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U. debates early admit programs

U. debates early admit programs

While one in three high school students who applied early to the University was accepted into the class of 2008, those who applied regular decision will face an acceptance rate as low as six percent, if application rates remain relatively constant.Although she said "the University doesn't do anything based on U.S.

NEWS | 02/17/2004

Rare books curator reflects on libraries' past and future

"Let's start with a bit of history, shall we?" Curator of Princeton's rare books Stephen Ferguson asked.

NEWS | 02/17/2004

Freshmen look to advanced courses for new challenges

After a high school curriculum of Advanced Placement courses and other challenging courses, the typical freshman comes to Princeton expecting an atmosphere of unrestrained academic stimulation.

NEWS | 02/16/2004

Kaczynski shuns death penalty

David Kaczynski, brother of the Unabomber, spoke yesterday against the death penalty at a meeting hosted by the Princeton Coalition Against Capital Punishment in McCosh 10.Ever since turning his brother over to FBI agents in 1996, Kaczynski has become a vocal lobbyist for the abolition of capital punishment.Ted Kaczynski is serving four consecutive life sentences in an ultra-maximum security prison in Colorado for murdering three and injuring dozens of others."The death penalty has always been carried out under less than ideal circumstances," David Kaczynski said.Kaczynski said he believes that democracy is incompatible with the death penalty.

NEWS | 02/16/2004

PUDS worker charged with selling cocaine

An employee of Princeton University Dining Services was arrested while allegedly selling cocaine in South Trenton last Tuesday, according to newspaper reports and authorities.The Times of Trenton reported that police found over $100,000 of cocaine in the car and apartment of the employee, Carrie Mae Ward, 32, of Morrisville, Pa.Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser declined to name Ward but confirmed that a dining services employee had been arrested and said that the employee is probably going to be fired because she did not show up for work yesterday.She was already on a three-day suspension for poor attendance, he added."It looks like [the University is] proceeding with termination, because she didn't return to work," he said.A family member reached by telephone yesterday said Ward was still in jail.Ward was arrested at 4:45 p.m.

NEWS | 02/16/2004

Major housing changes coming

Sophomores and juniors examining their room draw options for next year may be surprised: Little and Edwards halls will not be available.Starting next fall, Little will become part of Rockefeller College and Edwards will house students from both Rocky and Mathey colleges.

NEWS | 02/16/2004

Students join Internet drive to help fight global poverty

A charity organization has found a way to combine one of college students' favorite activities ? spending time on the Internet ? with a cause that can change the lives of the world's poor.PovertyFighters.com, an Internet-based organization that, according to its website, is dedicated to "giving poor families the chance they need to work out of poverty," began its third annual Oxfam Collegiate Click Drive on Feb.

NEWS | 02/15/2004

Dining, social options extend beyond the Street

To anyone observing the ordeal of Bicker and pickups, eating clubs would seem essential to every sophomore's spring semester.

NEWS | 02/15/2004

Officials seek more high-level minorities

In 1964, then University-president Robert Goheen '40 made an historical appointment.Carl Fields, for whom the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding is named, was appointed assistant dean of the college.

NEWS | 02/15/2004

Diallo's mother reflects on son's life at Fields Center dinner

As part of this year's Black History Month celebration, the Fields Center hosted its annual dinner on Friday.The evening featured a keynote speech by Kadiatou Diallo, the mother of Amadou Diallo, who was shot to death by four New York City policemen in 1999.A crowd of 40 attended the semi-formal, buffet-style dinner in Liberation Hall.The guests were greeted by Victor Davis '05 and Ayana Harry '05, co-chairs of the organizing committee.The Rev.

NEWS | 02/15/2004

University celebrates black heritage, culture

February is only half over yet the University has already held a number of events celebrating Black History Month and honoring historical and contemporary African Americans.Since October, Victor Davis '05 and Ayana Harry '05 ? co-chairs of the Black History Month 2004 organizing committee ? have been working with other students on the committee to put together a varied calendar of events. University's themeThe committee chose Celebrating the Diaspora Through the Arts as the celebration's theme this year."We've sought to celebrate some of the various cultures of the African diaspora through a lunchtime music series in Frist [Campus Center], a weekly film series, hosting a play 'The Meeting,' an awards dinner and a talent showcase amongst several other events," Harry said.Aside from the diaspora theme on campus, this year also marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v.

NEWS | 02/12/2004

'Carrot tops' no more, redheads unite

"Redhead attendance required, other hair colors encouraged," reads the email invitation announcing the Valentine's Day party of one of Princeton's newest minority student groups.Boasting the motto "Carrot tops are green, Einstein," the Princeton Redheads Society is in the process of becoming an official University club, planning a sunblock and skin cancer awareness drive and organizing various social events to reach out to and bring together redheads.The club's founders, Doug Rosenthal '04 and Ann Glotzbach '05, met earlier this year at the'Street,' where Glotzbach was sporting an Indian costume.

NEWS | 02/12/2004

Gloger '05 requests a sixth year

Former basketball star Spencer Gloger '05 confirmed Thursday that he plans to petition the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility.

NEWS | 02/12/2004

New dean reaches out to greater student base

For Janet Lavin Rapelye, now in her first year as dean of admissions, complacency is no way to ensure that the University continues to attract a topflight applicant pool for its undergraduate student body each year."We are essentially reviewing every program and strategy to see what we can do better ? to see how we can reach students who might not have been thinking about Princeton," Rapelye said in an interview on Wednesday.The University remains atop the college rankings of publications like U.S.

NEWS | 02/12/2004

Class heads to Greece to study roots of Olympics

While some Princetonians might head for Mexico or Florida for spring break, the 12 lucky students of CLA/HLS 335, "The Olympic Games: Ancient and Modern," will have the opportunity to combine sun and education when they take a group study visit to Greece, birthplace of the Games.The trip is a required component of the course and will be entirely funded by the Program in Hellenic Studies.

NEWS | 02/11/2004

University expands Lawrence Apartments

While many undergraduates think that room draw is a traumatic experience, a number of graduate students say that, in light of recent shortages and rising prices, finding affordable graduate housing may be a worse problem.In response to graduate students' needs, the University is expanding the Lawrence Apartments, located on West Drive to the south of Springdale Golf Course.The complex will include an additional seven buildings housing 346 beds.

NEWS | 02/11/2004

OIT creates proposal to protect confidentiality

Taylor Beck '07 went to the registrar's office to change his courses for the semester. Beck, who always relies on his driver's license to remember his social security number, had forgotten to bring it with him, and thus could not complete his course-change form.

NEWS | 02/11/2004

New condo complex approved

After a series of delays and negotiations, the Borough Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to convert the unfinished Hulfish North parking garage at Paul Robeson Place into roughly 100 luxury condominiums.The decision comes after nearly 14 years of conflict between the Borough and Palmer Square Management, who is handling the project, as well a series of recent reservations by council members that further delayed a decision."I was very pleased [with the outcome]," Borough mayor Joe O'Neill said yesterday.

NEWS | 02/11/2004

'Prince' reporters recall lessons from a week on the campaign trail

With $30 a day for our subsistence and a room at the Nashua Comfort Inn, we lived the high life among students on the New Hampshire campaign trail.Our inexperience allowed us to slip into offices without alerting volunteers vigilantly protecting their campaign headquarters from snooping reporters.

NEWS | 02/10/2004

Same-sex partners eligible for health plan

The University made the decision to extend the Student Health Plan to include same-sex partners on Jan.

NEWS | 02/10/2004

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