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Princeton is a place where students come to be instructed in the craft of innovation, but some computer science professors are learning that the software they create may not be solely their own.A substantial portion of many computer science professors' time is spent dreaming up and developing new programs.

NEWS | 09/28/2000

Image is everything: Outfits win two students a pass to chat with Jay Leno

Image is everything: Outfits win two students a pass to chat with Jay Leno

Over the summer, two University students showed thousands of television viewers across the country what exactly a Princeton education can teach you.Mary Evans '00 and Kathleen Boon '01 appeared as featured audience members on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," which is filmed in Los Angeles.Boon said that while they waited in line before the show, one of Leno's staff members approached them and asked if they wanted to be in an audience-participation segment.Evans and Boon ? who had dressed in matching tiger-striped dresses ? were excited to take part in the show, but they were surprised when Leno actually spoke to them.During his monologue, Leno asked Evans and Boon to stand up and asked them several questions, such as where were they from and why they were dressed in the matching garb."[Evans] really wanted to be on TV, so we picked out the clothing because maybe you would be able to pick us out [of the audience] more easily," Boon said yesterday.

NEWS | 09/28/2000

Keeping your head above water as the swim coach

My sister was a molecular biology major. So are my roommate and everyone else I know. As I write this, the words "protinate," "negative charge" and "I'm going to be a rich doctor" float through the air.

NEWS | 09/28/2000

Dining points system scores with independent students

The University's dining points system has sky-rocketed in popularity among upperclassmen this year.

NEWS | 09/28/2000

Lazarus '02 chosen for presidential search committee

Lisa Lazarus '02 will be serving with USG president PJ Kim '01 on the search committee charged with finding President Shapiro's successor, Kim said last night.Lazarus is a Wilson School major and an Orange Key tour guide.

NEWS | 09/28/2000

Shapiro's successor to shape fund's future

For University students seeking funding for special projects, the search for money can seem endless.

NEWS | 09/28/2000

McCaffrey's supermarket to open satellite store in Palmer Square kiosk in October

McCaffrey's supermarket will be opening a satellite store in the kiosk in Palmer Square in early October.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

Several University professors voice support for Nader campaign

A number of professors on campus are showing avid support for third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader '55.Wilson School professor Richard Falk, politics professor Sheldon Wolin and history professor Arno Mayer all consider the long-shot third-party candidate, who once taught a seminar at Princeton, to be a worthy cause for their advocacy.Professor Mayer's son, Carl Mayer '81, is running as a third-party candidate in New Jersey's 12th district congressional race.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

As Corzine sets spending records, Franks continues to trail in polls

As the fall campaign season heats up, national attention is turning to the New Jersey Senate race ? which continues to break spending records as former Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine, a Democrat, and Republican Rep.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

University plans to launch system enabling online course registration

Say goodbye to course cards and add/drop forms.Students soon will be able to register for classes and add or drop them in their rooms with the click of a button.Registrar Joseph Greenberg revealed Tuesday that the University has been working for nearly two years on a system that will allow students to enroll in courses online."We don't have a set date for release, but we're putting together the necessary pieces that will lead to online registration," Greenberg said.He explained that two years ago Princeton signed a contract with PeopleSoft software corporation to create an online course enrollment program that will be introduced within the next two years.Many universities ? such as the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern ? already utilize an online system for course enrollment.Princeton, however, has been slow to give up the pencil-and-paper method of enrollment."We wanted to make sure the software was developed enough and would meet our needs," Greenberg said.PeopleSoft software is already used by University departments for accounting purposes.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

From a fresh point of view

For this week's installment of 'A Glimpse Within,' we asked several members of this year's freshman class to reflect on their Princeton experience so far.The date was Sept.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

Next . . .

