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Gay marriage hurts society, Gallagher says

Gay marriage hurts society, Gallagher says

Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and a coauthor of "The Case for Marriage," argued in a lecture Wednesday that legalizing same-sex marriages would result in the overall degeneration of society."Gay marriage is not some sideline issue," Gallagher said.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Two students struck by vehicles

Two University students were struck by vehicles in the span of about thirty minutes while crossing Washington Road on Wednesday evening during a period of heavy rainfall.Both students ? Phillip Kang '06 and Shirley Li '08 ? were taken to the University Medical Center at Princeton and released following treatment.The drivers, a 75-year-old Monmouth Junction resident and a 39-year-old Skillman resident, were charged with failure to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk.Kang was struck at 6:25 p.m.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Felten research adds to CD recall

Computer science professor Edward Felten and graduate student Alex Halderman '03 discovered a glitch on the Sony BMG website on Monday, at a time when the music giant is recalling millions of CDs that put users' computers at risk.This is only the latest in a series of problems for Sony BMG that Halderman called "the Sony soap opera." Felten and Halderman have been detailing the progression of events on Felten's blog, freedom-to-tinker.com.As a method of protecting against the illegal copying of music, Sony BMG placed hidden copyright protection software on many of its CDs.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Schools launch N.J. jobs database

In a move to encourage diversity among higher education faculty and staff, 28 New Jersey colleges introduced a joint employment database this week.The New Jersey Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), spearheaded by Princeton and Rutgers and accessible at www.njherc.org, provides listings of academic, administrative, staff and executive positions.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Two students struck by vehicles

Two University students were struck by vehicles in the span of about thirty minutes while crossing Washington Road on Wednesday evening during a period of heavy rainfall.Both students ? Phillip Kang '06 and Shirley Li '08 ? were taken to the University Medical Center at Princeton and released following treatment.The drivers, a 75-year-old Monmouth Junction resident and a 39-year-old Skillman resident, were charged with failure to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk.Kang was struck at 6:25 p.m.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Schools launch N.J. jobs database

In a move to encourage diversity among higher education faculty and staff, 28 New Jersey colleges introduced a joint employment database this week.The New Jersey Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), spearheaded by Princeton and Rutgers and accessible at www.njherc.org, provides listings of academic, administrative, staff and executive positions.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Perle faults post-invasion decisions

Defense analyst Richard Perle GS '68 criticized the postwar U.S. occupation of Iraq and expressed full confidence in Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq's controversial deputy prime minister, in an extemporaneous speech in Whig Hall Wednesday afternoon.Perle, who chaired the bipartisan Defense Policy Board during the period leading up to the Iraq war, said he continues to trust Chalabi, who has been accused of supplying the United States with false intelligence prior to the war and of providing secret U.S.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Japanese feel they have apologized enough, professor argues

Ian Buruma, a professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College, spoke Wednesday about how Japanese nationalism has shaped Japan's attitude toward its history.Speaking to a full audience in Jones Hall 202, Buruma began by asserting that Japan has sufficiently apologized for its role in WWII.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Perle faults post-invasion decisions

Defense analyst Richard Perle GS '68 criticized the postwar U.S. occupation of Iraq and expressed full confidence in Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq's controversial deputy prime minister, in an extemporaneous speech in Whig Hall Wednesday afternoon.Perle, who chaired the bipartisan Defense Policy Board during the period leading up to the Iraq war, said he continues to trust Chalabi, who has been accused of supplying the United States with false intelligence prior to the war and of providing secret U.S.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Japanese feel they have apologized enough, professor argues

Ian Buruma, a professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College, spoke Wednesday about how Japanese nationalism has shaped Japan's attitude toward its history.Speaking to a full audience in Jones Hall 202, Buruma began by asserting that Japan has sufficiently apologized for its role in WWII.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Felten research adds to CD recall

Computer science professor Edward Felten and graduate student Alex Halderman '03 discovered a glitch on the Sony BMG website on Monday, at a time when the music giant is recalling millions of CDs that put users' computers at risk.This is only the latest in a series of problems for Sony BMG that Halderman called "the Sony soap opera." Felten and Halderman have been detailing the progression of events on Felten's blog, freedom-to-tinker.com.As a method of protecting against the illegal copying of music, Sony BMG placed hidden copyright protection software on many of its CDs.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

Gay marriage hurts society, Gallagher says

Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and a coauthor of "The Case for Marriage," argued in a lecture Wednesday that legalizing same-sex marriages would result in the overall degeneration of society."Gay marriage is not some sideline issue," Gallagher said.

NEWS | 11/16/2005

NYU graduate students go on strike

A group of New York University graduate school students called a strike on Nov. 9, marked by picketing in front of Bobst Library in Washington Square and other academic buildings across campus, in an attempt to force the university to negotiate a new contract that would acknowledge their union.

NEWS | 11/15/2005

CEO denounces cruel treatment of animals

John Mackey, the CEO and founder of Whole Foods Market, the nation's largest retailer of organic produce, gave a lecture on animal cruelty and the potential vices of corporate capitalism in McCormick Hall on Tuesday afternoon.Speaking to more than 100 people, Mackey compared the public perception of the ethical standards of corporations and nonprofit organizations."Corporations are viewed as greedy, exploitative and negative for the public, while nonprofits are stereotyped as entirely the opposite," Mackey said.

NEWS | 11/15/2005

Fear of lawsuits shuts down i2hub

i2hub, a high-speed file-sharing network used by college students to download music and movies, has shut down, CNET.com reported Tuesday.

NEWS | 11/15/2005

CEO denounces cruel treatment of animals

John Mackey, the CEO and founder of Whole Foods Market, the nation's largest retailer of organic produce, gave a lecture on animal cruelty and the potential vices of corporate capitalism in McCormick Hall on Tuesday afternoon.Speaking to more than 100 people, Mackey compared the public perception of the ethical standards of corporations and nonprofit organizations."Corporations are viewed as greedy, exploitative and negative for the public, while nonprofits are stereotyped as entirely the opposite," Mackey said.

NEWS | 11/15/2005

Tilghman's salary up 6 percent, but low for Ivy League

President Tilghman's total financial compensation for the 2003-04 fiscal year was $564,619, roughly $30,000 greater than the year before but lower than the salaries of all but two Ivy League presidents, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported this week.Tilghman's salary is performance-based, said Stephen Oxman '67, chair of the executive committee of the University Board of Trustees and chair of the compensation committee."The compensation committee reviews [the president's] performance and her salary annually, and among other things, looks at salaries of people in comparable positions," he said.

NEWS | 11/15/2005

Tilghman's salary up 6 percent, but low for Ivy League

President Tilghman's total financial compensation for the 2003-04 fiscal year was $564,619, roughly $30,000 greater than the year before but lower than the salaries of all but two Ivy League presidents, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported this week.Tilghman's salary is performance-based, said Stephen Oxman '67, chair of the executive committee of the University Board of Trustees and chair of the compensation committee."The compensation committee reviews [the president's] performance and her salary annually, and among other things, looks at salaries of people in comparable positions," he said.

NEWS | 11/15/2005

Fear of lawsuits shuts down i2hub

i2hub, a high-speed file-sharing network used by college students to download music and movies, has shut down, CNET.com reported Tuesday.

NEWS | 11/15/2005

NYU graduate students go on strike

A group of New York University graduate school students called a strike on Nov. 9, marked by picketing in front of Bobst Library in Washington Square and other academic buildings across campus, in an attempt to force the university to negotiate a new contract that would acknowledge their union.

NEWS | 11/15/2005

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