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Q&A: Sociologist Charles Murray

Sociologist Charles Murray, who is best known for his controversial 1994 study "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life," came to campus to speak publicly about his new book, "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010." He spoke with The Daily Princetonian about his views on the growing divergence between the American white working class and the socioeconomically superior white upper class. Daily Princetonian: What inspired you to start writing the new book?

NEWS | 04/16/2013

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Tourism spending in Princeton on the rise as town upgrades kiosk for visitor information

Tourism spending in Princeton and Central New Jersey has been rising for the past three years, according to figures released last month by the New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism. Tourism expenditures in Mercer County reached an all-time high of $1.11 billion in 2012, approximately a 4 percent increase since 2011, according to a report on ?The Economic Impact of Tourism in New Jersey? issued at the Governor?s Conference on Tourism held in Atlantic City in March. In 2011, spending equaled $1.08 billion, which represented a 10 percent increase in comparison to significantly lower expenditures of $973 million in 2010.

NEWS | 04/16/2013

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Physicists construct SPIDER detector to study theories of universe expansion

A team of University scientists has been working with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto to build an instrument that will help cosmologists gain more insight into the expansion and homogenization of the very early universe. Physicists put on hard hats on Thursday and used a crane to hoist the instrument into a carbon fiber gondola, which will act as a sturdy frame for the device as it flies over Antarctica in the austral summer.The instrument, known as SPIDER, will be entirely built on campus and then shipped to Texas, where the finishing touches of the building process will be made in June.

NEWS | 04/16/2013

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Support group PINS offers discussion forum for kinky sex and BDSM

A new BDSM and kink support group ? known as Princetonians in the Nation?s Service ? has attracted nearly 30 members since its creation in January. ?Our written-down mission statement basically says that we?re here to provide a safe space, a community and a social space for people who are kinky,? the founder of PINS, who was granted anonymity due to the club?s confidential status, said. According to the founder, who is a junior, the rules of the group prohibit members from ?outing? other members.

NEWS | 04/15/2013

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Sociologist Charles Murray explains divergence between U.S. social classes

The nation has seen an unprecedented divergence between the upper and working classes during the past 50 years, sociologist and author Charles Murray explained at a Tuesday afternoon lecture in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber. Murray, who is a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, discussed his new book, ?Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010,? which was published in January 2012.

NEWS | 04/15/2013