Princeton
Weekly Bulletin
February 7, 2000
Vol. 89, No. 15
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one news and features
Trustees call for larger
student body
Student fees increase by
lowest percentage in three decades
Princeton enhances financial
aid awards
Bobst gift establishes Peace,
Justice Center
Graduate School launches
Centennial Fellowships
Mandella visit is
cancelled
People
Staff
recognition
Bartel, Teiser are named to
endowed professorships
Latinist to join
faculty
Retirements
Nassau
Notes
Arts
Speakers
Notices
Sections
Calendar
Employment
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Editor:
Sally
Freedman
Associate editor:
Caroline Moseley
Calendar and
production editor:
Carolyn
Geller
Contributing writers:
Justin Harmon,
Ken Howard,
Steven Schultz
Photographer:
Denise Applewhite
Web edition:
Mahlon
Lovett
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Trustees call for larger student body
A special trustee committee has recommended that
Princeton increase the size of its undergraduate student
body by approximately 10 percent (from 4,600 to 5,100) to
"enhance the quality of the overall educational experience
at Princeton and make more effective use of the University's
extraordinary resources." The increase would be phased in
over four years, probably beginning three or four years from
now after additional dormitory and dining space has been
constructed. [>>more]
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Student fees increase
by lowest percentage
in three decades
The trustees have adopted an operating budget
that increases student fees for 2000-01 by 3.3
percent, a drop from last year's 3.5 percent
increase and the lowest percentage increase in more
than 30 years. The $661 million budget is projected
to be in balance. [>>more]
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Princeton enhances financial aid awards
On the recommendation of President Shapiro, the
trustees of the University will further increase
the scholarship portion of many undergraduate
financial aid awards.
It will do this by reducing the
amount that students are required to borrow and by
entirely removing the value of the family home from
its financial aid calculations. These actions build
on initiatives begun in 1998 to increase
Princeton's affordability for students from lower
and middle-income families. [>>more]
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Bobst gift establishes Peace, Justice Center
A $10 million gift from the Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst
Foundation will be used to create the Mamdouha S. Bobst
Center for Peace and Justice at the University.
The Bobst Center will be devoted to
advancing the causes of peace, of mutual understanding and
respect for all ethnic traditions and religious faiths, and
of justice, both within countries and across national
borders. [>>more]
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Bartels, Teiser are named to endowed
professorships
Two faculty members have been named to endowed
chairs, as of July 1, 1999: Larry Bartels and
Stephen Teiser. [>>more]
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Latinist to join faculty
Denis Feeny, a Latin specialist, has been
appointed professor of of classics, as of July
1.
Feeney earned his 1974 BA and
MAs in Latin (1975) and Greek (1976) at the
University of Aukland, New Zealand, and his 1982
DPhil at Oxford University. [>>more]
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Mandela visit is canceled
Nelson Mandela has canceled the trip to the United States
that would have brought him to Princeton on February 25 to
receive an honorary degree. Because of his continuing
international obligations, he will have to travel to the
Middle East and West Africa at that time.
"We are, of course, exceedingly
disappointed," said President Shapiro. "But the reason
Princeton wanted to honor Mr. Mandela in the first place was
to recognize such special contributions to humanity as those
that now prevent him from being here. We wish him every
success as he continues to provide leadership and mediation
in his unparalleled and unceasing commitment to peace,
justice and equality, in South Africa and throughout the
world."
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Athletics
Basketball. The men defeated Catholic University
90-49 on January 24, Cornell 59-44 on January 28 and
Columbia 53-46 on January 29. The women beat Rider 77-73 on
January 24 but lost to Cornell 68-66 on January 28 and
Columbia 63-57 on January 29. (Men: 10-7, 2-0 Ivy; women:
3-14, 0-3 Ivy)
Fencing. On January 30 both the men's and women's
teams won against Vassar and Brown, and the men outfenced
Army and Stevens Tech. (Men: 8-2, 0-0 Ivy; women: 7-2, 0-0
Ivy)
Squash. On January 26 against the University of
Pennsylvania, the men won 8-1 and the women lost 4-5. (Men:
5-0, 3-0, women: 5-1, 2-1 Ivy)
Swimming, diving. Against Columbia, the men won on
January 28 and the women on January 29, the women posting
eight first-place finishes and recording head coach Susan
Teeter's 100th career win. (Men: 8-0, 6-0 EISL, women: 7-0,
5-0 Ivy)
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