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Eliot Spitzer '81 takes aim at gun makers

Eliot Spitzer '81 takes aim at gun makers

Though the cubicle where Eliot Spitzer '81 crafted his senior thesis will soon be uprooted, his opinions about complicated political issues ? first planted in the Wilson School ? are growing and strong.Prior to giving a talk yesterday titled "Gun Control: The New York Experience" in Bowl 6 of Robertson Hall, Spitzer took a tour of the building and sought out the small space where he first developed his fiery style.As New York's 63rd Attorney General, Spitzer has become a leading voice against gun-manufacturing companies ? exhibiting a willingness to cause controversy that he also displayed as president of the USG."We caused some trouble," Spitzer recalled with a glint of mischievous pride in his eyes as he sat cross-legged on a couch during an exclusive interview with The Daily Princetonian before the talk.Spitzer's 1998 election "was widely seen as promising a new era in the office of the Attorney General," said faculty chair of the Woodrow Wilson School undergraduate program Stan Katz when introducing Spitzer yesterday.In a political atmosphere that Spitzer said has in recent years transferred federal power into states' hands, the Democrat has decided to harness this traditionally Republican-backed decentralization in his fight for gun control."We're gonna use those powers and have a good time doing it," he said.Despite powerful opposition from the National Rifle Association, Spitzer said he believes the government can sway litigation over gun control.

NEWS | 10/10/2000

Wilson College advisers consider changes to system

Wilson College student advisers have begun meeting to discuss changes to the residential and minority affairs advising programs, Wilson master Miguel Centeno said yesterday.Centeno said several Wilson RAs and MAAs spoke with him about possibly revamping parts of the University's advising program.

NEWS | 10/10/2000

Close '04 races lead to runoffs

Though the USG announced the results of the freshman class elections yesterday afternoon, the two highest seats have yet to be filled.A two-day runoff election starting early tomorrow morning will determine the president and vice president.

NEWS | 10/10/2000

Dickerson to re-examine role of fraternities in campus life

Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson said yesterday that she is planning to engage leaders of campus fraternities in a dialogue during the coming months to discuss their role at the University."I'm acknowledging their presence on campus because I said I would like to talk with students from those groups," she said, adding, "I'm in the investigative period right now."Dickerson's announcement marks a departure from the administration's usual policy on fraternities, which the University has not officially recognized since the mid-19th century.But Dickerson said she believes University administrators should gain a better understanding of the fraternity system.

NEWS | 10/10/2000

Correction

The class year of Howard Husock, whose letter was published on yesterday's editorial page, was incorrectly stated.

NEWS | 10/10/2000

Book to the Future

Every semester is the same: Students enroll in an English class they want to take and come home from the U-Store with about 10 books.

NEWS | 10/10/2000

Alliance sponsors 10th annual LGBT Awareness Week celebration

Despite less-than-hospitable temperatures Monday night, students and supporters brave enough to venture into the chill were treated to a rousing arch sing organized by the Princeton Pride Alliance as a lively kickoff to this year's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Week.Blair Arch was alive with song well into the night as the voices of various student groups ? such as Shere Khan, The Roaring 20 and The Firehazards ? joined with those of the New Jersey Gay Men's Choir in celebration and anticipation of this week's events.The Pride Alliance, which began in 1972 as the Gay Alliance of Princeton and was later renamed the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance, is now a large and widely influential group with the means to coordinate a multi-faceted week-long event.This year's Awareness Week ? the 10th of its kind at the University ? runs from Oct.

NEWS | 10/10/2000

Introducing the contenders: Borough campaigns simmer

Princeton Borough, though small in size, is proving to be the scene of an intense political battle in a race for two seats on the Borough Council.This year, Democratic incumbents Wendy Benchley and Margaret "Peggy" Karcher are defending their Council seats against Republican Rodney Fisk and Independent Dorothy Koehn.As part of her campaigning, Benchley said she spends much of her time focusing on alleviating Princeton's "intolerable" traffic situation.She also frequently speaks out in support of the variety of smalland large-scale merchants in downtown Princeton.Benchley ? who was elected to the Princeton Borough Council last year for a one-year term and is now running for a three-year term ? said she wants Princeton students to take advantage of all that the town has to offer, specifically area shops, restaurants and theaters.

NEWS | 10/09/2000

University sorts through mail system backlog, but some problems continue

University officials said yesterday the package delivery delays in the new Frist Campus Center have been remedied.To that end, all freshmen and sophomores will pick up their packages in Dod Hall instead of Frist for at least the remainder of the fall semester ? a switch made last week in response to the campus center's inability to handle the volume of incoming parcels ? according to Keith Sipple, manager of student financial services for the University and director of campus mail services.But despite these important strides, the mail system still has its problems, as Lisa Sotelo '01 learned firsthand.Yesterday, Sotelo arrived at the Frist mail room about 3:30 p.m., a package delivery notice in hand, expecting to pick up an important check.

NEWS | 10/09/2000

With passion for sweatshop protests waning, student group looks for the next big issue

On a March day two years ago, leaders of Students for Progressive Education and Action stood on the steps of Nassau Hall shouting anti-sweatshop slogans and pumping their fists in the air.

NEWS | 10/09/2000

Korean high school students preview Princeton experience

Surrounded by classmates dressed in traditional Korean clothing, high school freshman Kwan Jin Rho sang a rendition of Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" while walking through the University's campus.Rho visited Princeton with 83 schoolmates from the Korean Minjok Leadership Academy near Kangwon, South Korea ? one of the nation's top boarding schools.The academy's freshman class ? a total of 84 students ? is on a two-week tour of top universities in the United States.

NEWS | 10/09/2000

To prevent rape, students to learn self-defense skills

On the heels of recent sexual harassment incidents on campus, the University will offer female students, faculty and staff an intensive 15-hour Rape Aggression Defense course ? a non-martial arts program now taught in colleges across the country.Beginning Friday and open to 10 participants, the class ? sponsored by Public Safety and by Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising Resources and Education ? will be taught by newly certified RAD instructor and Public Safety Sgt.

NEWS | 10/09/2000

An architectural dream comes into focus

As an architecture major at the University, Arthur Cotton Moore '58 GS '60 was required to design a building for his senior thesis.

NEWS | 10/09/2000

New computer simulation may solve questions about human brain function

Playfully leaning back in his chair while sitting in his modest, dimly lit office, molecular biology professor John Hopfield talks about his creation with all the enthusiasm of a proud parent.Hopfield's work area does not seem like the kind of place where the finishing touches would be made to an artificial organism, but that is exactly what he and Carlos Brody, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Neural Science at New York University, have done.And last week, they introduced the world to their virtual creation ? the sand mouse, or mus silicium.For this project, Hopfield and Brody created a computer simulation of 660 artificial cells that behave exactly like real brain cells.

NEWS | 10/09/2000

Humanities symposium gives high schoolers a taste of the University

Princeton High School senior Adam Segaller watched for years as his classmates traveled to the University's campus to take math and science classes.But this weekend Segaller ? a student whose strengths lie mostly in the humanities ? was able to step into a Princeton classroom for the first time as part of the Princeton Humanities Symposium.The University hosted the event Friday and Saturday to recognize exceptional high school seniors such as Segaller who are talented in the humanities.

NEWS | 10/08/2000

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