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When Napster ? the Internet music file-sharing community ? created a partnership with German media giant Bertelsmann last October, it appeared the end of free trading of MP3s over the Internet was imminent.Since then, however, the millions of registered Napster users ? including the thousands of dedicated members on the Princeton campus ? have continued to download MP3s with reckless abandon all year.But the source proved to be finite last week, when Bertelsmann announced that it plans to introduce a subscription service by early summer.Under this new subscription model, customers will be required to pay a fee for downloading music.

NEWS | 02/05/2001

University approves "no-loan" financial aid program

University approves "no-loan" financial aid program

The University Board of Trustees last week approved a new financial aid plan that will eliminate the requirement for students to borrow funds from the University as part of their aid packages.Financial aid will be calculated with additional University grants in place of loans, saving the average financial aid student from accumulating between $15,000 to $20,000 in debt during his or her four-year tenure in college.

NEWS | 02/04/2001

A new board takes power at the 'Prince'

The Class of 2002 Managing Board assumes control of The Daily Princetonian today under the leadership of the 125th Editor-in-Chief Daniel Stephens '02, who pledged to take a less heavy-handed approach to managing the newspaper, while making renewed effort to hold his staff's proverbial hand.Managing editors Ben "It's gonna be good" Grossman '02 and Emily "Writers are already avoiding me" Johnson '02 will be putting their ears to the police scanner and taking their seats behind the partition at 48 University Place.Phil "Classified fact checker" Novack '02 and Rob "Novack security chief" Laset '02 will be bringing their own brand of journalism to the second year of the venerable institution of Page 3.Kate Criner '02 and Lee Williams '02 will serve as the editorial page editors.

NEWS | 02/04/2001

New funding gives fellowships to all first-year graduate students

New spending approved by the University Board of Trustees Jan. 27 will provide all first year Ph.D.

NEWS | 02/04/2001

Terrace, Charter lead sign-ins

As cow bells sounded through the night, and upperclassmen's chants echoed through quads and arches, the six sign-in eating clubs made their way around campus last night, picking up their new members.The first-round sign-in process ended last night, marked by many undergraduates gravitating toward one of two clubs ? Charter Club or Terrace Club.

NEWS | 02/04/2001

New financial aid policy may pressure other universities to follow

After the initial excitement of receiving Dean Fred Hargadon's "YES!" letter, an acceptance to Princeton University prompts many families to examine their finances and squeeze their wallets to find the needed tuition and costs of $33,613 a year.But the University Board of Trustees' approval of a bold, new financial aid plan on Jan.

NEWS | 02/04/2001

Two Dartmouth professors murdered

As the investigation into the murder of Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop enters its second week, authorities in Hanover, N.H.

NEWS | 02/04/2001

A true reflection of the Garden State: The D&R Canal

The Delaware & Raritan Canal, accompanied by its sibling towpath, plods through the New Jersey hinterlands at a slow, determined pace that evokes its working-class origins.

NEWS | 02/04/2001

Clubs reportedly cutting widely in early sessions

With four days of Bicker gone, rumors are flyng around Commons faster than some of the waiters.Essentially, in the all the tension, the sophomores' main question is quote, "Where am I going to get a bid?"Despite the rumors, however, the only people who really know what is going on are the members of the sophomore Bicker committee, and they are as usual keeping all information close to their vests.Michael E.

NEWS | 02/04/2001

Crash course?

When Beth Lowenstein was accepted by the Teach for America program to teach special education in Baltimore's inner city, she expected her new job to be the beginning of a career in teaching.But Lowenstein, a 1993 graduate of Connecticut College, soon found herself juggling myriad tasks and responsibilities that would have easily overwhelmed a veteran educator.Alone, teaching a special education class at an unfamiliar school, Lowenstein scrambled to keep up."I was definitely struggling.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Falk tapped for U.N. human rights team

University politics professor Richard Falk, a highly respected authority on international law and human rights, has been appointed by the chairman of the U.N.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Butz resigns position, to leave in February

Assistant professor Otto Butz has resigned from the politics department, effective Feb. 1. His resignation came yesterday in a letter to William M.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Sealed with a kiss

Undergraduates who go to the Frist Campus Center or Dod Hall to pick up packages usually have to tell the mailroom workers their room numbers and then give their names.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Wimbush '02 denies charges of false imprisonment and harassment

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NEWS | 01/21/2001

Tannenbaum '01 wins Sachs scholarship for Oxford study

David Tannenbaum '01, one of Princeton's most ubiquitous student activists, has been awarded the Daniel M.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Professors lambast Rumsfeld '54's plan for missile defense system

Donald Rumsfeld '54 has been making headlines the last few weeks as President Bush's recently confirmed secretary of defense.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Ready to retire, Williamson reflects on faith

Whether from behind a desk or a pulpit, Dean of Religious Life Joseph Williamson has been dispensing guidance and encouragement to members of the Princeton community for more than a decade now.Williamson's tenure at the University is coming to an end, however.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Borough Police arrest Lindell '03 for alleged shoplifting at the U-Store

Nathan Lindell '03 was arrested Jan. 15 by Princeton Borough Police for allegedly shoplifting a bottle of Pepto-Bismol from the U-Store, according to a police report.A U-Store employee reported seeing Lindell place the bottle in his jacket pocket.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Network bouncers

Late at night and on the weekends, when most members of the University staff are resting or sleeping, CIT networking manager Peter Olenick sits at his home computer, standing guard.As head of the University's ad hoc network security team, one of Olenick's duties is to watch the network traffic graphs for irregularities that might indicate a network attack.While he was monitoring the graphs earlier this month, Olenick noticed a sudden spike in network traffic ? a telltale sign that a denial of service (DoS) attack was taking place.

NEWS | 01/21/2001

Proctors' orders

Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser announced yesterday an ambitious plan to deploy Public Safety officers behind eating club taps during all hours when the clubs are distributing beer.Weiser's announcement comes in the wake of Borough Police's first string of arrests made early yesterday morning in connection with its Operation: Take the Beast out of the 'Street' campaign.At about 1:30 a.m., undercover Borough Police officers stormed Charter Club and cited 47 members for underage drinking."We had heard that Charter Club was the wildest club on the 'Street,' so it only made sense to start there," Borough Police Capt.

NEWS | 01/18/2001

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