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Anthropologist discusses rise in status of women in Afghanistan

Anthropologist discusses rise in status of women in Afghanistan

In the two years since the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and the fall of the Taliban, the political and cultural position of Afghan women has improved, said Micheline Centlivres-Demont, a professor of anthropology at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland in a lecture yesterday.However, Afghan women continue to face violence and persecution throughout the country, she said.

NEWS | 11/02/2003

Splish splash, a shower in math

Fine Hall, the 13-story home of Princeton's mathematics department, has so many rooms that even the most dedicated numerophile lacks the time to get acquainted with them all.It's unsurprising, then, that many people don't know about a certain eighth-floor feature you wouldn't expect to find in a math department: a bathroom with a working shower.What would statisticians and number theorists do with an office shower?

NEWS | 10/23/2003

ORFE professor employs global positioning system in marathon

As James Mejia GS runs the New York City Marathon next weekend, Internet users will be able share the experience, charting his progress through the global positioning system he will carry in his fanny pack.In Mejia's fanny pack there will be a hand-held pocket PC called an I-PAQ, which will use Blue Tooth technology to gather information from an antenna, and a digital cell phone.

NEWS | 10/23/2003

Students, faculty have diverse plans for upcoming fall break

After a stressful midterm week, students and faculty will be taking full advantage of the upcoming fall break.Many students are heading home for the week to reunite with family and friends they have not seen since September."I miss my friends and family so much and can't wait to spend a week with them," Calli Varner '07 said.While some undergraduates are off to their hometowns, other students and faculty members have plans for exciting vacations.Lucilla Bonilla '06 said she and a group of friends are spending the week in Cancun, Mexico, at an all-inclusive beach resort.Likewise, Chip Turner GS said he is going to a quaint bed and breakfast in Middlebury, Conn., to enjoy the countryside's calming natural beauty."I'm going to get away from my work," Turner said.Turner said the University's fall break happens at the perfect time when everyone needs a week-long relaxation period.

NEWS | 10/23/2003

Mayoral campaign reaches last weeks

On Nov. 4, Princeton Borough voters will choose a new mayor to replace Marvin Reed, who is retiring after 12 years.

NEWS | 10/23/2003

Firehazards stage annual Rocky Horror Picture Show

Beginning at midnight last night, the FireHazards a cappella group performed "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at Theatre Intime.

NEWS | 10/23/2003

Pork-barrel funds low at University

Universities across the country benefited from the more than $2 billion Congress earmarked for academic research in 2003 ? a 10 percent increase over 2002 that represents a continuing trend of rising "pork-barrel" funding ? according to a survey by The Chronicle for Higher Education.But Princeton did not indulge in the pork.

NEWS | 10/22/2003

British journalist Goldenberg says Iraqi state deteriorating

Suzanne Goldenberg, the U.S. correspondent for Britain's Guardian newspaper, spoke yesterday at the Wilson School and argued that the postwar situation in Iraq is chaotic and rapidly deteriorating."According to Mr. Bush, anyone who has actually been to Iraq will tell you that that the situation is improving every day," Goldenberg said.

NEWS | 10/22/2003

Creative writing series continues with poetry and fiction readings

Fiction writer Nell Freudenberger and poet Gjertrud Schnackenberg read from their works yesterday in the Film Theater at 185 Nassau St.The reading was one in a series sponsored by the creative writing department that has included the poet Sharon Olds and will include novelist Dave Eggers on Nov.

NEWS | 10/22/2003

Reporter alumnus immersed in Edwards presidential campaign

Dugall McConnell '93 is part of a team of MSNBC journalists revolutionizing political news coverage by tracking nearly every move of next year's presidential hopefuls on the campaign trail.Since August, McConnell has been an embedded reporter ? a term previously only applied to those covering the war field ? closely monitoring the political development of Sen.

NEWS | 10/22/2003

Fall break activism never picked up after first year

"I have no idea what the point of fall break is except a break from studying," said Karen Karniol-Tambour '06.

NEWS | 10/22/2003

Students lobby for N.J. fiscal change

Freshmen Grace Huang and Caitlin Sullivan will lobby town councils in New Jersey to reform fiscal policies between now and Election Day.Their objective is to end so-called pay-to-play, a monetary practice where tax dollars ? including money spent on college tuition ? are exchanged for lucrative government contracts at the taxpayer's expense.Sullivan and Huang are part of a student lobby group composed of 13 students from Middlesex County College, Rutgers and Princeton.

