon Hlafter, director of physical planning, said. Preventing accidentsPublic Safety Officer James Lanzi, who chairs the Pedestrian Safety Committee, said the focus on improving roadways is part of a "general university trend to improve crosswalks and public safety," and not a response to previous accidents at the crossing.Hlafter, however, believes the project was spurred by past accidents.

NEWS | 04/19/2004

University homepage to be more accessible to all patrons

When students and staff return to campus this fall, they will find a new look to the University's homepage ? a site many community members visit dozens of times a day, yet one which has remained essentially unchanged since 1994.

NEWS | 04/19/2004

DEP director Campbell discusses water quality

Commencing the celebration of Earth Week on campus, Brad Campbell, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection commissioner, addressed students, faculty and local Princeton residents Monday about protecting New Jersey's waterways.Organized by the Princeton chapter of New Jersey Water Watch, Campbell's lecture focused on the importance of improving New Jersey's water quality, which he said currently ranks as one of the worst in the nation.According to Campbell, Gov.

NEWS | 04/19/2004

USG plans response to proposals

The USG got one step closer to approving a student-written letter voicing opinions and concerns with the University's recent grade inflation proposals at its senate meeting Sunday night.Though a final vote on the letter had been expected to occur Sunday, USG members decided to postpone the vote in order to get more student feedback on the draft, USG President Matt Margolin '05 said.

NEWS | 04/18/2004

Class officers collaborate to create website for ordering gear

A new joint class gear website will improve the accessibility of student paraphernalia and the expediency of distribution to consumers around campus, class officers said.The site, princetonclassgear.com, was mainly organized by the officers of the Class of 2006, with help from the 2004 and 2005 officers.

NEWS | 04/18/2004

The Wailers perform in 1901 courtyard for 1,500 onlookers

Reggae music echoed throughout the "junior slums" on Saturday as Bob Marley's band The Wailers played an outdoor concert on what could only be described as the quintessential spring day.Over 1,500 students, faculty and visitors enjoyed a barbeque along with the music as part of the USG annual spring concert behind Little Hall in the 1901 Hall courtyard."I think it was the best day that I've had at Princeton so far," Mark Wertz '07 said.

NEWS | 04/18/2004

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