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A pioneer in East Asian studies, Jansen remembered

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

Down the 'Street'

This past week, some sophomores undergoing the Bicker process reportedly had to swallow live goldfish.

NEWS | 02/08/2001

Waiting for bids

A dorm room. A sofa.Evening.Brandon sits, trying to light a cigarette. The flint sparks, but there is no flame.

NEWS | 02/08/2001

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

Can't win them all: Princeton fails to top important ranking

Colleges can be rated based on a number of factors. For example, student body size, location, studentto-professor ratio and average SAT scores may be key when comparing such institutions.But it is doubtful whether anyone has ever rated a campus based on its squirrel population.

NEWS | 02/08/2001

Professor Chester Rapkin crafted urban landscape, friendships

Reading aloud a letter sent from a former student living in Taiwan, Eva Rapkin set out to explain what made her late husband, professor emeritus Chester Rapkin, such a well-liked and respected teacher during his years at the University.

NEWS | 02/07/2001

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

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

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

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

Blending food and friendship, co-ops offer members attractive alternatives to the 'Street'

Most Princetonians think of the first week of the spring semester as Bicker and sign-in week at the 'Street.' But it is also a time for campus food co-op groups to recruit new members.

NEWS | 02/07/2001

University students pitch-in to aid Indian earthquake victims

Throngs of rushing students and staff shake the foundations of Frist Campus Center as they hurry through every day.

NEWS | 02/07/2001

USG plans fee referendum; students to vote on $10 hike

The USG decided yesterday to put a referendum before undergraduates on whether to approve a $10 increase in student activities fees which will yield $40,000 for the student government.The fee hike consists of an immediate raise of three dollars and a seven dollar raise in the coming academic year.

NEWS | 02/07/2001

'Real World' to hold casting call in Princeton

Princeton's "The Real World" junkies will soon have a chance to live the drama of the popular MTV reality show.

NEWS | 02/06/2001

Senior dead, two injured in Virginia auto collision

The vice president of Prospect Club was killed instantly and the president of the Wesley Foundation critically injured Friday morning when their car hurtled head-on into a truck one mile west of Clifton Forge, Va.

NEWS | 02/06/2001

Radio personality Keillor named Baccalaureate speaker

Garrison Keillor, creator and host of the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," will be this year's Baccalaureate speaker.

NEWS | 02/06/2001

Practicing politics his own way: Manfred Halpern remembered

Though chased down as a child by his peers in Nazi Germany, the late politics professor emeritus Manfred Halpern wrote in his notes that "he fantasized setting up an S.S.

NEWS | 02/06/2001

Determining the effects of a possible New York quake

It's hard to see the big picture when the ground keeps shifting beneath your feet.But three Princeton researchers ? associate professor of civil and environmental engineering George Deodatis, associate professor of architecture Guy Nordenson and civil engineering graduate student Michael Tantala ? accomplished just that this past semester.

NEWS | 02/06/2001

University makes pledge to ensure gender equality in engineering, sciences

After years of internal studies about gender representation among their faculties, Princeton and eight other research universities officially recognized the current gender inequality in the engineering and the sciences by signing a pledge to work toward the full participation of women in those fields.Though a long-recognized issue, "It is important for us to commit ourselves," said Associate Provost Georgia Nugent.

NEWS | 02/06/2001

University student arrested

Editor's note appendedA University junior was arrested last week on charges of theft by deception and receiving stolen property, according to Borough Police Capt.

NEWS | 02/06/2001

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