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Professors ponder genetic engineering

Professors ponder genetic engineering

Within the next few decades, it may be possible for parents to select children's eye-color or genetically engineer them to be more intelligent.At a panel discussion last night, University professors ? including Peter Singer, the Ira DeCamp Professor of Bioethics ? addressed such complicated issues, which arise from the upcoming completion of the Human Genome Project.Scientists announced the completion of a rough draft of the project this summer, having mapped 95 percent of the gene sequence.The objective of the panel ? titled "Sequencing the Human Genome: What's Next?" ? was to examine the scientific and ethical implications of the project.

NEWS | 09/25/2000

Students share perceptions of Shapiro's term, lasting legacy

Opening Exercises may be the only time University students have seen President Shapiro, but many have definite ? and varying ? opinions on the departing president.Some students said that with the conclusion of the capital campaign, it was only natural for Shapiro to announce his plans to step down.

NEWS | 09/25/2000

In impoverished Old Delhi and on wealthy Wall Street, a budding writer finds his voice

The crinkling of aluminum being peeled away from the plastic top of a take-out tin sounded on the other end of the phone line.

NEWS | 09/25/2000

UA freshmen witness shooting in Trenton

Two incoming University freshmen witnessed a shooting while participating in an Urban Action project in Trenton on Sept.

NEWS | 09/25/2000

Fan's car found overturned after evening football game

In a bizarre act of vandalism, a 1994 Honda Accord, parked between FitzRandolph Road and Broadmead Street, was overturned while its owner was attending the football game Saturday night, according to Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser.Township Police Capt.

NEWS | 09/25/2000

U-Council reviews Frist food prices, campus renovations

During their first meeting of the year yesterday, U-Council members centered their discussion on the Frist Campus Center, addressing both its early success and opening glitches.Campus center director Paul Breitman said he believes Frist, especially the extensive dining portion, has become an important part of campus life.Whether snatching a late lunch or staying awake with a late-night cup of coffee, more than 2,700 students pass through the "food gallery" per day, Director of Dining Services Stu Orefice said.Orefice said while students generally are excited about the campus center, two main complaints have surfaced ? the high prices in the dining area and the lack of signs giving directions.Though prices have been lowered twice in response to student criticisms, according to Orefice, several U-Council members said they had not known about the changes prior to the meeting.The reductions were instituted after the initial testing week and then following the first week of full operation, though Orefice did not specify how much prices were lowered.In addition, specials have been instituted at each of the four food venues for every meal, Orefice noted.

NEWS | 09/25/2000

Halle Berry sheds light on race and the silver screen

Halle Berry says Princeton changed her life."If you haven't heard, I was in a car accident this year," the Emmy award-winning starlet said Friday night in McCosh 50.

NEWS | 09/24/2000

University physicist says Frist site once was home to nuclear weapons research

A report issued by the U.S. Department of Energy on Friday indicates Princeton's Palmer Physics Laboratory ? now the site of Frist Campus Center ? was slated for DOE cleanup after possible involvement in nuclear weapons research for the U.S.

NEWS | 09/24/2000

Kim '01 promises to dedicate semester to improving student life on campus

PJ Kim '01 said last night he would devote his remaining semester as USG president to giving the administration a set of specific recommendations for improving student life.The combined report of five student committees ? designated the health services, athletics, student groups, performing groups and human relations committees ? will be presented to the administration after fall break, he said at last night's USG meeting.The project, called the Student Life Initiative, reflects Kim's longstanding desire to present students' opinions to the administration as a blueprint for change even after his term ends.After the report is released, Kim said, the USG will "take this out to the community, to the trustees and the administration to make sure that even though we can't see these recommendations implemented, we can at least set the stage."Also at the meeting, Kim congratulated USG student groups liaison Aime Scott '01 for organizing the Princeton Leadership Summit, a meeting of more than 200 student leaders Saturday.

NEWS | 09/24/2000

Shapiro looks to the past, with an eye toward his legacy

The University's fund-raising champion, construction mogul and figurehead enters the dark waiting area of One Nassau Hall on Saturday as if nothing has changed.

