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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

When home is right around the corner, living there isn't so attractive

When home is right around the corner, living there isn't so attractive

When people ask me where I'm from, I say I'm an "ex-townie." I grew up in Princeton, I've lived in the same house all my life and now I go to school here.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

Graduate student body adopts new constitution

It was a long ordeal, and not without controversy. But almost two months after voting began, the graduate student body passed a new Graduate Student Government constitution last week.The process began last year when the GSG Assembly established a constitution committee to draft a new document and continued during the summer with the creation of a referendum committee to arrange for a vote on the new constitution.According to Eric Adelizzi GS, who was a member of both committees, the new constitution was presented as a referendum to voters during the first week of the academic year."We conducted polling at registration, which is the traditional time.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

Government renews funding for laboratory

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's future is looking increasingly strong after Energy Secretary Bill Richardson announced Oct.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

Student robbed on Pyne Drive

A University student was robbed last Sunday while walking on Pyne Drive near the Pagoda Tennis Courts at 1:30 a.m., police said.The student allegedly was approached by an individual described by Public Safety as an African-American male with short black hair and a thin build.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

Outside Looking In, With No Regrets

When Brett Icahn '01 saw a for-rent sign outside an apartment above Small World Coffee on Witherspoon Street during his sophomore year, he decided to check it out.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

Princeton Elated Over Gov. Wilson's Election

Unrestrained enthusiasm attended the announcement to an enormous crowd in Alexander Hall last night that Governor Wilson had obtained more than enough electoral votes to secure his election as President of the United States.From eight-thirty till the final announcement of Dr. Wilson's election shortly after eleven o'clock Alexander Hall was packed to the doors to hear the returns over a special wire under the auspices of the Daily Princetonian, The Woodrow Wilson Club, The Taft Club and The Roosevelt Club.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

Harvard alum reports theft

A Harvard University alumnus recently reported his tailgating equipment ? including a tent, chairs, grill and cooler, together valued at more than $1,000 ? was stolen during the Princeton-Harvard football game Oct.

NEWS | 11/05/2000

Evaluating efforts to curb HIV, Trussell heads committee

Associate Dean of the Wilson School James Trussell recently chaired a committee that reported the United States is not doing enough to prevent the spread of HIV.The resulting study, titled "No Time to Lose," was commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Institute of Medicine and published in mid-September, Trussell said."The Centers for Disease Control asked the Institute of Medicine to do a thorough review of HIV-prevention strategies and to do a visionary framework of what should be done now and for the next five years," Trussell explained.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

PPPL's Williams wins award

Michael Williams, head of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's engineering and technical infrastructure department, received an award last week from the American Nuclear Society, recognizing his work in fusion science and engineering.Williams was the recipient of this year's Outstanding Achievement Award from the society's Fusion Energy Division for the research he has conducted during the past 24 years at the PPPL.While Williams has worked on a variety of prestigious projects during his tenure at PPPL, he said, "In a sense the award was more for my 24 years in the field of fusion energy research than for any one project.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

Wa announces an end to Bolis

In the biggest event to affect University students since yesterday's Beirut game at Quad, a Princeton Wawa employee confirmed yesterday that Wawa Food Stores have discontinued the Boli.The most potent antidote for beer-driven munchies, the Boli ? a mock-calzone filled with spinach, pepperoni or steak and melted cheese ? will trade places on the hot food stand with the newly introduced Bagel Melt.Students were too drunk last night to comment coherently.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

Holier than thou: God for president

Please forgive me. With all these midterms, I didn't have time this week to write an opinionated column.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

Middle East rally turns contentious, as various groups converge in plaza

Yesterday's rally in a sun-soaked Firestone plaza was meant to promote peace in the Middle East, but it ended in a bitter argument between students supporting Palestinians, Israelis and every position in between.Earlier this week, Leo Kontorovich '01, who organized the event, invited acquaintances and certain student organizations ? such as Jews for Justice and Peace ? to join him in what was supposed to be a non-political demonstration for peace in the Middle East.But the event, which attracted about 35 students, turned into a conflict over how the crisis in the Middle East should be viewed and how Princeton students should respond.During the rally, which lasted from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., students sat on the steps of Firestone plaza holding white signs that read in blue and black writing, "Israel is not the aggressor," "Israel has the right to exist" and "Arafat stop the violence." They sang songs in Hebrew, and Kontorovich read a speech that emphasized "Israel's right to defend itself, its very existence and the lives of its citizens.""It was supposed to be a spontaneous event with a goal to spread a positive message about Israel," said Sean Ir '03, one of the rally's organizers."We wanted to find a message that everyone could agree on ? support for Israel," he added.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

Gore brings Nader into the spotlight

It is less than two weeks from election day. The presidential race is in a dead heat ? the closest in a generation.

NEWS | 10/26/2000

University receives grant to establish interdisciplinary technology position

The Henry R. Luce Foundation has awarded the University a grant to create a new professorship starting in the 2002-03 academic year.The faculty member who will occupy the new position ? named the Henry R.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

A maligned political star, but no lack of energy

When U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson began his freshman year at Tufts University in the mid-1960s, he could not imagine that one day he would make history by becoming the first person to serve simultaneously in two Cabinet posts."I was a fraternity guy," said the recently embattled energy official and highest-ranking Hispanic in the Clinton Administration.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

Professors try to do the write thing

Anthony Grafton leaves his wife sleeping at 5 a.m., pads into the kitchen to feed their cats and then slips into his study where he works until it is time to wake his wife at a quarter to seven.It is a process the history professor repeats nearly every morning, in part because of the massive number of requests he receives for student letters of recommendation.Grafton estimated that he sent close to 330 letters out last year to schools and scholarship committees ? though one student may account for as many as nine recommendations.During the fall ? a season swollen with internship and award deadlines ? he may spend up to an hour every morning working on recommendations.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

Jungle Brothers to open concert

The Jungle Brothers ? a New York-based rap and hip-hop duo ? will open for Busta Rhymes in his upcoming Nov.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

Beer-seeking intruder enters rooms

Two students reported finding an unidentified male in their dorm rooms late Sunday night and early Monday morning, police said.A female resident of 1939 Hall allegedly woke up to find a white, "college-age" male weighing approximately 200 pounds with a cast on his arm standing in her room, according to Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser.Weiser said the man asked the student if she had a beer.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

Large number of Anniversary Campaign celebrants report flu-like symptoms

A large number of the people who attended last weekend's Anniversary Campaign for Princeton closing celebration developed flu-like symptoms, University Environmental Health and Safety officials said yesterday.The predominant symptoms were abdominal cramps and diarrhea, according to University Sanitarian Don Robasser.

NEWS | 10/25/2000

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