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OIT is evaluating commercial spyware-blocking products in an effort to rid computers on campus of spyware ? unintentionally downloaded software that is often responsible for pop-ups and computer crashes."We'd like to have a product that will enable us to buy a copy of anti-spyware for every Windows user in the University," OIT security officer Anthony Scaturro said.

NEWS | 03/01/2005

Biologists criticize NIH focus

Biologists criticize NIH focus

Seven University molecular biology faculty members are among 750 scientists who signed an open letter sent Monday to the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), urging him to allocate more money to research on basic infectious diseases instead of biodefense.The letter, cosigned by scientists at universities, hospitals and biotechnology companies across the countries, opposes recent fund reallocations from the study of common infectious diseases to biodefense research."The diversion of research funds from projects of high biodefense but low public-health importance represents a misdirection of NIH priorities and a crisis for NIH-supported microbiological research," the scientists wrote.They also said the peer-review process ? the traditionally accepted way of allocating resources ? is "threatened by the unintended consequences of the 2001-02 decision by the NIH National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases to prioritize research of high biodefense, but low public health significance."The 400-word letter, addressed to NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, will be published in the March 4 issue of Science magazine and is available on the magazine's website.The researchers who signed the letter have all served on the NIH Microbial Physiology and Genetics and NIH Bacteriology and Mycology Initial Review Groups or have received grants from the Initial Review Groups.Molecular biology professor Jeffry Stock was among the University faculty who signed the letter.

NEWS | 03/01/2005

Holder Hall set for draw

Construction on Rockefeller College's Holder Hall is on schedule to be completed Aug. 15, in time for students to move in next academic year.The sixth and ninth entryways of the U-shaped building will feature new second-floor lounges.

NEWS | 03/01/2005

Students engineer fingerprint entrance

Dan Halpern-Leister '07 no longer fumbles for his keys when he approaches his dorm room. He touches a computer mouse mounted on the wall, then presses his forefinger to a touchpad.

NEWS | 03/01/2005

University denies releasing info to solicitors

When Will Ellerbe '08 opens his mailbox in Wu Dining Hall, he expects to sift through promotional offers, credit card applications and magazine subscriptions."Whenever I get a piece of [junk] mail, I immediately recycle it.

NEWS | 02/28/2005

Princeton Club seeks students

With its dark wood and leather decor, the Princeton Club of New York looks tailor-made for older Tigers.

NEWS | 02/28/2005

Fighting for the 'freedom to tinker'

The world is an imperfect place, and Edward Felten likes to tinker with it.Sitting behind his desk in a spacious office in the Computer Science Building, Felten is an unlikely poster child for academic freedom.

NEWS | 02/28/2005

Ex-Panther Davis says war on terrorism, death penalty racist

Angela Davis, a radical civil rights activist who briefly appeared on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, denounced the war on terrorism and the death penalty as outgrowths of racism in a Monday lecture that capped Black History Month.Calling the death penalty "proof that slavery wasn't really abolished," Davis said, "All of us, regardless of race or ethnic background, live with this slavery, and are affected by it."She also said that Black History Month and the practice of celebrating "firsts" can be misleading."I would gladly relinquish the celebration of the first black woman Secretary of State in exchange for a white male Secretary of State who might give us some guidance on how to get the United States out of the racist war on terror," she said, eliciting applause from the audience.Despite the heavy, wet snow that fell most of Monday, McCosh 50 was nearly filled for Davis's talk, titled "The Role of the Arts in Achieving Social Justice."Davis, a former member of the Black Panthers, spent 16 months in prison before being acquitted of charges of conspiracy and murder.

NEWS | 02/28/2005

Alums launch tutoring effort in Boston

Starting this school year, the Media and Technology Charter School (MATCH) in Boston is following a rigorous plan to give its high school students the best chance for college success: 180 students, 45 tutors, two hours of one-on-one tutoring each day for every student for the entire school year.Though the MATCH school was founded as a non-selective charter school five years ago, Alan Safran '81 initiated the MATCHCorps tutoring program just this year to provide college-preparatory tutoring.The first graduating class of the MATCH school, which graduated last June, sent 100 percent of its students to four-year colleges.Safran estimated that 90 percent of these children come from low-income, non-college-educated families.However, Safran felt that the real test of a school is how many of its students graduate from college.

