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Students satirize University fire policy, file sharing

Students satirize University fire policy, file sharing

Following in the footsteps of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, two University students have chosen to use music to protest power of the music industry.About two weeks ago, after the news of the crackdown on the Wake file-sharing website within the University network, seniors Matt Gale and Sanjay Varma wrote a little ditty they call "Ode to Fire Safety.""We wrote it so that people would have something to listen to now that copyrighted music is not the thing to do," Gale said.Gale and Varma did not write the song specifically to challenge the Recording Industry Association of America ? which brought a suit against Wake owner Dan Peng '05 and students at other universities for facilitating copyright infringement.Gale and Varma were interviewed in a three-way telephone conversation.

NEWS | 05/28/2003

University responds to Iraq war with alert notifications, protests

Throughout the months leading up to the war with Iraq and during the war, the University remained subdued, acknowledging changes in the national alert level and accommodating campus discussion and protest.There were no great flareups.

NEWS | 05/28/2003

Colonial, Tower are Spring Bicker's most desired clubs

MONDAY, February 10 ? The eating clubs welcomed their new members this weekend as Bicker and second-round sign-ins drew to a close.Tower Club, with 161 hopefuls, had the largest Bicker class.

NEWS | 05/28/2003

Campus Club to switch to Bicker in 2003–2004 year

Campus Club president Jonathan Chou '04 announced May 11 that the club will abandon this year's semi-selective sign-in process in favor of Bicker.

NEWS | 05/28/2003

Honor Code reformed by USG, student votes

The Honor Code was amended twice last semester ? once by USG vote and once by student referendum ? changing the role of the procedural advisor, moving the authority over appeals to the dean of the college and allowing an accused student to bring a representative to the initial Honor Committee hearing.The Honor Code, which was last amended in 2000, is one of two disciplinary systems at the University.

NEWS | 05/28/2003

Photos from Class Day, 2003

The following is a link to an online slide show in memory of Class Day (June 2, 2003): http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/classday2003/ Editor's Note: This breaking story was appended to the Reunions issue of The Daily Princetonian's online edition at 10:56 PM on June 11th.

NEWS | 05/28/2003

Rapelye appointed dean of admission

The University announced on March 27 that the dean of admissions at Wellesley College, Janet Lavin Rapelye, will replace Fred Hargadon as Princeton admission dean.Rapelye ? who has headed admissions at the all-women's school near Boston for 12 years after admission work at Bowdoin, Williams and Stanford ? is the first female admission dean at Princeton.

NEWS | 05/28/2003

Alcohol, money remain top issues for town/gown friction

Though the relationship between the Borough and the University is in some areas harmonious, two issues ? student alcohol abuse and the University's financial commitment to the Borough ? draw attention to the difficulties of having a wealthy, elite institution in a quiet town known for its affluent neighborhoods.Disagreement over how to curb some students' risky drinking habits has led to police investigations on the Street and the proposal of an alcohol enforcement ordinance.These high-profile events reflect a struggle over whether it is the University or the Borough that will interpret students' rights and protect them when they endanger themselves."The goal is to create a safe environment, where no one is served so much alcohol that they can die," said Charles Davall, Borough police chief.

NEWS | 05/28/2003

Fields Center director to step down in September

Heddye Ducree will retire as the director of the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding this summer after serving for nine years."I'm really going to miss her.

NEWS | 05/15/2003

John Marburger III '62: Directing the world's largest patron of science

Budgets are what the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy is all about, according to its director, Dr. John H.

NEWS | 05/15/2003

Hargadon reflects, Rapelye prepares to step in

As Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon retires this year, his replacement, current Wellesley admission dean Janet Rapelye, faces many challenging new assignments.Perhaps the largest is that Princeton's admissions department handles nearly four times the number of applications as Wellesley, an all-female school.But Rapelye says she is looking forward to the new challenges, especially the University's plans to expand its class size as it implements the Wythes Plan, which calls for a 500-student increase in the student body over several years."I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to doing that ? what a dream for an admissions officer," she said.The administrative turnover comes at a crucial point in college admissions.

