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Democrat Godfrey retains Township committee seat

The Daily Princetonian

Democrat Godfrey retains Township committee seat

Princeton Township Committee incumbent Leonard Godfrey seized the committee's one open seat in last night's election with a Democratic landslide victory over Republican Jack Marrero and Libertarian Thomas Abrams.Township Clerk Linda McDermott said Godfrey won by earning twice as many votes as the other two candidates put together.Godfrey said he expected the race to be closer than it actually was.

NEWS | 11/07/2000

Incumbent Democrats successfully defend both contested Borough seats

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Incumbent Democrats successfully defend both contested Borough seats

The two Democratic incumbents held a firm grasp on their seats last night in the Princeton Borough Council election as 3,668 voters ? 62.9 percent of those registered ? turned out to the polls.Wendy Benchley and Margaret Karcher scored a Democratic sweep, each gaining more than twice as many votes as their most formidable challenger, Republican Rodney Fisk.

NEWS | 11/07/2000

A nation on edge, as race remains in limbo

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A nation on edge, as race remains in limbo

Early Wednesday morning the presidential race, plagued all night by close calls and missed calls, stood at a stand still.The race came down to Florida, where a margin of just more than 500 voters appeared to turn the Sunshine State to Bush.Pundits were reexamining calls they had made earlier in the night, discussing the possibility of a recount and analyzing the slim margins that divided the candidates and decided the election.Reports surfaced that Gore had called Bush and recanted his earlier concession of the race.And there was no sign of either of the candidates.There were more than a few hiccups throughout the night.

NEWS | 11/07/2000

Return of the Mac?

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Return of the Mac?

Stephanie Biederman '04 misses her Mac.A lifelong Apple computer user before arriving at the University, Biederman never thought she would make the switch to PCs, even though she knew there was more software available for Windows-based machines.Coming from a family of "Mac people," she said, "it would have been a sacrilege to even suggest that my family purchase an IBM."She said, however, "After some investigation I discovered that Princeton tends to go the IBM route," adding, "Princeton had a prejudice against Macs."She pointed to the Forbes cluster as an example.

NEWS | 11/07/2000
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Nader polarizes liberal constituency

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Nader polarizes liberal constituency

As Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader '55 implored voters yesterday to "vote entirely their conscience," those of the progressive persuasion were at odds over which left-leaning candidate ? Nader or Vice President Al Gore ? would better further their cause.Nader has acknowledged he has little or no chance of winning the presidency, but has stayed in the race to achieve his goal of garnering 5 percent of the popular vote in today's election.

NEWS | 11/06/2000

Nader scores 'primitive' concept of law violation in United States

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Nader scores 'primitive' concept of law violation in United States

On a day when Richard Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in one of the closest elections in history, Ralph Nader '55 gave the University a glimpse of the platform that he would run on in this year's presidential race.November 7, 1968 - "We get excited about riots in the street because of the flames and press accentuation of them; but when a pipeline explodes, takes more lives than some 'riots' and costs almost as much, there's no excitement at all."So said Ralph Nader '55 last night in an example dramatizing the contention that American response to the law violation is as unsophisticated as its technology is advanced.In his talk before a capacity crowd in the Woodrow Wilson School auditorium, Nader maintained that such things as highway death and air pollution are the greatest sources of violence in America.Nader contended that social protests over crime in the streets rather than crime in the corporations indicates that "the whole concept of violence and crime in this society is still in the most primitive stages."Tracing the reasons for this "primitiveness" formed the core of Nader's talk.He pointed out that there are organizations currently gauging the social costs of corporate production.

NEWS | 11/06/2000

Holt, Zimmer face off in close election

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Holt, Zimmer face off in close election

Residents of New Jersey's 12th Congressional District will step into the voters' booth today to cast their ballots in one of the tightest and most-watched contests in the country.The race ? between Democratic incumbent Rush Holt and former Republican congressman Dick Zimmer ? is being scrutinized by both parties as the Democrats try to regain the majority in the U.S.

NEWS | 11/06/2000

The trouble with tenure

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The trouble with tenure

When Peter Singer joined the University faculty last year, his appointment as a tenured professor ensured that he could voice his controversial views on euthanasia without fear of censorship.But the venerable system of tenure ? which dates back to the Middle Ages ? has recently come under attack from some critics who have raised questions about its place in academia.Last month, Boston University released a 10-page report drafted by its Tenure Discussion Group ? a 10-person faculty committee directed by Provost Dennis Berkey ? proposing a series of reforms to its tenure system.The report recommends clarifying tenured professors' responsibilities, such as the number of days they are physically on campus, the amount of time they spend teaching and their expected levels of academic achievement.It also proposes revisions to how tenured professors are evaluated.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

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