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Bush administration may relax Title IX regulations

Bush administration may relax Title IX regulations

The federal government may relax a regulation that requires colleges and universities to maintain equal opportunities for women in athletics.The regulation, Title IX, requires gender ratios of athletes to correspond to the makeup of the student body.

NEWS | 02/04/2003

Undercover operation leads to charges against club officers

Princeton Borough Police brought charges against four officers of Colonial and Quadrangle clubs yesterday resulting from a November undercover investigation into serving alcohol to minors on the Street, according to police reports."We are stepping up our enforcement efforts," Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 02/04/2003

At anti-war rally, protesters say oil is U.S.'s true motive

"No blood for oil!" the signs said. "One, two, three, four, we don't want your oil war!" they shouted.About two dozen University and community members gathered by Palmer Square yesterday to challenge a potential war in Iraq as a war about oil.Cars honked and some people walking by joined in the protest, while others quietly accepted fliers and moved on.Sponsored by the Princeton Peace Network, the rally was one of more than 100 held to mark the Day of Action suggested by a website, Target Oil.The website said demonstrations took place at over 100 gas stations around the United States and United Kingdom.

NEWS | 02/04/2003

North Korea nearly takes center stage from Iraq

On Jan. 10, in a show of political defiance aimed in part at the United States, North Korea withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty which it had signed in 1985.

NEWS | 02/04/2003

University Nobel Prize winners sign anti-war statement

Four of the University's nine Nobel laureate faculty members signed a statement last Tuesday before the State of the Union address condemning a "preventive" war against Iraq.The short declaration cautions that a war with Iraq would undermine U.S.

NEWS | 02/04/2003

Robertsons file response to motion to dismiss lawsuit

The Robertson family filed papers yesterday in opposition to the University's motion to dismiss the lawsuit to reclaim the funds of the Robertson Foundation, the $550 million endowment for the Wilson School.The plaintiffs claimed in their opposition papers that there was no basis for a dismissal of the lawsuit and argued that there were factual errors in the motion."Defendants' motion shows that they have lost sight of their moral and legal obligations as the stewards of the Robertsons' extraordinary gift," the plaintiffs argued.

NEWS | 02/04/2003

Sign-in surge reduces Bicker prospects in second-round

While the Inter-Club Council has tried to provide more options for students who are denied a bid by Bicker clubs, the large numbers of first-round sign-ins suggest that second-round options may be limited.This year, sign-ins saw a rise in participants.

NEWS | 02/03/2003

Susan Wolf GS '78: Mellon Foundation recognizes scholar

Susan Wolf GS '78 may now be distinguished as an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation award recipient, but when she graduated from Princeton her backup profession was pastry chef.Wolf ? who received a Distinguished Achievement Award in November ? certainly did not know right away that she would become a philosophy professor.

NEWS | 02/03/2003

Sociology professor finds 10 percent plan flawed

The Texas '10 percent plan' for college admissions, heralded as a race-neutral alternative to affirmative action, does not succeed in boosting minority enrollment at the state's two flagship universities, according to a study conducted by University professor of sociology Marta Tienda.President Bush has asserted that the Texas system is better than ones that use racial preferences.

NEWS | 02/03/2003

Nugent '73 named Kenyon president

Dean Georgia Nugent '73 has been chosen to serve as the 18th president of Kenyon College in Ohio, David W.

NEWS | 02/03/2003

New history dept. site links students to online bookstore

As students invest this week in the textbooks they will need for the new semester, the number of book buying options continues to grow.

NEWS | 02/03/2003

Charter, Colonial full after first-round sign-ins end

With the first round of sign-ins complete, both Colonial Club and Charter Club have filled their membership for the coming year, though neither the Inter-Club Council nor the clubs released the exact number of members accepted.The council decided to withhold the numbers to avoid stigmatizing the clubs for the second round of sign-ins which will take place Thursday, one day earlier than in years past and before Bicker bids are handed out, ICC Advisor Tim Szostek '02 said.Approximately 350 sophomores went to the Frist Campus Center to sign into their clubs of choice, up from 335 last year.

NEWS | 02/02/2003

Edwards challenges the legacy preference

The controversy surrounding college admissions based on legacy may soon heat up with North Carolina Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Ed-wards' challenge to colleges and universities to end all legacy policies.In a speech at the University of Maryland on Nov.

NEWS | 02/02/2003

Robertson suit may be delayed by injury to judge

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit regarding the Robertson Foundation, the $550 million endowment for the Wilson School, received an extension until tomorrow to respond to the defendants' motion to dismiss the suit, which was filed in early November.The judge in the case, Neil Shuster, was also injured in a recent car accident, which might delay hearings, University Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 said.Robertson family members filed a complaint in July in New Jersey Superior Court, alleging that the University attempted to take control of the separate endowment.

NEWS | 02/02/2003

University mourns Katona GS' death

Second year graduate student Gabor Katona committed suicide on Jan. 20, Borough Police Lt. John Reading said.University proctors found Katona, 32, at approximately 10 PM in his room in Lockhart Hall after receiving a call to check on the student.

NEWS | 02/02/2003

Part of Rocky dining hall to be saved for upperclassmen

Residential college masters recently approved plans to convert part of the Rockefeller College dining room into an upperclass eating space in response to a growing desire among upperclassmen for more dining options."Choosing Rocky was more a choice of space than of location because upperclassmen live all over campus and so it would be hard to find one dining hall that is close to all of them," said Laura Chiang '05, who first proposed the new dining initiative.Rocky also has more empty space than other dining halls, averaging forty empty seats per night, said Stu Orefice, head of dining services.Because of their close proximity to fields and courts, Wu and Wilcox are the most crowded dining halls in part because they tend to attract more athletes returning from practice in the evening, Chiang said.Orefice also hopes to reconfigure the dining hall by replacing the long rectangular tables with more informal smaller tables and by creating a lounge space in the back of the dining room.While upperclassmen have always had the option of remaining on a University meal plan, Chiang has been working closely with Orefice and Janet Dickerson, vice president of campus life, since November to create a more centralized upperclassman dining area.

NEWS | 02/02/2003

University aims to balance budget with tuition increase

Though undergraduate fees will rise more slowly than the national average next year, they will exceed recommendations made by the University's budget committee in recent years, reflecting the University's effort to balance the budget during economic doldrums.In the new $850 million University budget approved during Intersession, the Board of Trustees increased undergraduate and graduate tuition by 4.8 percent, the largest jump in almost a decade.

NEWS | 02/02/2003

Violent crime wave disturbs quiet Princeton community

Two recent violent crimes have alarmed the Princeton community in recent weeks. In addition to a carjacking and an aggravated assualt ending in the shooting of the suspect, police reopened an older, unsolved murder.The carjacking occurred in front of the CVS on Nassau St.

NEWS | 02/02/2003

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