NEWS | 05/15/2003

Keeping unwanted visitors out: Protecting your 'H: drive' account

Students who save files to their "H: drive" may not be aware their documents could be visible to anyone with access to the University network.For students before the Class of 2006, all "H:" shared drives are set to let other students to view their contents by default.

NEWS | 05/15/2003

USG clarifies class government role, discusses LGBT concerns

The USG voted last night in its final meeting of the academic year to better define the role of class government officers.Other items on the agenda of the meeting included the seven-week athletic moratorium, the problem of homophobia on campus and the role of LGBTQ and suggestions regarding USG activities for next semester.Junior Class President Eli Goldsmith said revising the USG Constitution corrects inaccuracies, raises expectations for class governments and clarifies the difference between the role of class government and the USG Senate and U-Council.Class governments, whose duties had not been previously defined, are now explicitly expected to create "substantive, class-specific programs" and plan "social events designed to foster the unity of the class," the revision reads.Particularly in freshman elections, "a lot of people . . . have campaign platforms based on policy issues and that is not what class government is all about," Goldsmith said.The revision underscores that setting campus-wide policy has always been delegated to the USG Senate.

NEWS | 05/15/2003

Foreign study numbers, dorm improvements impact housing

Though Adam Rockman, coordinator of undergraduate housing, has said that no students are "left out in the cold" after room draw, some 117 wait-listed rising juniors wonder which dorm they will call home next year.Several factors, including dormitory renovations and fewer vacancies because of a drop in foreign study, will make housing tight for next year, and those wait listed students may receive a housing assignment as late as August.The wait list, Rockman said, is on the "higher side of average." However, in Rockman's six years at the University, the wait list has ranged from 90 to 130 students."In my time here, and as far back as anyone can remember, we have never not been able to offer a housing assignment to everyone," Rockman said.

NEWS | 05/13/2003

A Princeton Procrastinator's Toolkit

This article probably should have come out last week for Reading Period, but we delayed writing it ? like other news, our readers point out . . . Get it?

NEWS | 05/13/2003

University to forbid frosh parking, starting with '07

Beginning this fall with the Class of 2007, freshmen will no longer be granted campus parking permits resulting from space restraints."With consultation from the members of the Undergraduate Life Committee, it was decided that, effective this September, freshmen will not be permitted to bring cars on campus," said Laurel Harvey, director of the Office of Risk Management."Students with special needs, supported by medical documentation, may submit parking waiver requests to Maria Flores-Mills in the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students," Harvey said.Freshmen who bring cars to campus will have to follow general guidelines for visitor parking.

NEWS | 05/13/2003

Weekly Wrap-up

Thumbs Up: Take home finalsYeah, baby, yeah. Thumbs Up: Matrix ReloadedI'm so psyched I've taken all of the red and green pills that I can get my hands on . . . and I don't feel so well anymore. Thumbs Up: Preceptor trainingMandatory training for first-time preceptors will start this fall. Thumbs Down: All-nightersI pulled my first Princeton all-nighter Monday night.

NEWS | 05/13/2003

Forum looks at controversy over Wilson School exhibit

Last night, the Wilson School hosted a discussion examining issues surrounding artistic expression in public spaces and respect for religious beliefs after several students and faculty members complained that an exhibition currently on display in the Bernstein Gallery of Robertson Hall's lower level is offensive to Catholics.The exhibition, titled "Ricanstructions," is a collection of works by Brooklyn artist Juan Sanchez.

NEWS | 05/13/2003

USG meets to take on moratorium

The USG will decide tonight how best to persuade University administrators to change the seven-week moratorium on athletic practices.With the backing of President Tilghman, athletes and coaches, the USG is optimistic that the University will lead an effort to amend the moratorium across the Ivy League.A recent proposal from members of the University suggests replacing the seven-week break from off-season athletic practices with a limit on the number of days and hours a team could practice per week.

NEWS | 05/13/2003

An institution growing from the inside

(This was the caption to a map of campus constrution in the print edition. The map could not be included in the online edition.)The Princeton campus ? serene when current seniors were freshmen ? has seen a burst over the last several years in construction projects.East Pyne, for instance, one of the renovation projects due to be finished before fall semester, will be the new home for over a dozen departments and programs.

NEWS | 05/11/2003

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