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400 t-shirts confiscated in Public Safety bust

400 t-shirts confiscated in Public Safety bust

Public Safety officers entered a 1901 Hall room on Friday and confiscated nearly 400 Newman's Day shirts, University officials and students who were there said.Following the instructions of Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan, two Public Safety officers entered the room around 3 p.m.

NEWS | 04/25/2004

GRADE INFLATION PROPOSAL PASSES, 156-84

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NEWS | 04/25/2004

Candy store to boast novelty sweets

The empty storefront at 140 Nassau St. will soon be transformed by a swirl of bold colors, bright lights, vibrant music and vintage '70s TV shows.Ricky's Candy, Cones and Chaos, an ice cream and candy shop, is scheduled to open the second or third week of June, in the location formally occupied by Sam Goody, owner Rick Barber said.Barber and business partner Charles Alario are still waiting for the final building permits.Barber, who formerly worked in merchandising at FAO Schwarz, said the store will be highly animated.

NEWS | 04/25/2004

3-on-3 tournament raises money for breast cancer

Dillon Gym echoed with the sounds of hip-hop and bouncing basketballs all Saturday night as 22 teams battled it out in Princeton's first Annual 3-on-3 Charity Streetball Tournament.The event, organized by the Black Men's Awareness Group (BMAG), featured a freestyle contest, three-point shootout, slam dunk contest, live disc jockey and free refreshments.

NEWS | 04/25/2004

Honor Committee amends code to consider intent

The Honor Committee on Sunday voted in a unanimous 9-0 decision to add a clause to the Honor Code Constitution that would give the body more discretion when ruling on student cases."In short the amendment would codify and thus require future Honor Committees to determine whether a student should have reasonably understood what he was doing was wrong," Honor Committee Chairman Eli Goldsmith '04 said.The Honor Code Constitution currently stipulates that on a first offense the committee can either suspend a student, or when there are extenuating circumstances put him on probation.The proposed amendment would define a student's unintentional violation of the Honor Code as an extenuating circumstance."As chairman, I've used the [extenuating circumstances] language before, but this change is to ensure that future committees will have to take intent into account," he said.Students who did not know they were violating the code could be sentenced to probation rather than mandatory suspension.

NEWS | 04/25/2004

Famous professors draw TAs

When Cornel West GS '80 left Harvard University to come to Princeton in April 2002, Matthew Briones was faced with a difficult decision.

NEWS | 04/25/2004

Faculty set to vote on proposal

In a 4:30 p.m. meeting today in Nassau Hall, the set of anti-grade inflation proposals released two weeks ago by the Committee on Examinations and Standing will come before a vote of the faculty.

NEWS | 04/25/2004

Keynote speaker sent back to Iraq duty

Organizers for the second annual Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs have had to rework plans for today's colloquium after Maj.

NEWS | 04/22/2004

State-of-the-art $18 million public library to open Saturday

Imagine a brand new library with a wireless network, comfy chairs, over 100 public access computers, a collection of stuffed animals, a café by Chez Alice, floor to ceiling glass windows and two working fireplaces.

NEWS | 04/22/2004

University professors are third-highest paid

Full professors at Princeton are the third highest-paid professors in the country and the second highest-paid in the Ivy League, according to a new report published last week by the American Association of University Professors.The University's 457 full professors earned an average annual salary of $145,600 ? about 8 percent less than professors at Harvard, the highest paying school, and roughly 7 percent less than professors at the Rockefeller University, a graduate and research institution in New York City and the second-highest paying.Associate professors at Princeton earned an average of $92,400; assistant professors $70,900 and instructors $56,400.

NEWS | 04/22/2004

Felten analysis refutes grade inflation claims

A new memo from computer science professor Edward Felten claims the ability of a University grade to differentiate student work has only decreased 11 percent over the last 30 years, contradicting one of the arguments used to justify the recently released grade inflation proposals.The memo should be released to the faculty today and was emailed to Dean of the College Nancy Weiss Malkiel on Thursday.Malkiel, one of the primary authors of the proposals, has supported the proposals partly on the grounds that grade inflation at the University has devalued grades and decreased their ability to show meaningful differences between students' academic performances.For the memo, Felten analyzed data from Malkiel's 2003 faculty memo, "Truth in Grading: Proposals and Questions.""This study is evidence against the claim that grade inflation has made a huge difference in the grading system," Felten said.

NEWS | 04/22/2004

Program offers course credit, full student status

Princeton offers its rich educational opportunities not only to students and faculty but also to University employees and qualified New Jersey residents through the Continuing Education Program.Established in 1973, the program serves those preparing for professional or graduate school, pursuing advanced training in their fields or simply seeking personal enrichment."The program is a wonderful benefit to both the University and community," said Pamela Hersh, director of the Office of Community and State Affairs.Continuing education students are fully integrated into their courses ? participating in classes, precepts, labs, workshops and studios and completing all course assignments. A unique experienceRita Saltz, senior policy adviser to OIT, enrolled in a course on contemporary drama through the program.Saltz took the class because of "a lifelong love of theater and interest in production," she said.As a University employee participating in the program, Saltz enjoyed lectures by Michael Cadden, a senior lecturer and director of the Program in Theater and Dance.

NEWS | 04/22/2004

Late-night study spaces

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NEWS | 04/22/2004

Public Safety confiscates Newman's Day shirts

Public Safety officers entered a 1901 Hall room on Friday and confiscated 400 Newman's Day shirts, University officials and students who were there said.Director of Public Safety Steven Healy said in an interview today that Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan instructed two Public Safety officers to enter the room around 3 p.m.

NEWS | 04/22/2004

For business or pleasure: residents sit in on classes

Jody Lanard missed Chinese 102 class last week. Her excuse? She was testifying before the U.S. Senate on the cover-up of lead content in D.C.-area drinking water.Lanard is a psychiatrist who, with her husband Peter Sandman '67, helped invent the field of risk communication.

NEWS | 04/22/2004

Scott '87 to lead Tiger hoops

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

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

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