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DEC contemplates new eating options

DEC contemplates new eating options

Members of Dial, Elm, Cannon Club may be making their own meals next year if the DEC Graduate Board accepts one of several new meal plan alternatives currently being discussed.According to DEC president Gretchen Hultman '99, DEC members are evaluating several eating programs for next year, including one possibility that would entail making DEC a coop in which members would make their own meals, thus eliminating the need for a full kitchen staff.These fiscal considerations come after DEC's low turnout during Snicker and sign-in period last month, yielding only 20 new members."We are trying to look into (eating) options that take into account our low club membership," Hultman said.According to Hultman, DEC members met Sunday evening to discuss a new club policy enacted Feb.

NEWS | 03/02/1998

University to add arch to Patton for easier cross-campus travel

The University will close Patton Hall for renovation next year to place an arch through the center of the building and refurbish dorm rooms.The arch will create a path that runs straight through campus, connecting Forbes to the soon-to-be-built Campus Center and McCosh Health Center.Undergraduate Life Committee chair Dana Berneman '99 said she supports construction of the arch.

NEWS | 03/02/1998

Mock Trial members clinch national competition berth

Look out Kenneth Starr and Alan Ginsburg, Princeton has a new breed of lawyers on the way.On Feb.

NEWS | 03/02/1998

Growth rate of endowment ranks tenth among wealthiest colleges

While the University's endowment increased by more than 10 percent in the last fiscal year, that growth rate placed last among the 10 largest college endowments in the United States.Growth rates of the top 10 endowments spanned from Emory University's 41.8-percent increase to Princeton's 10.6 percent, according to The New York Times, which based its data on a survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.The average growth rate for the 25 colleges and universities with endowments of $1 billion or more was 21.9 percent, about double Princeton's growth rate, the Times reported.Despite its low ranking, the University maintained the fourth largest endowment in the nation, totaling almost $5 billion.Conditions were ripe for investments last fiscal year.

NEWS | 03/02/1998

StadiumCam films construction, monitors activity for Public Safety

Responding to a call about kids playing in the stadium construction site, the dispatcher brought up a Web page.

NEWS | 03/01/1998

Altercation ensues outside TWC party

Mathey College MAA Christopher Poindexter '99 was attacked and beaten outside the Third World Center at approximately 2:20 a.m.

NEWS | 03/01/1998

National CCC institutes fast;University participation low

Few, if any, Christians on campus will be participating in the national 40-day fast that began yesterday, and the University Campus Crusade for Christ is not encouraging them to do so.National CCC founder Bill Bright instituted the fast for the first time this year.

NEWS | 03/01/1998

Winfrey holds discussion group with Morrison at Lowrie House

The Oprah Winfrey-Toni Morrison duo was not exactly paradise for neighbors of Lowrie House Saturday.Winfrey visited Princeton to interview Morrison, the Robert F.

NEWS | 03/01/1998

Teofilo Ruiz captivates students with stories of revolution, hope

His eyes seem to be the windows to his soul. Recounting the events of his life, he smiles at certain memories and his eyes twinkle with happiness.

NEWS | 02/26/1998

Winfrey to record show at University

Buoyed by her win yesterday against Texas beef companies in a "veggie libel" suit, talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey is coming to campus this weekend to tape portions of an upcoming show featuring author and creative writing professor Toni Morrison.Winfrey will host a taped discussion on Morrison's new book, "Paradise," with the 1993 Nobel Prizewinning author and 20 preselected viewers, said Audrey Pass, a spokeswoman for The Oprah Winfrey Show.The discussion will air as part of Winfrey's March 6 show, which will be televised live from Chicago, Pass added. Private tapingThe Princeton taping will not be open to the public, and officials refused to disclose where on campus or when this weekend it will take place."We don't want people to show up to the event," Pass said.

NEWS | 02/26/1998

ITASA forum to celebrate Taiwanese-American roots

"This will probably be the biggest Asian invasion that this campus has seen in years," George Cheng '98, co-chair of the Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association, said of the ITASA annual conference to be held on campus this weekend.Audrey Jean '99, co-chair of ITASA, said that she expects over 300 students from at least 34 different colleges and universities from as far as Canada and California.The conference, entitled "Tai-wanese Eyes-American Visions," consists of a variety of workshops, speakers and performances open to all University students with PUID."The workshops are about our identity within the Asian spectrum and within American society as a whole," Jean said. Wide appealShe explained that many of the workshops are held concurrently and appeal to a wide variety of students.

