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Majority of Ivies see rise in applications

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

UPenn creation of privacy office prompts University to consider following suit

The appointment of a chief privacy officer at the University of Pennsylvania has generated questions over whether Princeton and other universities should also create a centralized office for privacy concerns.Penn appointed Lauren Barnett Steinfeld as its chief privacy officer on Jan.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

Hackwell '02 wins Keasbey Scholarship for English study

Leaving regional job offers behind, Paul Hackwell '02 will head to Oxford University next year to study English on a Keasbey Scholarship.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

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

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

Volunteer Perlman '05 aids school in South Africa

A spirit of volunteerism runs through Jacqui Perlman '05's roots. Her grandfather, the late Les Dishy, worked with Nelson Mandela and served as the mayor of Johannesburg.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

Sept. 11 election helper campaigns for people to 'get busy living'

On Sept. 11, I was campaigning for Brad Hoylman, District One candidate for New York City Council, when the terrorist attacks occurred.My day had started by catching the 5:43 a.m.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

Two University juniors win Truman Scholarships

Two University students, Daniel Pastor '03 and Rebecca Gifford '03, have been named Truman Scholars, the University announced Tuesday.The Harry S.

NEWS | 04/03/2002

Four-year roommates discover friendship in luck of the draw

When they first met, Jesse Liebman '03 thought his roommate Tyler Crain '03 was just another high school quarterback from Atlanta, Ga.

NEWS | 04/02/2002

Environmental groups work to 'green' the campus

The Princeton tiger treasures his home. But his home is changing, as the Earth's natural resources are drained by its human population.To address this problem, Princeton's environmentalists say they hope to help save the world's resources, or at least to put the University on the right track."The entire world isn't functioning in a way that can continue sustainably," President of the Princeton Conservation Society Brooke Kelsey Jack '03 said.Though global warming may be debatable, she said, the limits of natural resources ? from trees to petroleum ? are not.Princeton Environmental Action President Bradley Kennedy '05 agreed.Kennedy said she brought back the concept of tree-free paper ? paper made from recycled materials ? from a college environmental conference that she recently attended, titled "Greening of the Ivies.""All the Ivies get together to decide on a few issues that they're all going to focus on," Kennedy said. Kennedy and PEA have been working with administrators to convince departments to purchase more tree-free paper and paper made from sustainably harvested sources.

NEWS | 04/02/2002

USG minority panel promotes student discussions of race issues on campus

Last night's USG Minority Issues forum brought together 10 panelists for a discussion on racial self-segregation.A crowd of approximately 100 students and several administrators filled the area in front of the display wall, with audience members trickling in throughout the course of the discussion. Diverse audienceThe Frist Campus Center was chosen for its accessibility and ability to draw passersby, said organizers Sam Todd '04 and Olivier Kamanda '03.The audience, of which more than half belonged to minority groups, was active in the debate and often expressed loud disapprovals of panelists' opinions.

NEWS | 04/02/2002

Tension, resentment, violence: What will it take to find peace?

Last week saw an unprecedented flare up in violence in Israel. With several Palestinian bombings, the Israeli military surrounded the Palestinian headquarters in Ramallah.

NEWS | 04/02/2002

Amnesty International denies link to 'divestment' campaign

A new campaign to persuade the University to sell its investments in companies doing business in Israel has wrongly linked itself to Amnesty International, University students and Amnesty employees said.The University invests in many multinational corporations with substantial operations in Israel ? including General Electric Co., IBM, Intel and Merck.

NEWS | 04/02/2002

AAS slips statement on West appointment

The African-American studies program inadvertently released a statement yesterday congratulating Harvard University professor Cornel West GS '80 on accepting a position at Princeton, Vice President for Public Affairs Robert Durkee '69 said.Noliwe Rooks, associate director of the African-American studies program, confirmed last night that "it was just a mistake.""We have been preparing for the day when we could announce that Cornel West is coming back to Princeton," Durkee said.

NEWS | 04/02/2002

Johnson '90, Kosove '92 hit their target with Alcon

Andrew Kosove '92 walks intently into a small conference room with windows overlooking the bustling traffic of Los Angeles's Santa Monica Boulevard.

NEWS | 04/01/2002

Generations of students unite in classes through community auditing program

Professors have referred to them as "model students". They are often the first ones to arrive at class.

NEWS | 04/01/2002

State appellate court upholds deer policy

An N.J. appeals court panel ruled Thursday that the state law allowing municipalities to hire professional hunters to thin herds of deer is constitutional.This ruling supports the controversial decision of Princeton Township to hire sharpshooters to control the deer population.The Township hired White Buffalo, a professional hunting company based in Hamden, Conn., to thin the herd in the municipality this year, which resulted February in the extermination of 300 deer.Although the Township had originally planned to kill 500 deer, that number was reduced after loud protests from several community groups.Four animal rights groups and several individuals filed two lawsuits against the N.J.

NEWS | 04/01/2002

Appreciation week begins to display thanks to University graduate students

Living, working and studying side by side with them, undergraduates often do not realize the important role graduate students play in University life.But things may be different this week, which is national Graduate Student Appreciation Week.

NEWS | 04/01/2002

Borough Council incumbents may run unopposed for seats

With less than one week left until the April 8 filing deadline for the upcoming Princeton Borough Council primary election, no Republican candidate has come forward to announce a campaign against the incumbents.Current council president Mildred Trotman and member David Goldfarb, both Democrats, are nearing the end of their three-year terms and are seeking re-election.All current members of the council ? which is composed of six elected borough citizens ? are Democrats.

NEWS | 04/01/2002

Campus tourism increases as spectators flock to film sites

Residents of Mathey and Rockefeller colleges have ruined many tourists' souvenirs of the University by dashing through an increasing number of photographs since "A Beautiful Mind" was released in mid-December.Campus tour attendance has increased by 20 percent compared to last year in which there were 38,000 visitors, said Orange Key officer and tour guide Loren Gutt '02.

NEWS | 04/01/2002

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