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Subject: Re: Re: Defending Nassau Hall (MEDIUM LE
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Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 02:08:59 EST
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Whether or not it's my personal job to defend Princeton University's
reputation, I think I should point out a few problems with daisy!david's
point-for-point rebuttal of my original article.  Like any medium to
large university, Princeton has a student-faculty ratio that is
O(10-1).  That means that probably 8 students will never have anything
to do with the professor, and the two who are most interested in the
material will get all the attention they need.  Why do you think
Princeton requires undergraduates to write a thesis?  There are 
plenty of good people at Princeton (and several more on the way...)

I would strongly suggest that daisy!david call the University and ask
about A Campaign for Princeton, the recent EECS department split, the
recruiting done by the EE&CS departments, and who is being considered
for tenure.  He might find that he has a lot to learn before opening
his mouth again.

Two final comments: If you want to learn how to take apart TV sets and
visit local electricity outlets, then I know some great vo-tech schools
that teach this for a lot less than $15,000 a year.  Nobody says you
can't learn "real engineering" when you are taught theory.  That's what
independent work is for.  Unless you are so lazy that you decided not
to do any independent work.  All of the laboratory experience in the
world will not help someone who lacks the motivation to get up off
of his/her rear end and learn something by themselves.

And WPRB is NOT A FOR-PROFIT RADIO STATION.  They are run in 
compliance with the IRS regulations governing non-profit corporations.
They receive no funding from the University; the station is commercial
so that it can pay its bills.  It is the smallest of the six commercial
college stations, and one of the only ones that does not employ professional
radio salespeople.  Check your facts.  Or read "Welcome to Princeton:
A Guide to Your Freshman Year"

--Hal Stern
  (no funny comments here.  I forgot to insert 1 million smiley faces 
   last time and people picked on me.  If it happens again I'm routing
   all of my mail to /dev/null).