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Three make finals in programming competition

Three make finals in programming competition

Three University students will travel to San Antonio, Tex., in April to participate in an international computer programming competition with 79 other teams from across the world.Paul Nelson '06, Amirali Modir Shanechi '08 and David Costanzo '08 advanced to the international competition after placing second out of 59 teams in the regional competition of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Union, N.J., on Nov.

NEWS | 12/11/2005

Frist '74 warns Democrats

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist '74 warned Senate Democrats not to stall the nomination of Samuel Alito '72 to the Supreme Court.In an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," Frist said he is prepared to strip Democrats of their ability to filibuster Alito's nomination to the court."The answer is yes," First said when asked about whether he be prepared to use the so-called "nuclear option" and change Senate procedures to restrict a Democratic attempt to filibuster.

NEWS | 12/11/2005

Katz honored for service to AHA

Wilson School professor Stanley Katz will be awarded the American Historical Association's Troyer-Steele Anderson Prize at the group's general meeting Jan.

NEWS | 12/11/2005

The Horse Lassitudes

Ugh. It's that time of year, my friends: the winter of our discontent.This week is to the academic calendar as the Atlanta Whatzit is to Olympic mascots: that is to say, a poor excuse for one.

NEWS | 12/11/2005

Three make finals in programming competition

Three University students will travel to San Antonio, Tex., in April to participate in an international computer programming competition with 79 other teams from across the world.Paul Nelson '06, Amirali Modir Shanechi '08 and David Costanzo '08 advanced to the international competition after placing second out of 59 teams in the regional competition of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Union, N.J., on Nov.

NEWS | 12/11/2005

Ex-terrorists' campus visit cancelled

The Walid Shoebat Foundation, whose plans to speak on campus Thursday fell through last week, instead held a press conference Thursday featuring three people who self-identify as former Arab terrorists at a nearby hotel on Route 1.The group criticized the University for canceling the event, saying that they had pressured the Princeton Israel Public Affairs Committee (PIPAC) ? a pro-Israel student group that originally invited the speakers ? to call off the talk.The foundation's executive director, Keith Davies, said, "We have strong evidence to believe it was pressure from the University that led to the event's cancellation," but declined to give specifics about his claims.PIPAC said in a statement last week that it decided to postpone the event after the Shoebat foundation promoted the event nationally without mentioning the student group.Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne, whose office signs off on student group-sponsored events, said in an email Monday evening, "If you speak with any of the students involved in the proposed event, I am confident they will tell you that they were not discouraged at any time from holding this event due to the content of the proposed topic."Because the proposed talk was advertised by the foundation on its website, the University said that the event had changed in scope.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

The week in review

2 out of 5 readers found the following weather column helpful.A fresh half-foot of snow, howling winds, intense cold: so this is what Gatorade was trying to bottle when they came up with Arctic Shatter flavor.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Tilghman criticizes intelligent design

In a lecture at Oxford University last week, President Tilghman pointed out potential clashes among science, politics and religion and defended Darwinian evolution against the challenges presented by proponents of intelligent design.Her remarks at the prestigious annual Romanes Lecture mark the second time in the past month that Tilghman has publicly criticized intelligent design.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Something for everyone

The holiday season is upon us, and it's time to show that special person in your life how much you care.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Students raise funds for roommate sued by RIAA

Delwin Olivan '08 might be luckier than the other 23 University students charged with music piracy by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last spring ? his friends created a website and t-shirt line to defray the cost of his settlement.Olivan stands accused of distributing songs via the file-sharing network i2hub, which closed in November following a cease and desist letter from the RIAA."When the three-inch-thick outline of the court case against me arrived in the mail, I realized I really had no choice but to settle," Olivan said.An RIAA representative phoned Olivan on November 5, and told him to settle the case for $5,000 within 60 days or face far greater claims in court."These guys want $5,000 from him, and I get choked up thinking about it," roommate Sean Gleason '08 said.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Ex-terrorists' campus visit cancelled

The Walid Shoebat Foundation, whose plans to speak on campus Thursday fell through last week, instead held a press conference Thursday featuring three people who self-identify as former Arab terrorists at a nearby hotel on Route 1.The group criticized the University for canceling the event, saying that they had pressured the Princeton Israel Public Affairs Committee (PIPAC) ? a pro-Israel student group that originally invited the speakers ? to call off the talk.The foundation's executive director, Keith Davies, said, "We have strong evidence to believe it was pressure from the University that led to the event's cancellation," but declined to give specifics about his claims.PIPAC said in a statement last week that it decided to postpone the event after the Shoebat foundation promoted the event nationally without mentioning the student group.Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne, whose office signs off on student group-sponsored events, said in an email Monday evening, "If you speak with any of the students involved in the proposed event, I am confident they will tell you that they were not discouraged at any time from holding this event due to the content of the proposed topic."Because the proposed talk was advertised by the foundation on its website, the University said that the event had changed in scope.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Students draft letter to Red Cross

Three University students are voicing their opposition to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) rules that prohibit homosexual males from donating blood to organizations including the Red Cross.At an informal meeting Thursday, Laura Wieschaus '07, Meghan McCormick '07 and Karen Wolfgang '06 discussed options to oppose the FDA policy.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Lenahan wins USG presidency

Alex Lenahan '07 has been elected USG president by an overwhelming majority after a second round of voting that ended even more bitterly than the first.Offended by fresh accusations of election rules violations, presidential candidate Jeremy Johnson '07 withdrew from the race immediately after polls closed at 1 p.m.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Tilghman criticizes intelligent design

In a lecture at Oxford University last week, President Tilghman pointed out potential clashes among science, politics and religion and defended Darwinian evolution against the challenges presented by proponents of intelligent design.Her remarks at the prestigious annual Romanes Lecture mark the second time in the past month that Tilghman has publicly criticized intelligent design.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Students draft letter to Red Cross

Three University students are voicing their opposition to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) rules that prohibit homosexual males from donating blood to organizations including the Red Cross.At an informal meeting Thursday, Laura Wieschaus '07, Meghan McCormick '07 and Karen Wolfgang '06 discussed options to oppose the FDA policy.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

Lenahan wins USG presidency

Alex Lenahan '07 has been elected USG president by an overwhelming majority after a second round of voting that ended even more bitterly than the first.Offended by fresh accusations of election rules violations, presidential candidate Jeremy Johnson '07 withdrew from the race immediately after polls closed at 1 p.m.

NEWS | 12/08/2005

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