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Forum spreads gospel of chastity

Princeton's Anscombe Society hosted an intercollegiate conference this weekend, entitled "Making Love Last: Finding Meaning in Sex and Relationships." The conference offered a number of lectures and workshops to stimulate discussion about notions of marriage, sex and relationships in today's culture.College and high school students, along with adults who work with those age groups, attended the conference.

Shall we dance?

Panel urges action in Katrina's wake

Mardi Gras king cake was not the only draw for a panel discussion in McCosh 50 yesterday.Around two dozen students, professors and community members convened to view clips from Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke" and hear experts analyze the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans."After leaving here today, we hope you will carry in your hearts and your minds the importance of this tragedy," said Lauren Bartholomew '09, a Katrina Project co-founder and New Orleans resident.A panel consisting of politics professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell, CBS correspondent Byron Pitts and New Orleans city council president Oliver Thomas used the clips from the Spike Lee documentary to launch a discussion on the ramifications of the hurricane.

Harris '99 fights against campus censorship

"I say we throw a tomohawk [sic] into her face," the facebook.com post read.Written on the wall of the group "If They Get Rid of the Chief I'm Becoming a Racist," the comment referred to a student leader at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne who opposed the school's Native American mascot.

Language focus leaves Europe

During the Cold War, Russian was the popular choice for students interested in learning a language deemed vital for American foreign policy interests.

USG sets up anonymous e-mail site

The USG will launch a new website today allowing students to send anonymous emails to their professors.

University ensures all Sudan ties severed

Since announcing last June that it had no direct investments in Sudan, the University has taken steps to ensure that none of its secondary holdings or new investments are in companies with a stake in the Darfur conflict, which the U.S.

Not afraid to talk about it

"Can I catch it?" "Does it really hurt?"The questions came, one after another, at the fifth-grade assembly ? not malicious, but naive, potentially embarrassing and very personal.Kelly Matula '09 wanted to answer them.Matula, who has cerebral palsy, has been asked about her disability by her peers ever since she can remember.

Olive's grows on Witherspoon

A bustling lunch-hour throng swept into Olive's Deli & Bakery yesterday afternoon, ready to munch on spinach pies, stuffed grape leaves and the store's signature chocolate chip cookies.Though the building was packed with customers, it would have filled more quickly two weeks ago, before Olive's ? a favorite haunt of townies and students alike ? moved to a temporary location next door to its original store at 22 Witherspoon St.The space under construction will open in late March, when the two addresses will be merged into a larger Olive's designed to accommodate more customers, including a dinner crowd."We really have a mix of just everybody coming here ? people from the town, [University] staff and especially students," manager Georgiana Diskin said.The expansion is only the latest in a series of moves the Olive's management has made to improve business.

It's French to me

Wilson opens new studio for visual art

Wilson College unveiled its new visual arts studio Thursday ? an open space stocked with acrylics, inks and watercolors for students in search of self-expression.The studio space is located in Room 303 of Wilcox Hall and will be open four days a week.Wilson master Marguerite Browning said that while many of the preparations for the opening of the arts studio have taken place this semester, ideas for the space have been discussed since the fall of 2005."The idea for the art studio came from a student, Jessica Wey ['07], a Wilson RCA," Browning said.

Novelist Urquhart recalls Canada's bygone rural landscape at reading

Canadian writer Jane Urquhart read from her new book, "A Map of Glass," to a small gathering of fans in East Pyne last night.Following the reading, another Canadian novelist, Princeton resident Lauren Davis, interviewed Urquhart and led a discussion with the audience about the novel.Urquhart praised the University's creative writing program, which has an "incredible line up of teachers and a tremendous opportunity for students to become familiar with working authors," she said."We didn't have creative writing departments in Canada when I was an undergraduate."Urquhart's visit to the University was sponsored by the Program in Canadian Studies.She was born in rural Ontario and has written seven novels and three books of poetry.

Pride Alliance posters too loud for some

For the third consecutive Valentine's Day, Princeton students yesterday found bulletin boards, doors and lampposts across campus plastered with colorful posters depicting couples kissing beneath the printed phrase "Love = Love."Distributed by members of the Pride Alliance, the posters could be found in nearly every public area on campus, from Frist to Forbes.

Will cook for food: Eating without a club

Nick Lilly '07 walked into the kitchen near his room in Pyne Hall and noticed maggots on the counter.

Class of 2010 gets a Taste of Prospect

Avoiding dining hall dinners for a night, some members of the Class of 2010 hit the Street on Tuesday for "A Taste of Prospect," an event that allowed them to sample the cuisine at one of the clubs usually reserved for upperclassmen.First conceived in spring 2004, the initiative is meant to demystify the clubs' stereotypes and let freshmen get a flavor of the upperclass dining experience.

Ice causes car accident

A University staff member was hit by a car and seriously injured yesterday, after the first major accumulating snowfall of the year created icy conditions on roadways and campus walkways.Around 3 p.m.

USG crush website brings love online

When Meera Krishnan '07 checked her e-mail yesterday, she found herself reading an unusual message: an anonymous fellow Princetonian had a crush on her.Rather than being the victim of a stalker, however, Krishnan was merely a beneficiary of one of the USG's newest projects.

First 106 freshmen draw into Whitman

As the stone walls of Whitman College rise from land once used for tennis courts, some of its future residents are already lined up.The day after Dean's Date last month, 106 members of the Class of 2010 found out that they had been selected to live in the new four-year residential college, which will open its doors this fall.

Making a difference during a 'selfish period'

Six student leaders hurried around the Murray-Dodge common room yesterday afternoon, eating pizza while preparing for their open house.They laid out posters advertising their 50 yearly projects as students in search of volunteer opportunities trickled in.

Off on a tangent for Valentine's Day

A column by Z. Taylor Vinson '55 published in The Daily Princetonian for Valentine's Day on Friday, Feb.