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China revokes visa for Olympic gold medalist Cheek '11

Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek '11 said his visa to attend the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing has been revoked by the Chinese government over his efforts urging China to help make peace in the war-torn region of Darfur.The 2006 speed skating champion co-founded Team Darfur, an organization of Olympic athletes who seek to draw attention to violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.

NEWS | 08/05/2008

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No hazardous material found after Borough Hall evacuation

An incident involving a suspicious package that sickened two employees at Borough Hall is over after investigators found no hazardous substances at the scene, Public Safety Deputy Director Charles Davall wrote in a Campus Safety Alert to the University community Wednesday afternoon. A package addressed to the mayor?s office led to the evacuation of Borough Hall and the closing of Stockton Street after two employees in the clerk?s office suffered allergic reactions, local news outlets reported.

NEWS | 07/29/2008

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University to recoup $9.6 million for Robertson case defense

The University is entitled to nearly $10 million in insurance money to cover some of its legal fees in the Robertson case, a New York appeals court ruled on June 5.The decision requires the National Union Fire Insurance Company to honor the full amount of the policy, which was purchased the same year in which two University-appointed Robertson Foundation trustees suggested the changes in the management of the Foundation's endowment that eventually led the Robertson family to sue the University.The company had previously only been willing to pay up to a $5 million sublimit on the $15 million policy.The Appellate Division, First Department of New York's Supreme Court unanimously denied an appeal by the company and upheld a September 2007 decision by Supreme Court Justice Helen Freedman that awarded Princeton just over $9.6 million.The company argued that the University wanted the funds to fight claims not covered under the insurance policy, but Freedman ruled that National Union had to advance costs for both covered and non-covered claims.

NEWS | 06/15/2008

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Farmer delivers Class of 2008 Baccalaureate address

Physician and medical anthropologist Paul Farmer exhorted the members of the Class of 2008 to "make hope and history rhyme" as he delivered the Baccalaureate address this afternoon.Farmer took the phrase from a poem by Seamus Heaney, whom he incorrectly identified as the 2006 baccalaureate speaker, and used it to lead into a description of his vision of a utopian future that he hoped this year's graduating class would help create.

NEWS | 05/31/2008

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Bolten '76 suggests McClellan book motivated by dismissal

White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten ?76, speaking on campus today, said that his dismissal of former press secretary Scott McClellan may have motivated McClellan?s new book, which harshly criticizes the Bush administration."It may be that I?m ultimately responsible for the bitterness and disgruntlement, and ultimately for the book,? said Bolten, who rarely speaks publicly.

NEWS | 05/29/2008