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Roses are red, condoms are clear

Roses are red, condoms are clear

This Valentine’s Day, some students will receive candy, some will receive flowers, and some will receive condoms. The Student Global AIDS Campaign is selling Valentine’s Day condoms and candy that comes with an SGAC message on STD prevention and AIDS ribbons.

NEWS | 02/10/2009

J.D. Salinger trove lies unpublished in Firestone

Firestone’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections houses a hidden trove of unpublished short stories, letters and drafts written by the reclusive Salinger. The collection includes stories featuring the characters from the author’s most famous work "Catcher in the Rye."

NEWS | 02/10/2009

U.S. House approves National Campus Safety Center

Last Tuesday, the U.S. House passed H.R. 748, a bill that creates a National Center for Campus Public Safety in Washington, D.C. Pending Senate approval and a presidential signature, the new department would be administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services program within the Justice Department.

NEWS | 02/10/2009

Campus publications face cash crunch during recession

Many student publications around campus have been forced to adapt to the current economic environment as ad revenue falls and some University funding becomes more scarce.

NEWS | 02/10/2009

Six undergraduates receive global health research grant

While many undergraduates will spend the next few months feverishly searching for summer internships and jobs, the six newly announced Adel Mahmoud Global Health Scholars know exactly how their summers will be spent.

NEWS | 02/10/2009

Computer error causes Charter to accept too many

After the first round of sign-ins, a number of students who were admitted to Charter Club either were moved to the waitlist or signed in to their second-choice clubs after a technical glitch caused Charter to enroll too many new members.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

Eisgruber '83: Full U. economic recovery will take years

Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 calls the University’s budget cuts in response to the economic crisis the “new normal,” and outlines the administration’s plan for financial recovery.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

Budget cuts delay neuroscience building

The University’s plans to expand its neuroscience program have taken a hit in the current economic environment with the November 2008 announcement that construction of the program’s new building will be postponed by at least a year.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

Whitman '77 begins bid for California governor

Retired eBay CEO and former University trustee Meg Whitman ’77 filed forms Monday to officially explore a run for California governor.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

West GS '80 inspires inmates

“I’m here to talk about courage this morning, the courage to wrestle with yourself,” African-American studies and religion professor Cornel West GS ’80 told a solemn crowd of more than 700 inmates at the medium-security Garden State Correctional Facility auditorium in Bordentown, N.J., on Monday morning.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

Class of 2012 president resigns to take off spring semester

Former Class of 2012 president Ashton Miller ’12 confirmed yesterday that he is taking the rest of the academic year off, adding that he plans to return as a freshman in September 2009. Former Class of 2012 vice president Lindy Li ’12 is set to replace him as freshman class president for the rest of the year.

NEWS | 02/08/2009

Early morning extinguisher escapade awakens Scully

Students in Scully Hall were forced to leave their dorms early Saturday morning due to a falsely triggered fire alarm. A fire extinguisher discharged clouds resembling smoke that heightened the resulting confusion, students said.

NEWS | 02/08/2009

Thirteen go to hospital post-Bicker

Sixteen University students required alcohol-related transports to McCosh Health Center or the University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) this past weekend. Of them, 13 were admitted to UMCP. The bicker clubs picked up their new members Friday, and several clubs held initiation activities Saturday evening. Officials said the number of alcohol-related Public Safety transportations was higher than it has been in past years for the weekend of bicker-club pickups and initiations.

NEWS | 02/08/2009

Ruckus shuts down, citing insufficient ad revenue

Before Friday, Ruckus provided subscribers with an unlimited number of free music downloads. Now, the company’s website merely states, “Unfortunately the Ruckus service will no longer be provided.”

NEWS | 02/08/2009

TI, Cottage, Ivy, Cap see spike in numbers while Tower sees fall

Nearly 700 students took part in Bicker last week — the most in at least four years — signaling strong demand for membership in the selective clubs in the second year of the four-year residential college system.

NEWS | 02/08/2009

Insufficient aid deters sophomores from joining clubs

This past week, hundreds of sophomores bickered or signed in to eating clubs. But for others like Klein-Cloud, financial concerns prevented them from participating in one of the University's oldest traditions, though many receive the maximum financial aid grant for board.

NEWS | 02/05/2009

JuicyCampus shuts down

Thursday marked the curtain call for the controversial website juicycampus.com, an anonymous public forum that that became a mechanism for perpetuating gossip online. After its launch in August 2007, JuicyCampus expanded to cover more than 500 colleges in the United States, but funding failed to match the website’s growth.

NEWS | 02/05/2009

Searchinger: Biofuel trend poses unforeseen hazards

Biofuels are not as green as many people think, visiting Wilson School research scholar Timothy Searchinger said. In a 2008 paper in the journal Science, Searchinger said that cutting down forests to clear more land for growing biofuel crops could double greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years.

NEWS | 02/05/2009

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