NEWS | 09/24/2000

Un-standard

Standardized tests used to be, well, standard. Everyone taking the test would receive the same questions in a written exam and have a specified time to answer them as accurately as he or she could.But in this digital age ? where America Online has replaced the U.S.

NEWS | 09/24/2000

Universities respond to DOE's list of nuclear weapons sites

Officials from many of the universities cited in a Department of Energy study released last week said in interviews Friday their institutions had never had any involvement in nuclear weapons testing.Every Ivy League institution except Dartmouth College was listed in the study as a possible site of nuclear weapons testing.

NEWS | 09/24/2000

Six new trustees join board at its meeting this past weekend

Though President Shapiro's announcement of his resignation was the paramount event of this month's University Board of Trustees meeting, the board also installed six new members and held committee meetings to discuss its goals for the year."The announcement by President Shapiro sort of overshadowed everything else," said Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62, who is also secretary of the board.Wright said he is optimistic about the six new trustees, who include former USG president Spencer Merriweather '00 and e-Bay CEO Meg Whitman '77.

NEWS | 09/24/2000

Public Safety reports increase in thefts on campus in 1999

Students reported 30 more thefts in 1999 than they did in 1998, according to Public Safety's annual campus crime statistics, which will be released today.The reported thefts totalled 369 in 1999.

NEWS | 09/24/2000

University may have aided U.S. nuclear weapon development

The U.S. Department of Energy yesterday named the University among more than 550 companies and research sites nationwide that may have secretly processed radioactive or toxic materials for the U.S.

NEWS | 09/21/2000

N.J. Community Water Watch to start student-action chapter at Princeton

New Jersey resident Abby Stocking says her state has the worst water quality in the nation. But she is working to change that, and University students may soon be part of her effort.Stocking is an organizer for New Jersey Community Water Watch, a group run by the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group and funded by AmeriCorps.

NEWS | 09/21/2000

After some time away, a return to the 'matrix'

Act The First: BetrayalImagine my shock when I awoke one morning to find myself back in Princeton.

NEWS | 09/21/2000

Voice Tale

Jason Sanders '01's phone has been ringing since Freshman Week. But though he gets more telephone calls than the average student, he's not "The Big Man on Campus" or even USG President PJ Kim '01.Sanders is the victim of the University's telephone extension change, which switched the first three digits of students' telephone numbers from 258 to 986.

NEWS | 09/21/2000

University revamps course Webpages

During the summer, University officials made arrangements for every student to have his or her own blackboard, but they didn't have to buy a single chalk eraser.A new online service ? accessible from all the University's CourseInfo Webpages and unique for every student ? contains links to all courses in which a student is currently enrolled, messages from professors about upcoming assignments and even a picture of the student.My Blackboard is a feature of CourseInfo v4.0, a program that the University installed during the summer and used to create Websites for all this semester's undergraduate courses, approximately 950 in number.The new sites ? constructed at the request of Provost Jeremiah Ostriker ? all contain general course information compiled from the Office of the Registrar."It was a big project, a big undertaking," said Serge Goldstein, the CIT director of academic services.The week before classes began, Ostriker sent a memo to all University faculty encouraging them to develop their default CourseInfo Websites and incorporate them into their course curricula whenever possible.While this is the first time the University has provided Websites for every course, the CourseInfo service itself is not new to Princeton.

NEWS | 09/21/2000

Green Party declares insecticide spraying a serious health concern

New Jersey Green Party spokesman Nissim Almeleh, in an interview yesterday, condemned the use of insecticide spraying to check the spread of the West Nile virus.He said the organization considers spraying to be even more harmful than the virus-carrying mosquitoes themselves.The party believes the pesticides are extremely toxic and capable of impairing the human immune and endocrine systems, especially in children, Almeleh explained.Green Party officials announced Wednesday that they also opposed plans for aerial spraying of pesticides in New York City, citing environmental and personal safety concerns.Almeleh said insecticide spraying should be avoided if at all possible.

NEWS | 09/21/2000

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