Katrina vanden Heuvel '82 recently became the only female editor and publisher of a political weekly in the country.
Religion professor Cornel West GS '80 and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek discussed the concept of belief before a packed audience in McCosh 50 on Thursday night.The lecture was titled "The Ignorance of Chicken, or, Who Believes What Today."Zizek began the lecture by arguing that "nobody really believes today," most notably religious fundamentalists and atheists."It is as if to really believe you have to put up an atheist front," Zizek said.
Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and a coauthor of "The Case for Marriage," argued in a lecture Wednesday that legalizing same-sex marriages would result in the overall degeneration of society."Gay marriage is not some sideline issue," Gallagher said.
Two University students were struck by vehicles in the span of about thirty minutes while crossing Washington Road on Wednesday evening during a period of heavy rainfall.Both students ? Phillip Kang '06 and Shirley Li '08 ? were taken to the University Medical Center at Princeton and released following treatment.The drivers, a 75-year-old Monmouth Junction resident and a 39-year-old Skillman resident, were charged with failure to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk.Kang was struck at 6:25 p.m.
Computer science professor Edward Felten and graduate student Alex Halderman '03 discovered a glitch on the Sony BMG website on Monday, at a time when the music giant is recalling millions of CDs that put users' computers at risk.This is only the latest in a series of problems for Sony BMG that Halderman called "the Sony soap opera." Felten and Halderman have been detailing the progression of events on Felten's blog, freedom-to-tinker.com.As a method of protecting against the illegal copying of music, Sony BMG placed hidden copyright protection software on many of its CDs.
In a move to encourage diversity among higher education faculty and staff, 28 New Jersey colleges introduced a joint employment database this week.The New Jersey Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), spearheaded by Princeton and Rutgers and accessible at www.njherc.org, provides listings of academic, administrative, staff and executive positions.
Two University students were struck by vehicles in the span of about thirty minutes while crossing Washington Road on Wednesday evening during a period of heavy rainfall.Both students ? Phillip Kang '06 and Shirley Li '08 ? were taken to the University Medical Center at Princeton and released following treatment.The drivers, a 75-year-old Monmouth Junction resident and a 39-year-old Skillman resident, were charged with failure to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk.Kang was struck at 6:25 p.m.
In a move to encourage diversity among higher education faculty and staff, 28 New Jersey colleges introduced a joint employment database this week.The New Jersey Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), spearheaded by Princeton and Rutgers and accessible at www.njherc.org, provides listings of academic, administrative, staff and executive positions.
Defense analyst Richard Perle GS '68 criticized the postwar U.S. occupation of Iraq and expressed full confidence in Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq's controversial deputy prime minister, in an extemporaneous speech in Whig Hall Wednesday afternoon.Perle, who chaired the bipartisan Defense Policy Board during the period leading up to the Iraq war, said he continues to trust Chalabi, who has been accused of supplying the United States with false intelligence prior to the war and of providing secret U.S.
Ian Buruma, a professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College, spoke Wednesday about how Japanese nationalism has shaped Japan's attitude toward its history.Speaking to a full audience in Jones Hall 202, Buruma began by asserting that Japan has sufficiently apologized for its role in WWII.
Defense analyst Richard Perle GS '68 criticized the postwar U.S. occupation of Iraq and expressed full confidence in Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq's controversial deputy prime minister, in an extemporaneous speech in Whig Hall Wednesday afternoon.Perle, who chaired the bipartisan Defense Policy Board during the period leading up to the Iraq war, said he continues to trust Chalabi, who has been accused of supplying the United States with false intelligence prior to the war and of providing secret U.S.
Ian Buruma, a professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College, spoke Wednesday about how Japanese nationalism has shaped Japan's attitude toward its history.Speaking to a full audience in Jones Hall 202, Buruma began by asserting that Japan has sufficiently apologized for its role in WWII.
Computer science professor Edward Felten and graduate student Alex Halderman '03 discovered a glitch on the Sony BMG website on Monday, at a time when the music giant is recalling millions of CDs that put users' computers at risk.This is only the latest in a series of problems for Sony BMG that Halderman called "the Sony soap opera." Felten and Halderman have been detailing the progression of events on Felten's blog, freedom-to-tinker.com.As a method of protecting against the illegal copying of music, Sony BMG placed hidden copyright protection software on many of its CDs.
Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and a coauthor of "The Case for Marriage," argued in a lecture Wednesday that legalizing same-sex marriages would result in the overall degeneration of society."Gay marriage is not some sideline issue," Gallagher said.
A group of New York University graduate school students called a strike on Nov. 9, marked by picketing in front of Bobst Library in Washington Square and other academic buildings across campus, in an attempt to force the university to negotiate a new contract that would acknowledge their union.
John Mackey, the CEO and founder of Whole Foods Market, the nation's largest retailer of organic produce, gave a lecture on animal cruelty and the potential vices of corporate capitalism in McCormick Hall on Tuesday afternoon.Speaking to more than 100 people, Mackey compared the public perception of the ethical standards of corporations and nonprofit organizations."Corporations are viewed as greedy, exploitative and negative for the public, while nonprofits are stereotyped as entirely the opposite," Mackey said.
i2hub, a high-speed file-sharing network used by college students to download music and movies, has shut down, CNET.com reported Tuesday.
John Mackey, the CEO and founder of Whole Foods Market, the nation's largest retailer of organic produce, gave a lecture on animal cruelty and the potential vices of corporate capitalism in McCormick Hall on Tuesday afternoon.Speaking to more than 100 people, Mackey compared the public perception of the ethical standards of corporations and nonprofit organizations."Corporations are viewed as greedy, exploitative and negative for the public, while nonprofits are stereotyped as entirely the opposite," Mackey said.
President Tilghman's total financial compensation for the 2003-04 fiscal year was $564,619, roughly $30,000 greater than the year before but lower than the salaries of all but two Ivy League presidents, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported this week.Tilghman's salary is performance-based, said Stephen Oxman '67, chair of the executive committee of the University Board of Trustees and chair of the compensation committee."The compensation committee reviews [the president's] performance and her salary annually, and among other things, looks at salaries of people in comparable positions," he said.
President Tilghman's total financial compensation for the 2003-04 fiscal year was $564,619, roughly $30,000 greater than the year before but lower than the salaries of all but two Ivy League presidents, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported this week.Tilghman's salary is performance-based, said Stephen Oxman '67, chair of the executive committee of the University Board of Trustees and chair of the compensation committee."The compensation committee reviews [the president's] performance and her salary annually, and among other things, looks at salaries of people in comparable positions," he said.
