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Panel: Torture tactics hurt U.S. moral standing

Panel: Torture tactics hurt U.S. moral standing

The use of torture in the United States? war on terror has corrupted the ideals of the nation and will have legal and moral repercussions in the years to come, three panel experts on human rights and international law said Saturday in Robertson Hall in a discussion titled ?Torture and the War on Terror.??It?s an appalling failure of the American political constitutional view,? visiting Wilson School professor and former U.S.

NEWS | 05/11/2008

Hutchings arrested, charged with DWI

Robert Hutchings, diplomat-in-residence and a former assistant dean for academic affairs at the Wilson School, was charged with DWI and careless driving following a motor vehicle accident last Saturday at 8:51 p.m.The Montgomery police found Hutchings standing next to his 1998 BMW on Millstone River Road, where he was traveling south before he lost control of the vehicle, according to a statement from the police department.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

100 years, 100 columns

It?s been a big week for me, Weather Fans. I handed in my thesis, shaved the thesis beard and appeared on the cover of Monday?s newspaper in a bathrobe, a guaranteed sign of an epic weekend.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

PAWS: 'Veg Prospects' high at Tower, low at Quad, Terrace, TI

Vegetarian students searching for a place to eat on the Street may wish to consult ?Veg Prospects on Prospect,? a pamphlet rating the meatless menus at each of the eating clubs released Wednesday by the Princeton Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).The brochure, which PAWS president Jenny Palmer ?09 said she hopes will become a ?yearly publication,? is meant to draw attention to the demand for vegetarian food and motivate clubs to improve and expand their meatless options.?I know club officers are doing all they can to make their clubs the best they can be,? Palmer said.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

Car hits biker on Washington Road

A car struck a University employee late Wednesday afternoon at the crosswalk near Ivy Lane on Washington Road.Matthew Montondo, office coordinator for the molecular biology department, was riding his bicycle through the crosswalk when a black 2006 Honda Civic driven by Terrence Curran, a resident of Cranford, N.J., hit him, according to a statement issued by Princeton Township Police.Curran, who was driving northbound, slowed down at the crosswalk to allow pedestrians to pass.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

Tower Club leaks alumni members' social security numbers

Tower Club is taking steps to protect 103 of its alumni in the classes of 2006 and 2007 after a spreadsheet listing their names and social security numbers was e-mailed to current club members early Wednesday morning.The document was attached to an apparently unrelated e-mail that informed current members about a club event.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

American Academy of Arts and Sciences selects 11 University faculty members

Eleven University faculty members received notification last week that they have been elected to be fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). The AAAS, whose membership consists of leaders within the scientific, artistic, scholarly, public affairs and business communities, selected 212 new members this year.The University?s honorees, who hail from a broad spectrum of disciplines, will be formally inducted next fall into the AAAS, which ?conduct[s] a varied program of projects and studies responsive to the needs and problems of society,? according to the group?s website.In the sciences, the inductees include physics professor Robert Austin, mathematics professor Sun-Yung Alice Chang, architecture professor Elizabeth Diller, chemical engineering professor and acting department chair Pablo Debenedetti, and Emily Carter and Marlan Scully of the mechanical and aerospace engineering department.?It?s always nice to be recognized by your colleagues for the work you?ve done over the years,? Austin said.

NEWS | 05/08/2008

Graduate students object to new shuttle plan

When administrators implemented a new route for the green line shuttle last September, some graduate students believed the new route was designed to create ?a ginormous ?P? on campus,? Hilary Bergsieker GS, a member of the Graduate Student Government (GSG) Parking and Transportation Committee, said of the route?s new shape.The route reduced shuttle frequency and efficiency, she explained, adding that administrators did not share the plans for the new routes with the committee until less than 12 hours before the changes went into effect.The new green line, a precursor to the redesigned shuttle system that will be implemented next fall, led graduate students to fear that the ?system was crumbling out from under us rather than getting better,? Bergsieker said.When the University released plans for the redesigned shuttle system in February, Bergsieker joined with Parking and Transportation Committee members Kevin Collins GS and Jeffrey Dwoskin GS to lobby against what they saw as a counterproductive plan.The revised shuttle system, part of the 10-year Campus Plan, is designed to reduce the need for personal vehicles for commuting around Princeton, University Services General Manager Paul Breitman said, explaining that the new plan features more stops around town and replaces three independent routes with four routes connected by transfer stops.These are ?enhanced, improved routes? that will ?provide an efficient, effective way of getting around campus,? Breitman said.The committee, however, believes the system will have the opposite effect.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

