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Campus Club asbestos deemed not dangerous

Students walking down Prospect Avenue may catch sight of ?DANGER ASBESTOS? signs posted on the doors and windows of numbers 5 and 58, locations of the former Campus and Elm eating clubs.The two vacant buildings are currently undergoing routine asbestos removal, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ?96 said.

Keller ’63 donates $25 million

Dennis Keller ?63 and his wife Constance Templeton Keller have donated $25 million to the University to encourage the integration of engineering and the liberal arts, as well as to foster other initiatives in engineering and technology.

Superdelegates question their role

In a nation with roughly 200 million citizens of voting age, the presidential nomination of one of the two major political parties may be decided by about 800 party bigwigs.As Sen.

Scholar explores history and politics of Catholic Church

The Catholic Church employed the recognition of miracles and canonization of saints to both unite people and preserve its power during the turmoil of 17th-century Europe, Columbia University religion scholar Paolo Parigi told an audience in Wallace Hall yesterday.Linking two ordinarily distinct subjects, religious miracles and social movements, Parigi explained that the proclamations of new miracles and saints during that period were part of the ?strategy of the Church for defending itself? against the dissolution of its support amid the enormous changes in Western culture during the era that saw the expansion of the Protestant Reformation and the Inquisition.

News & Notes | April 8

Faculty members approve course changesMembers of the faculty approved changes in course offerings in the art and archaeology, economics, operations research and financial engineering, and Spanish and Portuguese departments at the monthly faculty meeting.

Creative thesis slots highly prized by ’09s

Correction and editor's note appended While the 1,976 students recently admitted to the Class of 2012 may be getting ready to bask in the summer sun and celebrate the completion of their last academic application for the next few years, they may be surprised to learn that selectivity doesn?t end at the Admission Office.

Tigers awarded Pulitzer Prizes

Two alumni and two former University professors were awarded Pulitzer Prizes yesterday in recognition of their journalistic achievements.Barton Gellman ?82 of The Washington Post, Ferris professor of journalism in 2001-02 and former chairman of The Daily Princetonian, won the national reporting award for his examination of Vice President Dick Cheney?s often concealed use of power.

University looking more closely at lawsuit

Two months after the University was named as a defendant in a suit filed by a female member of the Class of 2008 who claims to have been sexually assaulted at Tiger Inn more than two years ago, it is now re-evaluating its role in the case, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ?96 said.The lawsuit, filed in early February 2008, alleges that the woman was sexually assaulted at TI on the night of Bicker pickups on Feb.

Ex-Obama aide calls for renewed global effort to combat genocide

Samantha Power, a professor of government at Harvard University and former foreign policy adviser to the presidential campaign of Sen.

Class of 2011 comes out in record numbers for annual freshman gala

Last Saturday evening, Prospect Avenue looked a little like the East Egg of F. Scott Fitzgerald ?17?s ?The Great Gatsby.?Though Nick Carraway and his Long Island neighbors were nowhere to be found, a record number of freshmen donned tuxedos and gowns, strutting their stuff en route to the Freshman Formal.Nearly a dozen silver balloons greeted the 777 members of the Class of 2011 who made their way to the Quadrangle Club for the annual event.

Around the Ivies | April 7

Water-saving toilets added to dorms

Residents of Feinberg and Edwards halls were greeted with new, ?green? toilets when they returned to their rooms after spring break, when Facilities staff members installed dual-flushing systems designed to save water.The new toilets allow users to push the flush handle one way to use less water for liquid waste and another way to release more water for solid waste.This is one of several efforts that the University has undertaken to make dorms more environmentally efficient, having been bolstered by the encouragement of student activists and the guidance of the University?s new Sustainability Plan.

Slideshow: Asian festival at Frist

‘Save Forbes’ draws attention to transportation issues

A new P-Rides program is planned to begin next September, Director of Parking and Transportation Kim Jackson explained at the USG meeting last night.The new initiative, which will be named ?On Demand,? will begin service each evening immediately following the last scheduled shuttle bus.

Their favorite things

Upon entering certain faculty offices, guests may find themselves astounded by collections of pennies, gadgets, used books and even robots.

Weather is FUNdamental

Before I reveal the winner of the Million Fun Buck Challenge, I have two important messages. The first concerns the imminent arrival of spring, which is set to overtake the mid-Atlantic at long last following today's rain event.

Parking to decrease as construction begins

Beginning in fall 2009, sophomores hoping to bring cars to school will no longer be able to register and park their vehicles in Lot 23 due to spacing constraints.?The changes in the parking come about because we are going to be losing a number of parking lots and spacing as part of the [10-year] Campus Plan,? said Kim Jackson, director of parking and transportation.Jackson said that parking locations for faculty, staff and students will be shifting in the next few years as construction outlined in the Campus Plan begins.

Matchmaker, mathmaker

Imagine this: You?ve dressed in your best, tried hard to impress at a series of interviews, and your future is on the line.

Sunstein: Federal judges prone to conformity

Federal judges are heavily influenced by the political ideology of other members of their court, renowned legal scholar and theorist Cass Sunstein told a full house in Dodds Auditorium last night when he delivered the Fourth Annual Bernstein Lecture in legal scholarship.Sunstein said his investigation of the phenomenon began five years ago when his research assistant, while searching through environmental law cases to see how judges appointed by Democratic presidents voted, noticed that Democratic appointees were ?more environmentally friendly? if they were with two other Democratic appointees but not than with one or two Republican appointees.Sunstein added that research into other types of cases yielded similar results.?There is a dramatic shift once Democratic appointees are sitting with two other Democratic appointees,? said Sunstein, the most-cited law professor in the country.

Visa regulations pose challenge

Applying to graduate school or finding a job is burdensome enough for most seniors, but international seniors and recent alumni are faced with an additional barrier: getting a visa.