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Undergraduate researchers exhibit work

Undergraduate researchers exhibit work

In the crowded and poster-filled lobby of Schultz Laboratory on Wednesday, 33 students displayed science and engineering research projects as part of the University's first full-scale Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS)."The URS is designed to dramatically impact science and engineering education at Princeton," the symposium's chair and founder Jordan Amadio '05 said.Organized solely by students, the URS debuted as a pilot project last May with the aim of enhancing cross-disciplinary dialogue in science and engineering fields.This year's event ? supported by the University's Council on Science and Technology as well as science and engineering departments ? also hopes to promote awareness of innovative campus research while giving students insight on careers in science, technology and medicine, Amadio said.And the syposium's centerpiece is a competition to pick the best undergraduate research project.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

Students fight withdrawal stigma

Though "the numbers vary from year to year," University Registrar Joseph Greenberg said, 75 students withdrew voluntarily last year, while 35 were required to for academic or disciplinary reasons.The decision to withdraw "include[d] a wide range of circumstances," Associate Dean of the College Richard Williams said.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

Administration gives rape kits no funding

Despite pledging to add funding for sexual assault examinations to the "highest needs and priorities" agenda of the 2004-2005 budget, the University has decided not to provide funding to perform rape examinations.University Health Services declined to ask for the kits.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

'Obsessed with my iPod'

The white earphones are unmistakable. They dangle from the person passing you on your way to class, the one exercising on the adjacent elliptical machine, and that kid studying behind you in Cafe Vivian.Princeton students, it seems, have embraced the iPod, a compact portable unit for downloading, storing and listening to music.

NEWS | 04/01/2004

University hires architect to redesign Butler as four-year college

The University decided in December 2003 that it would tear down most of Butler College's dormitory buildings rather than renovate them.Wu Hall, 1915 Hall and the yet-to-be completed Ellipse dormitory will continue to be part of Butler, University Architect Jon Hlafter GS '63 said.The trustees said, however, that they hope to blend the new buildings' styles with the remaining architecture of Butler, unlike the case of Whitman College, for which the trustees prescribed a collegiate Gothic style.Of the current buildings, the University plans to tear down Lourie-Love, 1922, 1940, 1941 and 1942 halls. Architecture firm selectedThe new buildings' architectural styles have not yet been determined, Hlafter added.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

Students not affected by closing of area stores

The face of Nassau Street ? and the surrounding area ? has changed this school year with the closing of the Rusty Scupper and Sam Goody and the opening of a new location for the Carousel restaurant.However, these changes have had only limited effects on the dining and shopping patterns of most University students.The Rusty Scupper, a steak and seafood restaurant located on Alexander Street, closed its doors in January.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

U. to host Bush-Kerry debate

This is the Prince's April Fools Day article, though this notice does not appear in print.The first presidential debate between Sen.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

Proposed Borough tax hike spurs uproar

A proposed 20-percent tax hike has set off a flurry of criticism from Borough homeowners and thrown elected officials on the defensive."I'm outraged," said Charlotte O'Connell, a Patton Avenue resident.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

Professors partner with BP, Ford to explore CO2 emissions

British Petroleum and Ford Motor Company, earlier this year, renewed their commitment of financial aid to the University in the Carbon Mitigation Investigation (CMI) ? a project aimed at researching the greenhouse effect and global warming.A large part of the project focuses on alternative ways to collect and store carbon dioxide gas, which is produced by the burning of fossil fuels.Currently, vast quantities of the gas are released into the atmosphere and strengthen the greenhouse effect ? an ecological phenomenon characterized by increasing global temperatures.It is an environmental problem that needs to be taken seriously, said Robert Socolow, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and CMI's co-director.After internal and external reviews of CMI's progress over the past three years, the project, led by Socolow and Steve Pacala, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was awarded its second allocation of funds.Socolow said the industries have pledged $20 million to the University over the length of 10 years.

NEWS | 03/31/2004

For bouncers, job brings unusual perks and pitfalls

By day, he is a self-employed graphics arts designer specializing in motorcycles and street bikes.

NEWS | 03/30/2004

Governor exercises his might in Dillon Gym

Most weekday mornings, New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey is not found in his Trenton office, but here on the University campus.

NEWS | 03/30/2004

Suites big and small face prospect of proctor visits

It's 11 o'clock on a Thursday night and the setting is a large, bi-level suite in Wilson. People are socializing, refreshments are flowing and everyone is generally having a good ? albeit raucous ? time.But then there's a sudden, persistent knocking on the door, followed by the infamous words, "Public Safety; open up." And, with incredible swiftness, the party is broken up by campus public safety officers.

NEWS | 03/30/2004

Students to connect through web facebook

For students who make a hobby of poring over the University facebook, it is time to move on to bigger and better things.Princeton students will be able to sign up on www.thefacebook.com, a site featuring a database of student profiles from a growing list of schools, beginning Sunday, said Chris Hughes, a sophomore at Harvard and the site's press manager."It's an online community and social networking site for college students and alums," Hughes said.Students at Princeton will now be able create a profile for themselves, including their pictures, courses in which they're enrolled and other random facts.

NEWS | 03/30/2004

Prize-winning poet C.K. Williams on art and life

As part of a new series, the 'Prince' will feature interviews with prominent people on campus. Pulitzer Prizewinning professor C.K.

NEWS | 03/30/2004

Prof. Muldoon on Joyce and Stones

As part of a new series, the 'Prince' will feature interviews with prominent people on campus. Pulitzer Prizewinning creative writing professor Paul Muldoon is one of today's features.Prince: What is your favorite food?Muldoon: Heavens above!

NEWS | 03/30/2004

Senior theses integrate disciplines

Given a strenuous course load and a plethora of requirements, engineering students are not known to branch out of their fields.

NEWS | 03/30/2004

Job prospects brighten for Class of 2004

As spring approaches ? along with thesis deadlines and final exams ? seniors must increasingly face the dreaded question: what to do after graduation?For some, like Caroline Yao '04 who received a job offer from Lehman Brothers after interning for them this past summer, the question is easily answered.

NEWS | 03/30/2004

Junior draw begins amid concerns

At 4:06 p.m. Friday, Ron Weissbard '06 will finally get to pick his room for next year ? that is, if any rooms are left.

NEWS | 03/29/2004

Local pollutants cloud Lake Carnegie

While the crew teams gear up to host races on Lake Carnegie, environmental concerns are brewing in and around Princeton's largest lake.The lake suffers from low oxygen content and a mercury level high enough to prompt an advisory on fish consumption, said Denise Patel, campus organizer for New Jersey Water Watch, an environmental activist group.Most of the northeastern seaboard has mercury-related problems in its waterways, but Patel said New Jersey's are the worst in the region."New Jersey has a lot of environmental problems stemming from its long legacy of industrial pollution to more recent problems related to overdevelopment," she said.In addition, New Jersey's status as the most densely populated state in the country only exacerbates the problem."Princeton happens to fall into an area that is being developed faster than any other part of the state," Patel said.Neighboring West Windsor Township has had the highest rate of development in the state in recent years, which can stress local waterways.However, Lake Carnegie's water quality problems are not due to large industrial plants but to other, more local environmental conditions."Lake Carnegie's large mercury and phosphorous load comes mainly from non-point sources such as litter, fertilizers, pesticides and oil and gas from cars," said Peter Jaffe, a civil and environmental engineering professor.

NEWS | 03/29/2004

University contributes new funding for downtown complex

Students who have recently ventured into town for some food at Halo Pub or Olives have probably noticed the construction zone at the corner of Witherspoon and Wiggins streets.

NEWS | 03/29/2004

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