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Housing, immigration top issues for local politicians

Housing, immigration top issues for local politicians

With less than a month to go before elections, candidates running for Princeton-area offices gathered at the University yesterday evening to discuss a range of social issues facing the larger Princeton community.Discussion focused primarily on affordable housing, immigrant rights and homelessness.Candidates first discussed strategies to reduce homelessness.

NEWS | 10/09/2003

The universe may not have started with a bang

The Universe began 15 billion years ago in a fantastic explosion. It's the story we've been taught since first grade science, and cosmologists have held dear the aptly named big bang model for more than a half century.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Wurtzel talks of mental illness, 'Prozac Nation'

"The depression had a physical feeling to it. It felt like something that was going to destroy me," Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of the depression memoir "Prozac Nation," said last night during a discussion on mental illness in Frist 302.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Halderman GS sees copy-protection flaw in new CDs

"All it takes is the shift key," Alex Halderman GS said, describing his discovery of a way to bypass the copy-prevention technique on SunnComm Technologies' new copy-protection for audio CDs on PCs.The copy-protected program, MediaMax CD3, was recently placed on an Anthony Hamilton album released by BMG Music Group two weeks ago.MediaMax places two versions of each song on a CD ? one to play in standard CD players and the other for computer use with the encryption software.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Atlantic ranks University as second-most selective

As an Ivy League school that has consistently topped U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges" list, the University is used to garnering praise.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Racist fliers found on Borough road

Racist fliers distributed by the white supremacist group The National Alliance were found along Princeton Borough's Jefferson Road last weekend, Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Campus groups collaborate to discuss socioeconomic issues

Several University organizations are collaborating to examine socioeconomic class and how it relates to campus issues.The University library system and Dialogue@Princeton, have brought Cris Cullinan, a University of Oregon administrator, to Princeton this week to help set up dialogue groups that focus on socioeconomic class.Cullinan is the Training and Development Administrator at University of Oregon and "a nationally recognized expert in the field of diversity," the Library Human Resources website said.Dialogue@Princeton was developed in fall 2002 with the financial support of the Bildner Foundation, which supports new intergroup programming efforts, such as those of Sustained Dialogue.The program is designed to support projects that "promote honest, ongoing dialogue on many topics ? race, ethnicity, gender, faith, class differences, social justice ? among Princeton students, faculty, staff, and members of the larger Princeton community," the website for the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life said.Fleurette King, who most recently ran the Office of Diversity Education at DePaul University in Chicago, is coordinator of Dialogue@Princeton.Cullinan and King both attended a brainstorming session yesterday to develop further discussion on campus about class and socioeconomic status.Through its "Mosaics" initiative the library staff aims to "understand and appreciate each other better" by examining the different ethnic backgrounds of their fellow employees.As part of this initiative, the library's dialogue group has decided to join Dialogue@Princeton and Cullinan's efforts.The Dialogue Group Facilitators' training and luncheon, "Talking Across the Great Divide: How Do We Create a Learning Environment in Dialogues About Class?" will be held today from 10:00 a.m.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

University works to prevent suicide

Last winter, the University witnessed its first campus suicide in about a decade. Few suicides occur at Princeton, but suicide rates of college students nationwide have been increasing since the 1960s.Even though suicides on campus are rare, each year several University students attempt suicide.Since September, five or six students have been hospitalized for suicidal tendencies, including one student yesterday morning, said Daniel Silverman, University chief medical officer.To reduce the number of attempted suicides, the University has expanded its counseling services and provided individualized treatment in recent years.Attempted suicide is not specifically tracked, Silverman said.

NEWS | 10/07/2003

2006 class officers form new student committees

The 2006 class government is altering its structure by organizing five student committees, each headed by a class officer and focusing on a specific class concern.The Alumni Relations, Social, Newsletter, Publicity, and Community Service/Color Wars committees will each comprise four to five members meeting once per week.The idea to form committees arose after the 2006 class officers devised a mission statement outlining their plans for the year.

NEWS | 10/07/2003

Conservative presents critique of feminist movement

When some people think of a feminist, they think of a left-wing, radical man-hater. In a recent poll, three out of four described the word "feminist" as an insult.

NEWS | 10/07/2003

Panel discusses rebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan

A three-member panel discussed the reconstruction efforts in postwar Iraq and Afghanistan in Frist Campus Center yesterday afternoon.The members of the panel were Robert Finn, GS '78, former U.S.

NEWS | 10/07/2003

Campus responds to California recall as Schwarzenegger wins

Arnold Schwarzenegger has traveled through time ("Terminator"), given birth to a baby ("Junior") and has saved the free world a million times over (every other Schwarzenegger movie conceivable) and now he can add one more item to his resume: Governor of California.Gov.

NEWS | 10/07/2003

Semesters abroad bring new perspectives

Dune-jumping in South Africa's Red Desert, hillwalking in the Scottish Highlands or visiting ancient ruins in Jordan don't sound like typical spring break activities.

NEWS | 10/07/2003

University employee charged; student fight ends at hospital

A Princeton employee driving a University vehicle hit a moving vehicle and then two parked cars on Friday at about 4:15 p.m., according to a Princeton Borough press release.Kenrick Butler, 51, of Trenton, a delivery driver employed by the University, was charged with driving while intoxicated after Borough Police investigated the incident, according to the press release.Butler's case is set to be heard on Oct.

NEWS | 10/06/2003

Lecture series hosted by Fund for Reunion, LGBT

An organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Princeton alumni, students, faculty and staff called the Fund for Reunion ? and the University's LGBT Student Services ? recently launched a new series of 12 lectures about LGBT topics this year, known as the Fund for Reunion LGBTQ Lecture Series."The intent was to begin an annual series of lectures.

NEWS | 10/06/2003

Corrections

In an article in yesterday's Daily Princetonian, there were several errors regarding two separate events to be held this Saturday: the Inter-Club Council's upcoming "Street Fair" and the USG concert featuring George Clinton.The article misidentified those eating clubs that will participate in the street fair Saturday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/06/2003

Inn is in for '07 class government

After weeks of catchy posters, intense lunch table campaigning, smiles and platforms, the results of the Class of 2007 student government elections were announced yesterday.Freshmen voted P.G.

NEWS | 10/06/2003

Some clubs not participating in ICC Street fair

Despite uncertainty over the participation of Ivy and Cottage clubs, a street fair to improve the eating clubs' image among Borough residents is slated to go forward this Saturday.Cap and Gown, Charter, Colonial, Terrace, Tower and Quad clubs, as well as Tiger Inn, will offer food and carnival games in a street fair on Prospect Avenue.

NEWS | 10/06/2003

Sororities add 100 members

Though unrecognized by the University, four sororities on campus ? Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi ? concluded rush last Friday.About 140 girls started rush, but some dropped out leaving about 115 at the end of the week, said Hannah England '04, chair of the Panhellenic society on campus.She said roughly 100 new members joined sororities.The rush process takes four nights.

NEWS | 10/06/2003

Victoria Young Lanier '99: Role model makes music while making a difference

Though the Princeton campus provides the ideal backdrop for many clothing ads, Victoria Young Lanier '99 modeled with a famed clothing designer only after exiting FitzRandolph Gate.Lanier is one of 23 young adults who are promoting their causes through the Polo Jeans Company's Fall 2003 G.I.V.E.

NEWS | 10/06/2003

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