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PHILOSOPHICALLY, New Jersey's two university presses are close: Each is devoted to and takes pride in scholarly work. Physically, they are less than 16 miles apart: Princeton University Press is in a Gothic building at 41 William Street, Princeton; Rutgers University Press in a converted 19th-century farmhouse at College and Hamilton Avenues in New Brunswick. In a sense, however, they are far apart. As Kenneth L. Arnold, director of the Rutgers Press, put it, the Rutgers Press "cannot be compared with those university presses that seem to garner the lion's share of reviews and prizes." "In that case," he said, "you're talking about larger quarters, rich endowments, a staff more numerous than our 12, access to a much larger operating budget and, often, to one's own printing plant."…

Source: By SHIRLEY HORNER

Colleges in the New York area, faced with mounting student and parental concern over AIDS, have started programs to teach students and staff members about the disease. Some college officials began the programs after students or teachers contracted the disease, but most say they are acting because they are sure there will be cases. The colleges report they are also working to set policies on such issues as whether AIDS victims will be allowed to remain in dormitories and whether other students in the dorm will be told of the victim's illness, problems that are now handled on a case-by-case basis. The officials said educational programs could slow the spread of the disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome. They also said the programs might allay what they see as irrational fears of AIDS that have led on some campuses to incidents of harassment of homosexuals, the group most likely to contract […]

Source: By JONATHAN FRIENDLY

The beer keg, as much a staple of college life as the all-nighter or the incompatible roommate, is at the center of debate this fall over how to control alcohol abuse at two of New Jersey's largest campuses. With the semester in full swing and beer flowing as freely as ideas, Princeton University and Cook College of Rutgers University have moved simultaneously to establish new restrictions intended to curb drunken carousing and worse….

Source: By CHARLES STRUM,

SOCCER'S megastars have been landing on the shores of one of the few countries in the world where the sport is not the national pastime. Twenty-three teams have been arriving in the United States to work out at training camps in preparation for the World Cup series next week. For the first time in the tournament's 60-year history, the Federation Internationale de Football, soccer's ruling body, allowed the host nation to choose the practice sites. Forty-seven schools vied to be named designated sites, many of them regarding selection as a wonderful opportunity to enhance their equipment and fields….

Source: By JOYCE JONES

Princeton University's basketball team defeats team from Rutgers University, 64-52 (S)…

Source: By NEIL GENZLINGER

Neil Genzlinger column on memorializing first college football game, played in New Brunswick, NJ, between Rutgers and Princeton, in Nov 1869; notes Rutgers alumni have financed statue; drawing (M)…

Source: By NEIL GENZLINGER

Rutgers defeats Princeton, 60-49, in college basketball (M)…

Source: By STEVE POPPER

In its final tuneup before Big East play, the Red Storm limited Quinnipiac to 4 points in the first 10 minutes 42 seconds en route to a rout.

Source: By RON DICKER

Jersey Footlights: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is holding auditions for Young Artists competition, which carries $10,000 prize; Politically Incorrect host Bill Maher will appear at State Theater in New Brunswick; Rutgers University chorus will perform in concert honoring Rutgers-Newark Provost, Dr Norman Samuels, who is stepping down; botanical art exhibition opens at Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters Gallery in New Brunswick; Princeton University students and Arts Council of Princeton join forces for annual arts festival; photos (M)…

Source: By Margo Nash