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Students, community members protest Rice's visit

Students, community members protest Rice's visit

Less than a hundred feet from the entrance to Jadwin Gymnasium, where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke this afternoon, students and community members rallied in protest of the Bush administration's policies at home and abroad.Earlier in the day, about 160 people attended a rally in Palmer Square that included remarks by Rep.

NEWS | 09/29/2005

Rice says U.S. must not waver in Iraq

Speaking to an audience of more than 3,000 students, faculty and alumni, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that the United States must not waver in its current mission in the Middle East, emphasizing that Iraqi citizens are "on the path to success" but need the support of the international community."We have set out to help the people of the Middle East transform their societies," she said.

NEWS | 09/29/2005

This weather is B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Bad News: The following Gonzo Weather column was fried in deadly 100 percent trans fat.Good News: There's an easy joke here about Geico that frankly, I am unprepared to make.Good News: Fall is here!

NEWS | 09/29/2005

Rice to deliver "major" policy address today

More than 3,000 people will gather at Jadwin Gymnasium this afternoon to hear Condoleezza Rice, the 66th Secretary of State and the first African-American woman to hold the post, deliver what is being billed as a "major foreign policy address."More than 2,000 students, faculty and staff ? including all those who entered a lottery for seats ? and more than 1,000 Wilson School graduate and undergraduate alumni will attend the event.Coinciding with Rice's visit are several protests hosted by a coalition of Princeton groups, including the College Democrats, the Black Graduate Caucus, Student Global AIDS Campaign and the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action.Students from the coalition groups will be handing out red ribbons to express their concern about the AIDS situation in Africa.

NEWS | 09/29/2005

Planning initiative announced

As large-scale construction continues across Princeton's 400-acre main campus, the University announced Thursday the start of a campus planning initiative to coordinate both in-progress construction and new projects.New York firm Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP (BBB) will direct the creation of a campus plan and oversee projects in conjunction with the University Architect's office and the Facilities Department, said Mike McKay, vice president for facilities.

NEWS | 09/29/2005

Rice's remarks reiterate defense of Middle East policy

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's address today, billed as a "major foreign policy address," provided a strong defense of President Bush's policy in the Middle East but offered little in the way of a departure from the administration's previously stated position.The address, said international affairs scholar John Ikenberry, "was an eloquent restatement of the Bush administration policy on Iraq and democracy."Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, who has previously criticized the administration for its often unilateral approach, applauded Rice's emphasis on multilateralism."She very clearly emphasized that we need to work through institutions with the support of our allies, which is not usually what we hear," Slaughter said in an interview, adding that she was also impressed by Rice's ability to marshal history in support of her argument.Joseph Nye '58, former dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, praised Rice's speech but took issue with the parts of the secretary's position."She did a good job of explaining what has been a veiled policy," Nye said, but added, "She has a vision of democracy in the Middle East as a means of eliminating terrorism, but there is an inadequate roadmap for implementing that strategy.

NEWS | 09/29/2005

Crime numbers remain stable

The incidence of crimes on campus remained relatively constant last year compared with the two previous years, according to this year's Campus Security Report.The numbers are "pretty consistent, at least for the last three years," Director of Public Safety Steven Healy said.Drug abuse violations rose to 41 last year, compared with 32 in 2003.

NEWS | 09/29/2005

Sustained Dialogue resumes race discussions

A student group devoted to discussing race relations on campus is back up and running this fall after addressing organizational difficulties and a lack of support that forced it to close last year.Sustained Dialogue, which strives to improve race relations within the student body, has started anew with a full board of officers, enthusiastic members and regular meetings, said club president Tyler Kuhn '06."Last year, the necessary conditions were not met to get all of the groups going at the same time," Kuhn said.

NEWS | 09/29/2005

RIAA launches new round of suits

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed copyright infringement lawsuits Thursday against 757 individuals, including one Princeton student, who allegedly engaged in music piracy, the record industry trade group said.According to the University, the individual has been notified.This announcement follows Wednesday's news that the RIAA was planning to subpoena the University for information on a student allegedly engaged in illegal file-sharing.

NEWS | 09/29/2005

Massey among most cited black mathematicians

Operations research and financial engineering professor William Massey '77 was named the second most frequently cited black mathematicians in the world, according to a recent study conducted by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.The study measures how often a particular academic, taken from a list of 96 well-respected black scholars in the field of mathematics, is used as a research reference by his peers.Massey, who has published more than 50 papers on applied probability analysis, was cited 59 times in academic journals in 2004.This study was one of a series of regular publications about black scholars from a range of fields.

