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The Daily Princetonian

Tory sponsors lecture by 'Dangerous Conservative'

"You hear a lot about diversity on campuses today, but college faculties tend to look like the United Nations and think like a San Francisco coffee house," said Daniel Flynn, author of the book "Why the Left Hates America", in a lecture yesterday in McCosh 50.The lecture, the first in The Princeton Tory magazine's spring series, addressed what Flynn claims to be a rise of anti-American sentiment both throughout the nation and, in particular, on college campuses.Flynn has sparked controversy on college campuses throughout the country, including a book burning at the University of California-Berkeley."Conservatives basically have no voice in higher education," Flynn said.

NEWS | 02/19/2003

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Outdoor Action to revamp structure, plan more trips

The Outdoor Action program has expanded its management structure to increase efficiency, allow for more student leadership opportunities and boost OA's presence on campus throughout the year.The organization has added the position of Program Coordinator to work directly with Rick Curtis, director of the Outdoor Action Program, and to oversee other specialized student coordinators.The new structure will relieve Curtis of some of his former responsibilities by assigning them to students."Some of the major goals are to give students more ownership and authority in terms of operating the program," said Curtis, who believes that time and human resources rather than funding are the greatest limiting factors in developing the program.The new positions include Website Manager, Community Manager, Events and Publicity Manager, Paddling Manager and Backpacking Manager.

NEWS | 02/19/2003

The Daily Princetonian

Student-built robots make leaps and bounds

While most engineering students spent reading period cramming for exams, the students in MAE 321 were busy building search and rescue robots.Students in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering class logged many hours of research and labor to produce the robots Canyonero,Johnny 5, The Stinky, Squirrel Brand, Walter and Wangdoodlerest.

NEWS | 02/19/2003

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Students react to Rep. Rangel's call for a draft

With possible war on the horizon and New York Representative Charles B. Rangel at work on a bill calling for a draft, University students remain unconcerned about being called into military service.Rangel, the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, spoke at Harvard University last Monday to gauge the support level for a draft including college students.On the Princeton campus, there has been little talk of a possible draft ? most students asked had never heard of Rangel's bill.

NEWS | 02/18/2003

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Some clubs combat underage drinking

In reaction to recent charges of serving alcohol to minors, several eating clubs have tightened security measures to guard against future violations.As part of these new security measures, a number of eating clubs decided to institute a policy that would allow only members and legal drinking age students to enter taprooms.While no club presidents commented about new measures taken internally to curb underage drinking, students who frequented the Street found their drinking options slightly limited.Sophomore Ralph Kleiner said Tower Club, "was surprisingly only allowing members to get beer last Saturday night."Other students noted a similar change in the drinking policy of some clubs."This semester at Colonial, only members with wristbands are even allowed to go downstairs to the tap room," said Pam Stolzer '05.

NEWS | 02/18/2003

The Daily Princetonian

Rao, Mulligan to step down from ombuds office, facilities

University ombuds officer Anuradha Rao announced yesterday that she will step down from her position effective tomorrow, and will take up a position with Coca-Cola, Inc. in Atlanta as a corporate ombudsman.Rao, who has worked at the University from 1988-1992 and from 1998 to the present, said she is excited about her new opportunity at the company, which has 72,000 employees."I thought it would be a nice switch, from an academic to a corporate setting," she said.

NEWS | 02/18/2003

The Daily Princetonian

As snow closes school, games keep students warm in the cold

The University announced last night that classes would resume today and that there would be a delayed opening for all nonessential personnel.Though classes were canceled yesterday and the University officially closed because of the worst winter storm to hit Princeton since 1996, life on campus and in the surrounding area trudged on through three-foot snow drifts.New Jersey Gov.

NEWS | 02/17/2003

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Eric Lubell '76: New alumni magazine offers fresh voice

"If PAW [Princeton Alumni Weekly] is the Newsweek of the Princeton community, then the Independent is its New Yorker."Eric Lubell '76 ? founder and editor-in-chief of the The Independent: A Journal for the Princeton Community, a new online alumni magazine at www.princetonindependent.com ? laughs a little but his eyes gleam and he smiles broadly when he mentions the magazine."The Independent has a lot of spunk and is aesthetically challenging," Lubell said.

NEWS | 02/17/2003

The Daily Princetonian

University joins brief in support of U. Michigan

The University announced yesterday that it has signed a brief filed by Harvard University that asks the Supreme Court to uphold the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies in two cases to be heard this spring.The ruling could determine whether race can be considered in college admissions.The brief emphasizes the benefits of the decision in the 1978 case Regents of the University of California v.

NEWS | 02/17/2003

The Daily Princetonian

SCI offers option to trade in faulty 2000-01 laptops

To appease disgruntled student owners of the problem-ridden IBM 1400-series laptops bought through the 2000-2001 Student Computing Initiative, the University has partnered with IBM to offer new laptops to the 631 students who bought the model.In an email to current owners announcing the offer, program director Luke Bodenstein an-announced the upgrade will cost $1,000 and require that students trade in their old machines.Thirty students have signed up for the offer since the email was sent last Friday, said Bodenstein, who expects 100 students to take part.Bodenstein said a goal is to get the faulty systems off campus, as they have been a burden to the OIT Helpdesk and Hardware Support.The 1400-series laptops have, "caused me many a sleepless night," Bodenstein said of all the complaints he has received.

NEWS | 02/17/2003

The Daily Princetonian

Snow postpones Michigan admissions conference

Princeton is close to signing a Supreme Court brief backing affirmative action in college admissions as the University of Michigan prepares to announce the names of the many organizations and institutions that have already done so.University Vice President for Public Affairs Bob Durkee '69 said that it's "very likely" that the University will sign a brief written by Harvard University to be filed in the cases that could decide whether race can be used as criteria in admissions.The deadline for filing briefs with the Supreme Court is tomorrow.

NEWS | 02/16/2003