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Nobel-winner Taylor to resign as dean of faculty at year's end

Nobel-winner Taylor to resign as dean of faculty at year's end

Joseph Taylor will step down from his position as dean of the faculty July 1 to return to full-time teaching and research as a physics professor, the University announced yesterday.As dean of faculty since 1997, Taylor has been responsible for supervising academic departments and programs in addition to recruiting and retaining new faculty members."The principle thing that was different for me being in Nassau Hall was the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of distinguished people that we have," Taylor said.

NEWS | 11/19/2002

Online courses spark interest among University graduates

After an intense marketing campaign this fall, the University's Educational Technologies Center has seen a significant increase in alumni registering for Courseware ? a multimedia educational program led by University professors.

NEWS | 11/19/2002

Architecture school claims strong ties to new World Trade Center designs

Few would guess that the big brown building between the Frist Campus Center and McCosh Hall, home to the University's architecture school, has drawn together half the teams competing to redesign the World Trade Center site and lower Manhattan.The six teams, three of which have University-affiliated members, have eight weeks and $40,000 to create a comprehensive vision for lower Manhattan.Seven Princeton-affiliated architects, including five faculty members and two alumni, are on three different teams."It's a huge opportunity to do something with the city, to rebuild the city for the 21st century," said Stan Allen GS '88, dean of the architecture school and a member of the team from the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill."Given how small our faculty is, it's pretty extraordinary that we're represented on three of the six teams," Allen said.Allen attributed the high number of University architects on the teams to the architecture school's focus on exactly the kind of issues the assignment involves.Jesse Reiser, assistant professor and a member of the United Architects group, echoed this idea.

NEWS | 11/19/2002

U-Store employee charged with thefts

A U-Store employee was arrested last week for stealing and aiding the theft of more than $4,000 in cash and merchandise in what is suspected to be an extended network of such crimes.Borough Police charged Cherisse Iverson-Russell of Ewing with theft by deception after she allegedly voided customers' transactions, keeping their money, and allegedly let accomplices take merchandise without paying, Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 11/19/2002

Downloading music to a new tune after Napster

Editor's Note: Some names have been altered to conceal the identities of persons interviewed in the article.When Napster lost its ability to allow users trade commercial music online in June 2000 after a court injunction, many programs sprung up to fill the void.Hugh Merola '05 said he first switched to the program Morpheus after Napster.He now uses Kazaalite, an advertisement-free version of Kazaa in addition to getting music off the campus network.Napster let millions access to a large range of music files at no cost.

NEWS | 11/19/2002

Penn confirms weekend assault; police continue to investigate

University of Pennsylvania police continue to investigate an incident Saturday on the Penn campus, in which a Princeton debater says he was threatened, kicked and had motor oil thrown on him."This is still an ongoing investigation," said Frank Demeo, detective supervisor with the Penn police.Police questioned one individual about the incident, who was then released, said Lori Doyle, a Penn spokeswoman.

NEWS | 11/19/2002

Double play: Athletes strike a balance between school and sport

In the middle of last winter, Ashley Marlenga '05 would often wake up two-and-a-half hours early to walk down to the boathouse.

NEWS | 11/18/2002

Protein research by University prof may unlock new cancer treatments

A team of molecular biologists at the University, led by associate professor Yigong Shi, and the U.S.

NEWS | 11/18/2002

New Public Safety chief seeks to involve students

Wellesley College police chief Steven Healy was named the University's director of Public Safety on Friday.Donald Reichling, a 23-year veteran of Public Safety, will serve as acting director until Jan.

NEWS | 11/18/2002

University debater assaulted at Penn

A Princeton debate team member was assaulted early Saturday morning while staying in a dormitory at the University of Pennsylvania.John Brantl '05 was sleeping in a dormitory in the Undergraduate Quadrangle with other Princeton debate members when five individuals entered his room and kicked him, doused him with motor oil and threatened him, Brantl said.About 15 members of the Debate Panel were attending the Penn Pro-Am debate tournament, said Jeff Sandman, a Penn freshman and host of the students in his building.Penn Police officials did not return phone calls yesterday afternoon, and a detective for the department declined to comment last night.Around 3 a.m.

NEWS | 11/18/2002

University alters curriculum to reflect new events, technology

In the 1980s, before history professor Stephen Kotkin arrived at the University, the politics department offered a popular course on Soviet politics.Then, in his first semester at Princeton in 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and the topic "ceased to exist as a contemporary issue," according to Kotkin.Though the politics course is no longer offered, Kotkin continues to teach some of the same material in HIS 362: The Soviet Empire, while also adding recent events.Kotkin begins the course in the year 1900 and continues until the present day ? 13 years later than when he began teaching here.Like Kotkin's class, other University courses adapt to changing times by both preserving traditional subject matter and adding new material.

