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Nader '55 makes tour stop in New Jersey, speaks on corporate ethics

Nader '55 makes tour stop in New Jersey, speaks on corporate ethics

Trenton ? Two years after running as the Green Party candidate for president, Ralph Nader '55 stopped here last Saturday as part of his nationwide tour addressing corporate responsibility, "People have the Power."Just as members of the press and public began to gather at the steps of the N.J.

NEWS | 10/08/2002

Early decision policy to stand

Though Yale University is formally reevaluating its early decision program, Princeton has no plans in the near future to follow in its footsteps, President Tilghman said yesterday.Last December, Yale President Richard Levin's public criticism of early decision programs prompted the creation of an advisory committee to reexamine Yale's current early application system.Yale plans to make a final decision by mid-November, said Richard Shaw, the Yale dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid.But Princeton will not consider a similar course of action until a new dean replaces Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon, who will retire in June."We will certainly not do anything in a formal way until we get a new dean of admission," Tilghman said.

NEWS | 10/08/2002

Professors calculate monetary, statistical value of human life

$1.54 million. Exchange rate ? 190 million yen, 980,000 British pounds or one human life. That is the statistical worth of a person, according to studies by economics professor Orley Ashenfelter GS '70.After years of conducting research on the effects of speed limit changes, costs involved and traffic fatalities, Ashenfelter and Michael Greenstone GS '93, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, calculated the statistical value of a human life.The pair began their research with data from 1987 because that year marked the U.S.

NEWS | 10/08/2002

New webmail server offers more personalized features

The University announced yesterday its new, revamped webmail service that will formally replace the existing system at the end of the year.The new service, currently located at newwebmail.princeton.edu, is functional, but OIT continues to test the software.The webmail page offers users the option of trying the new system or continuing with the old one.The new program is part of the iPlanet Messaging Server suite that runs all of the University's email services.

NEWS | 10/08/2002

Computer science professor Felten challenges new telecom legislation

Talking picture frames, Barbie cash registers and computer science homework all could be under new government control if Congress were to pass a broad telecommunications bill, computer science professor Edward Felten said.During the summer, Felten created freedom-to-tinker.com to express a growing collection of his thoughts on tinkering with technology.

NEWS | 10/08/2002

Russel foresees changes to grad student life

His office is not adorned with lots of orange and black U-Store paraphernalia or Old Nassau knickknacks.

NEWS | 10/08/2002

Borough considers using underground wires during local street reconstruction

Princeton Borough is investigating the possibility of placing utility wires underground in some historic areas as streets and sidewalks face upcoming construction.Mercer Hill Historic District first approached the Borough about placing the utilities underground to preserve the authentic nature of historic areas while they undergo street maintenance.Borough Mayor Marvin Reed said the Borough agreed to fund half of the preliminary study cost, while residents and local institutions supplied the remainder of the money.

NEWS | 10/08/2002

Local animal rights activists protest research experiments

The words "Puppy Killers" and a picture of the bloody vivisection of a small beagle caught many people's attention as they walked by Palmer Square on Saturday.At 12:30 p.m., about 10 college and graduate students from New Jersey and Pennsylvania stood in Palmer Square quietly, holding the posters and handing out flyers with an even more graphic picture of a monkey with its innards on display.In the middle of the crowd, three people held up a banner that read, "HLS: No Friends, No Funds, No Future."The animal rights activists were protesting against Huntingdon Life Sciences, which occasionally refers to itself as the Princeton Research Center, though it is about 40 minutes northeast of Princeton in East Millstone.The animal rights activists held their rally in Princeton to let residents know about the use of their town's name."Huntingdon is using your town to justify animal cruelty," said Kelly Johnson, a graduate from The College of New Jersey.There was no specific organizer for this rally, and most protesters found out about it through local animal rights organizations.

NEWS | 10/08/2002

Class of '75 husband and wife team finds life passion in Afghanistan

Pinpointing one's life passion is something that evades many people for years beyond their college graduation.

NEWS | 10/07/2002

Sen. Lautenberg to replace Torricelli in N.J. Senate race

The U.S. Supreme Court decided to stay out of the N.J. Senate election yesterday, allowing Democrats to place former Sen.

NEWS | 10/07/2002

Forum advocates stronger resistance to war with Iraq

Hours before President Bush's nationally televised address on the Iraqi conflict, the history department held an open forum for faculty, undergraduates and graduate students, in which many professors said Democrats should more strongly oppose war with Iraq.The overarching concerns among participants were the consequences of a war, the ethics of U.S.

NEWS | 10/07/2002

Bush responds to critics, arguing U.S. must ensure regime change in Iraq

Princetonians on all sides of the debate over Iraq agreed last night that President Bush's speech laid out the case for regime change with new forcefulness, but campus peace activists were not persuaded by his speech.Last night's speech was the president's most thorough effort yet to address concerns of those who oppose war, but campus activists were not satisfied with the president's reasoning.Bush explained why he thinks Iraq is unique and should be attacked even as other hostile regimes are left alone."By its past and present actions, by its technological capabilities, by the merciless nature of its regime, Iraq is unique," Bush said.Recent satellite photographs reveal that Iraq is rebuilding production facilities for chemical and biological weapons, as well as renewing its efforts to develop nuclear weapons.

