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Damage from Frist fire burns hole in contractor's wallet

Damage from Frist fire burns hole in contractor's wallet

Borough Fire Official William Drake said yesterday that the March 23 fire at the Frist Campus Center destroyed roofing materials and insulation valued between $25,000 and $30,000.The investigation of the fire is still in progress, and Drake said Bureau of Fire Safety and Housing Inspection officials are not yet certain of the cause.

NEWS | 04/04/2000

Campus group urges compliance with environmental protocol

Joining a campaign sweeping across America, a group of four students from the Princeton Conservation Society is spearheading an effort to convince the University to comply with carbon dioxide emission standards outlined in the Kyoto Protocol.The goal of this environmental compact ? signed in December 1997 at the International Climate Summit ? is to combat global warming.

NEWS | 04/04/2000

University braces for mass sprinkler system installment

As the New Jersey legislature continues to debate several bills that would require the installation of sprinklers in campus dormitories, the University is preparing for a massive and expensive renovation project.If the bill being considered by the assembly passes, the University will have two years to equip all its dormitory buildings with sprinkler systems."It's definitely safe to say this is the hot topic," a spokesman for Gov.

NEWS | 04/03/2000

Peer education groups sponsor Health Awareness Week

As part of an ongoing effort to improve the quality of University health care, student peer education groups are sponsoring the second annual Health Awareness Week.

NEWS | 04/03/2000

Maxim-izing His Potential

When he's on deadline, Charles Coxe '97 works around the clock to put the finishing touches on his section of the trendy men's magazine Maxim.

NEWS | 04/03/2000

Waiting for a place to call home

When she approached the doors of Scully Hall close to her 2:33 p.m. draw time on the second day of junior room draw, Carlyne Turner '02 was sure she would be home-free and living in the single of her choice during her junior year.But it was not to be."I was really surprised.

NEWS | 04/03/2000

Steinberg shines as 'star' of foreign policy team

The man behind most American foreign policy decisions is someone with whom most Americans are not familiar.

NEWS | 04/03/2000

Nature magazine publishes particle research from thesis of Hayward '99

After submitting their theses, most seniors aspire to earn the commendation of their department and high marks from their professors.But the discoveries made by chemical engineering major Ryan Hayward '99 truly raised the eyebrows of his advisors and proved to be the pinnacle of his Princeton academic experience.

NEWS | 04/03/2000

Suspected Princeton parking-lot shooter apprehended in Florida

Errol Thompson, the man wanted by police for allegedly shooting his wife and shooting at a coworker in the parking lot of the Merwick Rehabilitation Unit on Oct.

NEWS | 04/03/2000

Lost master key prompts plan to change locks in more than 800 dorm rooms

University employees have lost a master key to eight dorms and Forbes College, forcing Public Safety and the University Lock Shop to scramble to change the locks on more than 800 dorm room doors, Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser said yesterday.The lost key provides access to room doors in Pyne, Spelman, Little, Foulke, Henry, 1901, Laughlin, Lockhart and Forbes ? which house nearly one-quarter of the campus population, Weiser said.According to Weiser, two University employees checked out the master key Friday to perform standard maintenance on several upperclass dorms and later discovered they had lost the key.For security reasons, the University must now change all the door locks in the compromised dorms, Weiser explained.

NEWS | 04/03/2000

Students, faculty speak out on future of Elian Gonzalez

With six-year-old Elian Gonzalez's temporary U.S. residency set to expire tomorrow, the debate over the Cuban boy's future continues to rage across the country ? and the University campus is no exception.Many professors and students said they believe Gonzalez should be returned to Cuba for a variety of political and personal reasons ? primarily the rights of the boy's father."For good or for ill, we've always accepted the authority of biological parents, and I don't understand why we didn't do so six months ago," said sociology professor Miguel Centeno, who is a Cuban immigrant."The saddest thing is the stereotypical response of American culture.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

Prosecutor reinstates drug charges against Brodherson '00

The Princeton municipal prosecutor has reinstated a drug-related charge against Marc Brodherson '00, whom police arrested last September after they searched his room to find the cause of his roommate's collapse, Emily Hornaday, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County prosecutor's office, said Friday.Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

Neysun Mahboubi '97 receives Soros Fellowship

For Neysun Mahboubi '97 ? a recent recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans ? liberty holds greater meaning than it does for most citizens.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

Student interest takes off as skydiving club falls into place

ON BOARD A DEHAVALAND DH-6 ? Standing at the hatch of the airplane, cruising at 13,500 feet, Philadelphia is a mere speck and the Atlantic Ocean is a pond.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

Proposed legislation may force University to install sprinklers

The University may be required by a New Jersey state initiative to install sprinkler systems in the more than 35 dormitories on campus, according to University spokesman Justin Harmon '78.Though the issue is still pending in the state assembly, a bill passed last month in the state senate would require all New Jersey colleges, universities and boarding schools to install sprinklers in their dormitories within two years.The impact of the bills under review in the assembly is uncertain, Harmon said.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

Kim looks ahead to the impact of Visions survey

USG president PJ Kim '01 responded at a USG meeting last night to recent assertions in The Daily Princetonian that student responses to the online survey Visions of Princeton fell short of USG goals, leaving his administration without direction.About 600 students responded to the poll that the USG hoped would garner at least 1,000 responses, USG vice president Spence Miller '02 said.Though Kim previously had indicated he would base his agenda on the results of the project, he made statements to the contrary last night.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

University Ph.D. programs garner high rankings in U.S. News report

Several of Princeton's Ph.D. programs received top rankings in U.S. News and World Reports ratings of the nation's graduate schools and programs, released last week.The University's history, mathematics, public affairs, physics, architecture and economics departments all received top-three rankings in the survey."I'm delighted," chair of the history department Philip Nord said of the history Ph.D.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

String of false fire alarms strike the Graduate College

The University has responded to almost 40 false fire alarms sounded from pull stations in the Graduate College since the middle of February, according to Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser.The large number of false alarms has prompted Public Safety to place officers at the Graduate College to watch some of the more frequently used fire alarm pull stations, Weiser said."We had officers over there [Saturday] night," Public Safety Lt.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

Graduate Students, Employees or Both?

Jeremy Billetdeaux goes to work five days a week. As a part-time instructor at Yale University, he watches students enter his French class unable to string multiple words together, and leave reading novels, writing essays and commenting on movies.He spends time outside of class, talking with them in his office or over coffee, analyzing their papers and generating grades.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

Hard 'core' requirements

For the average high school junior, touring 10 colleges during Spring Break can be a confusing experience.

NEWS | 04/02/2000

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