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Billington says even 'brilliant engineering' susceptible to attack

Billington says even 'brilliant engineering' susceptible to attack

They were a set of towers, a challenge against the forces of nature and feat of human ingenuity."It was a brilliant engineering design," University structural engineering professor David Billington said yesterday of the World Trade Center complex.As the country reevaluates and strengthens its safety and security measures, one question that begs answering is how the horrifying attack and subsequent building collapses might have been prevented.

NEWS | 09/19/2001

A Princeton firm experiments with technology to record books for the blind

In 1945, at the end of World War II, the American soldiers returning to the country were welcomed as heroes.

NEWS | 09/18/2001

Hate crimes up nationwide, but none reported on campus

On Monday morning Savraj Dhanjal '03 stood in front of his dresser mirror, carefully winding a long strip of fabric around his head into a turban.He wrapped a folded length of black cloth around his head once, twice, then carefully placed a long royal blue ribbon along the side of his turban, wrapping the turban once more and adding a white ribbon.

NEWS | 09/18/2001

New SECH check-in location raises concern among students

Some University women are concerned about a lack of confidentiality at McCosh Health Center's Sexuality Education Counseling and Health services.McCosh underwent renovations over the summer and the SECH check-in desk was moved from the relatively secluded third floor to the first floor, adjacent to the main reception area.

NEWS | 09/18/2001

Tilghman diverts President's Fund

Following the departure of former President Shapiro, President Tilghman's office re-examined spending records and priorities, resulting in a change in the way funds set aside for use by student groups will be allocated.Previously, undergraduate groups seeking funding for activities would often apply for assistance from the President's Fund, a discretionary fund managed by the University president.Tilghman, however, does not see the distribution of funds as a task in which the University president should be deeply involved."My motivation is to increase the quality of dialogue between the president and the student body," she said.

NEWS | 09/18/2001

Abt '04 to run for Borough Council

In a move to put pressure on the Princeton Borough government and increase the influence of students in Borough politics, Steven Abt '04 has decided to run for a seat on the Borough Council.When several members of the USG approached Abt last year in the midst of the debate over the proposed alcohol ordinance with the idea of putting a University student on the council, Abt thought he might be the right man for the job."I have never really considered politics but it was always something that was in the back of my mind," Abt said.Now he will be one of four candidates for three Borough Council seats on the line in this year's election.Council members serve for three-year terms, and each year two seats are up for election.

NEWS | 09/18/2001

Annual Giving campaign raises record-breaking $37 million

The University's 2000-01 annual giving campaign was a record-breaking one. From July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, the University received almost $37 million in gifts to the annual giving fund from alumni, parents and friends.Almost two thirds of the University's undergraduate alumni participated in the 2000-01 campaign, a number that Director of Annual Giving Bill Hardt '63 said is "the top figure among major research universities."Hardt said in an e-mail that "only a handful of colleges and universities have rates of participation that regularly exceed 50 percent."Yearly donations to Annual Giving are crucial to addressing the needs of the University because they constitute unrestricted funds.

NEWS | 09/17/2001

University land development and a village's battle

On the other side of Millstone River, just north of Carnegie Lake, lies a small village no more than a mile or two long in either direction.

NEWS | 09/17/2001

Li Shaomin GS '88 returns to work after five-month detention in China

Li Shaomin GS '88, a business professor at Hong Kong City University who had been detained by China on charges of espionage, was released this summer after five months of captivity.Li, an American citizen, was detained by Chinese security forces on Feb.

NEWS | 09/17/2001

Davall assumes new rank, responsibilities

On Nov. 6, 1997, three armed robbers entered Sovereign Bank on Nassau Street, demanded money and held four employees hostage.Three Borough Police officers confronted a robber who held a revolver to a woman's head.

NEWS | 09/17/2001

Life after Napster: Students explore new multimedia file-sharing services

In the seven months since a federal appeals court forced Napster to screen copyrighted materials from its service, University students have continued to use their computers to access copyrighted media such as MP3s.

NEWS | 09/17/2001

Construction to remain a fixture on campus for next seven years

Dodging construction sites on campus has become as much a part of campus life as going to the 'Street' on Saturdays and pulling all nighters before final exams.

NEWS | 09/17/2001

University Community unites for Memorial Service

While campus events mirrored the world's breach in normalcy this past weekend, members of the University community struggled to interpret Tuesday's events and articulate the steps necessary for Princetonians to overcome the attack."In the days and weeks ahead," President Tilghman said to a somber crowd on Cannon Green at yesterday's memorial service, "we have the responsibility to recognize the distinctness of each person's experience and the humanity that unites us all."There was a pervading sense of tranquility ? the powerful eloquence of professors and poets, the biblical passages and verses of song spoken and sung from a podium, interrupted only by the voices of a choir standing atop steps beneath white marble columns.But the service was conducted as the weekend came to a close ? an end to a long week leaving people searching for a way to hope.

NEWS | 09/16/2001

Three more alumni deaths confirmed

In the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, three Princeton alumni have been confirmed dead and at least one has been reported missing, in addition to Chris Mello '98 who was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the World Trade Center.Robert McIlvaine '97 and Karen Klitzman '84 were killed in the WTC and Catherine MacRae '00 is still missing.William Caswell GS '75 was aboard American Airlines Flight 77, which departed Washington's Dulles airport en route to Los Angeles, but veered off course and struck the Pentagon, Jean Caswell, wife of the deceased, said yesterday.Caswell ? who graduated with a doctoral degree in particle theory from the physics department ? was a resident of Silver Spring, Md., where he worked as a scientist with the Navy.An avid folk dancer, who enjoyed reading and playing pool, Caswell "cared a lot about truth and wouldn't let anybody get away with half truths," Jean Caswell said.

NEWS | 09/16/2001

Space crunch: Nation's colleges face housing shortages

In colleges across the nation, freshman students are finding themselves homesick.For some, it is because they have just left the familiar environment of their homes.For others, it is for an entirely different reason ? their colleges have no space to house them.

NEWS | 09/16/2001

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