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Faculty, administrators react to proposed enrollment increase

Since the release of the Wythes Committee Report by the University Board of Trustees last week, administrators and faculty members have had an opportunity to examine the committee's proposal and assess its recommendations.Many expressed concern that an increase in the size of the student body could adversely affect the quality of education at the University."In general, I'm skeptical of adding 500 students," economics professor Elizabeth Bogan said.

NEWS | 02/09/2000

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Engineers construct 'Innovation'

It often seems that the offices of campus publications are dominated by social science and humanities majors, with a notable absence of engineers and science concentrators.But several science majors and engineers are seeking to change that, carving a niche for themselves in the campus journalism community with a magazine dedicated to science and technology.Yorell Manon-Matos '00 noticed that the University lacked a science journal from the moment he arrived on campus as a freshman."I wanted to learn more about science, but there was nowhere to go," he said.

NEWS | 02/08/2000

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Winter weather causes damage

A 12-inch, 15-pound stone fell from the northwest side of Edwards Hall on Friday, nearly striking a building services employee who was shoveling snow outside the dorm, according to Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser."[The custodian] heard a rumbling and looked up and saw a stone falling off the roof," Weiser said.

NEWS | 02/07/2000

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University plans to expand online course program for alumni

As the Internet becomes an increasingly crucial medium for disseminating information, the University has begun to offer special online courses to alumni, according to associate provost Georgia Nugent '73.The University has sponsored three Web-based courses thus far, and yesterday announced a new mini-course pertaining to Nelson Mandela, associate director of the Alumni Council Doug Blair '71 said.The effort has been driven by a desire to add an educational dimension to the alumni's relationship with the University.

NEWS | 02/07/2000

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Promises partially kept?

Four years after students occupied Nassau Hall to protest what they saw as a weak commitment to Asian-American and Latino studies, the University has fulfilled one of its chief promises to the protesters by hiring Grace Hong, a specialist in Asian-American studies.Hong taught in the English department at the University of California at San Diego, which she described as "quite different from Princeton.""I'm hoping to add some permanent courses, to think more in the long term," Hong said of her new position.

NEWS | 02/07/2000

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Two sexual orientations . . . one room

Before freshmen meet their roommates on that fateful day in September, they anxiously wonder whether their roommate will become a best friend or just be some other student who sleeps in the top bunk.One of the issues that can arise between roommates, especially freshman year, is the issue of homosexuality.Christl Denecke '00, an Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender peer educator, was placed with a lesbian roommate freshman year.

NEWS | 02/06/2000

The Daily Princetonian

University provides security for e-mail, Internet technology

With the importance of online resources and electronic communication on the rise in courses at Princeton, the need for heightened Internet security has prompted the University to seek additional means to authenticate a user's identity.The University was the first institution to be issued a digital certificate from the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking in mid-December.

NEWS | 02/06/2000