IN BRIEF: Officers contain radioactive spill

University Police and the Fire Department responded to a call at about 8 p.m., Christian said. Upon arrival, University Police stabilized the area until a representative of the University's Environmental Health and Safety radiation unit could arrive. The radiation unit cleaned the area and the the affected people were allowed to walk away from the scene. --Gregory Montanaro Safer Living Guide now available The 1994-1995 Safer Living Guide is now available from the Division of Public Safety, according to Victim Support and Special Services Director Maureen Rush. The guide -- which covers such issues as public safety, staying safe, sensitive crimes, available services and what to do in the case of an emergency -- can be picked up at the Victim Support Office at 3927 Walnut Street. In addition, Victim Support is going to attempt to provide each student with a copy of the issue. --Gregory Montanaro Diwali to be celebrated tomorrow Celebrating the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, the South Asia Society will present an evening of exotic food and performance in Light Up the Night tomorrow. SAS will host a pooja, or prayer ceremony, at 5:30 p.m. in the Bowl Room in Houston Hall. The restaurant Tandoor India will cater the meal following the pooja. The main performance, which begins at 8 p.m. at Irvine Auditorium, will feature 16 student acts highlighting Indian songs and dances. Tickets to the dinner are sold out, but seats still remain for the performance. --Tammy Polonsky Council member roots against U. The great Penn-Princeton rivalry crept into the halls of government yesterday as City Council member Thacher Longstreth, a 1941 Princeton University graduate, put in a word and a prayer for his alma mater, which will face the Quaker football team tomorrow at Princeton's Palmer Field. Longstreth, perhaps the Tigers' biggest fan this side of the Delaware River, sought to reassure his fellow council members not to read too much into the orange and black bow tie he was wearing at the City Council meeting. It was in honor of the game, not a belated Halloween statement, he said. "It is worn only in accordance with the fact that the tiny Princeton team faces mighty Penn on the gridiron on Saturday," said the 73 year-old former all-American football star. "God help us." After the meeting, Longstreth continued to express fears that, after years of close Penn-Princeton match-ups, the Tigers will be in trouble tomorrow. "Those poor 11 little guys going up against Penn's behemoths," Longstreth said with a sigh of resignation. "Then again, when you have a Nobel prize winner, who needs to win at football?" Princeton Visiting Research Collaborator John Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics this year. --Jeremy Kahn