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New multimedia database provides learning tool for students

New multimedia database provides learning tool for students

It used to be that if a professor wanted to incorporate visual aids into his lectures, he had to search for the images and arrange them in a particular order for a slide show, all on his own.But now, with the help of the University's Educational Technologies Center, that professor can design interactive multimedia that will allow instant access to a database of images during lectures, providing increased flexibility.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

Program builds bridge from physics, math to biology

Beginning next fall, the University will host a new program ? titled "Interfaces in Science" ? to train physical and mathematical science graduate students in the interdisciplinary field of biological research.The program ? which will involve 10 graduate or postdoctoral students at one time ? will be funded for its first five years by a $2.5-million grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, a foundation dedicated to advancing medical research.The program's main goal will be to educate students who exhibit impressive quantitative skills on how to put those skills to use in biology.According to program co-director John Hopfield, a University molecular biology professor, it is often difficult for students who have majored in more quantitative fields ? such as applied math or physics ? to enter into research as biological scientists."Often there is too big an entry barrier into the biology field," said Hopfield, whose original training was in physics.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

Goheen Meets With President in Washington

November 29, 1961 ? President Goheen will appear with President Kennedy this morning at 11:45 at the White House when Mr. Kennedy honors the five winners of the 1961 Rockefeller Public Service Awards.Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs administers the awards as a national trust, under funds provided by John D.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

Universities cite inconsistent crime data on government Website

Several universities that submitted campus crime statistics for posting on a Department of Education Webpage have filed complaints, alleging that the data displayed is incorrect, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported this week.Since 1991, all American colleges and universities have been required by federal law to publicly disclose campus crime statistics.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

Canadians back Liberal Party for third term

Wrapping up an election far more expeditiously than their southern neighbors, Canadians on Monday gave Prime Minister Jean Chretien's Liberal Party of Canada its third straight majority, sending Chretien to another term in the nation's highest office.The Liberal party will retain its majority in the Canadian House of Commons with 173 of 301 seats.Chretien, who has served in the nation's highest post since 1993, will be only the third Canadian prime minister to serve a third term in the nation's 133-year history.The current prime minister's victory came despite recent allegations about his questionable involvement in a bank loan scandal and concerns that he would step down if elected for another five-year term.The Liberals were distantly followed by the Canadian Alliance with 66 seats, the Bloc Quebecois with 37, the New Democratic Party with 13 and the Progressive Conservative party with 12.The Green Party of Canada, one of the more prominent minor parties in this election, failed to land any seats in parliament.Canadian political pundits say the Canadian Alliance was unable to oust the incumbent Liberals because of the Alliance's failure to gain support in Ontario, a Liberal stronghold and the province where the majority of Canadian voters reside.Liberals secured 100 of Ontario's 103 seats.The party was not so successful in Quebec, however.

NEWS | 11/28/2000

Long way from home

Adae Romero '02 spent much of her first semester on campus in tears. While her classmates chatted excitedly, eager to make new friends, she found comfort in the soft voices of her relatives thousands of miles away.

NEWS | 11/27/2000

Student suffers major burns after shock from Dinky wire

November 28, 1990 ? A 19-year-old sophomore was seriously burned early yesterday morning after he touched a live power line atop the Dinky at the Princeton train station.Bruce Miller '93, who was listed last night in critical condition at St.

NEWS | 11/27/2000

Holt victory on hold as vote recount starts

A recount of the votes in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District began yesterday after a tally Wednesday indicated that Democratic Rep.

NEWS | 11/27/2000

Two metal mascots guard entrance to Princeton stadium

The University's familiar mascot has appeared on campus in a new and ingenious form ? two giant tiger "Chia pets" now guard the entrance to Princeton University Stadium.Just as a new Chia pet comes out of the box bald but eventually sprouts stems around its midsection, these new tigers do not yet host the ivy that will grow from their torsos.

NEWS | 11/27/2000

Princeton to be featured site in film starring Russell Crowe

Come March, University students may have more to look forward to than simply summer: Russell Crowe and Ed Harris will be visitors on campus during the filming of Ron Howard's latest cinematic project, "A Beautiful Mind."The drama ? which will focus on the life of John Forbes Nash GS '50 ? will include scenes filmed in Princeton and New York City.

NEWS | 11/27/2000

Taitt forms all-women's theater group to address female issues

In 1993, playwright Eve Ensler was walking past a newsstand in Manhattan when a photo on the cover of Newsday caught her eye.It was a picture of six women who had just returned from a camp in Bosnia.