NEWS | 11/17/2002

Not so happy meals: 'Fast Food Nation' author Schlosser berates burger culture

"Who wants a free cheeseburger?" a student yelled, as he ran up and down the aisles in McCosh 50 Thursday night.

NEWS | 11/17/2002

Shapiro one of 27 presidents to make more than $500,000, new study says

Former University President Harold Shapiro GS '64 was one of 27 private college and university presidents to make more than $500,000 last year, a new study shows.Today's Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the number of presidents who made in excess of a half million dollars in 2001 more than doubled from the previous year.

NEWS | 11/17/2002

Local residents call on University to help fix parking problems

Amid the controversy over plans for a parking garage on Spring Street, some Princeton Borough residents want the University to play a larger role in solving the downtown parking problem.At Tuesday night's Borough Council meeting, a representative from the developer Nassau/HKT Associates announced the final plans for the garage to an unusually rowdy audience.The plan includes a new public library, small apartment buildings, and a 5.5-level parking garage with 500 spaces between Tulane and Witherspoon streets.Jim Firestone, head of Concerned Citizens of Princeton, which is leading the opposition to the garage, said if the University alleviates its own parking problem, the Borough would not need a parking complex.Firestone ? who is not related to the benefactors of Firestone Library ? said a parking garage would inconvenience residents who are used to running into a store or the library without descending elevators or stairs.

NEWS | 11/17/2002

Early applications rise

Despite recent questions about admission policies and procedures, the University admission office saw an increase in the number of early applicants this year.There were 2,350 early applicants this year compared to last year's 2,120, about an 11-percent increase, Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon said.Although the University typically accepts a little less than half of its early applicants, Hargadon said the office had not yet determined how many of this year's applicants it would accept."We haven't done any profiling of the applicants yet, so we have no idea of how many members of the Class of 2007 will come from this pool," Hargadon said in an email.

NEWS | 11/17/2002

USG discusses diversity of majors among A.B. students

Last night's USG Senate meeting focused on diversity of A.B. departmental majors in the University.USG members discussed two particular concerns University officials ? why students steer away from certain majors and what can be done to diversify the distribution of majors at the University.Several speculations were presented as to why students might choose certain majors over others.Students often choose to major in a subject area that has several applications in the real world rather than limiting themselves by choosing a narrow field, one theory supposed.In addition, many of the A.B.

NEWS | 11/17/2002

Hispanic employees celebrate Latino Heritage Month in TI

The taproom of Tiger Inn, usually occupied by undergraduates enjoying the weekend with alcohol and popular dance music, was, instead, alive with the sound of salsa and merengue music and the chit-chatter of the Hispanic attendees.The party officially began at 8 p.m., but some people arrived later because some of the dining halls on and around campus in which they work close between 7 p.m.

NEWS | 11/17/2002

USG task force adds help numbers to campus blue-light phones

Telephone numbers for Public Safety, SHARE, McCosh Health Center and SECH will now be posted on every blue-light phone to address safety concerns on campus."It's a simple way to increase the safety and comfort of students, particularly women," USG vice president Sonya Mirbagheri '04 said, citing a need to make available "safety information more specific than just Public Safety."The project was coordinated by the USG Women's Issues Task Force.Mirbagheri serves on the safety subcommittee of the task force, which was created a year ago to address issues raised in the USG Committee on Women's Issues' report.The group came up with the idea last year and obtained support and funding from the office of Vice President for Campus Life.In October, Mirbagheri met with Thema Bryant-Davis, coordinator of Sexual Harassment/Assault/Advising, Resources and Education, who advised the group on which phone numbers to provide.

NEWS | 11/14/2002

Sweating school spirit in orange and black as the Princeton mascot

Some Princeton fans go to sporting events clad in various orange and black plaids, others as uniformed players, cheerleaders or band members.

NEWS | 11/14/2002

Princeton Portal Project to help students 'find' network resources

A quiet dormitory room in Brown Hall is now home to the Princeton Portal Project, a wide-ranging new resource for University students.Designed and maintained by Matthew Stack '04 and a group of friends, this addition to the Princeton web provides a more powerful University directory; centralizes network file-sharing resources Sleep, Wake and Gank; and offers lists of activities, announcements and news."The Princeton Portal Project represents the suggestions and wishes of many friends and fellow students who have asked me over the past few years why something like this didn't already exist or how hard it would be to implement," Stack said.

NEWS | 11/14/2002

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