NEWS | 02/26/1998

University gives grants to seniors to facilitate foreign aid initiatives

Maria Burnett-Gaudiani '98 and Taleeb Noormohamed '98 received this year's Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize Fellowship.

NEWS | 02/26/1998

Faculty, students utilize Internet resources for academic purposes

At Princeton, the Internet is not just for surfing anymore.The Internet is used not only in engineering and science classes, but also in liberal arts courses.

NEWS | 02/25/1998

Astronomers, stargazers prepare for last solar eclipse of millennium

Astronomers and amateur sky-watchers alike will have the opportunity today to observe the Western Hemisphere's final total solar eclipse during this millennium.While the eclipse will only reach totality in a small area of the Caribbean, a partial eclipse will be observable throughout much of North and South America.A solar eclipse takes place when the moon comes between the earth and the sun, thereby blocking the sun's direct rays and casting its shadow on the earth's surface.Total solar eclipses are fairly common, with one occurring about every 18 months.

NEWS | 02/25/1998

Brown, Columbia claim aid plan tips balance in athletic recruiting

Though new financial aid programs at Princeton and Yale universities will make it more affordable for students from lower and middle-class families to enroll, there is some concern that the programs may unfairly tip the balance on the playing field of Ivy League athletics.Athletics directors at other Ivy League schools said they are concerned that by offering more financial aid to a wider pool of students, Princeton and Yale may attract a greater number of potential athletes.They said they are worried that what the University's Board of Trustees referred to as "the most important changes in Princeton's financial aid policies in several decades" may fundamentally change Ivy League athletics. Changing the RulesColumbia University's Athletics Director John Reeves called it "the biggest change since the league's establishment in 1954."Joan Taylor, senior associate director of athletics at Brown University, voiced similar concerns.

NEWS | 02/25/1998

Committee endorses move toward P/D/F-rescind option

Taking a break from the grade inflation issue, the Committee on Examinations and Standing endorsed the introduction of the "P/D/F-rescind option" at a meeting Monday.However, even if the rescind option is approved at a faculty meeting this spring, the need to update computer programs could postpone its implementation for an uncertain period of time.The option would allow students to switch to a letter grade if they had already decided to take a class P/D/F.

NEWS | 02/25/1998

USG proposes less stringent fire safety inspections, codes

It's an all-too-familiar scenario to some students. Seconds after returning to your room from the shower, you hear a knock: "Fire inspectors." Without further delay, the inspectors make their entrance and proceed to go through the room as you stand watching, clad in nothing but a towel.The avoidance of this and other embarrassing situations is one of the goals of measures to reform fire and safety policy reform introduced by USG senator Carlos Lazatin '99.

NEWS | 02/25/1998

Missing manuscripts prompt curator to search Firestone

A pictorial manuscript from central Mexico has been misplaced from the Garrett Collection of indigenous manuscripts at Firestone Library, according to the collection's curator, Alfred Bush.The item was supposed to be included in the exhibition, "The Search for Latin America: Sources at Princeton," that recently opened in the library's main gallery, but it could not be found during the preparation of the exhibit.Peter Johnson, the exhibition's curator and bibliographer for Latin America, Spain and Portugal, said although there were many items in the University's collections to choose from, "when you can't find something, it's a cause of concern." MisplacedBush stressed that the manuscript is not missing from the library.

NEWS | 02/25/1998

Law schools refute method, validity of U.S. News ratings

It would seem that the Ivy League is not the only group dissatisfied with U.S. News and World Report's system of ranking the nation's best colleges and graduate schools.In a Feb.

NEWS | 02/24/1998

Children's library stimulates learning through interaction

Even though they do not have their PUIDs yet, eight-year-old readers still have a place in Firestone Library.Cotsen's Children's Library, located next to the Special Collections Room in the library's southeast corner, contains over 22,000 books and features an interactive exhibit specifically designed for young readers.The children's library opened Oct.

NEWS | 02/24/1998

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