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Student gamers ecstatic over release of 'Halo 2'

Student gamers ecstatic over release of 'Halo 2'

Campus video game enthusiasts were thrilled by Tuesday's release of Xbox's "Halo 2" ? the sequel to the bestselling Xbox first-person shooter "Halo," which has sold an estimated $149 million in copies since November 2001, according to the Associated Press."I was waiting for [Tuesday's] release for almost a year," Arjun Reddy '08 said.Microsoft estimated first day sales of "Halo 2" at 2.4 million copies, which places the game among the bestselling ever over a one-day period, according to the AP."'Halo' is a video game that takes over one's life.

NEWS | 11/10/2004

BC politics professor: 'New Deal unraveling'

Boston College political science professor Alan Wolfe discussed contemporary trends in American conservative thought during a Wednesday night lecture in McCosh Hall.Entitled "How Conservatives Came to Think Small," the lecture focused on the significance of contemporary conservative thinkers who sympathize with the Civil War-era South and favor a strict interpretation of the Constitution.He said these thinkers reject the trends toward equality and "national citizenship" initiated by the 13th through 15th amendments, and favor state rather than federal control of economic institutions.Wolfe began by talking about controversial former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, who favored a strict constructionist reading of the Constitution, and moved on to a discussion of conservative writers who follow in the tradition of 19th century South Carolina Senator John Calhoun.He said both men represent ideologies that are "important strain[s] in contemporary conservatism."He added that, with the recent reelection of a Republican White House and Congress, the U.S.

NEWS | 11/10/2004

Study rooms' ethernet ports still inoperable

With the academic year well under way, ethernet ports in several study rooms in Forbes College, the Ellipse Dormitory and Witherspoon, Little and Buyers halls still do not work."We did some checking, and a number of data ports aren't working and have probably never been turned on," Director of Housing Tom Miller said."We're still trying to get the exact data on this, so we can figure out what the cost is going to be," Miller added.

NEWS | 11/10/2004

Applicants undeterred by changes

As colder weather and falling leaves mark the changing of autumn into winter on campus, they also herald the annual slew of applications to the University from high school students throughout the United States and the world.Clutching a plastic U-Store shopping bag, Zoe Silverman, a prospective applicant to the Class of 2009 from Los Angeles, emerged from the University admissions office on Monday, enthused about her visit."It's one of the most beautiful campuses!" she said.Kalistyn Lemke, of Salinas, Calif., was just as keen on the University after taking an Orange Key campus tour."All the history is pretty exciting . . . [the campus] is gorgeous!" she said.The University attracts many applicants like Silverman and Lemke because of its academic reputation and its beautiful campus."I mean, it's a great school," Lemke said.Anna Phillips, a prospective student from Pennsylvania, also said she was impressed with the University's strong academic curriculum ? especially the Creative Writing Program.She cited Princeton's ability to attract distinguished faculty members, such as Toni Morrison and Joyce Carol Oates, as a motivation for applying."I don't necessarily need to take a class with these [professors] . . . but if [they] are drawn to the school, there is more of a culture that is focused on creative writing," Phillips said.

NEWS | 11/10/2004

Former Secretary of State Shultz '42 defends Bush actions

The University's Whig-Cliosophic Society presented former Secretary of State George Shultz '42 with the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service on Tuesday.Shultz addressed students in McCosh 10, urging them to seek "the road not taken" and remember that diplomacy achieves change most effectively when supported by strength.Shultz defended the Bush administration's doctrine of preemptive warfare and the United States' involvement in Iraq."If you attack ahead, you are highly reliant on intelligence and we know how hard it is to be accurate," he said.

NEWS | 11/09/2004

Sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer advocates condom availability

University students got a big treat in a small package Tuesday. Standing atop two stacked red crates, the four-foot-seven-inch world-renowned psychosexual therapist Ruth Westheimer spoke to students about sexual literacy.More popularly known as "Dr. Ruth," Westheimer discussed abortion, homosexuality and her experience as a therapist.During her speech, Westheimer said people should always stick to their moral values when making decisions about having sex.She said individuals should "not to be pressured by others into having sex just because 'everyone else is doing it.' It should be by choice."Respect for all sexual preferences, including homosexuality, should be a universal value, she added.Westheimer said she believes abortion should be legal, but "only be used in instances of contraceptive failures."She said condoms should be made available on campus ? they should be free and put in private places."They should be put in boys' and girls' bathrooms where there is privacy, not in places like the dining halls where people can see who's taking them," she said.Westheimer also interacted with students in a less formal setting at a special dinner following the event in Wu Dining Hall.The lecture was sponsored by the Women's Center and Class of 2005."We were really excited that she would be on campus," said Azalea Kim '05, senior class president.

NEWS | 11/09/2004

Just passing through: Filmmakers ride Segway across country

NEW BRUNSWICK ? Just four twenty-somethings, a dog, the open road ? and a Segway.This is "America at 10 mph," the cross-country journey of one man on a Segway Human Transporter ? an upright, battery-powered scooter ? and his documentary team.The two founding members of the team, Hunter Weeks and Josh Caldwell, quit their jobs in web marketing two years ago to pursue filmmaking.

