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WWS international relations researcher says al-Qaida unlikely to have nuclear weapons

WWS international relations researcher says al-Qaida unlikely to have nuclear weapons

In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, people around the nation are wondering whether terrorists could get possession of nuclear weapons.Harold Feiveson, a senior researcher at the Wilson School with advanced degrees in physics and international relations, has spent the last 30 years studying those weapons ? and his conclusion is that it is unlikely but "not inconceivable" that al-Qaida might have access to a nuclear bomb."There are several reasons to be optimistic" that al-Qaida does not have such a weapon, Feiveson explained.

NEWS | 12/12/2001

OIT continues to revamp services for students, faculty

With nearly three months under their belt in the current academic year, administrators in the newly organized Office of Information Technology ? an umbrella organization formed early this past summer covering the former Computing and Information Technology office, the Education Technologies Center and 'Partnership 2000' program ?say they are still focused and working hard to accomplish the goals set out at the beginning of the year.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Breaking the silence of eating disorders

One Friday afternoon 12 students sat in a small lounge in the McCosh Health Center basement listening attentively as a member of their group gave a presentation on men's body image.Brian Elliott '03, one of two male students in the group of eating concerns peer educators, shared research and statistics and then his own anecdotes about friends who had subsisted on "gummy-bear diets" but stocked their dorm rooms with every type of health supplement and muscle enhancer.There are many students who are unfamiliar with the peer educator group or services ? such as confidential medical and psychological evaluation ? offered by McCosh.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Award-winning writer visits Micawber to discuss depression, book and Sept. 11

Spilling out of the children's section and gathering around the shelves, a crowd of more than 50 people gathered at the back of Micawber Books on Nassau Street last night to hear author Andrew Solomon speak.Solomon wrote "The Noonday Demon," this year's non-fiction National Book Award winner.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Langsam '03 elected new USG president

Nina Langsam '03 was announced yesterday as the next president of the Undergraduate Student Government after winning in a runoff.Langsam defeated David Gail '03 in an election held during the weekend after neither candidate received a majority in the first round of voting.She received 60 percent of the vote, said Wade Rakes '02, elections committe co-chair.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Students initiate campus food drive

Spurred by a local food shortage this year, Princeton is holding a food drive. The event, sponsored by the University's Center for Community Service and the Council of International Graduate Students, will be held Dec.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

Fire in Moffett destroys DNA sequencing facility

A fire engulfed the Synthesis and Sequencing Facility in Moffet Hall around 6:30 a.m. yesterday, destroying most of the equipment in the room and causing smoke damage to the laboratory on the floor above.University Public Safety, the Princeton Fire Department, the Kingston Fire Department and the Environmental Health and Safety office all responded to the fire.

NEWS | 12/11/2001

By fire or wire: University candle ban ignites controversy over dorm room menorahs

During the spring term of 2001, the University Housing Department, banned candles in University dormitories in an effort to decrease false alarms and the risk of fire.

NEWS | 12/10/2001

New telecom manager to rerecord selected campus messages

"You have reached U-Call, the Princeton University voice directory," the male voice says with its familiar pauses and intonations.

NEWS | 12/10/2001

Adam Frankel '03 awarded circumnavigators scholarship

Adam Frankel '03 was awarded the Circumnavigators Club Foundation scholarship on Dec. 3. The scholarship, which consists of an $8500 grant, will allow him to travel to China, Russia, Cambodia, Haiti and Zimbabwe.The Circumnavigators Club, a 100-year-old organization that strives to better international cooperation and understanding, gave out four scholarships this year.The grants will allow each recipient to pursue an around-the-world travel-study project of international concern during the summer between his junior and senior years."Over the past 30 years, 74 students have benefited from the foundation's sponsorship to undertake worthwhile research projects on a wide variety of timely topics on issues of global importance," said Gregory Rider, the New York metro area coordinator for the Circumnavigators Club Foundation."A number of the foundation's scholars have entered the diplomatic service while many others are pursuing international careers in business, law, medicine, public service, education, technology and the arts," Rider explained in an e-mail.Frankel, a Wilson School major, said he will use his scholarship as an opportunity to understand how AIDS is affecting the economic, societal and political structures in communities throughout the world.

