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University sponsors Third Biennial Bioethics Forum

A man stands poised, looking up above, neatly esconsed within a colorful DNA double-helix. This quintessential image of biology and its relation to human life appears on the conference packet for the Princeton Bioethics Forum's Third Biennial Intercollegiate Conference this weekend, entitled "Redefining Life: What it means to be Human."Princeton will showcase several of its faculty members and alumni and members of other schools who have already lent their voices to the expanding topic of bioethics.Lee Silver, a professor in the Wilson School and in the molecular biology department, and Glen McPhee, who earned his Ph.D.

NEWS | 02/20/2003

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NEWS | 02/19/2003

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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

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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

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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

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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