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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

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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

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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

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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

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Students, alums gather for Hollywood-in-Princeton film viewing

Macauley Peterson '01 brought Hollywood to Princeton Friday night in an informal gathering known as "Hollywood in Princeton, Take 2."The event provided an opportunity for various people, including University students and alumni, to network with each other while discussing film, music, visual arts and theater.This was the second gathering at Peterson's Nassau Street apartment.

NEWS | 01/19/2003

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Coming full circle, Dean Fred to deliver Baccalaureate speech

Since 1972, the University's Baccalaureate speaker has generally come from outside the immediate university community, but breaking with tradition a committee consisting of students and faculty selected Dean of Admissions Fred Hargadon to speak at this year's ceremony.The senior class officers were responsible for narrowing down the field of Baccalaureate speaker candidates."We had opened up ideas for Class Day speaker and used a lot of the names suggested there in our discussion for the Baccalaureate speaker," said senior class president Catherine Farmer.

NEWS | 01/19/2003

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As Harvard, Yale plan to up graduate aid, Princeton will not follow suit

Despite Harvard's announcement last week that it will increase graduate student financial aid and Yale's announcement that it will remain competitive, Princeton graduate school dean William Russel said the University has no plans to react to Harvard University.Russel said the stipends and fellowships given to the University's graduate school students are competitive with other institutions."We don't lose people because of our financial aid," he said.Harvard's president, Lawrence Summers, announced Wednesday a $14-million increase in graduate financial aid programs, The Harvard Crimson reported.The aid will benefit students in all of Harvard's graduate and professional schools, except for the law and business schools and students studying the natural sciences.Harvard graduate students will also now be eligible for loans at below-market rates through a partnership with Citibank's Student Loan corporation, The Crimson reported.Following Harvard's announcement, Yale reaffirmed its goal to remain competitive, the Yale Daily News reported.

NEWS | 01/19/2003