NEWS | 09/28/2005

Fukuyama urges new democracy strategy

Political economist and former State Department official Francis Fukuyama equated the foreign policy of the Bush administration to the vision of President Woodrow Wilson following World War I, speaking Wednesday in Dodds Auditorium as part of the Wilson School's 75th anniversary speaker series.Yet Fukuyama criticized the application of Wilson's vision, saying, "It's a really big mistake to think democratization is a good tool to fight terrorism."Fukuyama described liberal democracy as the final major globally motivating ideology, reasserting the argument in his famed 1992 book, "The End of History.""I think that governments are going to have a hard time legitimating their rules with ideals other than democracy," Fukuyama said.

NEWS | 09/28/2005

Students overestimate alcohol abuse

The more information students have, the more likely they are to make smart decisions about alcohol, according to a new study.The study stressed the need to correct misperceptions among students, particularly concerning the overestimation of alcohol use.The authors ? H.

NEWS | 09/28/2005

Homeland Security's Chertoff to visit campus Saturday

Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff will give the closing address of the Wilson School's 75th anniversary kickoff weekend on Saturday afternoon, school spokesman Steve Barnes said Wednesday.Chertoff's speech, scheduled for 2 p.m., is expected to focus on the role of international partnerships in the war on terror and the Department of Homeland Security's risk management strategy.Chertoff is the second Bush administration cabinet official speaking in as many days.

NEWS | 09/28/2005

Gates to speak on technology

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will speak at Richardson Auditorium on Oct. 14 about the ever-changing role of computer technology in today's world, the University announced Wednesday.Gates was also named the recipient of the 2005 Crystal Tiger Award, which was founded two years ago to honor an individual who has improved society and impacted the lives of undergraduates.Gates' address ? scheduled for 11:30 a.m.

NEWS | 09/28/2005

Robertson recounts role engineering Twin Towers

World-renowned structural engineer Leslie Robertson, chief engineer of the original World Trade Center in New York, spoke Wednesday about his design of the Twin Towers and said he had designed the buildings with an airplane impact in mind.His design was sufficient to withstand the impact of the largest plane of the time, a Boeing 707, Robertson said.But the force of impact from the larger Boeing 767 planes ? first produced some 15 years after the buildings were constructed ? was too much for the towers."All this talk of designing buildings for airplane impact is crazy," Robertson said.

NEWS | 09/28/2005

Public Safety to get new offices

The Department of Public Safety will relocate to a newly renovated facility at 200 Elm Drive, near Baker Rink, at the end of next month.Director of Public Safety Steve Healy called the new location an "absolutely beautiful building." The department has been housed in Stanhope Hall since the early 1970s.Public Safety staff will move into the building on Oct.

NEWS | 09/28/2005

University begins to renovate Dillon Gym

The first wave of renovations to Dillon Gym, which took place from August 15 to August 21, brought changes to its interior including a refinished main gym floor, a renovated Martial Arts Room and shock-absorbent flooring under exercise machines in the Stephens Fitness Center.The renovations are part of a project by the Health and Well-Being Task Force to upgrade the "appearance and operation of Dillon Gym," according to William Traubel, the University's director of building maintenance.

NEWS | 09/27/2005

Library supporters begin year-long celebration

In honor of its 75th anniversary, the Friends of the Princeton University Library has planned a series of year-round events that will serve as both a celebration and a fundraiser for the University.The celebrations, which are free for all members, will include a series of workshops on the physical book, tours of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., libraries to view the Friends' collections and a dinner featuring Pulitzer Prizewinning poets Paul Muldoon and C.K.

NEWS | 09/27/2005

New religious group advocates environmentalism

Three University professors have joined a newly-formed alliance created to oppose a proposed Congressional bill that would change the Endangered Species Act (ESA).The Noah Alliance, a partnership of Jews and evangelical Christians, issued concurrent statements by the Academy of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life opposing the bill.

NEWS | 09/27/2005

RIAA plans suit against another student

Less than six months after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) brought copyright infringement lawsuits against 26 University students, it now appears that yet another student will soon be sued.As part of its ongoing campaign to curb illegal file-sharing on college campuses, the music industry trade group plans to subpoena the University for information on a student allegedly engaged in music piracy, OIT senior policy adviser Rita Saltz said Monday.Saltz refused to indicate whether the targeted individual is a graduate or undergraduate student, but did say that the person has been notified.RIAA spokesperson Jenni Engebretsen said she would not comment on any future or potential litigation.The University received the notice from the RIAA Sept.

NEWS | 09/27/2005

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