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New Butler displaces old Scully
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
Glamorized depictions of the new Butler dorms often leave out these more seedy images: Especially noteworthy is the fact that a blockade of a primary Scully entrance has led many residents to resort to maneuvering through this narrow passage in order to save a few steps on the way home:
Making Harvard Proud
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
by Will Saborio
Larry Summers, head of Obama’s National Economic Council and once-beloved Harvard president, attended yesterday’s “fiscal sustainability summit” in the White House. For the event, Obama convened over a hundred policy makers and intellectuals to discuss bipartisan approaches to deficit reduction. If anyone was wondering why Larry was a bit quiet during the whole thing, well, the
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Actress Glenn Close Reveals Her True Character
Monday, 23 February 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
Alex Forrest, the bunny-boiling other woman in the 1987 film “Fatal Attraction” was not an easy character to love. But actress Glenn Close found it necessary to do just that. ”I just wanted to do the role justice,” Ms. Close told an audience at Princeton University on Thursday night, in a lecture titled “Are you
- Published in In Print
George, for the win
Monday, 23 February 2009
by Will Saborio
Right-leaning Princeton professor Robert P. George recently launched a new blog, moralaccountability.com, or “the most elaborate pursuit of ‘I told you so’ since ‘An Inconvenient Truth.'” According to an interview with the Catholic News Agency (expecting anything less?), George’s blog responds to pro-life constituencies that voted for Obama under the assumption that Barry’s economic policies
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Slate.com: “Harvard, Yale, or Princeton?”
Sunday, 22 February 2009
by Brian No
On the occasion of tonight’s Oscars, here’s a December piece from Slate.com that looks at “how F. Scott Fitzgerald decided where to send his characters to college.” The impetus for the article stems from the omission of Harvard references in the Best Picture nominated The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which is based off of
- Published in Princeton in the News
Whitman to Spend $150M on Gubernatorial Run
Sunday, 22 February 2009
by Brian No
vs. Meg Whitman ’77, who has announced her intention to run for governor of California, has predicted that her campaign could cost $150 million, much of it self-financed. The $150 million figure is about the same amount of money it took Princeton to build Whitman College ($136 million). But Whitman didn’t finance the entire cost
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Remembering Lorin Maurer
Friday, 20 February 2009
by Angela Wu
Lorin Maurer, one of the victims of the Continental flight that crashed en route to Buffalo, played an integral role in the University’s athletic department, albeit one that was largely behind-the-scenes. An article in tomorrow’s New York Times shows Maurer’s impact on the Princeton community (Ceremony to Rename Princeton’s Court Is Also a Sad Reminder).
- Published in Goings On
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Underwear Displayed in the Lucas Gallery
Thursday, 19 February 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
The Lucas Gallery, housed in 185 Nassau St., is currently running an exhibition of artwork from students in fall semester ceramics, drawing, painting, photography and sculpture classes. Here’s a glance of what you’ll see as you walk through the gallery: One of the most prominently-featured pieces is this work by Cristina Flores Monckeberg ’12:
- Published in Goings On
Breaking news: Men objectify women, editors love bikini stories.
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
by Angela Wu
From a survey of 21 undergraduate Princeton sons, Princeton psych professor Susan Fiske has concluded that… men view half-naked women as objects. That might just be the best Prince headline we’ve ever seen. This has been all over the news, from One India (“Sensual Women Viewed as ‘Objects’“) to National Geographic (“Bikinis Make Men See
- Published in Goings On, Musings, Princeton in the News
Meg Whitman: The Historical Precedent?
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
About a week ago Meg Whitman ’77 threw her hat into the ring for the California Gubernatorial race (info here). And while the rest of the world may know her as the former Ebay CEO, we of course think of her first and foremost as a Princeton alum. But did you know that, if elected, Whitman
21 Questions with… Alex Barnard ’09
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
by Brian No
SACHS SCHOLAR DUMPSTER DIVES, FIGHTS SCARY CITADEL CADETS, & SCREAMS LIKE A GIRL (refer to video after the jump) Name: Alexander Vosick Barnard Age: 21 Major: Sociology Hometown: Flagstaff, Arizona Eating club/residential college/affiliation: One man Spelman vegan cooperative. Who’s your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional? Sean Gleason. What’s the best meal you’ve
- Published in 21 Questions
Moral philosophy: IT’S ALL LIES!
Monday, 16 February 2009
by Angela Wu
Spotted in a PHI 202 moral philosophy lecture on Hobbes and game theory, two minutes ago: A young man with a jock-like appearance, wearing a heavy green backpack, stands up and runs down the aisle of McCosh 10, shredding his notes in the air above his head as he shrieks: “It’s all lies! It’s all
- Published in Goings On
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