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University improves in Trojan sexual health rankings

The Daily Princetonian

University improves in Trojan sexual health rankings

On the recently released 2008 Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, the University was ranked 29th out of 139 colleges evaluated nationwide.The survey, conducted by independent research firm Sperling?s BestPlaces, rated universities on a scale of zero to 10 in 13 separate categories, including students? opinions of their school?s health resources, availability of sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and contraceptives, quality of awareness programs and website usability.

NEWS | 10/05/2008

USG Senate supports moving polling location

The Daily Princetonian

USG Senate supports moving polling location

At its weekly Senate meeting last night, the USG passed a resolution voicing its support for moving the polling location for District 1 of Princeton Borough to a spot on the University campus.David Christie ?10 presented the resolution ? a joint venture betwen the College Democrats, College Republicans and P-Votes ? at the meeting and explained that ?basically what we?re trying to do is get more students to vote.??For 91.8 percent [of eligible voters] it would be more convenient to vote on campus,? he said.Christie presented 2007 statistics provided by the Princeton Borough Clerk showing that the Borough?s District 1 was composed of about 92 percent students, 4 percent University-affiliated voters and 4 percent non-University voters.

NEWS | 10/05/2008

Anti-obesity drugs could halt viral infections

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Anti-obesity drugs could halt viral infections

Defeating viruses such as the flu or HIV or even halting the spread of cancer may soon involve nothing more than taking a variety of existing anti-obesity drugs.Viruses increase cellular metabolism to reproduce themselves, and some existing anti-obesity drugs can block these metabolic changes and nearly halt viral reproduction in infected cells, according to research recently published by scientists from Princetonnd the University of Rochester Medical Center.?If you can prevent a virus from making copies, you have essentially stopped it,? said Bryson Bennett, a researcher from Princeton?s Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.

NEWS | 10/02/2008
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Ehrlich: Campus Plan has problems

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Ehrlich: Campus Plan has problems

There are significant flaws in the University?s current plans to regulate traffic flow under the 10-year Campus Plan, Theodore Ehrlich, an employee of the transportation and infrastructure company DMJM Harris, said at a meeting of the Princeton Regional Planning Board on Thursday night.Three already-dangerous intersections would become even more problematic due to an increase in traffic, Ehrlich said.

NEWS | 10/02/2008

Planting SEEDs for success

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Planting SEEDs for success

It was an overcast Saturday afternoon in September 1993, and as the sun peeked through the partly cloudy sky, 4-year-old Launice Smith sat in her mother?s lap at a football game outside of the recently closed Weatherless Elementary in Southeast Washington, D.C.A gunshot pierced the air.

NEWS | 10/01/2008

Newark mayor calls for American unity

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Newark mayor calls for American unity

The two integral aspects of true patriotism are love and courage to see the truth, Newark Mayor Cory Booker said during the first of three Toni Morrison Lectures Wednesday night in McCosh 50.The talk was titled ?The Past: A Testimony to the Impossible? and focused on race in American history.Booker discussed the racial segregation and discrimination his parents faced during their youth, both before and after college.Despite these challenges, Booker said, his parents encouraged him to appreciate both the good and the bad in America.Booker, a Democrat who has been described by the media as a post-racial politican and often compared to Sen.

NEWS | 10/01/2008

Coan ’09: McCain can’t handle economy

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Coan ’09: McCain can’t handle economy

Students interested in becoming economics professors might want to consider Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as a pupil, at least according to the premise of a skit titled ?I Could Be McCain?s Econ 101 Teacher? that is being staged in front of Frist Campus Center every day this week.Written by James Coan ?09 and organized by a group of students composed largely of staff from the Princeton Progressive Nation (PPN), a left-of-center campus magazine, the demonstration targets the Republican presidential nominee for what the students see as his weakness on economic policy.The comedic performance ?questions Sen.

NEWS | 10/01/2008

Without Wilcox, dance groups search for space

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Without Wilcox, dance groups search for space

Though Wilcox Hall?s dining facilities reopened last week, the building?s dance studio remains closed for construction, throwing the practice schedules of many campus dance troupes off track.These groups all scheduled their practice times in the studio last year before being informed of plans for the building?s renovation.The ongoing construction has therefore caused some frustration, particularly because the Wilcox studio, located directly above the dining hall, is one of the most utilized dance spaces on campus.Though it is not one of the three largest rehearsal spaces on campus, the studio was used by all dance groups to rehearse smaller pieces.?Having Wilcox closed has definitely affected the dance community as a whole,? diSiac president Perry Nagin ?09 said in an e-mail.She added that the decrease in the number of available rehearsal spaces ?puts every company in a difficult position since the space allotted to student dance groups is already so minimal that fighting for even fewer spots adds unnecessary tension.?Nagin said that the closing of the Wilcox studio has left diSiac with the following options for practice space: Dillon Gym?s group fitness room, multipurpose room and dance studio; the dance studio in Whitman College and the Hagan Dance Studio at 185 Nassau St.These spaces are shared by about 20 theater and dance companies, Nagin explained, and the free spaces in Dillon are not available until after group fitness classes are done.The dance studio in Whitman is not available until 4:30 p.m., and diSiac only has one rehearsal slot in Hagan, since the use of that space is allotted by the Program in Theater and Dance, Nagin added.Nagin said that diSiac did not use the Wilcox studio as often as other groups but that the renovation ?does affect us more ... in that the groups that used it more often are now in need of the space typically reserved for larger groups.?The closing of the Wilcox space, however, has been partially alleviated by the opening of the Whitman dance studio.?We have found [the Wilcox closing] a bit of an inconvenience, but it hasn?t been horrible,? Naacho co-president Maya Srinivasan ?10 said in an e-mail.

NEWS | 09/30/2008

Cannon club will now reopen in February 2010

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Cannon club will now reopen in February 2010

Those waiting expectantly for Cannon Club to reopen in February 2009 can give up hope. In an interview Tuesday, Warren Crane ?62, president of the Dial Elm Cannon (DEC) Graduate Board, said that he plans for the club to open in February 2010, in time for the Class of 2012 to have the opportunity to be the first official members of Cannon since its doors closed in 1972.?We definitely want to announce that we won?t be taking any undergraduate members at the end of this semester for the spring semester of 2009,? Crane said.

NEWS | 09/30/2008

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