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Princeton Weekly Bulletin   April 24, 2006, Vol. 95, No. 24   search   prev   next

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Page One
The senior thesis
Chyba weighs in on topics ranging from planetary life to nuclear proliferation

The senior thesis
Searching for life elsewhere in the solar system — from campus
Tracing jazz’s evolution from the club to the classroom

Inside
Clinton named Class Day speaker
Fieldstone, limestone and slate: Work progresses on Whitman
Students, faculty, staff enjoy first ‘Pub Night’ at Chancellor Green
Communiversity set for April 29

People
Spotlight, promotion

Almanac
Nassau notes
Calendar of events
By the numbers

 

 

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The senior thesis

Princeton NJ — The April 17 issue of the Princeton Weekly Bulletin included three profiles of students and their senior theses: an artist who grappled with themes of identity and classification; a student of public policy who sought to understand the competition between work and family priorities; and a pair with a passion for alternative energies, who found a new way to make an environmentally friendly fuel and are turning it into a full-fledged enterprise.

This issue profiles two more students finishing their independent work this spring: a musician who questioned the effect of institutionalized jazz education on the genre; and a budding astrophysicist who explored life on other planets — a topic that had fascinated him since he was a child.

To read about the students and their efforts to complete one of Princeton’s key academic requirements, see the stories in this issue.

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Searching for life elsewhere in the solar system — from campus
Tracing jazz’s evolution from the club to the classroom