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Baehr '05 seeks freedom of academic ideas with new club

A prominent campus conservative, Evan Baehr '05, the former editor of The Tory, is starting a program he says tries to protect ideological minorities, promote a range of opinions and encourage intellectual inquiry.Baehr has established the Princeton chapter of Students for Academic Freedom, a national, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting a diversity of opinions in higher education.

NEWS | 03/28/2004

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Eisgruber files brief to resolve pledge case

When Francis Bellamy wrote the "Pledge to the Flag" in 1892, the now-ubiquitous wording was quite different than what children are familiar with today: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all."The pledge, which underwent several major revisions ? including the addition of the phrase "under God" in 1954 ? now faces an ideologically-charged constitutional test at the Supreme Court.

NEWS | 03/25/2004

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University to adopt new paper policy

University Provost Amy Gutmann approved a policy on Monday to switch all office-use paper to 100 percent post-consumer waste (PCW) recycled materials on April 1, up from the current 42 percent PCW paper.The policy was advocated by the Princeton Environmental Oversight Committee, a group established by President Tilghman in 2002 to monitor the University's relationship with the environment.According to many of the people involved in the passage of the policy, the move to all recycled paper is a small but important step for campus environmental policy, and will raise awareness for other issues Greening Princeton ? the main student group pushing for the change ? is pursuing.The University is ahead of the pack in adopting the 100 percent PCW recylced paper.It is, in fact, one of the first academic institutions in the country to make the switch, said Ilya Fischoff GS, a member of Greening Princeton.

NEWS | 03/24/2004

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Forum addresses minority LGBT concerns

To examine the intersection between the issues of race and sexual orientation, the USG and the LGBT Peer Educators cosponsored a forum Wednesday night at Frist Campus Center."Students of color and LGBT persuasion know the reality," said Matt Margolin '05, USG president, during the event's opening speech.

NEWS | 03/24/2004

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Life on the Street: Eating club officers reveal the perks of mansion-living

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a multi-million dollar mansion with a bunch of your best friends, where you could spend your days dining on food prepared by a professional chef and otherwise use the space to throw gigantic parties for hundreds of kids on a weekly basis?For a select few University students ? also known as eating club officers ? this dream is a reality.

NEWS | 03/23/2004

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One-on-one with religion prof. Cornel West GS '80

As part of new series, the 'Prince' will feature interviews with prominent people on campus. Religion professor Cornel West GS '80, is today's feature.Prince: What is your favorite food?West: Potatoes.P: What one book do you think everyone would benefit from reading?W: The Book of Job.P: What one piece of music do you think everyone would benefit from listening to?W: John Coltrane, My Favorite Things P: What is your favorite way to relax?W: Reading.

NEWS | 03/23/2004

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Alumni donations on the rise

Annual Giving, the University's flagship fundraising campaign, has collected more donations this fiscal year than at the same point last year, University officials said Monday."It's encouraging to be ahead, but it's sort of like having a two-run lead in the seventh inning," said Bill Hardt '63, director of the Annual Giving.

NEWS | 03/23/2004

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Panel explores black-Jewish relations

Two highly regarded professors of cultural studies, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of Harvard University, and Murray Friedman of Temple University, led a public discussion Tuesday night on African American-Jewish American relations.The McCosh 50 event marked the beginning of "Black-Jewish Relations Week," a project organized by the Princeton Committee on Prejudice."I think that horizontal discrimination between minority ethnic groups is overlooked sometimes and it's important that we're calling people's attention to this issue," said Lauren Phillips '04, moderator of the discussion.The audience was a racially diverse group, primarily of non-students.Both professors spoke of the particular, peculiar relationship between blacks and Jews."Black America needs allies more than it needs absolution," said Gates, chair of the African and African-American studies department at Harvard.

NEWS | 03/23/2004

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Tilghman hosts her first town hall for students

In a wide-reaching discussion Monday on the University's future, President Tilghman pledged to keep all main University buildings within a 10 minute walk from the center of campus, praised the coming four year residential college as a third option for undergraduates and reaffirmed her commitment to improving the engineering school and expanding the University's creative arts program.

NEWS | 03/22/2004

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