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'Daily Show' host to address seniors on Class Day

'Daily Show' host to address seniors on Class Day

Jon Stewart, comedian and host of the "The Daily Show," has agreed to speak at this year's Class Day ? an annual event organized by the senior class officers which occurs the day before Commencement.Stewart "rose from the bunch of all the candidates because of his Princeton connection," said Class of 2004 President Eli Goldsmith.Stewart was raised in nearby Lawrence Township, and his brother is an alumnus of the University.

NEWS | 03/02/2004

More academic stars among fewer applicants

Though admissions applications for the Class of 2008 are down 14 percent, the academic quality of the overall applicant pool has actually increased, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye reported.There were 13,659 applicants for regular decision this year, compared with 15,725 regular applicants for the Class of 2007.However, Rapelye said the absence of weaker candidates accounted for the decrease in applicants."Based on the quality of the reads that we've done so far, it appears that we have fewer students at the bottom of the pool," Rapelye said.

NEWS | 03/02/2004

Schools to offer better financial aid to low-income students

In response to the rapidly increasing costs of attending college, several universities are substantially modifying their financial aid policies to help low-income families meet the cost of tuition.

NEWS | 03/01/2004

Seniors vote blind for trustee

Despite the opposition of some candidates, students running for this year's Young Alumni Trustee position voted against campaigning or candidate statements in the primary election.

NEWS | 03/01/2004

Malkiel seeks more even major distribution

With some departments exploding in popularity and others struggling to find a single concentrator each year, the administration has acknowledged a problem regarding lopsided distribution of students among majors and has begun to seek a solution.After being asked this summer by President Tilghman to identify one change the University could make to improve the quality of undergraduate education, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel has been looking into ways the school could encourage a more even distribution of students among departments, according to the Princeton Weekly Bulletin."I think there are ways of strengthening the course offerings and teaching at the introductory level in smaller departments," Malkiel said.

NEWS | 03/01/2004

Students' initiative drives business ahead

You know you're on to something when you refuse a million dollars and end up ahead. With the combination of a novel idea and a whole bunch of garbage, that's just what Tom Szaky '05, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, Inc., has managed to do.

NEWS | 03/01/2004

Appeal denied, Isenberg goes to Temple U.

Andrew Isenberg, a popular professor of history who was denied tenure by the University last year, has received a job offer ? with tenure ? from Temple University in Philadelphia, he confirmed on Monday.Isenberg, who received the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2001, said he has accepted Temple's offer and will begin his work there in the fall."That's the [offer] I'm taking," he said in an interview, "I think Temple's a great job.

NEWS | 03/01/2004

Ivy Council probes tech challenge

Fifteen University undergraduates joined 160 other Ivy League students this weekend to study the effects of globalization on students at the Ivy Council's fourth annual Ivy Leadership Summit at Columbia University.The conference brought together real-world leaders and students to discuss some of the issues which will continue to face today's generation as it enters the workforce.The summit's theme was "Leading in the Age of Technology," and discussions focused on the domestic and international implications of economic and political policies.Eight prominent leaders in education, government and business spoke at this year's conference.Some of the more notable panelists included Steve Forbes '70, chief executive of Forbes Magazine and former University trustee, Nesreen Berwari, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, Alan Brinkely, Columbia University's provost, and Jeffery Sachs, world-renowned author and expert on the economies of developing countries.The sustainable development panel, led by Forbes and Sachs, was one of the summit's most memorable events, said Jay Saxon '05 ? head University delegate to the conference ? because they argued for their different approaches to developing third world nations.Brian Lewandowski '05 said this difference of views made the panel particularly enjoyable."Usually panelists are in agreement, but in this one the two men were diametrically opposed," Lewandoski said.

NEWS | 02/29/2004

Studio exec reveals Hollywood secrets

When Marc Rosen '98 held up two magazines ? Variety and Hollywood Insider ? and asked if anyone recognized them, about half of the roughly 40 undergraduates in the audience raised their hands.Rosen, a senior executive at Heydey Films at Warner Bros., congratulated them, calling these publications required reading for anyone looking to break into Hollywood.Rosen shared his secrets about how to make it in the entertainment industry in a Friday lecture organized by the Princeton Film Foundation, Tigervision and the Office of Career Services.Though entertainment and Princeton are not typically said in the same breath, the talk's sponsors wanted interested students to have a shot in the movie business."The entertainment industry isn't a meritocracy," Rosen said.