Sidewalk discussion dominates Borough meeting

The granite-or-concrete debate consumed the discussion at another Borough Council meeting with no resolution last night, where about 20 Cleveland Lane residents made their voices heard on an issue that has raised tensions on the normally peaceful, leafy avenue in the Borough's western section.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

News & Notes | May 7

Faculty elected to National Academy of SciencesProfessors Emily Carter and Jose Scheinkman, along with senior research biologist Rosemary Grant, were chosen to join the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on April 29.Carter is the Arthur W.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

COMBO results show need to put more textbooks on reserve

Students may find it easier next fall to rely on course reserves for their textbook needs as the administration moves to put more course materials on reserve and to encourage professors to use alternatives to Pequod packets.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

Salciccioli ’09 named U-Council chair

Maria Salciccioli ?09 will replace Sarah Langberg ?09 as U-Council chair, USG president Josh Weinstein ?09 announced at Tuesday?s weekly USG Senate meeting.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

Salmonella outbreak plagues University

The number of confirmed salmonella infections on campus has risen to 16, including 15 students and one staff member.

NEWS | 05/06/2008

No. 1 Yale upset in HYP race

Though they might be in different boats, racing on different courses against different opponents, all of Princeton?s crews proved they have something in common: They are flat-out fast.Peaking with perfect timing, the men?s lightweight crew made a move for the top ranking as it wrapped up its regular season with a victory on the Charles River this weekend.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

McCoy GS '80 named new University architect

Ron McCoy GS ?80 will succeed Jon Hlafter ?61 as University architect, overseeing campus planning in a period of immense growth under the recently published 10-year Campus Plan.?Finding somebody who was just as perfect as [Hlafter] was for the job was certainly a surprise, and a wonderful surprise,? Vice President for Facilities Michael McKay said of McCoy?s appointment.McCoy said in an interview that he views himself mainly as a part of a collaborative effort.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Princeton Prize hosts first symposium on race

?I?m gonna kill me a n?ger today.?Caroline Mitchell heard those threatening words from a white classmate every morning of middle school as he boarded their school bus.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

University Health Services nears 1,000th course of HPV vaccine

The first cancer vaccine was supposed to be unequivocally a good thing.The Gardasil vaccine, touted as a triumph of modern medicine, protects against four strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) that commonly cause genital warts and cervical cancer.In the two years since obtaining FDA approval and being released by Merck, however, the vaccine has faced tremendous opposition from critics who believe that it encourages sexual activity in young women.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Gangs of Princeton: trouble in paradise

Updated May 10On Halloween night 2004, a group of about 50 teenagers traveled along Bayard Lane and Hodge Road in Princeton Borough, beating up children who were trick-or-treating and flashing gang signs to police officers, the Town Topics reported.This episode was only one of a series of gang-related incidents that have plagued the Borough and Township in recent years.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Discovery paves way for spintronic technology

The weather may be heating up as summer approaches, but thanks to the discoveries of a group of University researchers, computers may soon be cooling down.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

Student group seeks to dispel myths about Tibet and China

In response to the Human Rights Torch Relay outside of Princeton Borough Hall on April 24, Ke Wan GS decided to organize a display in Frist Campus Center to counter anti-China sentiment on campus and promote understanding of Chinese culture, history and current events among students.Wan said in an e-mail that on the night of the torch relay he overheard ?somebody mention our campaign to support [the] Olympics as a campaign against human right[s]. I think they misunderstand our goals, and they may need more knowledge about China.?Wan, who founded the student group Airs of China last November and currently serves as its president, set up a ?Background of Tibet? exhibit to combat ignorance.

NEWS | 05/04/2008

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