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When the USG launched its Visions of Princeton survey in February, USG president PJ Kim was a man in search of a vision on some of the most important issues his administration was facing.But even after extensive advertising and a decision to extend the survey period to more than 3 weeks, only about 600 students filled out the online poll ? leaving Kim, who had planned to use the survey to set his agenda, without clear goals or direction for his presidency."Our goal [for responses] was over 1,000," USG vice president Spence Miller '02 said.

NEWS | 03/28/2000

The Moral Mentor

The Moral Mentor

Anders Chen '01 kept forgetting. He knew that people were starving somewhere around the world, that they lived without houses or clothes or doctors or books and that children died in swaths every day from malnutrition.He knew this.

NEWS | 03/27/2000

Firefighters rush to Holder Hall after light bulb explodes in dorm room

Firefighters and Public Safety responded to smoky conditions in a second-floor room on the east side of Holder Hall yesterday after a light bulb exploded in a lamp that short-circuited, according to Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser.Smoke detectors were triggered by smoke from the explosion at 11:41 a.m.

NEWS | 03/27/2000

Bomb threat closes East Pyne for 6 hours

East Pyne was evacuated for six hours yesterday after an anonymous caller informed Public Safety that a bomb supposedly had been placed in Chancellor Green Cafe.The anonymous call was made at 9:34 a.m.

NEWS | 03/27/2000

Internet pioneer amasses millions

While most of his classmates wrote LIT 141 papers, Jared Schutz '96 wrote business plans. And while classmates were busy learning how to find their classes, he was finding investors for his Chicago-based Internet service provider, which he co-founded and later sold for $23 million.Several companies and hundreds of million dollars later, Schutz ? the former 'Bluemountain.com wiz' ? is still busy, serving as chairman of three other Internet-based companies across the country.He will speak on the subject of the Internet economy in a speech today at the University.In an interview yesterday, Schutz dismissed his technological success as luck, saying that as investors' interest in the Internet grew, he was "fortunate to be in the right place at the right time."Schutz, who said he never took a computer science course while at the University, explained that he thinks of himself as "more of a business guy than an Internet guy."He recalled that he has always been interested in two things ? computers and politics.

NEWS | 03/27/2000

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

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