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Civil union bill clears committee

Civil union bill clears committee

The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Monday that would establish civil unions for same-sex couples, bringing New Jersey one step closer to becoming the fourth state in the nation to formally recognize gay unions.The bill, which passed in the Senate Judiciary Committee with an 8-2 vote, defines "civil unions" as legally recognized unions of "two eligible individuals of the same sex," who shall receive "the same benefits and protections and be subject to the same responsibilities as spouses in a marriage."In addition to establishing civil unions, the bill revises current marriage laws, altering the existing language to include references to both marriages and civil unions.

NEWS | 12/11/2006

Gutmann says she won't leave Penn

University of Pennsylvania president and former Princeton provost Amy Gutmann said Thursday that she will not leave her current position to take the helm at Harvard.

NEWS | 12/10/2006

Hail to the chiefs

After a day of deliberations, Kavita Saini '08 (l.) was elected the editor-in-chief of the 131st board of The Daily Princetonian on Friday afternoon.

NEWS | 12/10/2006

U. reaches deal with music site

The University has reached a deal with the music downloading service Ruckus to provide free music to the entire student body, USG officials said.Reporters for The Daily Princetonian attempted to use the service last night and were successful in downloading and playing several songs.But Class of 2008 Senator Rohan Joshi, who has largely spearheaded the initiative, said that while student accounts for the service had been activated, speeds may be slower than expected pending installation of a local server."Download speeds won't be as fast as they could be when the cache server is finally installed on campus," he said last night.

NEWS | 12/10/2006

Alum donates campus bridge

John Streicker '64 has donated funds for a new pedestrian bridge to be built across Washington Road at the southern part of campus.The bridge, to be named after Streicker, is scheduled for completion in 2010 and will be part of the University's burgeoning science complex.

NEWS | 12/10/2006

Adviser spots stay in demand

Correction appended Applications for residential college adviser (RCA) and assistant RCA positions increased to a new record this year, with 216 students vying for 95 spots.Last year 206 students applied, compared to 175 the previous year.The application process shouldn't be significantly more selective than it has been in previous years, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Students Hilary Herbold said.

NEWS | 12/10/2006

Getting it write, fresh from Japan

An expectant crowd gathers on the Frist lawn and surrounds three orange fabric squares placed on top of a larger black rectangle.

NEWS | 12/10/2006

How lovely are your branches

A Christmas tree brightens Palmer Square at dusk. Lights draped over the tree throughout the year are lit a day after Thanksgiving in an annual ceremony to kick off the holiday season.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

In Washington, senators question elite colleges' legacy advantage

In the face of the mounting difficulties that face middle class applicants to elite colleges, U.S.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

Saudi envoy defends Iraq role

One day after the Iraq Study Group report chastised Saudi Arabia for being "passive and disengaged" in finding a way out of the conflict in Iraq, the kingdom's ambassador to the United States defended his government's policy and said it wants to work with Iraq's neighbors to find a solution to the ongoing war."Saudi Arabia has already been acting," Prince Turki al-Faisal said yesterday in an interview with The Daily Princetonian shortly before he delivered a lecture at the Wilson School.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

Singer statement draws groups' ire

No stranger to criticism from the political right, philosophy professor Peter Singer came under friendly fire recently for comments he made in a documentary about scientific research on animals.Singer ? the author of "Animal Liberation," a work often credited with kick-starting the animal rights movement ? touched off the controversy when he said on camera that an Oxford neurosurgeon's Parkinson's research did not appear to be morally objectionable, even though it involved giving the debilitating disease to primates.In the documentary "Monkeys, Rats and Me: Animal Testing," which was screened late last month on BBC2, Tipu Aziz explained to Singer that his Parkinson's research has improved the lives of about 40,000 people and involved only about 100 monkeys, according to a story in The London Times."Well, I think if you put a case like that, clearly I would have to agree that was a justifiable experiment," Singer said in response.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

More than just discounts: Nassau St. stores provide job opportunities

Drowning in work and extracurriculars, most students rarely venture outside the manicured lawns of campus.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

Lehman chief calls for rule-breakers

Lehman Brothers president and chief operating officer Joe Gregory encouraged students to infuse new life into the finance industry by breaking rules and challenging the status quo, in a lecture yesterday in Dodds Auditorium.Lehman needs rule-breakers, he explained.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

Transcript of interview with Prince Turki al-Faisal

Daily Princetonian: Yesterday the Iraq Study Group released its report on the war in Iraq, and they outlined a number of proposals, including calls for direct engagement with Syria and Iran and jumpstarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace effort.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

Whelan '99 refutes view that smart women marry less

Conventional wisdom aside, high-achieving women are just as likely to get married as all other women, Christine Whelan '99, author of "Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women," said in a talk about her book at the U-Store Wednesday night.Whelan's findings counter the traditional notion that women with graduate degrees and high-earning jobs are less likely to marry and more likely to divorce.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

Transcript of interview with Lehman Brothers president Joe Gregory

Daily Princetonian: There are lots of people who say that going to Wall Street is like selling your soul, and your time would be more worthwhile to do community service and other forms of work to save the world.

NEWS | 12/07/2006

JFK speechwriter recalls Cuba crisis

Ted Sorensen, speechwriter and special counsel to President John F. Kennedy, recounted his role in the Cuban missile crisis and offered a spirited defense of the legacy of the slain president before a rapt audience in Dodds Auditorium yesterday.Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 introduced Sorensen and thanked him for crafting the now-famous call to government service: "Ask not what your country can do for you.

NEWS | 12/06/2006

Adviser defends Mexican protestors

An adviser to the candidate who narrowly lost Mexico's presidential election this summer defended his party's unrelenting protests of election results at a speech Wednesday, alleging widespread voter fraud and calling for an end to government corruption.Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Mexican Congress last Friday in an effort to prevent the swearing-in of Felipe Calderon.

NEWS | 12/06/2006

Five Princetonians make early list for Harvard's top job

Five prominent administrators with close connections to Princeton are possible candidates for the Harvard presidency, according to a list of names produced by the school's presidential search committee.President Tilghman, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan '81, former vice provost Ruth Simmons (now president of Brown) and former provost Amy Gutmann (now president of the University of Pennsylvania) are all on the list, which includes the names of 30 potential presidents.The Boston Globe reported yesterday that Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 is also being considered.The Harvard search committee privately gave the list to the university's Board of Overseers on Sunday, and The Harvard Crimson published a partial list of 11 candidates on Tuesday. An individual with knowledge of the list confirmed the accuracy of the Crimson's list to The Daily Princetonian.A search to find a new leader for Harvard began after former president Larry Summers resigned in March following half a dozen major controversies, including his statement that differences in "intrinsic aptitude" between the sexes may explain why there are fewer women than men in top science and engineering academic posts.

NEWS | 12/06/2006

Speaker blasts Singer for 'irrational and illogical' beliefs

Correction appendedPhilosophy professor Peter Singer's ethical system is "irrational and illogical" and inevitably leads to infanticide, University of Reading philosophy professor David Oderberg argued in a lecture last night, linking Singer's views to those of the Nazis."Don't be misled into thinking that [Singer] believes in rights, whether with humans, animals, trees or whatever," Oderberg said to about 50 people in McCosh 10.

NEWS | 12/06/2006

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