PrincetonUniversity Communications Office, Stanhope Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA Tel 609-258-3601, Fax 609-258-1301   Feedback Princeton in the News Enclosing directory   The Associated Press State & Local Wire, January 17, 2001 Retired professor writes new book on the Revolutionary War The words "American Revolution" invoke images of united colonies gallantly fighting for their freedom against Redcoat oppressors. But according to a Blacksburg historian and author, that's a misleading picture. "It was an unpopular war," said Bobby Moss, a retired Limestone College professor and the author of a new book on the Revolution. "One-third wanted independence, one-third did not, and one-third didn't care and didn't get involved. It was not a gung-ho war." One of those who opposed independence was New Jersey native Dr. Uzal Johnson, a Loyalist surgeon who fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Johnson wrote a diary describing the battle and his subsequent capture by Patriot forces. The diary is part of the Princeton University Rare Book and Manuscript collection, but in 1999 Moss obtained permission to edit and publish it. ... Time, January 15, 2001 Analyzing The Tiananmen Papers An American sinologist explains why he believes the documents are real As the protests in Beijing gathered strength in late April 1989, China's leaders convened an emergency meeting. "This is no ordinary student movement," pronounced Deng Xiaoping, the country's paramount leader. "This is a well-planned plot." And with that, the demonstrators were officially branded "counter-revolutionary," a treasonous label, and the stage was set for the massacre that would ensue six weeks later. The leaders' exchanges, including Deng's dramatic statements, are described in astonishing detail in the documents that form the basis of The Tiananmen Papers. But are the accounts true? A trio of sinologists--Columbia University political science professor Andrew J. Nathan, Princeton University Chinese literature scholar Perry Link and I--took on the challenge of trying to evaluate whether or not this unprecedented collection of documents was authentic. ... The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 12, 2001 Panel Proposes New Guidelines for Research With Human Subjects A federal advisory panel has issued a draft report recommending major changes in government oversight of research involving human subjects. Existing rules suffer from serious weaknesses, the panel says. The report, released in December by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, follows more than a year of Congressional scrutiny of the risks facing research participants. Commission members say their report comprehensively catalogs the system's deficiencies and offers some fresh ideas about reforms. The panel is requesting public comment through February 17... ...[M]embers of the commission hope that the final version will influence both Congress and President-elect Bush, who has not voiced an opinion on human-subject research. "My view is that we have made substantial arguments, and that people will listen eventually," said the chairman, Harold T. Shapiro, who plans to step down this year as president of Princeton University. "Whether they listen now or later is not an issue for me." ...