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Chu speaks on value of U.S. education

Chu speaks on value of U.S. education

Before Tsu-Kai Chu began his speech yesterday in McCosh 46, each member of the small audience took a few seconds to introduce themselves.Among the audience were members of the University community, including graduate members of the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars ? which organized the lecture ? a few undergraduates and professor Perry Link of the East Asian Studies department.This diverse group had come to hear Chu deliver a speech entitled "150 Years of Chinese Students in America" ? an examination of the history of Chinese students studying in America.

NEWS | 03/08/2001

GSG holds first popular elections

After an extensive petitioning campaign, the Graduate Student Government kicked off its first student-wide popular election yesterday.Though gaining approval from the GSG for a popular election has been a long process, a handful of concerned students are finally seeing their goal realized.Prior to this year, GSG officers were selected by an assembly consisting of representatives from each academic department, said former GSG assembly member Jason Brownlee."This kind of system is not truly representative because students serving as representatives have been able to serve without any regular accountability in the form of a school-wide election," Brownlee said.Last August, Brownlee ? with the help of current GSG Chair Lauren Hale and other GSG members ? obtained about 200 signatures on a petition for student body-wide GSG elections.The GSG assembly adopted the petition into its bylaws, with the stipulation that at least 10 percent of the graduate student body must vote in order for the new system to be implemented permanently, Hale said.Matt Fouse, running unopposed for GSG Chair, commented on the importance of a high level of participation in the election.

NEWS | 03/08/2001

Browsing for 'good genes' and a perfect Ivy match

A good Ivy League man is hard to find. Thankfully, the Web gurus at www.GoodGenes.com are making the task a little easier.Good Genes, Inc. ? the self-acclaimed "introduction service for the Ivy League et al" according to one of the Website's eye-catching graphics ? is dedicated to helping alumni and faculty of prominent universities, including Princeton, who are tired of looking for companionship at the shallow end of the gene pool.As with other match-making sites, members of Good- Genes.com are privileged to a number of opportunities to seek and discover members of the opposite sex.

NEWS | 03/08/2001

Losing everything but learning a lesson

Fifty-two minutes in Barcelona and my wallet was already gone. Not forgotten, not misplaced, but stolen.

NEWS | 03/07/2001

14,300 high schoolers vie for spot in '05

The University saw nearly a 5 percent increase in its volume of applications for admission this year ? one of the largest increases among Ivy League schools ? and 600 more applications than last year, Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon said."We have way too many, way more than we can accommodate," Hargadon said of the nearly 14,300 applications during a quick break from reading and discussing applications with the admissions committee.

NEWS | 03/07/2001

Common Cause chairman advocates campaign reform

Derek Bok, Harvard University president emeritus, said he spent "many happy hours watching Harvard trample the Princeton Tigers." He comes to campus today ? the home of men's basketball Ivy League champions ? with a less boastful, more serious purpose.Bok ? current chairman of the non-profit campaign reform advocacy group Common Cause ? will speak on campaign reform today at the University in a lecture entitled "Setting New Jersey's Campaign Reform Agenda in 2001." The event will be held at 4:30 in Dodds Auditorium in Robertson Hall.Bok said his work in the area of governmental reform has been a consuming interest of his for years.

NEWS | 03/07/2001

University addresses WROC's concerns

The University is prepared to address two issues ? the use of casual workers and wage levels ? raised by the Workers' Rights Organizing Committee during the past few months, according to a statement released yesterday by Vice President for Finance and Administration Richard Spies GS '72."This is not specifically in response to the rally, but in response to the issues WROC raised," said University spokesperson Marilyn Marks.

NEWS | 03/07/2001

ICC takes action against underage drinking

In a united effort to police underage drinking at the 'Street,' the Inter-Club Council agreed Sunday night to distribute wristbands to legal drinkers at the eating clubs, signalling the clubs' increasing push to regulate themselves."This will be our ongoing policy," ICC adviser Alice Teti '00 said.

NEWS | 03/07/2001

Solving the tangle of water's abnormal properties

For centuries, scientists have attempted to understand the chemical properties of water, the most ubiquitous substance on earth.

