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New laws increase penalty for 'date rape drug' use, possession

New laws increase penalty for 'date rape drug' use, possession

State and federal laws against gamma hydroxybutyric acid ? the drug known as GHB on which two University students allegedly overdosed last year ? have been strengthened, increasing the penalty for both possession and consumption of the drug.According to Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 02/22/2000

Djerassi speaks on the struggle for recognition among scientists

Though famed for his synthesis of the birth control pill and his lifetime of scientific accomplishment, Stanford University chemistry professor Carl Djerassi spoke in McCosh 50 last night not of his research but of his new work as a novelist."Now I'm a novelist and a playwright who still is a professor of chemistry at Stanford," Djerassi said of his wide-ranging career .During the lecture ? titled "Noble Science and Nobel Lust: Disclosing Tribal Secrets" ? Djerassi discussed themes in several of his novels, and in particular explored his portrayal of the passionate drive of research scientists for peer approval and name recognition.Djerassi said the "Nobel lust" of the "egocentric scientist" was not merely a desire for the Nobel Prize, but more generally for acknowledgment from peers.

NEWS | 02/22/2000

University joins elite schools in boycotting 'most-wired' survey

The University has joined at least 10 other schools in boycotting the fourth annual Yahoo! Internet Life magazine survey ranking the most wired college campuses, according to CIT vice president Ira Fuchs.In past years, University administrators have sent written complaints to the survey's publishers questioning the manner in which the rankings were assigned, Fuchs said."Each year they go on with the survey and disregard our opinions.

NEWS | 02/21/2000

Extended late lunch, substance-free housing on USG pet project list

Little changes can make a big difference. This was the underlying theme of Sunday night's USG meeting which focused on pet projects ? small-scale policy reforms and initiatives lead by individual USG officers.The projects included lengthening late meal hours, scheduling later class times, increasing financial aid and expanding the number of substance-free dormitories.USG officers also discussed methods of increasing student participation in USG initiatives such as Sustained Dialogue ? the biweekly informal discussions on race relations."Though they are small projects, together they make up a large part of USG commitment to students," USG president PJ Kim '01 said. ProjectsIn response to student requests for longer late lunch periods, Undergraduate Student Life Chair Melissa Kemp '02 has been working with the Department of Dining Services to increase the hours and funding allotted to late meals.

NEWS | 02/21/2000

Griffin '99 finds success with 'Millionaire' music

Some people struggle their entire lives to break their way into show business. John Griffin '99 has managed to make a name for himself in less than six months.His name might be unfamiliar to you, but he's there behind the scenes of one of today's most popular television game shows, ABC's "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" Griffin wrote "U.S.

NEWS | 02/21/2000

Nader '55 to run for president

Ralph Nader '55, a well-known consumer advocate and environmental activist, announced his candidacy for president yesterday at a Washington D.C.

NEWS | 02/21/2000

Princeton leaders attend Ivy League summit at Yale

Student leaders from some of America's most prestigious institutions of higher learning attended the first Ivy Leaders Summit last weekend at Yale University.The summit ? titled "Integrity and Responsibility in Leadership" and attended by 10 University students ? is the first attempt in recent history to promote interaction between leaders across the Ivies, according to David Tukey '02, who helped organize the event.

NEWS | 02/21/2000

Bradley '65, Gore debate in Harlem

NEW YORK ? Bill Bradley '65 and Vice President Al Gore squared off in the historical arena of the Apollo Theater in Harlem late last night, each promising to work to end racial profiling if elected president.The debate, which was televised nationally and lasted 90 minutes, included discussions of urban crime, affirmative action and each candidate's voting record on minority issues.One of the more heated exchanges between Gore and Bradley was prompted by a question from Rev.

NEWS | 02/21/2000

Among friends, Muslims explore their beliefs

It was the cookies that first caught the attention of Aliya Shariff '01.But it was the people who were delivering the cookies ? members of the Muslim Student Association going door-to-door to welcome Muslim freshmen to Princeton ? that convinced Shariff to give the University's Islamic community a try."I figured I would just go to the first meeting because the people were very nice, accepting of differences and welcoming," said Shariff, who is, two years later, president of the group.

NEWS | 02/20/2000

Guest Column

I was an undergraduate at Brown University from 1989 to1993. One of my most memorable experiences as a Brown student was designing and conducting a Group Independent Study Project on classical Indian dance.

NEWS | 02/20/2000

Student-initiated seminars fill holes in curriculum

Every September, Joe Wardenski '00 scoured the undergraduate course catalogue, searching for intensive courses on the history of education.