NEWS | 10/07/2002

Facilities department removes LGBT signs

The University's facilities department has issued an apology to the LGBT community for its accidental removal last week of posters across campus advertising a panel discussion on safe gay sex."There was a breakdown of communication between facilities and Public Safety, and within facilities," said Chad Klaus, director of customer service and quality improvement for facilities.The miscommunication led to hundreds of posters being removed last Tuesday and Wednesday by facilities staff, he said.Public Safety instructed facilities to remove pornographic posters that had been put up by a group calling themselves the "Queer Mafia," but facilities' staff mistakenly also removed posters advertising a discussion about safer sex and other sex week events said Debbie Bazarsky, LGBT student services coordinator.Public Safety declined to comment on its role in the removal of the posters.The apology from facilities calmed concerns that the posters had been removed as an act of intolerance."There's an overwhelming relief that the [LGBT] community wasn't targeted by somebody with ill intent," she said.The flap over the posters began last Monday when sponsors of the program titled, "From Top to Bottom: Everything There is to Know about Gay Sex," raised concerns about partial nudity in a poster created by LGBT student services to advertise the program.Some sponsors felt the posters offered no context for the pictures, and students also complained, said Bazarsky, who agreed last Tuesday to remove the posters.Upset about the removal of these posters, some members of the LGBT community fired back by posting a second set of fliers that went beyond partial nudity to outright pornography, Bazarsky said.Public Safety then sent facilities a description of the pornographic posters and requested they be removed, said Jim Consolloy, grounds manager at facilities.Through a miscommunication, all posters relating to LGBT were removed by facilities last Tuesday and Wednesday.

NEWS | 10/07/2002

University biologists find genetic signature in stem cell research

A recent study by University molecular biologists Ihor Lemischka and Kateri Moore involving stem cells and their surrounding environment has left an indelible mark on what is becoming one of the most popular fields in medicinal history.Lemischka's research focuses on the capability of cells of the fetal liver and adult bone marrow stem cells to create clones of themselves.

NEWS | 10/07/2002

House inquiry into Whitman profits raises ethical issues about donations

Trustee and eBay CEO Meg Whitman '77, whose $30 million contribution to the University will support a sixth residential college, urged seniors to maintain their integrity and serve their communities during her address to the University in June as Baccalaureate speaker."Your school, your community and your country are relying on you," she said.

NEWS | 10/06/2002

Inner-city high school students face lack of preparation for college

The name "Princeton" often evokes images of suburban, upper-middle class affluence and privilege.

NEWS | 10/06/2002

College presidents decry anti-Semitism

More than 300 college presidents have endorsed a controversial statement condemning intolerance of and intimidation toward Jews.

NEWS | 10/06/2002

Health services head proposes wellness program to U-Council

Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director of Health Services Daniel Silverman spoke to the U-Council last night about plans for a new wellness center on campus, as well as immediate ideas for improving McCosh's services during the current academic year.After referring to McCosh as an "aging dowager" Silverman outlined his vision for a new wellness center, as well as changes in staff that would take effect in the near future.The wellness center, tagged by Silverman as, "a place where people could come to take care of their mind and their body," would require about 40 to 50 million dollars to build, and five to seven years to complete, said Silverman, adding that the cost was "not a huge amount of money by Princeton standards."Silverman called the project a "pretty ambitious kind of thing," and said that he had gotten a "positive response from senior leadership."The proposed center would include a workout center as well as rooms for yoga and aerobics, a counseling center and a nutrition center, and would serve the faculty, students, and staff of the university.Silverman has also presented a "pretty rigorous set of requests" to the University concerning changes to McCosh for this year.Silverman said he hopes to add more medical personnel to McCosh, including a psychology counselor, medical doctor, eating disorders physician, clinical nutritionist, urgent care nurse and urgent care physician.The proposal also included improved summer coverage.

NEWS | 10/06/2002

Anti-war rally in Palmer Square draws student groups with opposing views

Nassau Street's calm was interrupted Saturday by a gathering in Palmer Square for the Emergency Rally Against War with Iraq, cosponsored by the University organization Princeton Peace Network, the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action and the New Jersey National Organization for Women chapter.Amid sounds of traffic and conversations, the rally began with the words of the Rev.

NEWS | 10/06/2002

Shift in interests, slow economy causes dip in starting salaries for class of '02

"New Grads Faced Higher Competition, Lower Compensation." So reads the message that has been blazing across the Career Services website since the start of the school year.A recent survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers reported that starting salaries for last year's graduates dropped, for the most part, across the board in three categories: business, engineering and the liberal arts.Starting salaries in business, according to the NACE survey, dropped 4.24 percent on average.

NEWS | 10/03/2002

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