NEWS | 11/09/2004

Task force calls for changes to health services

In its final report Tuesday, the University's Task Force on Health and Well-Being recommended renovating and expanding Dillon Gymnasium and McCosh Health Center, enlarging the University Health Services (UHS) staff and improving child care facilities.The task force also suggested increasing the Student Health Plan fee by between $300 and $400 ? of which $50 would cover changes in service offerings and $250 to $350 would fund new staffing needs.

NEWS | 11/09/2004

Princeton Future to study downtown

Princeton Future, a nonprofit community organization dedicated to preserving the history and appearance of the downtown area, is launching an effort to examine the redevelopment and preservation of key sites on Witherspoon Street.The six-month undertaking seeks to compile residents' opinions on future development.

NEWS | 11/09/2004

Glaude cites 'problems' of current United States educational system

Associate professor of religion and African American studies Eddie Glaude Jr. discussed the troubles with the U.S.

NEWS | 11/09/2004

Dangerous spam virus hits campus

OIT alerted University network users Monday about a virus outbreak, which may compromise infected computers and overload the University's mail server.Dan Oberst, director of OIT's Enterprise Infrastructure Services, said about 250 computers across campus have been infected.Compromised computers spread the infection by sending out mass emails, which contain links to the virus.OIT has been working to stop the infection, which was detected around 3:00 p.m.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Students report undergraduate satisfaction

The Council on the Princeton University Community (CPUC) gathered Monday to hear Vice Provost Jed Marsh present the results of the Princeton Experience Survey, a comprehensive look at undergraduate and graduate academic and campus life.The survey found that students generally have positive experiences with academics, resources and faculty, but are frustrated with diversity and housing issues.Marsh said he views the survey as "a tool to look at how students perceive their time at Princeton," and to gauge what areas of student life the University can improve and what recommendations it should make to relevant departments and groups.The web-based survey focused on students' experiences through a combination of free response and multiple choice questions.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Sex magazine to debut at BU

Since a group of Harvard University students announced last year that they would be creating a college magazine about sex, featuring nude photography of Harvard students, others have turned to follow suit.Students at Boston University (BU) recently announced that they would be starting their own sex magazine, called Boink, made by and for BU students.According to the Boston Globe, the debut issue of Boink is planned for January, and will be even more explicit than the Harvard publication.In an interview with the Globe, Boink founder Alecia Oleyourryk said "her magazine would be pornography."Boink staff members were unwilling to comment on further details of their plans.But the reaction of Boston University administrators was clear.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Korean television show filmed on campus

Greenstaff Inc. of New York City taped an episode of the Korean television series "Sad Serenade," a love story partly based in Princeton, on Nov.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Conference to honor first architecture dean

The University will hold a symposium to honor Robert Geddes, the first dean of the University's School of Architecture, on Nov.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

USG website to launch Wednesday

Point.Princeton.edu, a new website featuring a list of weekly campus events as well as additional services, will be available to University students starting Wednesday.The new site will advertise student group events as well as departmental lectures, speakers and programs.USG President Matt Margolin '05 said the Projects Board gives money to fund many events that would be more successful with better publicity.The site will list the most important events as well as rank the eight most popular ones.The University maintains a similar site, calendar.Princeton.edu, which Margolin said was difficult to use."The [new] site is very organized and very self explanatory," Margolin said.Students can also customize the site to show events pertinent to their interests.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Civic values task force suggests changes to University

The Student Task Force on Civic Values will present their recommendations tonight to make Princeton "a major research university committed to excellence."The symposium will be held at 6:30 p.m.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Detained immigrants deported to home countries

The eight men arrested on Witherspoon Street last month after a federal immigration investigation have been deported from an Elizabeth, N.J., detention facility.Seven were sent back to their home country of Guatemala and one to Mexico, an associate working on their behalf said.The associate, Maria Juega, the local chair of the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, has been actively involved with the eight men and their families since the arrests.She said the men's families remaining in the community are "not doing well" since their deportation.The mother of Johnny Lopez, 19, who was sent back to Mexico, is feeling the effects of life without her son since his deportation."They are never going to understand the pain a mother feels about her son," said the woman, who asked not to be named and spoke in Spanish.The men were arrested after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency officers were let into an apartment during their search for an illegal immigrant.The officers were legally allowed to check the immigration status of the other men in the apartment after those residents provided false paperwork, said ICE Assistant Director for Public Relations Manny Van in an earlier interview."As ICE officers, we cannot turn away from the law," Van said.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Career Week highlights alternative jobs

Forget about investment banking and consulting. This week, Career Services launched "Not Your Average Career Week."Nicole Snyder, associate director for recruitment and employer relations at Career Services, stressed the importance of exposing students to less publicized job opportunities."We do want to ensure that students are aware of the diversity of the job market," Snyder explained.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

Freshmen to order class sweatshirts online

Class sweatshirts are a must-have for any University student on campus. Students show class pride by donning sweatshirts emblazoned with '05, '06 and '07 across the back.

NEWS | 11/08/2004

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