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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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Looking for alien light
The old FitzRandolph observatory in the shadow of
Princeton Stadium shows its years of neglect. |
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Computer experts aid Kosovo refugeesMegan Peterson, graphic designer in the Communications Office, spent most of her free time this summer at the US Army Reserve installation at Fort Dix -- but not because of any connection with the military. She had volunteered her computer expertise to the Refugee Internet Assistance Initiative (RIAI), in an effort to aid Albanian Kosovars living at the facility. [>>more] |
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Nelson Mandela, who served as the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to June 1999, and his wife Graça Machel have accepted an invitation to campus this winter, when Mandela will receive an honorary degree. Current plans call for both Mandela and Machel to give public ddress on February 25, the day before Alumni Day.
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Highly intelligent beings have taken over my computer and
are using it to look for aliens. First it was my office
computer.
Then the computer on a nearby desk. Now
it's my desktop at home, and I'm wondering about my wife's
laptop. No, I'm not paranoid; it's happened to a million
other people as well. [>>more]
Twenty-seven guests will visit the campus under the auspices of the Humanities Council during the academic year 1999-2000: 16 visiting fellows, including a musical quartet; four Ferris Professors of Journalism; the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Professor of Writing; two Hodder fellows; two postdoctoral fellows; and two special lecturers. [>>more]
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