Notebook - April 8, 1998

University focuses on Year 2000 bug			Viewpoints: Do computers improve teaching and learning?
It's less than 600 days until January 1, 2000, when computer software programs that record years using only two digits instead of four could fail because they won't know whether "00" means 1900 or 2000. If nothing were done to correct the Year 2000 problem, hundreds of Princeton students might receive late notices for tuition.... Click here for more...			Michael S. Mahoney *67	PAW asked four professors (Michael S. Mahoney *67, Thomas Y. Levin, Marguerite Ann Browning, and James L. Gould) how computers have affected the nature of teaching and if they have seen any changes in students' work since the use of computers became widespread. Click here for more...
Faculty File: A medievalist enchants his students			In Memoriam: Geoffrey Stuart Watson
Teofilo F. Ruiz *74	"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around!" is what the undergraduates in History 341 this spring heard on their first day of class. As they entered a candle-lit classroom, a masked man dressed in black and wearing a cape jumped from student to student to hand them their syllabi. This mysterious figure was Teofilo F. Ruiz *74.... Click here for more...			Click here for more...