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Say no to fat: Health officials encourage better diet habits

Say no to fat: Health officials encourage better diet habits

While your chicken parm hoagie, mozzarella sticks or two scoop ice cream sundae may be tempting, Princeton health officials would rather you gave it some more thought.As part of Lighten Up Princeton, sponsored by the Princeton Regional Health Commission, local restaurants will advertise their healthier dining options and residents can learn how to live healthier and lose weight.If the program is successful, by the end of three months Borough and Township residents will have lost a collective 30,000 pounds ? or 15 tons ? of weight, said Bill Hinshillwood, health board officer.That's about the weight of the 75 full grown tigers."If everybody in Princeton lost a pound it would be 30,000," he said.

NEWS | 10/17/2002

Former U.N. weapons inspector Ritter denounces war on Iraq

Scott Ritter, a controversial former U.N. weapons inspector, gave a speech yesterday at the Wilson School in which he strongly denounced an invasion of Iraq, which he says is all but underway.He has emerged in recent weeks as a maverick, at odds with most American officials, by arguing that Iraq probably does not possess weapons of mass destruction and should not be attacked.Ritter took part in more than 30 inspection missions, leading 14 of them, before resigning his post in 1998, protesting what he then described as the Clinton administration's unwillingness to provide effective support for U.N.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Two students struck by vehicle crossing Washington Road

Two University freshmen were hit by a sedan while crossing Washington Road yesterday. Mary Spencer '06 and Jessica Case '06 were returning from a swimming team practice at around 7 p.m.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Learning to appreciate the value of life, after facing sudden death

There I sat in the hospital emergency room, waiting somewhat impatiently as the cardiologist silently maneuvered the cold gel over my heart for what seemed like an eternity.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

From 'The Mikado' to 'Moulin Rouge' students sing praises of musicals course

Tamsen Wolff stands on the stage in McCosh 10 and, in a conversational tone, discusses the relationship between race and performance in "Showboat," using exaggerated hand gestures to explain important points.In a lecture for ENG 347: The Curious Aesthetics of Musical Theatre, she cues an assistant to play a scene from "Showboat" to expand on her point.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Admission dean search begins

The search to replace the "YES!" man has begun.The University will announce today that it has formed a 14-member committee to find a new admission dean to replace Fred Hargadon.Hargadon, one of the country's most esteemed admission deans, said in August he would retire in June 2003 after serving here since 1988."Hargadon has been a towering figure in the field of college and university admissions with a reputation for insisting on the highest possible standards," President Tilghman said in August.But he was surrounded by controversy this summer when it was reported that his associate dean, Stephen LeMenager, was the first of several admission staff to breach online records of Yale University applicants.LeMenager, who was promoted to associate dean in September 2001, has since left admissions for the communications office.The new dean of admission will face the difficult task of choosing a balanced freshman class of 1,160 out of 14,500 applicants and accommodating the 500-student increase approved in 2000.The new dean will also have to confront concerns about early decision programs, standardized testing and athletics ? all of which have recently been contentious issues in admission policies.The search committee includes six professors, three students and five administrators, including the chair, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel.They will begin meeting and soliciting applications and nominations in early November and expect to begin reviewing candidates in January.After narrowing the field, they will submit two or three names to Tilghman.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Acclaimed writer DeLillo gives rare reading in McCosh 50

Don DeLillo, the award-winning author of "White Noise" and "Underworld," made a rare public appearance on campus yesterday.Bespectacled and wearing a tweed jacket over a woody green button-down, DeLillo sat down for an interview at 185 Nassau St.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Veteran McCosh nurse Bezilla dies from surgical complications

Elaine Bezilla, daytime staff nurse at McCosh Health Center, died at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center on the night of Oct.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Conference to spur revival of Chicano group

Students from up and down the East Coast gathered at last weekend's Chicano Student Forum conference, an event Latino students hope will mark the revival of Princeton's Chicano Caucus.During the weekend, the caucus, the Mexican-American organization on campus, hosted the annual East Coast Chicano Student Forum Fall Conference, drawing more than 125 people from 18 schools.The conference's success has given Chicano Caucus President Barbara Soliz '04 hope for a previously dwindling membership."After the conference, I am optimistic about the future of this organization, there are so many excited young people" she said.For the past few years, the Chicano Caucus has not been regularly involved in the ECCSF, Soliz said.