NEWS | 02/20/2000

Program prepares pre-frosh for academic rigors

The majority of students would agree that the transition from high school to college can be quite scary.Each summer the University makes this transition a little easier for a select group of students.

NEWS | 02/20/2000

Town considers construction in Institute Woods

Part of the Institute for Advanced Study Woods may soon become home to two soccer fields if the Princeton Recreation Department's application is approved by the state Historic Sites Council.The recreation department has proposed constructing two fields and a parking area on about 4.8 acres of the 590-acre Institute Woods property near the intersection of Quaker and Mercer roads in Princeton Township, Township Attorney Edwin Schmierer said yesterday.As part of a 1992 settlement agreement, the Institute leased the 4.8-acre site to the Township for the soccer fields.

NEWS | 02/20/2000

Faculty say enrollment expansion could help small departments, but hurt big ones

Some University professors are concerned that the Wythes committee's proposed 10 percent increase in the student body may lead to more work for faculty and a lower quality education for students.The committee believes that "the proposed increase in the number of undergraduates is expected to be roughly proportional to the increase in faculty size between now and the time by which the committee's proposal is fully implemented," according to a University statement on the Wythes report.But many members of the University's larger academic departments are concerned that their size and popularity will require a larger increase in faculty than the Wythes report calls for, economics professor Elizabeth Bogan said.History department chair Philip Nord said the proposed one-percent increase in faculty will not be sufficient for his department.

NEWS | 02/17/2000

From SAT mediocrity to the White House?

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley '65 graduated from the University magna cum laude, went on to become a Rhodes Scholar and was arguably the greatest basketball player ever in the Ivy League.But had he been applying for the Class of 2004, he probably would not have been greeted by Dean Hargadon with a letter exclaiming YES!Bradley scored a less-than-stellar 485 on the verbal SAT, according to an article by Geoff Kabaservice, a history professor at Yale.The article, posted online at Microsoft Network's Website Slate refers to a personal letter from former Princeton admissions director E.

NEWS | 02/17/2000

No blue food, but a talented touch for enlivening Princeton's cafeteria cuisine

In the midst of oversized refrigerators, towering shelves of spices and trays of raw ingredients, the edible creations of University catering chef Larry Frazer are born.An accomplished artist in his field, Frazer oversees food production for the Graduate College, designs his culinary masterpieces and paints his plates with exotic sauces while following one basic rule: no blue-colored foods."People don't like blue food," he noted, adding that he is not sure of the reason for this peculiar color bias.

NEWS | 02/17/2000

Dartmouth professor alleges mass cheating

About 40 Dartmouth College students may be charged with cheating on a homework assignment in a computer science class taught by a visiting professor from North Carolina State University.Rex Dwyer ? who is teaching Dartmouth's computer science survey course, "The Concepts of Computing" ? announced to his class last Thursday that he believed students copied answers from an online answer key and used information given to them by teaching assistants to complete the assignment.Some students, whose names have not been released to Dartmouth's Judiciary Affairs Officer, allegedly downloaded the answer key from the course's Webpage ? on which Dwyer had forgotten to restore the security lock ? and then copied the key, Dwyer said in an interview yesterday."I imagine that, with so many people involved, it was not all done by individual speculation," he said, adding that he became suspicious that students had cheated after being notified by an anonymous source Feb.

NEWS | 02/17/2000

Princeton is not even no. 4 in hook-up poll

The college applicant can easily find many college and university rankings that weigh academics, faculty-student ratios or money spent per student.

NEWS | 02/17/2000

New Website, www.plagiarism.org, offers professors help in identifying cheaters

Through the Website www.plagiarism.org, professors can now detect a plagiarized paper in seconds without reading one sentence.The site reads thousands of uploaded student papers per day, comparing them to 800 million Webpages and an additional database of 50,000 previously-reviewed papers.

NEWS | 02/17/2000

Over e-mail, we can be anyone we want, even our best friend

This entirely true story starts out funny then ends up tragic. It's like a class where you go to the first lecture and laugh at the professor showing slides of some famous scientific calamity (a volcano spurting magma on villagers with Loony Toons T-shirts), or the Grand Canyon (the professor's family vacation). Then after missing most of the lectures, you take the final, and you fail (which in Princeton means you get a B, "ruining" your GPA). Now the story.Across the hall from me live two chaps whose roommate, Bob, spent fall semester in Spain.

NEWS | 02/17/2000

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