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The Daily Princetonian

Community continues to discuss four-year college system

FEBRUARY 12, 1992A majority of 272 Princeton undergraduates polled by the Daily Princetonian expressed satisfaction with the current residential college system, while a loarge portion of the sample expressed doubts about the effectvies of the proposed four-year colleges.Approximately 53 percent of students said a shift toa universal four-year college system would be either "very detrimental" or "detrimental" to campus life, while only 36 percent said such a move would be either "helpful" or "very helpful." The poll had a sampling error of plus or minus six percent.The poll, which was conducted over the last three days, asked randomly chosen students to gauge the impact of the report on undergradute academic and residential life by the Faculty Working Group.

NEWS | 02/11/2001

The Daily Princetonian

In the middle of campus, a little space and time for Cupid

Folklore has it that God went to Princeton. As Valentine's Day approaches, however, perhaps Orange Key tour guides should consider adding Cupid and the Greek goddess Aphrodite to their lists of famed and immortal alumni.After all, squeezed between Firestone Library and McCosh Courtyard on campus is one of Mercer County's most popular places to wed ? the University Chapel.According to the Rev.

NEWS | 02/11/2001

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A pioneer in East Asian studies, Jansen remembered

Throughout his lifetime, Professor Emeritus Marius Jansen '44 refused to allow outside circumstances affect his intense drive to follow his dreams and passions.When financial concerns threatened to crumble his chance at receiving a University education, Jansen rose to the occasion and took extra classes each semester to graduate early.He and a few classmates would gather for class at 7 a.m.

NEWS | 02/08/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Campus split on impact of Sharon victory

When Sam Spector '03 ? president of the Student Executive Board at the Center for Jewish Life ? looked at the newspaper Wednesday morning, he had something to be happy about.In a landslide election Tuesday evening, Ariel Sharon defeated Ehud Barak to become the new prime minister of Israel."This is a new step in Israeli history," Spector said.

NEWS | 02/08/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Copyright law may prevent computer science team from publishing MP3 research

This past October, associate computer science professor Edward Felten and a team of researchers were able to remove digital watermarks from digital audio files ? new watermarking technology developed by the industry not in use yet, a feat that would make the people at Napster smile.However, Felten and his team may not even be able to publish their results."Nobody has suggested that it would be unethical or dangerous for us to publish our results," Felten said in an e-mail.

NEWS | 02/07/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Study finds low-income, minority students feel unprepared for college

A recent Institute for Higher Education Policy study of New England college students reported that more than half of the low-income and minority students surveyed felt academically unprepared upon entering college.However, University advisers who deal directly with minority students said yesterday that these sentiments are rare at Princeton and that difficulties stemming from lack of preparation were not unique to low-income or minority students."A lot of the problems imputed to minorities are actually not exclusive to minority students," sociology professor and freshman adviser Patricia Fernandez-Kelly said.The institute's report ? entitled "Getting Through College: Voices of Low-Income and Minority Students in New England" ? was based on surveys and interviews of 350 students enrolled in four-year colleges in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

NEWS | 02/07/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Strong Words

I learned the power of words when I was five years old.As I eagerly waited to go to school, my carpool van was stopped.

NEWS | 02/07/2001

The Daily Princetonian

Smooth Sailing?

In recent months, virtually every financial news source as well as other media outlets have been dedicated to reporting the U.S.

NEWS | 02/07/2001