NEWS | 10/15/2002

Queer Radicals group to initiate change in campus climate, University policies

Virgilio Sklar '03 imagines a truly accepting University community, complete with a queer campus center, a queer studies department, active recruitment of homosexuals to campus and representation of homosexuals in admissions materials."The social makeup of the campus will not change unless we proactively validate all self-expressed identities and communities," Sklar said.

NEWS | 10/15/2002

Because of economic dip, seniors take greater advantage of career guidance

The competitive job market resulting from current economic conditions has left many seniors concerned about their postgraduate plans.This year's situation "is probably comparable to what the class of 2002 faced last year," Rebecca Ross, associate director of Career Services, wrote in an email.

NEWS | 10/15/2002

Borough Council approves ordinance to buy open space

The Princeton Borough Council voted to authorize the publication of a bond ordinance providing for the acquisition of Coventry Farms and the R.

NEWS | 10/15/2002

Students plan to go home despite sniper

The recent string of sniper attacks in the Washington metropolitan area has troubled residents at the University as they prepare to return home for Fall Break.However, despite some anxiety, most students plan to proceed as usual.Since Oct.

NEWS | 10/15/2002

Native Americans honored on Indigenous People's Day

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but at his destination someone was already there ? and, as Native American undergraduates showed Monday ? that someone is still here.As an alternative to Columbus Day, Indigenous People's Day celebrated the cultures and survival of Native American tribes.The event at the International Center attracted about 30 members of the University community to this festival of Native American heritage and history."Columbus never saw a Pueblo person," said A-dae Romero '04, who came to the University from a school on a Pueblo reservation in New Mexico.

NEWS | 10/15/2002

How should nuclear security be addressed in a post-Sept. 11 world?

In many ways, the world has changed since the Sept. 11 attacks, but issues of nuclear proliferation and security continue to figure prominently in national debates, such as whether to take action on Iraq.Frank von Hippel, co-director of the Wilson School Program on Science and Global Security, said that he continues to see a nuclear terror attack as a real danger."There's a lot of highly enriched uranium in the world and some of it is not very well secured," said von Hippel, also a former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy."Nobody above my level in the White House . . . really worried about [the nuclear security] problem," he said, suggesting that terrorists might be able to acquire these materials if they are not better secured.He added that the Bush administration initially proposed cuts for nuclear security programs but did not follow up on the plan.Von Hippel also suggested that nuclear security was important in preventing the progress of the Iraqi nuclear program."If [enriched uranium] is available on the black market . . . then within a year or two after getting enough material for a weapon, [the Iraqis] could have a nuclear weapon," he said.He cautioned that the problem is not limited to Iraq.

NEWS | 10/15/2002

Number of Borough DWI arrests climbs

The number of University students arrested for DWI in Princeton Borough has climbed to four during the first month of classes, already surpassing the "one to two" undergraduate arrests police typically expect for an entire academic year, authorities said.But this increase has not caused Borough Police Chief Charles Davall to jump to any conclusions about trends in student drinking habits or alcohol consumption on campus."The number of arrests has gone up," Davall said.

NEWS | 10/14/2002

Town-gown officials look at campus drinking, not ordinance

Princeton Borough, Township and University officials gathered at Nassau Hall yesterday to discuss student alcohol issues on campus.

NEWS | 10/14/2002

University women bond at Girl Talk's first meeting

Amid the chaos of classes and extracurriculars, an animated gathering of girls shares secrets, fears and desires.

NEWS | 10/14/2002

New Jersey commission recommends combining state's public universities

TRENTON ? The Commission on Health Science, Education and Training recommended yesterday that three of New Jersey's public universities consolidate their resources to solve the problem of New Jersey's ailing health education system.The fellowship of 15 of the finest minds in the nation ? including molecular biology and Wilson School professor Leon Rosenberg and former President Shapiro GS '64 ? announced yesterday the results of its report on health education at a statehouse press conference.The commission's objective is to "enhance [the] quality, competitiveness and synergetic focus" of the medical education system of New Jersey, retired Johnson & Johnson Vice Chairman Robert Campbell wrote in a letter to Gov.

NEWS | 10/14/2002

A wrinkle in time: Computers may give answers now, solve problems later

The capacity for time travel may still be light years away, but one physicist is already planning for a day when computers can send information backward in time.

NEWS | 10/14/2002

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