NEWS | 02/28/2005

Past Tigers return for Alumni Day

An abundance of orange and black apparel ? from ostentatious jackets to tiger-themed ties ? descended on campus Saturday as about 1,200 Princeton alumni flocked back to Old Nassau for the annual Alumni Day.The day's activities included lectures by various Princeton professors, a luncheon in Jadwin Gym and a memorial service held in the chapel.

NEWS | 02/27/2005

Kean '57 urges nation to unite against threat

The United States must set aside partisan politics and adopt a forward-thinking, multifaceted approach to secure itself from the threat of terrorism, said Thomas Kean '57, chair of the 9/11 Commission and the recipient of this year's Woodrow Wilson Award.Calling the terrorist threat the greatest foreign policy challenge facing the nation, Kean said, "We're safer today than we were a few years ago, but we're far from safe."Kean, past two-term governor of New Jersey and current president of Drew University, delivered the lecture in Richardson Hall after being honored with the award on Alumni Day.

NEWS | 02/27/2005

Pyne, graduate awards presented Alumni Day

They study human trafficking, Buddhism, postpartum depression and geometry and dynamics. Yet despite their academic differences, Amy Saltzman '05 and graduate students Paul Copp, Holly Sanders, Michael Shell and Lior Silberman all received the highest academic awards bestowed by the University at Alumni Day Saturday.Saltzman received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, which annually recognizes a senior exemplifying extraordinary academic achievement, strength of character and effective leadership.When Saltzman received an email three weeks ago from Dean of the College Kathleen Deignan, she thought she was in trouble, she said."But when I walked into the office, Dean Deignan and Dean Malkiel were smiling," Saltzman said.

NEWS | 02/27/2005

TI bouncer OK after fight

A Tiger Inn bouncer was knocked unconscious during a fight with a University student early Sunday morning and then transported to the University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP), said the bouncer, Taron McBride, and witnesses.McBride identified the student, a male junior, but authorities would not confirm the report, and McBride said he does not intend to file charges."The incident's still under investigation and we cannot release any information about it right now," said Mark Clark, a Public Safety officer.Witnesses said McBride was being restrained when he was kicked in the chest, knocking him to the ground.By the time the paramedics arrived, McBride had regained consciousness.

NEWS | 02/27/2005

Students travel to D.C. for AIDS rally

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Seven students from Princeton's chapter of the Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) loaded up two rental cars and headed for the nation's capitol Saturday to participate in a student rally to help fight the AIDS epidemic.They joined several thousand protestors swarming around a few policemen in the Upper Senate Park.

NEWS | 02/27/2005

As textbook prices rise, some opt for used

Assistant professor of mathematics Benjamin Sudakov faced a problem during the fall semester as he prepared for his linear algebra class, MAT 202.

NEWS | 02/27/2005

USG to record senator votes

The USG Senate unanimously approved three amendments to its constitution on Sunday, including a clause that will make the voting records of each Senate member available to the student body.Under one of the amendments, the vice president is required to ask the Senate before each vote whether there is a motion to take a roll call vote.A roll call vote involves each member being individually called upon to vote on an issue.

NEWS | 02/27/2005

Survivor: Princeton

Before the weigh-in, Chris Steinbaugh '05 chugged three liters of water."Then I got on the scale, got off the scale and vomited," Steinbaugh said.

NEWS | 02/24/2005

New book chronicles blacks in Princeton

African-Americans have lived in the Princeton area as landowners, businessmen, slaves and servants since the 18th century.

NEWS | 02/24/2005

Across generations, finding pen pals

When alumnus Miles Gilburne '72 felt that he had gained all he could from his career in the media and entertainment industry, he did more than request a job change.Gilburne left the corporate world and began a nonprofit organization to promote child literacy in Washington, D.C.

NEWS | 02/24/2005

Elis stage sit-in for aid reform

A group of Yale University students staged an eight-hour sit-in at Yale's admissions office Thursday to call for reforms to the university's financial aid policy that would make it comparable to those offered at Princeton and Harvard.The doors of the admissions office were locked and prospective students were waved past the building, according to protestors.At 6:30 p.m., the 15 students were issued citations and fined for trespassing."We need to get reform that looks more like [Princeton's] or Harvard's, because it's affecting our admissions," said Julie Gonzales '05 of the Yale Undergraduate Organization Committee (UOC), a group pushing for financial aid reform.Outside, hundreds of students rallied with loudspeakers and drums, protest organizers said.The sit-in came two days after Yale President Richard Levin announced plans to make serious changes to the financial aid policy.

NEWS | 02/24/2005

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