In the United States last year, the average four-year private college's tuition increased by 5.2 percent.
Three studies under the direction of University economics professor Anne Case have found that children raised in families with stepmothers generally suffer from lower levels of health care, education and money spent on food than children raised by their biological mothers.The studies examined the resources parents said they gave to their children.
During her freshman year, Giselle Woo '02's computer became infected with three viruses that were transmitted over the Internet.
While last year's announcement of the imminent closing of the Chancellor Green cafe induced a massive student outcry, this fall, concern over the eatery mysteriously has died down.But the fate of Chancellor Green remains the same.
Two teams of local researchers ? from Princeton, Rutgers University and Drexel University in Philadelphia ? will receive during the next three years a combined $1.8 million from NASA for research applicable to space exploration.Princeton chemical engineering professors Ihan Aksay and Jeffrey Carbeck, Princeton graduate student Chris Martin, Jessica Jarvis '01 and two Drexel physicists compose one research team.
Jackie Moessner '03 has one thing to say about Yankee fans: They are "egotistical and obnoxious."Moessner is a New Yorker and a Mets fan in the truest sense of the word.
New Jersey Democratic Congressman Rush Holt criticized the actions of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as being damaging to the Middle East peace process during a speech to a crowd of about 20 in McCosh 46 last night."I must express concern about Arafat's unresponsiveness to the tremendous proposal put forth by [Israeli] Prime Minister [Ehud] Barak at Camp David," said Holt, who is seeking reelection in New Jersey's 12th District.
Perhaps the two most crucial moments in the post-college life of Rajiv Vinnakota '93 have revolved around Princeton.One occurred at the wedding of two of his alumni friends, where he re-met Cathy McKenna '94.
Jennifer Punt took all the right roads to obtaining a professorship at a large research university.
University faculty and staff announced last week the results of elections to select their respective representatives for the presidential search committee.Four faculty members were chosen to represent the faculty, and one member was chosen to represent non-tenured faculty.
Even a world-renowned bioethicist who serves as an adviser to the president of the United States and is himself president of one of the nation's top universities knows the value of a good slice of pizza.And at the dedication of the Frist Campus Center on Friday, President Shapiro acknowledged the tasty pizza as one of the many perks of the newly opened building.He said one of the main goals of creating Frist was to offer students new "programming" ? or social alternatives.
Battling swarms of bees driven wild by the alluring scent of bulk-packaged peanut butter and grape jelly, students took a break from studying for midterms Friday to make sandwiches for the homeless.The event ? held in Firestone plaza ? was marked by white tablecloths with orange and black shield patterns draped over folding tables and a sign that read "Any Given Friday," a reference to the random, ad hoc nature of the project.The one-time service project was organized independently by Steve Berneman '02 and Grant Atkins '02, who are not affiliated with the Student Volunteer Council.Rockefeller College and the Department of Dining Services jointly funded the project.Eric Sherman '02 and Rusty Klophaus '02 also got involved by lending their guitar skills to entertain the volunteers as they worked, playing twin-guitar renditions of songs by the Dave Matthews Band.The project drew about 125 participants during the course of the afternoon, including a number of students seeking a break from studying in the library.
With the search committee for President Shapiro's successor fully assembled, the next step now becomes naming candidates for the position.But for weeks already, students, faculty and alumni at large ? in campus groups, in dining halls and on e-mail lists ? have been assembling applicant pools of their own.And the usual suspects keep coming up.Harvard President Neil Rudenstine '56 and Smith President Ruth Simmons H '96 have been mentioned.
The Princeton Borough Police Department is facing a sex discrimination suit filed by a former Borough officer earlier this month, Capt.
Thomas Knowles '99 graduated from Princeton with more than just a world-class education. He concluded his years as an undergraduate facing a mountain of debt.The monthly payments on his Princeton Student Loan and federal Stafford Loans amounted to about $148 per month ? too much for Knowles to pay as a systems administrator in Princeton's computer science department.But Knowles was not destined for financial ruin.
In a hushed Richardson Auditorium filled with alumni clad in blue blazers and pumpkin-hued sweaters, comparative literature professor Robert Fagles stood in the spotlight on the stage and read from his translation of "The Iliad.""The god created a world of gorgeous immortal work," he began.
Though campus music groups may agree with the music industry on music theory, some could not feel more different when it comes to Napster.Campus a cappella group Shere Khan president Meredith Small '01 said she was excited when she found out that some of Shere Khan's songs were being shared on the Napster network.
Responding to the leader's rousing cry of "Is that clear, men?" a massed group of close-ranked infantry took Poe Field by storm yesterday afternoon to the sounds of clashing weaponry and shouts of excitement.
Whoo-Hah. Busta Rhymes is going to put the campus in check.Busta Rhymes will be the featured act at this year's fall concert, the USG announced yesterday in an campus-wide e-mail.
In 1842, the newly founded American Dental Association convened in Nassau Hall and decided to secretly fund a holiday that would ensure the success of its practice for centuries.
