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International student files compromised

International student files compromised

When administrators at George Mason University attempted to access the school's records on a federal electronic database used to track foreign students, they pulled up the private record of a Princeton University student instead, according to an article recently published in the Washington Post.

NEWS | 03/26/2003

Mandatory vaccine bill up for passage this summer

The Class of 2007 may have one more item on their to-do list when preparing for school this summer ? a mandatory meningitis vaccine.On March 10, the New Jersey State Assembly passed a bill that would require all students enrolling in institutions of higher education for the 2003-2004 school year to be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis prior to matriculation.Statistically, meningitis is much more likely to strike college students, particularly freshmen. Implementation concernsUniversity administrators, however, hope the bill does not receive the governor's approval this fall.While the University does not oppose the substance of the bill, it does object to the proposed time frame of implementation, said Heather Ackley, coordinator of travel and immunization services.Since its approval by the Assembly, the bill has undergone some important changes.

NEWS | 03/26/2003

Towey promotes the role of faith in public welfare

"The government can't love," said Jim Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives, today at a lecture titled "Compassion, the U.S.

NEWS | 03/26/2003

Former Zambian president urges more action on AIDS

Speaking yesterday in the midst of a war with Iraq, former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda challenged his audience to consider another battle: the fight against AIDS."There is another battle by which we need to rally behind," Kaunda said, "a battle that threatens the leaders of the world and humanity."AIDS is not an African problem but a problem across the world, Kaunda said during his lecture, "HIV/AIDS and Africa: Challenges Ahead."Currently the Balfour African president in residence at Boston University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC), Kaunda has devoted his life to fighting HIV and AIDS in Africa.

NEWS | 03/26/2003

Conferences compete for feminist audience

One weekend will have to be big enough for two student-run women's activism groups.The Organization of Women Leaders and the National Council of Negro Women are hosting separate conferences on March 29.

NEWS | 03/26/2003

WROC hosts student-worker appreciation night

The Worker's Rights Organizing Committee held the University's first student-organized employee appreciation day yesterday, but the presentations by student leaders and workers suggested that the University does not appreciate workers enough.WROC's student leaders took the day as an opportunity to broadcast the results of a 92-question worker survey it conducted last April, which received responses from more than 400 of 600 unionized employees."We wanted to let everyone know what the results of the survey were," WROC president Kate Jordan '03 said.

NEWS | 03/26/2003

Astrophysics professor receives million-dollar Dan David prize

Professor John Bahcall, a faculty member of the Institute for Advanced Study and a lecturer at the University, has been awarded the Dan David Prize for the Future of Cosmology and Astronomy for his longterm groundbreaking work in astrophysics.The prize, which includes a $1 million award, is "granted to individuals or institutions with proven, exceptional, and distinct excellence in the sciences, arts, and humanities that have made an outstanding contribution to humanity," according to the Dan David Prize website."I'm delighted," Bahcall said, "And my family is delighted."Though Bahcall has worked on a number of problems within the field of particle astrophysics, he said he believes the work that most directly prompted his receipt of the prize is his study of neutrinos' behavior in relation to the sun.Neutrinos, Bahcall explained, are special particles that have almost no mass.

NEWS | 03/26/2003

Forrest, Saville elected to National Academy of Engineering

Stephen Forrest, an electrical engineering professor, and Dudley Saville, a chemical engineering professor, were elected to the National Academy of Engineering, joining 15 other University faculty members already in the Academy.Membership in the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest honors in the engineering field, and 77 new members were elected this year.

NEWS | 03/26/2003

OIT makes technology fun at Information Village Fair

At the end of the first day of the Office of Information Technology's Information Village Fair, the event's success could be measured in popcorn ? 600 boxes of it.