NEWS | 11/26/2000

President Who? USG pool leaves line of succession uncertain

PJ Kim '01 campaigned for class senator his freshman year by going door-to-door in tiger-striped pajamas.

NEWS | 11/26/2000

Florida declares Bush winner by 537 votes

Amid talk of possible court challenges by both parties, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris declared George W.

NEWS | 11/26/2000

Across a boundary, hands clasped

Editor's Note: With this article, The Daily Princetonian launches a 10-part series on how race affects the lives of Princetonians.James Wiley '01 wasn't used to losing.

NEWS | 11/26/2000

Mind over matter: Jahn bucks scientific convention

Behind the plain-looking door of E-Quad room D334, is a place that could be taken out of a child's fantasy world.Giraffes and tigers, carousels and Kit-Kat clocks, baseball bats and cacti, all surround mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Robert Jahn '51.Though an avid collector and animal lover, at first glance, Jahn appears to be an average engineer.

NEWS | 11/26/2000

Ford to present awards to Rockefeller recipients

November 27, 1974 ? President Ford has accepted Princeton's invitation to present the Rockefeller Public Service Awards in Washington on Dec.

NEWS | 11/26/2000

For international students, American democracy under fire

The election deadlock between Republican candidate George W. Bush and Democratic candidate Al Gore has affected more than just American students at Princeton.Even though international students ? who make up roughly 5 percent of the student body ? could not vote in this month's elections, many say they still have a paramount interest in who wins.Rebecca Simson '04, who is from Sweden, said that despite the current deadlock, the eventual winner will play an important role in shaping America's international image."I see the American president's role first and foremost from an international perspective, and from this perspective the presidential candidate and the values he [or] she stands for is extremely influential in world politics," she said in an e-mail.Also at stake is what the eventual president might do for some international students' native countries.Tim Allen '04, who lives in South Africa, said in an e-mail, "I was hoping Al Gore would win, as he has far better policy with regard to South Africa, having been there a number of times, and knowing our president as he does."Others expressed concern that the unresolved election has disrupted Wall Street and financial markets in other countries.Thais Melo '04, who is from Brazil, decried the legal battles raging in Florida.

NEWS | 11/21/2000

Belser, Oxman Debate Bicker At Sophomore Class Assembly

November 22, 1966 ? Clinch H. Belser Jr. '67 and Stephen A. Oxman '67 last night explained their positions on Bicker and the proposal of the Bicker Study Committee before an assembly of about 300 sophomores in Alexander Hall.Oxman, chairman of the Undergraduate Council, stressed the need for the proposal to gain the support of "a sizable number of the sophomores." He noted that the "clubs on Prospect Street are extremely interested in the sophomore response to the proposal" and that if a significant number of sophomores favor the proposal, the graduate boards might be more responsive to calls for its adoption from the club members themselves.Belser, this year's Interclub Committee chairman, countered by stating that the sophomores still really have no objective basis to judge Bicker because "you haven't been through the process yet." He added that discussion of changes in Bicker could best be carried out after Bicker, because at that time "three-fourths of the student body has been through Bicker, not just one-half."Oxman further noted that he hoped that seven or eight clubs would adopt the proposal.

NEWS | 11/21/2000

Teeing off for a new residential college?

Springdale Golf Course officials are planning to relocate the clubhouse and redesign parts of the golf course following a meeting with University officials, Club Manager Donna Dilorenzo said yesterday.University trustees have identified the location of some of these course renovations as one of three possible construction sites for the sixth residential college.The other sites include the area south of Dillon Gym and the area north of McCarter Theater.Trustees and University officials are hoping to begin construction on the new college within the next few years to provide housing for the 500-student increase outlined in the Wythes proposal, which was approved last April.University Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 said yesterday he was aware University administrators had met with country club officials to discuss possible renovations, but said the construction was not necessarily proposed to provide space for a new residential college."I believe this discussion of construction in the area north of Forbes has led Springdale to determine that they should relocate the clubhouse and several holes," Wright said.

NEWS | 11/21/2000

Explaining why carbon dioxide is 'sequestered'

Most people think of carbon dioxide as either the stuff they breathe out after taking in oxygen or the stuff that will eventually turn the planet into a furnace through global warming.

NEWS | 11/21/2000

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