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IN PRINT: Arab Conference Seeks to Reevaluate Peace Process
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
Last year, on a Princeton-sponsored trip to Jordan, Zvi Smith ’09 initially felt the need to conceal his Jewish identity from other participants. “We think of peace as avoiding conflict, and I didn’t want to bring up tension or make them distrust me,” said Smith, the only Jewish student in the group. But after he
An unconvincing theory explaining Stephen Colbert’s love for Princeton
Friday, 19 June 2009
by Will Saborio
Stephen Colbert loves Princeton. Let us explain. This past week, the Colbert Report host had two Princetonian guests back-to-back on Wednesday and Thursday nights. First up was Joshua Micah Marshall ’91, founder and editor of the political blog Talking Points Memo, discussing the mechanics of his “hybrid” news site. Poetry professor (and all-around academic rockstar)
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Jay Katsir, Joshua Marshall, Paul Muldoon, poetry, Stephen Colbert, Talking Points Memo, The Colbert Report
’13 invades Facebook
Friday, 12 June 2009
by Will Saborio
If you recently heard a faint ripping sound, that was the Class of 2013 voraciously tearing into their matriculation packets. Which means that they got their netIDs. Which also means they’re now on Facebook’s Princeton network. We’re not insinuating people will start doing anything but… Here’s a hint: It rhymes with “Spacebook flocking.” The “Princeton
- Published in Goings On
NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Chose Dartmouth Over Princeton
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
by Brian No
From Stephen Rodrick’s profile on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in this week’s New York Magazine: Gillibrand debated between Princeton and Dartmouth for college. “I went to visit Princeton, and all the girls wore a ton of makeup and high heels and had fancy pocketbooks,” she says. “And then I visited Dartmouth, and everyone was in
- Published in Politics, Princeton in the News
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Carolyn Maloney, Dartmouth, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Magazine, Princeton University
Update: Hale Selected 87th in MLB Draft
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
We’re going pro! Princeton pitcher David Hale was taken by the Atlanta Braves in the third round of the MLB amateur draft. As noted by an Ivy League Sports article, the pick is an especially exciting homecoming of sorts for Georgia native Hale. Of course, he’ll have to make it to the majors, and not
- Published in Goings On
The Strange Connection Between ORFE and 95 MPH Fastballs
Tuesday, 09 June 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
Princeton grad Ross Ohlendorf makes us feel bad about ourselves. A recent ESPN profile by Tim Kurkjian described Ohlendorf’s superhuman ability to combine a 95 mile per hour sinking fastball with an Operations Research and Financial Engineering degree that produced, in Kurkjian’s words, “a 126-page thesis […] brilliantly written and so complex, only a mathematician
- Published in Alumni, Musings, Princeton in the News
Public Safety alert: “Gunman on campus”
Wednesday, 03 June 2009
by Will Saborio
12:09 The front page of the CBS News website reads, “Toy Gun Sparks Lockdown at Princeton.” ————————————————————————————————————————————————– 12:02 Press Clubber reported 20 minutes ago that there were at least three helicopters flying overhead and at least one camera crew on the ground. Princeton has also made the front page of FoxNews.com. Earlier posts of the liveblog after
- Published in Goings On
What happens in the 50th tent stays in the 50th tent
Monday, 01 June 2009
by Will Saborio
As some of you step back onto Princeton’s campus and the sweet, sweet smell of post-reunions fills the air, we’d like share a little bit of information with those of you who might be moving into dorms for the summer: Old drunk people pillaged Princeton this past weekend. Right, that’s understood, you say. But consider
- Published in Goings On