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Sills '96 scores with ESPN column

Sills '96 scores with ESPN column

Sometimes a simple e-mail is all it takes. For Jonathan Sills '96, author of ESPN.com's "Behind the Numbers" column, a little bit of initiative went a long way.Sills, an avid ESPN.com user while studying at Oxford University the year after his Princeton graduation, took a special interest in one ESPN column that blended science and sports."I just randomly wrote in one day and asked if they had any interest in doing a similar column on math and sports," said Sills, who majored in engineering and management systems at Princeton.

NEWS | 03/27/2000

Tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community balances religious customs with campus life

Separated from the men by an opaque green cotton curtain, sophomore Tzivia Friedman must stand on her toes to peer at her boyfriend on the other side.

NEWS | 03/27/2000

University tries weekend bathroom cleaning in select dormitories

In response to student complaints about weekend maintenance of the University's public bathrooms, building services has begun a month-long trial to explore three different cleaning plans.General Manager of Plant and Services Mike McKay said the lack of weekend coverage is a "bad situation.

NEWS | 03/27/2000

Students work to continue summer service programs in Latin America

Since 1994, Princeton students have traveled to Belize for the summer ? teaching adult education classes, coordinating summer camps and beautifying national parks ? to help some of Latin America's less fortunate.But last spring, when the University reduced financial support for the trip, one student and two alumni mobilized to form Princeton Programs with the International Community to ensure that the service program they had enjoyed would continue."[The trip] didn't fit the University's strict educational mission and they wanted to alter some things," said PPIC co-founder and past-president Aaron Michels '00 of the University's decision that prompted him, Sarah Betrucci '98 and Chad Oliver '98 to find other ways to support the Belize trips.According to Associate Dean of Religious Life Sue Anne Steffey Morrow, the University's office of risk management decided the trips to Belize were "not sufficiently in line with the University's primary mission of the education of its students to be a worthy risk."PPIC ? a nonprofit organization that thrives on tax-deductible donations from foundations and individuals ? funds nine-week summer trips to Belize's St.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

To acquire Marine Corps commission, students flock to Officer Candidate School

An increasing number of few, proud, Princeton students have shown they have the mettle to be Marines.Capt.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

After violating the club alcohol policy, Cloister forbidden to serve until April

Cloister Inn was taken off tap last weekend by the club's graduate board, according to club president Maura George '01.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

University chemists refute accepted particle packing theory

University scientists in the chemistry department have made a discovery that refutes a 40-year-old belief about how particles behave in a vessel.Their discovery may offer new insights into the nature of non-crystalline materials and granular materials, according to chemistry professor Sal Torquato, who is a member of the team that made the breakthrough.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Long-standing policy keeps Versity.com off campus

A recent controversy at Yale University has brought Versity.com ? an Internet company that provides lecture notes for courses at about 150 colleges and universities nationwide ? to the forefront of a continuing debate over professors' intellectual property rights.Versity.com pays students for their lecture notes and then makes the notes available online.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Borough Council considers traffic pattern recommendations

In an attempt to alleviate traffic congestion in the greater Princeton area, the Borough Council is considering altering traffic-signal patterns and widening intersections.The traffic options resulted from a recently completed study by Garmen Associates ? a transportation engineering firm located in Montvale ? and were presented to the council by Garmen engineer Gary Davies at a meeting earlier this month."[The Borough] really needed a master plan to better understand what the emerging traffic concerns were," Davies said.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Opposition subsides as D-Bar enacts new policy

The new policy at the D-Bar ? which will allow only residents of the Graduate College and their guests to attend the bar until membership stickers are distributed next month ? was implemented Saturday night.On April 16, the committee will distribute 200 membership stickers and, it will disperse 100 more May 16 to non-resident members.Adrian Banner, head of the Graduate College House Committee, said he is satisfied with the decision, which was reached by the house committee and deans of the graduate school March 15.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

No cost, no alcohol, but plenty of cigarettes, at least for Stewart

Drawn by the promise of comedic brilliance and the beauty of free admission, thousands of students piled into Dillon Gym on Saturday night to experience the local humor of Jon Stewart.In addition to the 2,100 students who watched the show, about 200 students were turned away from the door after waiting in a line extending beyond Patton Hall, according to Lee Vartan '00, the student event organizer.The event ? which was coordinated by all four classes ? attracted far more students than expected, according to Nina Langsam, Class of 2003 social chair.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Fire leaves Frist roof undamaged

The fire Thursday night, which burned on the roof of the Frist Campus Center for more than 35 minutes, is not expected to delay the building's construction or opening this fall, campus center director Paul Breitman said Friday.Keith Stanisce, senior vice president of the Barr & Barr Builders, Inc. ? the company performing the renovation ? said the fire had burned some materials on the roof, but had not penetrated the structure."There's no hindrance to our schedule," he said.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

It is often assumed that math instruction at Princeton suffers mainly because of a low level of English proficiency among some instructors. But that isn't the whole story.

When the University announced earlier this year that preceptors would be subject to more stringent English proficiency standards, many undergraduates reflexively pointed to math as the department that is most often plagued by language barriers between students and instructors.But some believe that problems associated with math education at Princeton are about a different kind of barrier.

NEWS | 03/26/2000

Students audition for 'Greed'

Eager for a moment of fame on the game known in America for its high financial stakes, about 85 University students traveled to the Hyatt Regency on U.S.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

'Carpe diem': Senior takes a road trip to 'Dead Poets' school

Upperclassmen frequently complain that after four years, the 'Street' is stale and that Saturday nights at Princeton are boring.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

At Princeton, life after tenure provides no rest for the weary

Tenure - the lofty institution that guarantees lifetime job security at the University - does not come easily at Princeton.And those who earn it find that the intensity of academic life at Princeton does not diminish at all after they receive their promotion.Tenured astrophysics professor Edwin Turner said he believes professors' desire to continue their studies prevents much "dead wood" from collecting in the Princeton faculty.History professor Laura Engelstein, who is also tenured, agreed.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

10 sophomores win grants to pursue summer activities

The University announced yesterday 10 winners of the Martin A. Dale prizes, which allow sophomore recipients to complete non-academic projects that pertain to personal interests during the summer.The prizes ? which each carry a $3,000 stipend ? were first offered in the early 1990s by Martin Dale '53.

NEWS | 03/23/2000

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