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250 to 300 undergraduates enroll in Classics Dept courses each semester

Perennially relevant
By Caroline Moseley

The study of Classics at Princeton is as old as the institution. In 1748, college president Aaron Burr declared, "None may expect to be admitted into College but such as being examined by the President and Tutors shall be found able to render Virgil and Tully's Orations into English; and to turn English into true and grammatical Latin; and to be so well acquainted with the Greek as to render any part of the four Evangelists in that language into Latin or English; and to give the grammatical connexion of the words."

Graduate students examine
issues of campaign reform,
make recommendations

Can "the system" be fixed?
By Mary Caffrey

For four decades, polls have tracked a steady decline in the public's confidence in both the election process and the leaders it produces. In many recent elections, voter turnout has failed to reach 50 percent. Parents have told pollsters they do not want their children to be president.
     Should we be alarmed? Can "the system" be fixed, and if so, how? These are the questions a group of graduate students in the Woodrow Wilson School explored under the direction of Larry Bartels, Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs.
 

Champions. The women's squash team won the national championship and the Howe Cup when they beat Harvard 8-1 on February 15. Their season record was 8-0, 6-0 Ivy.

Celebration

The Opening Ceremony for Black History Month, held February 6 at the Third World Center, included presentations by Essence magazine writer Joan Morgan and dramatist Gary Edison, as well as recognition of Unsung Heroes (right) Ralph Piper of the Counseling Center (l), graduate student James Wilson (History), Daphne Moore (Student Employment), Brenda Joyce (Counseling Center), Beth Morgan (Dean of Student Life Office), Sue Ann Steffey Morrow (Religious Life and Chapel), Hattie Black (African American Studies), Lottie Rhodes (Dining Services) and Mychel Namphy (English) (honored but not pictured were Vilma Codner of Undergraduate Financial Aid, Sara Miller of the Third World Center and Angela Taylor of Athletics); program presider Charandle Jordan '99 is behind Moore.
 

Renaissance scholar, computer buff works on "all matters concerning the undergraduate curriculum"

Associate Dean Dobin
By Caroline Moseley

Hank Dobin was an associate professor of English, teaching Shakespeare at the University of Maryland, College Park, when he noticed in the Chronicle of Higher Education that Princeton University needed an associate dean of the college.
     A dedicated scholar of Renaissance England, he was also associate chair of his department and past chair of the College Park Senate, "an elected body of faculty, students and staff that advised the president on policy matters" -- and hence, experienced in the complexities of college administration. Equally attracted to administrative and academic endeavor and tempted by the possibility of "working in a key role at a premiere university," he says, "I thought, 'Why not?' and applied for the position."

Firestone Library exhibit presents "panorama of primary sources" at Princeton

"The Search for Latin America"

The exhibition "The Search for Latin America: Sources at Princeton" is on display in the Main Gallery of Firestone Library through April 13. It presents a panorama of primary sources held by the library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, as well as Manuel Alvarez Bravo photographs and pre-Columbian objects from the Art Museum, some of which have never been publicly shown.
     More than 200 items include original manuscripts, rare books, maps, photos, correspondence, coins and artifacts dating from the pre-Columbian period to the 20th century.
     "The purpose of the exhibition is twofold: to make Princeton's rich holdings of Latin Americana better known to students and scholars alike, and at the same time to increase community awareness of Latin America. The primary sources at Princeton are invaluable in the process of seeking to understand this vast land, its people and distinct histories as told through often conflicting accounts," says Peter Johnson, bibliographer for Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Johnson is cocurator of the exhibit along with Ben Primer, University archivist and curator of public policy papers.
 

Obituary

M. Joyce Mix, 68, administrative assistant to the dean of the Woodrow Wilson School, died on February 6.
     With the University since 1977, she was a member of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Princeton Junction. She is survived by her son Bradley and daughters, Debra Mace and Kathleen Leggette.

Habitat

Five members of the Student Volunteers Council traveled to Siguatepeque, Honduras over intersession to work with Habitat for Humanity. Building homes and international relations were ...
 

Princeton Weekly Bulletin

Editor: Sally Freedman
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     Caroline Moseley
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