NEWS | 03/25/2003

Revived African student group 'Akwaaba' welcomes newcomers

To welcome someone in the Twi dialect of Ashante, you would greet them with a friendly "Akwaaba," not coincidentally the name of a newly-revived African student group which held its first open meeting during a dinner discussion on Monday.The organization, originally founded in 1996 as a "home away from home" for African students, is being reintroduced largely through the efforts of two freshmen, Amaka Megwalu '06, whose parents live in Nigeria and New York, and Daniel Scher '06, a resident of South Africa.Megwalu said the group aims to bring Africans together for "solidarity and a place to feel at home," but also plans to involve non-Africans in discussions about issues affecting the continent.She emphasized that the group is open to the entire University community.

NEWS | 03/25/2003

Campus workers on military leave

While others watch the war in Iraq on CNN, a few members of the University and Borough community are experiencing wartime military duty firsthand.Two University employees ? whose names remain confidential for privacy reasons ? are currently on military leave, though one is expected back within 30 days, Human Resources representative Vikki Ridge said.Unlike many other municipalities and cities around the country, however, the Borough police and fire departments have not suffered a manpower shortage due to the war."Several people have already done their time," said Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 03/25/2003

The road to peace is in communication

As the nation turned its attention to Iraq this past week, I arrived at the South Korean embassy in New York City looking for answers about the Pacific component of Bush's "axis of evil." In my interview with Ambassador Wonil Cho, the Counsel General of the Republic of Korea, I sought to investigate the unique relationship between North and South Korea for my Foreign Correspondence seminar term project.

NEWS | 03/25/2003

CJL summer trip to Israel still scheduled to proceed

Despite the current military action in the Middle East, plans for a mid-June trip to Israel led by Rabbi Diamond of the Center for Jewish Life are still on."We won't go until the middle of June, but if it is like this we won't go," Diamond said.

NEWS | 03/25/2003

Water flows again in renovated pool at Wilson School

Those enjoying the warm spring weather this week may have discovered a new place to bask in the sun ? the newly renovated, tree-lined Scudder Plaza and redesigned Wilson School fountain.Work at the neighboring Robertson Hall necessitated rebuilding the plaza, Grounds Manager Jim Consolloy said, but the University took the opportunity to work creatively with the space."[The changes] have really opened up the area," Consolloy said.

NEWS | 03/25/2003

Wilson School defends use of endowment

Princeton lawyers filed a statement on Mar. 14 reiterating that the University did not misuse the Wilson School's $550 million endowment as members of the Robertson Foundation have alleged.The University had filed a motion to dismiss the allegations on Nov.

NEWS | 03/24/2003

New anti-war group holds 'die-in'

Members of Princeton Students United for Peace staged a die-in yesterday on the lawn in front of the Frist Campus Center to protest the war in Iraq.Five students lay on sheets splashed with red paint, holding up signs with images of a soldier and his fiancée, a wounded Iraqi child, Arlington Cemetery and a scene of New York City meant to signify possible retaliation.

NEWS | 03/24/2003

Maurice Cohill Jr. '51: Pioneering research in juvenile justice

After Maurice Cohill Jr. '51 performed his usual humorous monologue as "Princeton Charlie" at a football game in 1950, Ed Sullivan asked him to appear on his show.

NEWS | 03/24/2003

As last page is reached, book on WWII alumni to leave Frist

"Alma Mater keeps in eternal memory her sons who laid down their lives for their country." Engrained on each page of the Princeton Alumni WWII Book is this inscription, a promise to alumni who died during the Second World War.

NEWS | 03/24/2003

CPUC describes dangers of piracy

The University must address copyright infringement concerns immediately after receiving an official complaint against a user of the campus network, said Rita Saltz, OIT security expert, yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community.Colleges and universities are hotbeds of piracy, said Clayton Marsh '85, a University lawyer, and the entertainment industry has begun to take more aggressive measures against individual violators of copyright law.According to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the University is a service provider and not liable for violations of the law.

NEWS | 03/24/2003

Six days in, professors debate ramifications of war with Iraq

"These are frightening times," Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, dean of the Wilson School, told an overcapacity audience at Dodds Auditorium yesterday.

NEWS | 03/24/2003

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