NEWS | 03/06/2001

University funds part of local school renovation

President Shapiro presented the Princeton Regional schools with a gift of $500,000 yesterday. The donation will go towards what will probably be the largest renovation project in the history of the school district.Of the more than $1.66 million the University has contributed to the Princeton community since June, this is the largest single donation.If its proposal is approved at an April 17 referendum, the Princeton Regional Board of Education plans to embark on a $78.2 million building project that will improve the facilities of all six of the district's schools.The University's gift will go directly toward the conversion of the current Princeton High School auditorium into a reading room for an expanded and modernized library."This extraordinary contribution on the part of Princeton University demonstrates the University's ongoing support of the Princeton Regional schools and the education of its children," Princeton Regional schools Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn said.

NEWS | 03/06/2001

Ivy League Champs!

Princeton men's basketball's leading scorer for the game was the first to make a snip. Junior guard Ahmed El Nokali, who scored 14 points and committed only one turnover in 40 minutes of play, was as careful with the scissors as he was with the ball against Penn last night when he made the initial cut to bring down the net.After the rest of the team made their contribution to taking down the net at Jadwin Gym, senior center Nate Walton ? who has been the Tiger's leader this season ? fittingly made the final cut to the twine and placed it around his neck.Just as it took everyone to help take down the net, it was once again a total team effort by Princeton (16-10 overall, 11-3 Ivy Leauge) to resoundingly defeat the Quakers (12-17, 9-5), 68-52.

NEWS | 03/06/2001

Project seeks to promote equal justice

In addition to rallying for causes such as workers' rights and an end to sweatshop labor, University students will soon be able to take a closer look at justice and devise effective methods to invoke change.The Princeton Justice Project ? a new group on campus whose goal is to establish a program that will combine academic research and legal activism ? will hold its first organizational meeting tonight at 9:30 p.m.

NEWS | 03/06/2001

Report shows colleges relatively safe

A recent compilation of crime statistics from college campuses across the country by the U.S. Department of Education suggests that the average student is safer than the average citizen, but experts warn the data is unreliable.The department broke individual crime categories into per-student statistics and concluded that in most cases the occurrence of crime on campus was much lower than that for the nation.For instance, based on reported statistics from 1997, 1998 and 1999, the national rate of sex offenses was 14.8 per 100,000 students while the overall national rate was 32.7 per 100,000 people.Though these numbers seem to speak well of college campus safety, experts argue the statistics may be unsound and that the short-term study may be overvalued."The problem is the way [the department] calculated the rates," said Daniel Carter, vice president of Safety on Campus ? a non-profit organization in King of Prussia, PA, that acts as a campus crime watch dog and also provides victim assistance.Carter noted that the overall national crime rates and the national campus crime rates are not comparable because of a population variable.

NEWS | 03/06/2001

Dr. Donnica, women's health ambassador

Jeers in eating clubs. Attacks in dorms. Scarcity of bathrooms. Thirty-one years ago, Princeton University was an old boy's club.

NEWS | 03/05/2001

Storm fails to materialize

Though the pummeling snow forecasted for the Princeton area yesterday failed to materialize, most University offices were closed and many students did not attend classes that were in regular session."It was an administrative error ? that message," University Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 said about the campus-wide voice mail sent yesterday.

NEWS | 03/05/2001

As NASDAQ declines, student entrepreneurs see venture funds dry up

As the NASDAQ index slides to new lows every day and icons of the dot-com craze ? such as Priceline.com and Amazon.com ? crash to mere fractions of their highs, the euphoria that seized Wall Street last year is now all but gone."The bottom line is that the environment has just changed dramatically for entrepreneurs from a year ago," University economics professor Burton Malkiel GS '64 said.

NEWS | 03/05/2001

When snow strikes, teams of workers, administrators keep campus running

Amid Monday's swirling snowdrifts ? or surprising lack thereof ? the campus braced itself to face the eye of the storm.

NEWS | 03/05/2001

Administrating a response to racial issues amid student concern for content of commitment

In a library filled to capacity by a sea of racially diverse students sat three administrators prepared to speak, listen and respond.

NEWS | 03/05/2001

Haugen, Loo win Jacobus Fellowship

Kristine Haugen GS and Yeuh-Lin Loo GS were awarded the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship - the highest annual honor the University bestows on graduate students - during Alumni Day festivities Feb.

NEWS | 03/04/2001

University administers quality of life survey

Randomly selected students from the senior and sophomore classes received an e-mail last Monday ? and another several days later from President Shapiro ? inviting them to participate in the online Princeton Experience survey.The survey ? which will evaluate students' well-being at the University ? will be similar in some ways to last year's Visions of Princeton, a USG initiative that sought to assess the University's strengths and weaknesses in general.

NEWS | 03/04/2001

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