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Taking stock in a department, sophomores select their majors

Taking stock in a department, sophomores select their majors

If selecting a major is anything like Wall Street, then the market this year was bullish. Gains led losses for a sophomore class that was larger than its immediate predecessors, and the University's four largest blue chip monoliths ? history, politics, English and economics ? continued to secure about 40 percent of the shares.While the trend of students flocking to these larger departments is not new, administrators are often puzzled by the disproportionate distribution of majors.

NEWS | 07/16/2000

A nuts-and-bolts education: Engineers face full schedules

The very idea of engineering at Princeton is enough to send chills down the spines of many A.B. majors.

NEWS | 07/16/2000

Path to the presidency proves to be a dead end for Bradley '65, Forbes '70

The year started out well for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley '65. His only opponent, Vice President Al Gore, was suffering from a disorganized campaign and poor press relations.Bradley's war chest had grown quickly since he announced his candidacy in September, and he enjoyed the luxury of being able to spend money more rapidly than Gore.The former Princeton basketball forward was a media darling and, in the middle of January, it appeared that the New Hampshire primary was his to win.But it was not meant to be.Despite his momentum and optimism heading into the early primaries, Bradley was unable to convert his fund-raising success and positive media attention into votes.He fell short in the New Hampshire primary Feb.

NEWS | 07/16/2000

Less than grad-ified

Graduate students and the University administration clashed this semester when the graduate school limited access to the Debasement Dar ? or D-Bar ? located in the basement of the Graduate College.In February, the graduate school began to enforce the terms of the D-Bar's club liquor license, which dictates that every person served at the bar must be a club member.Club members were defined as only those students who live at the Graduate College.

NEWS | 07/16/2000

Trustees vote for 500-student increase

In a landmark vote, the University Board of Trustees approved at its April meeting the Wythes committee's recommendation to increase the size of the undergraduate student body by 500 ? finalizing a decision that prompted almost three years of deliberation and elicited considerable campus debate.The increase is the first significant change in the size of the student body since the trustees approved coeducation more than 30 years ago.

NEWS | 07/16/2000

All in the palm of your hand

When Max Anderson '01 wakes up in the morning, he first checks his schedule to see where he has to be that day.

NEWS | 07/16/2000

Time flies, and seniors begin next adventure

Teeming with robe-adorned faculty, camera-toting parents and students anticipating their first walk through FitzRandolph Gate, the lawn in front of Nassau Hall was the site of Princeton's 253rd Commencement on May 30.

NEWS | 07/16/2000

Opening a school, and unlocking doors

Thirteen-year-old Nuwoe sat in a small classroom, his bright eyes intently focused on the assignment before him."Vivacious," he said haltingly, struggling to pronounce one of 10 words on his vocabulary list."Can you think of someone who is vivacious?" Nuwoe was asked."If it's one person, it's gotta be Mr. Dixon," the eighth-grader replied with an enthusiastic smile.

NEWS | 07/16/2000

Trustees embrace 500-student increase, and a new Princeton dawns

In a landmark vote, the University Board of Trustees approved the Wythes committee's recommendation to increase the size of the undergraduate student body by 500 during its April meeting ? finalizing a decision that prompted almost three years of deliberation and elicited considerable campus debate.The increase is the first significant change in the size of the student body since the trustees approved coeducation more than 30 years ago.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

Princeton health commission considers public smoking ban

A proposal by the Princeton Regional Health Commission to ban smoking in nearly all public buildings in Princeton Borough and Township has sparked controversy among students, local residents and business owners.The proposed ordinance, introduced in February, would prohibit smoking in restaurants, bars, cabarets, taverns, work places, restrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways, elevators and all other public enclosed areas with the exception of retail tobacco stores.The health commission is slated to take a final vote June 1 on the proposed ban.Initially, the ban was expected to extend to the Prospect Avenue eating clubs.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

To $40 million and beyond: Capital campaign surpasses goal

In the fall of 1995, the University began what would become the largest, most successful fund-raising campaign in its history.In interviews just a few weeks before the end of the campaign, President Shapiro and other members of the administration reflected on their efforts ? five years and almost $1 billion later.The Anniversary Campaign for Princeton began with a target of $750 million."But then the campaign went extremely well," Shapiro said, "and we were very anxious, for example, to take on some new initiatives in financial aid."As a result, the University decided to raise the target to $1 billion.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

Money Well Spent?

The Trustee Initiative on Alcohol Abuse has been a key part of campus life this year, bringing with it an aggressive and well-funded campaign to reduce binge drinking at Princeton.But even after the trustees allocated $100,000 to fund non-alcoholic social events, opinions remain mixed on whether the initiative is succeeding in accomplishing its twin objectives ? to create social alternatives to drinking and to end alcohol abuse on campus.University Board of Trustees president Robert Rawson '66 said the alternative events are an integral part of the trustees' effort to end abusive drinking.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

All in the palm of your hand

When Max Anderson '01 wakes up in the morning, he first checks his schedule to see where he has to be that day.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

Small department has big advantages for concentrators

When my roommate turned in her junior paper last year, she submitted it to the politics department office.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

The 'Street' still strong: Clubs draw large sophomore numbers

The busiest week of the year on Prospect Avenue ended in February with 932 students ? more than 80 percent of the sophomore class ? joining eating clubs through Bicker and sign-ins.Ivy Club had the highest selectivity rate, accepting only 64 of the 145 students who bickered.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

Sizing It Up

Louis Turgel '01 could not make up his mind.It was spring of his sophomore year, and it was time to choose."It was a last-minute decision between Slavic or political economy," he said in an e-mail about his struggle to pick a major.Turgel chose Slavic languages and literature.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

Students question Princeton's ability to draw minority applicants

Deciding on a college often means lists of pros and cons, exhaustive campus visits and long conversations with guidance counselors.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

Students demand Swahili class

After much debate by the administration, the University has decided to offer an introductory Swahili course again in the fall.Associate Dean of the College Hank Dobin announced that the class would make an encore appearance next year after weeks of protest by outraged students who opposed the University's initial decision to discontinue the class.The course will be administered under the African-American studies program next fall as a one-time course rather than as a student-initiated seminar.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

The Moral Mentor

Anders Chen '01 kept forgetting. He knew that people were starving in places around the world, that they lived without houses or clothes or doctors or books and that children died in swaths every day from malnutrition.He knew this.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

University admits 12.2 percent of applicants to incoming freshman class

The University admitted 12.2 percent of undergraduate applicants this year ? 1,670 of 13,654 ? a slightly higher acceptance rate than last year's 11.3 percent.For the first time in University history, men and women both received 50 percent of the admission offers, Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon said.

NEWS | 05/25/2000

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