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Bowen chosen to lead Duke lacrosse probe

Former University president William Bowen GS '58 has been picked as one of two experts charged with investigating and reporting on Duke University's response to recent allegations of rape by members of its men's lacrosse team.In a "Letter to the Duke Community" sent Wednesday, Duke president Richard Brodhead explained his reasons for appointing Bowen ? along with former North Carolina Central University chancellor and NAACP official Julius Chambers ? to the task of reviewing how the Duke administration handled the situation."I want to address the concern that my administration did not respond as quickly as we should have and to learn any lessons this episode can teach," Brodhead wrote.

NEWS | 04/06/2006

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Inventor of Web @ Princeton

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee described his vision of a future in which computers understand, rather than only display, information in a lecture last night in McCosh 50.In the talk, entitled "The Future of the Web," Berners-Lee both looked back on the first 15 years of the Internet and looked ahead to one that shares information and forms global communities in ways unfathomable today.Computer Science professor Sanjeev Arora, chair of the University Public Lecture Series Faculty Committee, introduced Berners-Lee as an "idealist and a dreamer," saying that introducing Berners-Lee was "a bit like introducing the inventor of the wheel."Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, in Switzerland.Time Magazine named him to its 1999 list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, and he has won numerous awards, including the Japan Prize in 2002.

NEWS | 04/05/2006

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Inventor of Web @ Princeton

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee described his vision of a future in which computers understand, rather than only display, information in a lecture last night in McCosh 50.In the talk, entitled "The Future of the Web," Berners-Lee both looked back on the first 15 years of the Internet and looked ahead to one that shares information and forms global communities in ways unfathomable today.Computer Science professor Sanjeev Arora, chair of the University Public Lecture Series Faculty Committee, introduced Berners-Lee as an "idealist and a dreamer," saying that introducing Berners-Lee was "a bit like introducing the inventor of the wheel."Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, in Switzerland.Time Magazine named him to its 1999 list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, and he has won numerous awards, including the Japan Prize in 2002.

NEWS | 04/05/2006

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Students take tap water challenge

Cola wars, step aside. The new beverage battle is between bottled water and old-fashioned tap water.Passersby were able to put their palates to the test in Frist yesterday, as student volunteers and members of Corporate Accountability International (CAI) performed the "tap water challenge.""People think bottled water is healthier and safer than tap, but in fact, bottled water is much less regulated," said Dan Favre of CAI, as he prepared cups of water for blindfolded students and complained that the bottled water industry has too much marketing muscle and political influence."Twenty-five percent of bottled water is just tap water; it comes from the same sources.

NEWS | 04/05/2006

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College ranking system revisited

Clarification appendedThe U.S. Department of Education recently proposed the creation of a new sort of college ranking, an interactive list that students could customize by choosing among characteristics they value in postsecondary institutions.The database would present similar information to the popular U.S.

NEWS | 04/05/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Students take tap water challenge

Cola wars, step aside. The new beverage battle is between bottled water and old-fashioned tap water.Passersby were able to put their palates to the test in Frist yesterday, as student volunteers and members of Corporate Accountability International (CAI) performed the "tap water challenge.""People think bottled water is healthier and safer than tap, but in fact, bottled water is much less regulated," said Dan Favre of CAI, as he prepared cups of water for blindfolded students and complained that the bottled water industry has too much marketing muscle and political influence."Twenty-five percent of bottled water is just tap water; it comes from the same sources.

NEWS | 04/05/2006

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Republicans push student 'bill of rights'

In an attempt to promote "academic freedom and intellectual diversity within the University community," the College Republicans called on students this week to support a USG referendum on a Student Bill of Rights.The one-page Student Bill of Rights (SBOR), an effort to address a perceived invasion of partisan beliefs into academia, outlines five principles for removing ideology from student grading, classroom discussions, professor hiring and the selection of campus speakers.

NEWS | 04/05/2006

The Daily Princetonian

College ranking system revisited

Clarification appendedThe U.S. Department of Education recently proposed the creation of a new sort of college ranking, an interactive list that students could customize by choosing among characteristics they value in postsecondary institutions.The database would present similar information to the popular U.S.

NEWS | 04/05/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Republicans push student 'bill of rights'

In an attempt to promote "academic freedom and intellectual diversity within the University community," the College Republicans called on students this week to support a USG referendum on a Student Bill of Rights.The one-page Student Bill of Rights (SBOR), an effort to address a perceived invasion of partisan beliefs into academia, outlines five principles for removing ideology from student grading, classroom discussions, professor hiring and the selection of campus speakers.

NEWS | 04/05/2006

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Report: Facebook wants $2 billion

The creators of facebook.com, the online social networking website for college and high school students, hopes to sell the private company for as much as $2 billion, BusinessWeek Online reported March 28.Facebook spokesman Chris Hughes, however, refused to discuss the rumor."The BusinessWeek story is based on nothing but speculation, and we do not comment on rumors," Hughes, a senior at Harvard, said in an email to The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 04/04/2006

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Anti-gang policies need improvement, panelists argue

Speaking as part of a panel on anti-gang initiatives in Robertson Hall yesterday evening, Robert Bowser, the mayor of East Orange, N.J., made one point about young, potential gang members very clear: "We have got to get these kids some other opportunities."The panel, entitled "Bloods, Crips, and Beyond," was hosted by the Wilson School's Policy Research Institute for the Region, a small think tank that focuses on policy issues in the tristate area.

NEWS | 04/04/2006