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OPEC pumps up oil prices, draining wallets

OPEC pumps up oil prices, draining wallets

Students returning from Spring Break may need to empty their wallets to refill their gas tanks because the price of a gallon of gasoline has risen locally in the past few months from $1.25 to more than $1.70.The price of oil has been rising steadily for the past six months and is expected to continue to climb this summer.

NEWS | 03/19/2000

Earth physics project shakes high school students into geosciences

With the help of the University's geosciences department and the National Science Foundation, 80 high schools are using hi-tech science equipment as part of a nationwide project to help students better understand earthquakes.Thanks to the Princeton Earth Physics Project ? started in 1993 by geosciences professors Robert Phinney and Guust Nolet ? high school students can collect seismic data and communicate with seismologists and students at other schools."The idea was that we would try to renovate the science curriculums in high school where teachers could collect real science information, and then be able to share and exchange this data with other schools across the country," Nolet said.Nolet said he and other scientists developed the program because they were concerned about the large gap that exists between high school and college science curricula. 'Surprised'"We were surprised that teachers in high schools were not keeping up with modern developments [in science]," Nolet said, referring to technical equipment and laboratory facilities.The National Science Foundation provided a $2-million grant for the first phase of the project.

NEWS | 03/19/2000

Amid ongoing celebrations of the 30th anniversary of coeducation at Princeton, the person who paved the way for female faculty to arrive at the University has been left mostly unmentioned

One year before female students stepped onto campus, sociology professor Suzanne Keller became the first woman to be granted tenure by the University.

NEWS | 03/19/2000

Grad college experiences numerous false fire alarms

The Graduate College has been the site of an unusually large number of false fire alarms during the past few weeks, Sgt.

NEWS | 03/19/2000

Surfing alone, University opens its ears to Napster's electronic tunes

While hundreds of colleges and universities across the country have decided to ban student use of Napster ? a music search engine that has received national media attention in recent months ? Princeton has taken a more liberal approach in dealing with the issue.According to a list published on the Website of the Students Against University Censorship ? a group that says it will "fight and lobby against the universities' decisions on banning Internet resources" ? 196 schools have blocked Napster from their networks.The University, however, has decided not to restrict use of the service.

NEWS | 03/19/2000

Wood hooks award, casting a line to female fishers

After graduation, many University students follow similar paths, pursuing careers in consulting, becoming investment bankers or going to graduate school.But in a journey financed by the Martin A.

NEWS | 03/19/2000

Robopound: A game for the whole family

You'd have to be living in a bong chamber if you didn't realize that this school's strength is its universal attention to detail.

NEWS | 03/09/2000

University lecturer combats school violence

In an effort to prevent episodes of school violence ? such as the Columbine High School incident ? some government and school officials have been adding metal detectors and armed police officers to their schools.

NEWS | 03/09/2000

Song hits home with males

From Cher to Jewel to even Britney Spears, would-be poet-philosophers have sung about the woes of heartbreak for years.

NEWS | 03/09/2000

Students favor move to African-American studies department

Princeton does not typically allow undergraduates to major in African-American studies. But that did not stop Stephen Clowney '00."It was their mistake.

NEWS | 03/09/2000

Public Safety investigates Forbes fires

Public Safety is conducting an investigation of four small fires set in the Forbes College Main Inn during the past month, according to Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser."We know it's vandalism ? someone walking past and lighting a flier or a poster," Weiser said.

NEWS | 03/09/2000

Bradley and McCain bid farewell, leaving Gore and Bush to vie for nation's support

Facing the harsh reality of an unbroken string of primary defeats and a mounting delegate deficit, Bill Bradley '65 threw in the towel yesterday in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and declared his support for Vice President Al Gore in his bid for the presidency.Speaking to supporters and the press in West Orange, N.J., yesterday, Bradley called for Democrats to unify behind Gore.

NEWS | 03/09/2000

Students rally against inequality

Spurred by the recent acquittal of four New York policemen responsible for the death of Amadou Diallo, students assembled in Firestone Plaza yesterday afternoon and addressed issues of inequality and prejudice on campus.Attracting a crowd that ranged from 25 to 50 during a several-hour period, speakers at the rally called for renewed efforts to help members of the University community transcend racial boundaries and to advocate equitable treatment of minority groups.Participants said they were frustrated with the apathetic approach their classmates and the administration take toward racial inequality at the University.

NEWS | 03/09/2000

Harris '95: In the service of all nations

Though Rashaan Harris '95 was exposed to a wide range of scholastic knowledge ? from textbooks to professors ? during his four years at Princeton, he still sought other answers he knew he would have to pursue on his own.But he never thought he would find them in South America.Harris served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uruguay from 1995 to 1997.

NEWS | 03/08/2000

AAS at a crossroads

Yale University's decision last month to upgrade its African-American studies program to a department will not put pressure on Princeton to take similar action, according to Provost Jeremiah Ostriker.But Nell Painter, chair of Princeton's AAS program, said she continues to favor the creation of such a department, and noted that she is "exasperated" and "exhausted" as a result of her efforts to convince the University to make the switch.Ostriker said he had formed a committee consisting of several professors ? including Toni Morrison and Painter ? to recruit specialists in African-American studies prior to Yale's decision. 'Build it up'"We looked at this a while ago," he said of the prospect of upgrading Princeton's AAS program.

NEWS | 03/08/2000

Rooted in history, and leaving a legacy

The historic Mercer Oak in Princeton Battlefield Park succumbed to strong winds Friday ? collapsing more than 200 years after the Revolutionary War general for whom it was named.Though it has lived more than 250 years, the tree survived only a few days after the death of Richard Baker, who dedicated nearly 25 years of his life to preserving the mighty white oak and other landmarks at the Princeton battlefield."He was a great historian.

NEWS | 03/08/2000

U-Council debates problems of potential student body increase

At yesterday's U-Council meeting, administrators ? led by Provost Jeremiah Ostriker ? addressed a variety of issues raised by the Wythes committee's recommendation to increase the size of the student body by 500.The primary concern raised by U-Council members was that the student increase would limit professors' ability to give students individual attention.

NEWS | 03/08/2000

Bradley '65 likely to end candidacy today

Bill Bradley '65's campaign announced yesterday that the candidate will hold a press conference this morning to "discuss the future of his presidential campaign," prompting experts to conclude that the candidate is set to declare his withdrawal from the race.Bradley's dismal finish in Super Tuesday's primaries ? after defeats in Iowa, New Hampshire and Washington ? virtually guaranteed the candidate's imminent withdrawal.

NEWS | 03/08/2000

Seeking Green Party presidential nomination, Nader '55 returns to old stomping ground with harsh words for corporate America

Presidential hopeful Ralph Nader '55, who is seeking the Green Party nomination, condemned the growth of corporate influence in America yesterday, addressing a near-capacity crowd in McCosh 50.In a brief pre-speech question and answer session, Nader said the dominance of corporate power in America could potentially motivate voters to support a third party, as slavery did for the Republican party in the 19th century."The issue is corporate power.

NEWS | 03/07/2000

Senator leads the charge in investigating gene therapy

The death of teenager Jesse Gelsinger during an experiment at the University of Pennsylvania in September enveloped the emerging field of gene therapy in a maelstrom of controversy.And U.S.

NEWS | 03/07/2000

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