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Students weigh in on gay marriage ban amendments

Students weigh in on gay marriage ban amendments

On Election Day 2004, the LGBT community at the University and across the country was disheartened when citizens passed state amendments banning gay marriage in all 11 states where the measure appeared on the ballot.The states are Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon and Utah.

NEWS | 12/01/2004

Juniors Callaghan, Joseph discuss visions for presidency

Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 and Shaun Callaghan '06, the two candidates for USG president, present different visions of the way the organization can effect change on campus ? visions shaped by their respective experiences at the University.Both stressed the extent to which they want to reform the USG ? Callaghan said he believes widespread but realistic changes in the way the USG addresses students' needs will be most helpful, while Joseph said he would seek to broaden the scope of issues the USG addresses.Callaghan currently serves as USG vice president, and Joseph, who ran for USG president last year, is president of the Black Student Union.Joseph said he believes the USG has been focusing on the wrong issues.

NEWS | 12/01/2004

Holder renovations revamp basement area

Rockefeller College's Holder Hall, closed this academic year, will reopen next fall with a completely renovated interior.As part of the larger dormitory renovation program, Holder's restorations are similar to those made in recent years to Witherspoon, Blair, Buyers and Little halls.Among other major interior changes, Holder will feature an entirely redesigned basement."[We've] rethought the basements in terms of how they might function better for the residential colleges," said Facilities Department Project Manager David Howell.The Rockefeller College office will be relocated to the former basement on the south side of the quad.

NEWS | 12/01/2004

Wilder recounts 27 years of service

When students enter the dining halls of Rockefeller and Mathey colleges, they are greeted by the familiar face of Charles Wilder.

NEWS | 12/01/2004

RCA numbers decrease from last year's high

The University received 175 applications for the residential colleges' new Residential College Adviser (RCA) position this year, down from last year's all-time high of 205 applicants for 98 available positions.Despite the slight drop, the incorporation of the Residential Adviser (RA) and Minority Affairs Adviser (MAA) roles into the single RCA position has been largely welcomed, according to Hilary Herbold, associate dean of undergraduate students."I'm actually quite pleased at the number of applicants, given that students are unfamiliar to this model," Herbold said.

NEWS | 11/30/2004

Solomon Amendment ruling will not affect University

The decision of a federal appeals court to allow colleges and universities to restrict military recruiters' access to students without the risk of losing federal funding will have no impact on Princeton, University officials said Tuesday."Princeton's current policy is to permit military recruiters on campus.

NEWS | 11/30/2004

Lost in a world of man and woman

Wang '08 looked at the staircases to her left and right. They both led to the fitness center in Dillon Gym ? one through the men's locker room, the other through the women's.

NEWS | 11/30/2004

Campus reflects on global HIV/AIDS epidemic

The spread of HIV and AIDS in the United States and around the world is usually far from the most pressing issue for University undergraduates.

NEWS | 11/30/2004

New Jersey Transit may offer shuttle bus service

The Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution on Nov. 22 approving an application for a New Jersey Transit (NJT) community shuttle program.If the application is approved by the department, NJT will provide a shuttle to run a "jitney" service ? slang for a small bus ? throughout Princeton.

NEWS | 11/30/2004

State budgets force tuition increases at public universities

Tuition costs for four-year public institutions have increased by 10 percent over the past year while private institution costs have increased by only six percent, a recent College Board trends report showed.

NEWS | 11/30/2004

Point site born of mishandled purchase

In its first 10 hours online, the USG's new website point.princeton.edu ? which contains information ranging from Dinky times to campus events ? received about 2,600 individual user log-ons and 8,800 hits, USG President Matt Margolin '05 said.But along the road to its launch, Point has encountered some financial bumps, dating back to its formative phases.The site's forerunner, find.princeton.edu site, was created by Matt Stack '04 and only provided information about eating club events.Last year, the USG purchased Find from Stack for $3,000 to "keep it going so that students could still use all the great features it offered," Margolin said.

NEWS | 11/29/2004

Gang forum educates community

After a string of gang-related events over the past three months, Princeton Township held a public forum to educate the community about gangs in New Jersey.

NEWS | 11/29/2004

Dinner hours now available at Frist Healthy Eating Lab

After opening exclusively for lunch this semester, the Healthy Eating Lab has added dinner hours to its schedule.

NEWS | 11/29/2004

Coll: U.S. lost initiative in Afghanistan

Steve Coll, managing editor of The Washington Post, discussed the developments in Central Asia that led to the 2001 terrorist attacks in Dodds Auditorium on Monday.In a lecture titled "The Roots of September 11: America and Afghanistan," Coll dissected two decades of American involvement in the region, the roots of Islamic fundamentalism and the rise of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.Coll, author of "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001," began his talk with a description of the complications involved in covert operations in the region, particularly with bin Laden.In February of 1999, he noted, CIA-trained tribal leaders had located bin Laden in eastern Afghanistan.Though alerted and ready to strike, U.S.

NEWS | 11/29/2004

MPAA begins lawsuits against downloaded films

University students who often share files online are under the increasing scrutiny as the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) has begun to take action against those who illegally download movies.The MPAA announced its initial wave of lawsuits Nov.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

PUDS to solicit student input through focus groups

Connoisseurs of dining hall cuisine will get to air their compliments, complaints and suggestions next month when University Dining Services holds focus groups for students Dec.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

Fiske studies psychology of Abu Ghraib

Despite the public outrage surrounding the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, new research by psychology professor Susan Fiske on prisoner abuse found that the incident was not an isolated event.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

Hollinghurst details journey to Booker Prize

The road of British author Alan Hollinghurst from budding young novelist to winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize has been marked by his groundbreaking approach towards writing about homosexuality.Hollinghurst, at the University this fall as an Old Dominion Fellow, won this year's prize Oct.

NEWS | 11/28/2004

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