NEWS | 12/10/2001

Planning for life after Nassau: Princeton in Asia

Post-Princeton life is currently at the forefront of the minds of seniors ? especially now, during a bleak job market.

NEWS | 12/10/2001

USG hosts forum on University sexual climate

According to a survey conducted last year by the USG committee on women's issues, eating clubs foster an unhealthy climate for the University's women.Last night, in response to the survey and to an increasing number of sexual assaults reported to University authorities, the USG hosted a panel discussion titled "Sexual Climate at the 'Street.' "Eating club officers, peer educators and University administrators participated in the discussion and fielded questions from the audience in the Frist Campus Center multipurpose room.USG vice-president Brigitte Anderson '02 opened the discussion by reading two anonymous accounts of date rape and sexual aggression, originating from chance encounters with "nice, funny guys" on the 'Street.' One account involved a young woman being raped on a secret staircase in an eating club after an older male slipped gamma hydroxybutyric acid, commonly used as a date rape drug, into her drink.The other told of a female freshman's traumatic encounter with a friend from her Outdoor Action group after he walked her home from the 'Street.'Both stories had one common theme ? the two women both did not think things like that happened at Princeton."Stories like this are all too frequent and more frequent than you'd think in a place like this," said Amada Sandoval, the interim director of the Women's Center.

NEWS | 12/10/2001

Hail to the chiefs

The 'Prince' elected Bill Beaver '03 (l.) as the 126th editor-in-chief Friday. Mary Beth Hubner '03 will serve as business manager.

NEWS | 12/09/2001

Five students treated Saturday for alcohol

Five University students were transported from the campus area to Princeton Medical Center late Saturday night between the hours of midnight and 3 a.m., according to Public Safety shift supervisor Lt.

NEWS | 12/09/2001

Listening to the silence of eating disorders

There might be whispers about that one girl who every day in the dining hall fixes a salad with nothing but lettuce and vinegar, or a suspicious glance as someone switches to the treadmill after spending 45 minutes on the elliptical machine in the Stephens Fitness Center.

NEWS | 12/09/2001

University creates youth arts program in New York city

The Class of 2004 has taken a leadership role in Arts Alive, a developing community service program that seeks to engage University students in the New York city community by helping city youth enjoy the arts in the aftermath of the Sept.

NEWS | 12/09/2001

Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale to use Internet in admissions process

With Internet access at American high schools now commonplace, admissions offices at universities around the country are considering moving some parts of the college application process online.Many universities have already set up online systems that allow students to apply over the Internet.

NEWS | 12/09/2001

Keeping the faith at Princeton

When Associate Dean of Religious Life Sue Anne Steffey Morrow interviewed for and received a job offer from the University in 1981, she was not initially going to accept.Bringing a plethora of experience ? as a United Methodist minister from western Pennsylvania and active advocate of women's rights who had been the dean of student affairs at Duke Divinity School and served parish Methodist churches of Pittsburgh and Chicago ? she had decided that Princeton just was not the place for her to thrive.After being interviewed by an all-male group, Morrow went home and wrote a letter to the University, explaining why she did not feel it was the place she should be.

NEWS | 12/09/2001

'A ballad for a friend': Wilentz writes an essay for Bob Dylan

As hard as he may try, Bob Dylan can't seem to escape Princeton. The poet-songwriter received an honorary degree from the University in June 1970 and wrote his song "Day of the Locusts" based on the event ? hint to those who picked the Frist Campus Center quotes: The comparison of Princeton Commencement to the Apocalypse is not a complimentary one.He gave a concert in Dillon Gymnasium on Nov.

NEWS | 12/09/2001

Buzicky, Pierce win Rhodes Scholarships

On Saturday evening, Katharine Buzicky '02 and Lillian Pierce '02 were among the 32 American students named Rhodes Scholars.

NEWS | 12/09/2001

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