When people think of One Nassau Hall these days, many already see an empty chair.And President Shapiro's announcement that he will resign at the end of the year has spurred administrators, faculty, town officials and student leaders to envision their ideal candidate to sit behind that hallowed desk.The next president will face different challenges ? overseeing the 500-student increase, the addition of a sixth residential college and the growing integration of the Frist Campus Center into student life.And students, faculty and administrators agree the president will be called to lead a continued push toward a more diverse student body and staff.The University already has begun this drive with the hiring of two African-American women ? Janet Dickerson, vice president for campus life and Lauren Robinson-Brown '85, director of communications ? in the past year.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

The benefits of staying unemployed

University economics professor Robert Shimer, along with Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor Daron Acemoglu, recently published two papers that argued financially pressed workers are too willing to take low-skill and low-wage jobs.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

Pastor '03 and Tam '03 win prizes for excellence in humanities papers

The Council of the Humanities last week awarded Haarlow Prizes to two undergraduates for outstanding papers written in a 200-level humanistic studies course.Daniel Pastor '03 and Janice Tam '03 each received the $250 prize for their papers, "The Function of the Myth of Er in Plato's Republic" and "The Spiritual Rungs of Dante's Ladder," respectively.Abhi Raghunathan '02 earned an honorable mention for his paper, "The Suicide: Two Views of Ajax."To determine the winners of this award, faculty in humanistic studies nominate excellent papers written by their students during the year.During the summer, a faculty group chooses the prize recipients.This year, there were about a dozen nominations.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

Multi-university distance learning initiative expands

Another prestigious education institution will be joining Princeton, Stanford and Yale in a joint venture to develop distance-learning courses via the Internet.Princeton Provost Jeremiah Ostriker announced last week that the University of Oxford will be joining the group established to offer a variety of courses online to alumni, parents of current students, faculty and staff.Princeton Associate Provost Georgia Nugent '73 ? the University's representative to the the committee of administrators that is developing the program ? said the group will be run by a separate board of trustees made up of senior administrators and trustees from each of the participating schools.Ostriker and University trustee Heidi Miller '74 will represent Princeton.Charles Junkerman, associate provost and dean of continuing studies at Stanford, noted that the future of distance-learning remains uncertain.

NEWS | 09/27/2000

Bacteria Banter

Many readers may remember ear infections as a constant problem of their youth. They would wake up and feel that familiar pain, and a visit to the doctor would provide them with only the added discomfort of having to either swallow or chew some revolting pills.

NEWS | 09/26/2000

Students to play major role in search

While Princeton, Harvard and Brown each are engaged in presidential selection processes steeped in tradition, Princeton's search marks a significant break from Ivy League and University precedent.Entering the world of executive decisions, students will sit beside members of the University Board of Trustees on the 18-member presidential selection committee."I think what [Harvard and Brown universities] have is the more conventional model," Vice President for Public Affairs Robert Durkee '69 said.

NEWS | 09/26/2000

Graduate student group targets local Kohl's in sweatshop protest

It was, all in all, a far cry from the glory days of Princeton's anti-sweatshop movement. Where once there were terse confrontations with University administrators on the steps of Nassau Hall, now there are merely manufactured confrontations with bored suburban shoppers at a rain-soaked local mall.After a year of virtual silence, Princeton's anti-sweatshop movement made its return yesterday, five miles from campus and with barely a whimper.And, unlike two years ago, this round of protests ? which were aimed at a local megastore on U.S.

NEWS | 09/26/2000

Students form new group with anonymous grant

The Organization of Women Leaders at Princeton is still in its infancy but already has made a large impact on campus.Founded by co-presidents Nancy Ippolito '03 and Erin Culbertson '03, OWL was created to serve as a uniting force and to provide a support system for women on campus.One of the new orgainzation's most tangible successes came in the form of an anonymous donation this summer of $150,000 to be received during the next three years, according to fund-raising committee head Robin Hindery '03.Ippolito and Culbertson said they began to perceive last spring that there were too few women in student leadership positions.

NEWS | 09/26/2000

Ivy presidents value Shapiro's leadership

President Shapiro's decision to resign at the end of this year has evoked expressions of sadness from presidents of the nation's most prestigious universities.Shapiro's move also means that the Council of Ivy Group Presidents ? an eight-member organization that meets twice per year ? will lose its most senior member shortly after bidding farewell to the presidents of Harvard and Brown universities."I hate to think of myself [as] an older statesman now [in the council], but there is unfortunately a high turnover in the university presidencies these days," Yale President Richard Levin, who has held his post since 1993, said.

NEWS | 09/26/2000

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