NEWS | 02/29/2004

Event showcases wide array of talents

What do an opera singer, professional jazz saxophonist, break-dancing crew and two Pulitzer Prize winners have in common?

NEWS | 02/29/2004

Double the choices for twins attending college

Sean Effinger-Dean '06 never had much of his own space, even before he was born. While in the womb, his foot was jammed against his twin sister's face, leaving her jaw slightly pushed in for months after birth."It grew out after a while," he said, explaining, "I was a big baby ? we both were."Despite their pre-birth battle for space, the pair grew up close friends, sharing a knack for math and a love of musical theater.When it came time to pick a college, though, they knew they wanted to go their separate ways.

NEWS | 02/29/2004

Study abroad to expand programs

Though the University has a world-class international relations program at the Wilson School, when it comes to placing students in study abroad programs, the University struggles to convince students to leave campus.This spring semester, the University saw 111 students go abroad to join 11 students already abroad for the year, out of a total undergraduate student population of roughly 4600.

NEWS | 02/26/2004

Conservatives get diversity fund money

When the Princeton Tory and the College Republicans applied for lecture funding from the Bildner Fund for Diversity, they didn't think they had a shot to get it.And Fleurette King, who runs that fund, never thought she would see their application in the first place.After all, previous applicants for grants included groups like the Princeton Justice Project, Queer Graduate Caucus and Organization of Women Leaders ? whose sorts of views the Tory has often accosted in its pages.But last spring the Fund paid for the Tory, the Republicans and Whig-Clio to bring conservative columnist George Will GS '68 to Princeton to talk on the breakdown of the American family.Both King and conservative leaders said they were pleasantly surprised by this twist of events."I think some people would have been curious," King said of the decision to fund the lecture, emphasizing that the fund doesn't have a preconceived agenda and instead only seeks to promote intergroup dialogue.The Fund requires at least two diverse groups to apply for grants together.

NEWS | 02/26/2004

IRC hosts first annual interactive crisis simulation

Close to 100 delegates from nine different colleges are participating in the first annual Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation conference, which started yesterday and will run until Sunday.The event is being hosted by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's International Relations Council and is billed as the first conference of its kind."[This conference] is not a typical Model U.N.

NEWS | 02/26/2004

Franken lampoons government policy

Actor and satirist Al Franken employed hilarious countenances, voice imitations and amusing anecdotes in his speech, "Al Franken: On Politics and Anything Else That Crosses His Mind At 4:30 P.M," yesterday in Dodds Auditorium.Woodrow Wilson had a plan, Franken said, "to end all wars." Yet President Bush, the butt of most of Franken's invective, has involved the country in "a war that will never end," Franken said.In a sarcastic tone, he thanked the Bush administration ? and its yet-unsuccessful search for illegal armaments ? for "not planting weapons of mass destruction."Bush objects to gay marriage, Franken said, but the president has overlooked a far more dangerous threat ? terrorist marriages.With all those terrorist couples walking about, Franken said, "I don't know what he's thinking."Franken poked fun at the president for his alleged lack of dedication when he was in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.Franken imitated Bush as he was asked on "Meet the Press" about his time on a base in Alabama.

NEWS | 02/26/2004

University to offer Hindi language classes in the fall semester

Ravi Shah '06 came to Princeton with a mission to bring Hindi ? the national language of India, which boasts the second-largest population in the world ? to the classroom.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

ULC resolution prompts housing changes

Responding to a proposal drafted by the Undergraduate Life Council last December, the Housing Department has begun the process of improving and adding to existing facilities in upperclass dormitories, especially those buildings not slated for full-scale renovations within the next several years.In the fall, ULC members Xiuhui Lim '05 and Emily Somerville '06 conducted an informal survey of student concerns about housing and compiled the results in a Housing Improvement Resolution.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

Cultural programs see growth

Since a 1994 report called for increasing undergraduates' academic exposure to different cultures, the University has made progress in broadening its course offerings.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

Primaries reveal mixed undergrad engagement

Every election season, the topic of perceived undergraduate political apathy returns to the forefront of campus debate.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

Candy inspires scientific discovery

There is a right and a wrong way to pack things. This is a phenomenon that can be observed every time you pack the trunk of your car, chemistry professor Salvatore Torquato said.And, believe it or not, this concept ? called packing ? has perplexed scientists for hundreds of years."People have been trying to determine the most efficient way to pack things in order to obtain the highest density," Torquato explained.

NEWS | 02/25/2004

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