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The ultimate experience: Rogow '02 recounts summer fighting the 'gators

The ultimate experience: Rogow '02 recounts summer fighting the 'gators

What would it take to get you to submerge yourself in a swimming pool with a 9.5-foot alligator, capture the animal, haul it out of the water and wrestle it on the nearby sand?For Bryce Rogow '02, it was a wage of eight dollars an hour, guaranteed free insurance for any personal injuries during the activity and the promise of adventure.This summer, Rogow ? a native South Floridian ? spent four months at a mock Seminole Indian village in Hollywood, Florida, at a tourist attraction for deepwater alligator wrestling."I'd seen alligator shows since I was a child and always wanted to try it," Rogow said in an e-mail.

NEWS | 09/27/2001

Learning and meeting people from around the world

After an eight-hour flight, a two-hour bus ride and hauling my bag up the stairs, I was exhausted.

NEWS | 09/26/2001

Report gauges impact of aid

During an annual report presentation to the faculty on the status of undergraduate admissions last week, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel said last week that the University's change in financial aid policy last January greatly affected the composition of the Class of 2005.Malkiel noted that 46 percent of the freshman class is receiving financial aid ? the highest percentage of all the Ivy League schools and a significant jump from the 40 percent of the Class of 2004 receiving financial aid.Malkiel also said there was an increase in the racial diversity of the freshman class.

NEWS | 09/26/2001

Depressed markets sour senior hopes for employment

In the midst of their final academic year at the University, seniors have already begun to plan ? if not finalize ? their immediate post-college plans.But the world that members of the Class of 2002 will enter when they walk out FitzRandolph Gate is a decidedly different one from the world that members of recent classes entered.For a number of reasons, the members of the Class of 2002, whether they are joining the work force or continuing their education in graduate school, will be facing a more competitive, uncertain and deliberate process.According to economics professor Elizabeth Bogan, the combination of an economy that has been slowing since the end of last year and the uncertainty generated by the attacks of Sept.

NEWS | 09/26/2001

High-tech Friend Center opens to students

No longer a hole in the ground surrounded by construction tape, the Friend Center for Engineering Education is finally open for University business.Named for donor Dennis Keller '63's high school friend and Princeton roommate Peter Friend '63, who died their junior year, the center is intended to be a facility that will bridge the gap between engineering and the liberal arts.From the open lobby to the facade made up almost entirely of windows, every detail of the Friend Center is meant to project an inviting air.

NEWS | 09/26/2001

University admissions officers resume travel

The University Admission officers will resume regional information sessions Sunday, after suspending travel on Sept.

NEWS | 09/26/2001

Launching the new community service center

Last spring Princeton announced the establishment of the University Center for Community Service.

NEWS | 09/26/2001

Charter fund raiser to aid housekeeper and family displaced by devastating fire

For three years Charter Club has benefited from club housekeeper Nelly Cardose's constant smile and cheeriness.

NEWS | 09/26/2001

New vice president Leydon ready to direct revamped OIT

In mid-June, as many Princeton students were working hard at internships, in classes around the world, or at jobs in their hometown, Betty Leydon was working hard on the Princeton campus, busily reorganizing and preparing for the return of students.Leydon, however, is not the administrator in charge of Freshman Week or Outdoor Action or manager of the U-Store.

NEWS | 09/25/2001

Infected by virus, E-Reserve system crashes for first two weeks of classes

Students who expected to access their course reserve materials electronically last week discovered that, even in the age of the Internet, paper is still the most reliable print medium.The Electronic Course Reserve System ? which gives students online access to course reserve materials ? was shut down on Sept.

NEWS | 09/25/2001

Three more alumni confirmed dead

Three additional alumni have been confirmed dead after the attack on the World Trade Center.Robert Cruikshank '58, Martin Wohlforth '76 and Jeffrey Wiener '90 were all killed in New York on Sept.

NEWS | 09/25/2001

LeMenager promoted to director, associate dean of admission

This year University Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon and his office processed one more "yes" letter than usual.On July 1, 2001, Stephen LeMenager was named director and associate dean of admission, a new position making him arguably the second most important man on campus in the eyes of high school seniors.LeMenager's promotion will not drastically change the University's admissions process.

NEWS | 09/25/2001

USG looks to cut down on costs; produce spring stadium concert

With an exhausted surplus and a benefit concert planned for the spring, the USG is looking to save money, USG treasurer Michael Kimberly '03 said at the senate meeting Sunday."For some time now, we have been trying to organize a sell-out benefit concert in the Princeton stadium," Kimberly said.

NEWS | 09/24/2001

Colleges create scholarship funds for terrorist attack victims

In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, thousands of citizens have donated their time, their assistance and pints of blood to show their support for their nation.

NEWS | 09/24/2001

Falun Gong in China

The grass was still wet from the dew so they all brought mats to sit on ? scraps of carpet, old car floor mats, pieces of compressed house insulation, bathmats and folded towels.Fourteen people lined up in neat rows in a small park behind the Princeton Shopping Center parking lot, the lot almost empty at 7 a.m.

NEWS | 09/24/2001

Borough Police crack down on code violations

In an apparent crackdown on Princeton Borough code violations, Borough Police officers have handed out 36 citations to University students on Prospect Avenue since Sept.

NEWS | 09/24/2001

Grant to finance engineering professors' wind tunnel project

Mechanical and aerospace engineering professors Garry Brown and Richard Miles have received a federal grant of $600,000 for research on their new concept for a facility capable of testing hypersonic flight vehicles and their propulsion systems."We've come up with a new concept," Brown said, explaining that most scientists believe it is not possible to test a hypersonic aircraft in a conventional wind tunnel because the temperature of the stored air could be as hot as the temperature of the sun."This research project has been going on for a number of years, and recently a lot of progress has been made," Brown said in an e-mail.Their results show that the concept may be a practical way to achieve such high speed flight conditions.

NEWS | 09/24/2001

In rallies and panel discussions, campus split after Bush's speech

The University community responded to President George W. Bush's congressional address Thursday evening in a chorus of dissonant voices, some fervently supportive of the nation's new campaign against terrorism and others denouncing the president's plan as brash and overly aggressive.Touching on issues from racism against Muslims to the creation of a new Cabinet-level post devoted to domestic security, Bush vowed that the United States would avenge the Sept.

NEWS | 09/23/2001

Eating clubs schedule postponed Lawnparties for Sunday afternoon

After calling off Lawnparties earlier this month because of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the eating clubs have rescheduled the annual celebration for the afternoon of Sunday, Sept.

NEWS | 09/23/2001

Tilghman speaks at first USG meeting

President Tilghman addressed last night's USG Senate meeting ? the first of the academic year ? expressing her views on issues including the upcoming 500-student increase, faculty tenure, the role of athletics in University life, the possible alcohol ordinance and the University's response to the recent attacks on New York and Washington.Tilghman, after introducing herself, described her wishes to get to know and listen to student concerns in her first year."I have restricted all travel.

NEWS | 09/23/2001

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