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Tilghman expresses Greek life concerns

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Tilghman expresses Greek life concerns

President Tilghman raised questions about the role of fraternities and sororities and the quality of health care during a USG Senate meeting last night.The meeting also included votes on two contentious election reform issues.Tilghman began by discussing the role of fraternities and sororities on campus, an issue which she said has become a concern for the University Board of Trustees.Because the rush process occurs so early in a student's four years at the University, fraternities and sororities may limit the diversity of their experiences on campus, she said."What you're doing is really quickly you're narrowing down the space that you're going to explore," she said.Tilghman also expressed concern about the perceived associations between certain eating clubs and fraternities."It doubly worries [the Trustees] because there is the added perception that sororities and fraternities are acting as a feeder for the eating clubs," she said.Although the administration could not force fraternities ? which are not recognized by the University ? to comply, Tilghman said the administration could make clear its position on the matter and pressure them into taking action.Tilghman also solicited input on the quality of care at McCosh Health Center, evoking both positive and negative responses.One oft-cited issue was the difference in care between the first-floor facilities, which perform outpatient services, and the second floor, which contains mostly inpatient services.The administration is planning a $250,000 renovation of McCosh, Tilghman said.After Tilghman's address, the senate voted on two election reform issues that remained unresolved from the last meeting.A measure removing restrictions on mass e-mails during campaigns passed by a 10-to-nine vote, while a proposal to shorten the voting period from three days to one was defeated by a 12-to-six vote.Also at the meeting, U-Councilor Allison Arensman '04 expressed concern that the administration was not actively addressing the issues brought up in last year's minority and women's issues reports."I don't see very much substantive evidence that [administrators] are doing anything in regards to these reports," she said.

NEWS | 04/07/2002

Political leaders convene to discuss Declaration of Independence

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Political leaders convene to discuss Declaration of Independence

Though "self-evident" to the founding fathers of the United States, the notion that "all men are created equal" is easier said than applied.Only recently has the nation moved past an institutional racial hierarchy, which reigned not only over African Americans but also over Asian Americans, said Jennifer Hochschild, a Harvard University government professor.Hochschild ? along with former presidential candidate Steve Forbes '70, N.J.

NEWS | 04/07/2002

Do Princeton students spend too few hours in class and lecture each day?

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Do Princeton students spend too few hours in class and lecture each day?

On a recent "60 Minutes" episode, Andy Rooney voiced a complaint about what he sees as the meager amount of time that college students spend in class.Rooney pointed to the limited number of hours per week devoted to lectures and seminars and the presence of long weekends in many students schedules ? specifically the absence of Friday classes.

NEWS | 04/07/2002
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Cap and Compass helps prepare seniors for future employment

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Cap and Compass helps prepare seniors for future employment

As members of the Class of 2002 rush to finish their theses and wait for job responses from companies, they must also prepare to face the "real world" beyond the gates of the University campus.Cap and Compass, a small Connecticut-based company, aims to prepare college students for the transition from the classroom and dormitories to the workplace and independent living.According to Cap and Compass ? founded in 2000 by two recent graduates of Duke University ? 73 percent of students do not feel prepared for the transition from college to life as a young professional.The statistic is based on responses to a questionnaire given to college students attending the company's seminars, which discuss important skills needed for various job fields and within everyday working life.Cap and Compass has created five humorous seminars to be conducted on college campuses at the request of students, alumni or campus career services representatives.

NEWS | 04/04/2002

Students discouraged from studying abroad in Israeli universities

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Students discouraged from studying abroad in Israeli universities

Amid the escalating violence in the Middle East, American universities have been increasingly hesitant to send students to Israel for study abroad.The Office of the President at the University of California decided to suspend all its study abroad programs to Israel until the situation improves, said Hanan Eisenman, a UC spokesman.The decision places the UC system in the same position as the University of Washington and the University of Colorado, both of which have already suspended their own study abroad programs to Israel.Princeton University is also discouraging students from studying abroad in Israel, despite differences in the way its study abroad programs are set up.The UC system will strongly encourage the 27 students that are studying in Israel to return to the United States, Eisenman said.After next Thursday, students will no longer receive credit from the university but will have to be reapproved for credit as international students."In light of the escalating violence [in Israel], the safe and prudent thing to do was to suspend the program and call those students home that were studying there," Eisenman said.

NEWS | 04/04/2002

OWL discusses body, self image with local middle school girls

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OWL discusses body, self image with local middle school girls

A group of University students brought girl power to the John Witherspoon School yesterday ? without the Spice Girls.As part of a pilot program they call Girls Empowerment, a group of OWL members invited girls in grades six through eight to take part in an after-school workshop discussing body image and self-esteem issues.Twelve girls participated in the hour-long workshop, which consisted of three stations.

NEWS | 04/04/2002

Community remembers 9/11 victims with daffodil garden on battlefield

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Community remembers 9/11 victims with daffodil garden on battlefield

Community volunteers and several local garden clubs dedicated a bed of nearly 7,000 yellow daffodils at Princeton Battlefield State Park last Saturday to all victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Barbara Gallup, a member of The Garden Club of Princeton, with the group's president, Milly King, developed the original idea for the memorial last fall "We felt the need to do something, and a garden would certainly be an appropriate thing," King said.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

Majority of Ivies see rise in applications

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Majority of Ivies see rise in applications

The University was among several Ivy League schools to see a marked increase in applications for admission this year, Dean of Admissions Fred Hargadon said, as decision letters were mailed to prospective members of the Class of 2006 yesterday.Application numbers were also higher at Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth Universities, but dipped at Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania.Officials at Brown University declined to release their admissions figures.More than 14,500 students applied to the University this year, a 1.4-percent increase from the 14,287 applications for the Class of 2005.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

College Democrats consider launching liberal campus magazine this semester

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College Democrats consider launching liberal campus magazine this semester

The Princeton College Democrats will be starting a new liberal publication later this year."The publication is intended to be a voice for democratic issues which are not necessarily voiced on campus," said Clint Wallace '04, communications director for the College Democrats.The organization hopes to publish one or two issues this academic year to develop a platform for next year's issues.However, the publication is still only in the formative phase of development.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

Sept. 11 prompts revisions of fire safety and evacuation rules

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Sept. 11 prompts revisions of fire safety and evacuation rules

An e-mail sent to all upperclass students on Tuesday announced new fire and evacuation procedures that require all students to gather at an emergency assembly point.The introduction of the emergency assembly point is the only difference from the existing system.Despite the strong allusion in the e-mail to the events of 9/11, manager of inspections for the University Housing Department Ken Paulaski, who sent out the e-mail, said this revision of the fire procedure is a normal occurrence.In the wake of the events of 9/11, the fire safety committee ? co-chaired by Garth Walters of University Environmental Health and Safety and Bob Gregory of University Public Safety ? reviewed and amended campus evacuation procedures."It's something that's been in the works, but 9/11 brought it to the forefront," Paulaski said.The e-mail was issued recently rather than earlier, closer to Sept.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

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