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Right wing on rise, says writer

Right wing on rise, says writer

Speaking on the growing influence of the Christian Right in mainstream America, Washington Post reporter Hanna Rosin shared her insights into the role of evangelism in contemporary politics and culture in a lecture Wednesday."They have a great sense of urgency that things have gone wrong," Rosin said about right-wing Christians who are voicing their religious beliefs from prominent positions.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Game, bonfire slips from Tigers' grasp

The football team's dreams of an Ivy League title and a bonfire went up in smoke Saturday afternoon, leaving the Tigers shaking their heads and wondering what might have been."We had our chances to get the W, and we didn't pull it out," senior cornerback Jay McCareins said as he slowly trudged away from the locker room, eyes bleary.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Anderson '06 recovering slowly with aid of physical therapy

Two months after a spinal cord injury left him unable to move his legs, Steve Anderson '06, a Wilson School major with a passion for the environment, is slowly regaining strength.Between visits from friends and a get-well banner from his department, Anderson is not far from the thoughts of the University community."It's obviously an uphill battle for Steve, but he is one of the toughest, most driven people I know," said Sandeep Murthy '06, Anderson's roommate since freshman year.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

University purchases super-fast computer

The University installed one of the 100 fastest computers in the world last month, becoming one of fewer than 10 universities in the world to own a supercomputer."Many fields of science and technology are increasingly dependent upon high-speed and high-volume computing power," President Tilghman said in an email.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

University purchases super-fast computer

The University installed one of the 100 fastest computers in the world last month, becoming one of fewer than 10 universities in the world to own a supercomputer."Many fields of science and technology are increasingly dependent upon high-speed and high-volume computing power," President Tilghman said in an email.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Singer named to medicine institute

Burton Singer, a professor of public and international affairs, was one of 64 new members elected this year to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, the IOM announced last month."My friends say I'm doing it backwards," Singer said, referring to his membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, which founded the IOM in 1970.His election "feels like it's an additional add-on," he said, though he added that it "really feels good.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Ralph Lauren hosts Ivy members

Ivy Club members were treated to an exclusive fashion event Thursday, at which waiters served sushi and fashion experts discussed the newest Ralph Lauren clothing line.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Grad school moves to Clio Hall

The Office of Graduate Admissions and the Office of Graduate Alumni completed their move from Stanhope and Nassau Hall to Clio Hall over Fall Break.Graduate school administrators welcomed the move, originally planned in 2003, as an opportunity to centralize."It's very good to be together in our own space designed for our means," Dean of the Graduate School William Russel said, though he added that the move puts him farther away from the University's top administrators."There are certainly advantages to being just upstairs from provost, dean of faculty, president," he added.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Oil executive forecasts rising demand

Richard Vierbuchen GS '79, head of Exxon for Oil Exploration in the Middle East, spoke yesterday about the projected increase in demand for energy and oil in the next 25 years and how that need will be met.The lecture, sponsored by the Global Issues Forum, comes in response to the recent public attention on energy issues.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Right wing on rise, says writer

Speaking on the growing influence of the Christian Right in mainstream America, Washington Post reporter Hanna Rosin shared her insights into the role of evangelism in contemporary politics and culture in a lecture Wednesday."They have a great sense of urgency that things have gone wrong," Rosin said about right-wing Christians who are voicing their religious beliefs from prominent positions.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Singer named to medicine institute

Burton Singer, a professor of public and international affairs, was one of 64 new members elected this year to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, the IOM announced last month."My friends say I'm doing it backwards," Singer said, referring to his membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, which founded the IOM in 1970.His election "feels like it's an additional add-on," he said, though he added that it "really feels good.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Oil executive forecasts rising demand

Richard Vierbuchen GS '79, head of Exxon for Oil Exploration in the Middle East, spoke yesterday about the projected increase in demand for energy and oil in the next 25 years and how that need will be met.The lecture, sponsored by the Global Issues Forum, comes in response to the recent public attention on energy issues.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Delayed flu shots expected soon

Despite last year's nationwide flu vaccine shortage, which prevented most students from receiving flu shots from University Health Services (UHS), students will probably have access to vaccinations on campus in the coming weeks."Last year there was a major shortfall," said Dr. Peter Johnsen, a physician with UHS.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Singer, Scruton debate ethics of eating animals

Philosophers Peter Singer and Roger Scruton engaged in an hour-long debate yesterday evening about the ethics of eating animals.Singer, a professor of bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, has long lobbied against eating animals.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Delayed flu shots expected soon

Despite last year's nationwide flu vaccine shortage, which prevented most students from receiving flu shots from University Health Services (UHS), students will probably have access to vaccinations on campus in the coming weeks."Last year there was a major shortfall," said Dr. Peter Johnsen, a physician with UHS.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Singer, Scruton debate ethics of eating animals

Philosophers Peter Singer and Roger Scruton engaged in an hour-long debate yesterday evening about the ethics of eating animals.Singer, a professor of bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, has long lobbied against eating animals.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Universal Studios president speaks

Ron Meyer, president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios, discussed his path to the top of one of the foremost companies in the entertainment business, along with exciting upcoming movies and the ins and outs of Hollywood, in a visit to campus Wednesday.Meyer offered his advice to a group of aspiring business leaders, many of whom plan to work hard in college and go to a top business school.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Danner speaks on torture, media after Abu Ghraib

Journalist and professor Mark Danner spoke yesterday about "Torture, the Press and Human Rights After Abu Ghraib" in a lecture hosted by the Wilson School.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

State not red or blue, but purple

New Jersey, where Democrat Jon Corzine won the gubernatorial race on Tuesday, is commonly thought of as a 'blue state' but is more accurately rendered as a multihued patchwork of purple, according to a map released Wednesday by ORFE Department Chair Robert Vanderbei."It only took me 40 minutes to make it this morning since all the programs are already on my computer," Vanderbei said.After the 2000 presidential election, Vanderbei and his ORF 201 students, unsatisfied with familiar red-and-blue election maps, devised a computational model to create a more nuanced political picture of the United States.While standard maps color each state blue or red based on the party that wins more votes, Vanderbei divided the country into counties, each of which he assigned a shade of purple along a continuum from red to blue.Solid red denotes that 100 percent of the votes favored the Republican candidate; solid blue shows 100 percent of votes favoring the Democrat.Vanderbei said he did not foresee that his Purple America map would gain widespread recognition.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Women wield clout in market

After holding summer internships at the 85 Broads network, a global business community for women headquartered in Greenwich, Conn., five female University students helped found a company designed to create a similar network for college women.The result ? MarketClout ? will hold a launch party tonight at Quadrangle Club from 8 to 10 p.m.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

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