NEWS | 10/21/2003

Princeton Theological Seminary

Can't it just be a miracle?Where does man stop questioning and let faith take over?What did the wall of Jericho look like?These questions may seem inappropriate in the average University classroom, where separation between church and state is held sacred.

NEWS | 10/21/2003

Advocate urges post-9/11 female empowerment

Women's rights advocate Theresa Loar called for greater efforts to promote women's involvement in global politics in a lecture yesterday in Robertson Hall."Networks of intolerance and despair and greed need to be countered by networks striving for justice and equality and opportunity," Loar said.

NEWS | 10/21/2003

Healthcare advice accessible at drgreene.com

In 1995, frustrated by the amount of attention he was able to afford his patients, pediatrician Alan Greene '81 set out to make medical history.

NEWS | 10/21/2003

Multiple unlocked bikes stolen this weekend, on and off campus

Three University students lost bicycles to theft on Friday in an unusual burst of crime, Public Safety officials said yesterday."Our safe atmosphere here kind of lulls us into innocence, and we leave our bike unlocked and unsecure, and then it's gone," Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser said.

NEWS | 10/20/2003

Armed forces 'dominate' U.S. foreign policy

The U.S. military's increasing role as a major tool in American foreign policy has created new policy concerns for the country, Dana Priest, a reporter and military intelligence writer for The Washington Post, said in a lecture yesterday."The US military dominates our foreign policy in a way that would surprise most people," Priest said, adding that the issue is more apparent under the Bush administration.Priest has covered military operations in Panama, Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo.Priest said the military's enhanced role in diplomacy and peacekeeping have put strains on traditional military structure."I found, not surprisingly, a mismatch between the mission and the training and culture," Priest said, describing her experience with a regiment assigned to peacekeeping duties in Kosovo."In 10 years of nation building, the army has refused to come up with training for these situations," Priest said, agreeing with an Army general who told her development of such training is "just too hard.""In peacekeeping, the dynamic tends to be 'just don't get into trouble' because no one knows what success is anyway," Priest said.Priest discussed the possibility of multilateral, international forces playing a greater role in future peacekeeping missions."I definitely think the military will support someone else doing nation building," she said.Priest also described the growth of military special forces teams, which she said she first learned about while reporting on an unrelated story at an Army secretary's briefing.

NEWS | 10/20/2003

Ibish criticizes administration's Iraq policy

Hussein Ibish, Communications Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, blasted the Bush administration for what he called a "neo-conservative" doctrine that led to the "total mismanagement" of the Iraqi situation in a lecture in the Frist Campus Center this weekend.Ibish said "an incredible burden has been placed" on the United States by "the superimposition of a preexisting . . . vision of how to use American power in the world."Ibish described the ADC as a "national grassroots organization" dedicated to the civil rights of Arabs in the United States and the Middle East.

NEWS | 10/20/2003

OIT monitors hits on Google feature

The University's Office of Information Technology is not Big Brother, but it has been watching you.Every institution that registers with the Google search engine can view daily results called "traffic reports" that pool the day's most popular search keywords, and the University has been using these reports while redesigning Princeton's webpage."It's simple," Dwight Bashore, University web specialist with the Office of Information Technology, said.

NEWS | 10/20/2003

Faculty, staff ranks 20th in gifts to Dean

Affiliates of Princeton University have given a total of $12,415 to support 2004 presidential candidate and former governor of Vermont Howard Dean, placing University members as one of the top 20 groups of contributors to the campaign.Those in the Princeton ZIP code 08540 have donated $126,020 to the Dean campaign, the second highest contribution of all ZIP codes in the nation, according to third quarter finance reports candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission last week.Princeton has joined a list of 450 university communities who have contributed a combined sum of $852,205 to Dean's $25.3 million total, trailing contributions from the retired sector of $1,779,489 and from lawyers and law firms, which have contributed $966,232.It is unknown whether much of the contributions from the Princeton University come from faculty, administrators or students.So far, there are 66 "Princetonians" registered with Princetonfordean.com, which states the campaign's goal to register a total of 500.Opinions vary as to why Howard Dean has garnered so much support in the area."Princeton University and Princeton New Jersey are centers of political liberalism," Fred Greenstein, a former University politics professor, said in an email.

NEWS | 10/19/2003

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