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Searchinger: Biofuels can come with carbon cost

Searchinger: Biofuels can come with carbon cost

Despite the House of Representatives? passage of a bill Wednesday increasing taxes on oil companies to fund the development of renewable energy, prioritizing the use of certain sources of renewable energy is still under debate. A team of researchers, including Wilson School visiting scholar Timothy Searchinger, released a study earlier this month that suggests biofuels should not top the list.Though many believe that biofuels such as ethanol represent the most environmentally friendly energy resource, Searchinger?s team?s research indicates that biofuels come with heavier costs than once expected.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

Chinese students discuss Olympics

Fourteen delegates from Peking and Tsinghua universities visited Princeton during the past three days in an effort to facilitate an educational exchange between the Chinese students and Princetonians in preparation for the Beijing Olympics.The program is organized by IMUSE, short for ?Initiating mutual understanding through student exchange,? and included lectures and discussions that connected students from the two most renowned universities in China and elite North-American colleges.Yu Yi, a student from Peking, said that he doubts the program will have a direct impact on China or American perceptions of China.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

Council refuses to disclose meeting minutes

The Princeton Borough Council has revealed most of the contents of a private August 7 meeting, but a part of the meeting is still being kept under wraps.The undisclosed section of the meeting?s minutes concerns the so-called ?final offer? that the Borough Council presented Nassau HKT (NHKT), Councilman Roger Martindell said.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

Excessive heat frustrates students in older dorms

After coming back to her dorm on a typical February afternoon with the temperature outside well below 30 degrees, Kate Huddleston ?11 found that she was not crawling under the blankets and wishing she had a working fireplace.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

GSG election sees record-sized pool

A record number of candidates for the Graduate Student Government (GSG)?s seven executive committee positions spoke to a group comprising nearly entirely fellow contenders at an election forum last night in McCormick Hall.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

News & Notes

Changes made to Dinky scheduleStarting Saturday, the Dinky will begin operating on a new weekend schedule recently revised by New Jersey Transit.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

Frosh call for sub-free Cannon

Though Princeton?s eating clubs have had a reputation for being places of drunken debauchery, some students are advocating for Cannon Club to be substance free when it reopens in February 2009.Jarett Schwartz ?11 created a facebook.com group called ?Princeton ?11 Students for a Sub-Free Cannon Club? within a day or two of reading The Daily Princetonian?s Feb.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

U. reports spending to Congress

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NEWS | 02/26/2008

Avon CEO emphasizes leadership, social responsibility

Andrea Jung ?79, CEO of the cosmetics company Avon Products and a former University trustee, spoke about the ?six principles of leadership? and social responsibility to a crowd of students in Dodds Auditorium yesterday afternoon.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

Whitman hosts vandalism talk

After a series of derogatory and offensive comments were left in several residence halls of Whitman College early last week, the heads of the residential college, along with several RCAs, organized an open discussion to address the incidents last night.?It took me by surprise,? Mentha Hynes-Wilson, director of student life at Whitman, said of the series of events.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

Alcohol tops Borough agenda

Borough Council members commended the steps that eating clubs and the University have taken to combat high-risk and underage drinking on campus but sparred with club presidents over the Borough?s policy toward the clubs.University administrators answered questions about programs they have implemented this year, including the Princeton Alcohol Coalition and the new RCA alcohol policy.Interclub Council and former Charter Club president Will Scharf ?08, former Tiger Inn president Chris Merrick ?08, former Tower president Jon Fernandez ?08 and former Colonial president Tommy Curry ?08 attended the meeting to explain the efforts the clubs have taken to prevent dangerous drinking.The most impassioned rhetoric of the night came from club presidents protesting the Borough?s decision to press criminal charges against many club presidents in the recent past.Scharf, who will appear in court on March 10 to answer to charges of serving alcohol to minors and maintaining a nuisance at Charter, said the charges have taken a toll on his personal life.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

Charity campaign recognizes Princeton

Princeton University has achieved a top-10 ranking and secured a place in the final round of the ONE Campus Challenge, it was announced Monday.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

Interim funding agreement reached for Borough jitney

In anticipation of the proposed plan to move the Dinky Station 480 feet south, the University agreed to fund a jitney service that will shuttle commuters around Princeton to facilitate transportation around the University and the Borough.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

File encryption poses security threat

Thought your encrypted files were well hidden? Think again. Trusted that your bank and credit accounts were safe?

NEWS | 02/25/2008

Davies chosen as international provost

In line with other University efforts to push for an increased global presence, Diana Davies will become the first associate provost for international initiatives.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

Students expand religious horizons

The Religious Life Council (RLC) hosted a unique forum for the understanding of world religions last evening, opening with RLC fellow and co-convener Manav Lalwani ?09 leading the Gayatri Mantra, a Hindu prayer, and ending with Jessica Montoya ?09, another fellow and co-convener, reciting the Roman Catholic St.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

News and Notes: Brown & Oscars

Brown announces new financial aid planBrown University approved a new undergraduate financial aid policy on Saturday that will eliminate tuition for students whose families earn less than $60,000 annually.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

Kirp lauds benefits of investing in preschool

Investment in the improvement of preschool education will show its returns, David Kirp, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, said in a lecture last night in Robertson Hall.?Learning builds on learning,? he said.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

University releases Obama ’85’s senior thesis

Michelle Obama ?85?s thesis was released to the public by the University today after several days of media scrutiny over its availability and content.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

PAWS takes aim at Ugg boots

Defying February?s climatic dictates, students lay in the newly fallen snow on the Frist Campus Center?s North Front Lawn on Friday afternoon, feigning death, wearing coats covered with fake blood and sporting signs that read, ?What if you were killed for your coat??The protest, based on a campaign started by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and organized by the Princeton Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), was designed to raise awareness of animals? suffering as part of the fashion fur industry.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

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