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Students work to continue summer service programs in Latin America

Since 1994, Princeton students have traveled to Belize for the summer ? teaching adult education classes, coordinating summer camps and beautifying national parks ? to help some of Latin America's less fortunate.But last spring, when the University reduced financial support for the trip, one student and two alumni mobilized to form Princeton Programs with the International Community to ensure that the service program they had enjoyed would continue."[The trip] didn't fit the University's strict educational mission and they wanted to alter some things," said PPIC co-founder and past-president Aaron Michels '00 of the University's decision that prompted him, Sarah Betrucci '98 and Chad Oliver '98 to find other ways to support the Belize trips.According to Associate Dean of Religious Life Sue Anne Steffey Morrow, the University's office of risk management decided the trips to Belize were "not sufficiently in line with the University's primary mission of the education of its students to be a worthy risk."PPIC ? a nonprofit organization that thrives on tax-deductible donations from foundations and individuals ? funds nine-week summer trips to Belize's St.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Borough Council considers traffic pattern recommendations

In an attempt to alleviate traffic congestion in the greater Princeton area, the Borough Council is considering altering traffic-signal patterns and widening intersections.The traffic options resulted from a recently completed study by Garmen Associates ? a transportation engineering firm located in Montvale ? and were presented to the council by Garmen engineer Gary Davies at a meeting earlier this month."[The Borough] really needed a master plan to better understand what the emerging traffic concerns were," Davies said.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

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Opposition subsides as D-Bar enacts new policy

The new policy at the D-Bar ? which will allow only residents of the Graduate College and their guests to attend the bar until membership stickers are distributed next month ? was implemented Saturday night.On April 16, the committee will distribute 200 membership stickers and, it will disperse 100 more May 16 to non-resident members.Adrian Banner, head of the Graduate College House Committee, said he is satisfied with the decision, which was reached by the house committee and deans of the graduate school March 15.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

The Daily Princetonian

No cost, no alcohol, but plenty of cigarettes, at least for Stewart

Drawn by the promise of comedic brilliance and the beauty of free admission, thousands of students piled into Dillon Gym on Saturday night to experience the local humor of Jon Stewart.In addition to the 2,100 students who watched the show, about 200 students were turned away from the door after waiting in a line extending beyond Patton Hall, according to Lee Vartan '00, the student event organizer.The event ? which was coordinated by all four classes ? attracted far more students than expected, according to Nina Langsam, Class of 2003 social chair.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Fire leaves Frist roof undamaged

The fire Thursday night, which burned on the roof of the Frist Campus Center for more than 35 minutes, is not expected to delay the building's construction or opening this fall, campus center director Paul Breitman said Friday.Keith Stanisce, senior vice president of the Barr & Barr Builders, Inc. ? the company performing the renovation ? said the fire had burned some materials on the roof, but had not penetrated the structure."There's no hindrance to our schedule," he said.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

The Daily Princetonian

It is often assumed that math instruction at Princeton suffers mainly because of a low level of English proficiency among some instructors. But that isn't the whole story.

When the University announced earlier this year that preceptors would be subject to more stringent English proficiency standards, many undergraduates reflexively pointed to math as the department that is most often plagued by language barriers between students and instructors.But some believe that problems associated with math education at Princeton are about a different kind of barrier.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

The Daily Princetonian

At Princeton, life after tenure provides no rest for the weary

Tenure - the lofty institution that guarantees lifetime job security at the University - does not come easily at Princeton.And those who earn it find that the intensity of academic life at Princeton does not diminish at all after they receive their promotion.Tenured astrophysics professor Edwin Turner said he believes professors' desire to continue their studies prevents much "dead wood" from collecting in the Princeton faculty.History professor Laura Engelstein, who is also tenured, agreed.

NEWS | 03/23/2000