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Some of these are going to be Princeton students
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
by Woody Hines
Admissions decisions loom over potential members of the Class of 2014. Tomorrow, April 1 at 5:00 pm Eastern, Princeton will inform a little over 26,000 students whether they will be able to attend. Yikes. Maybe that sounds a little too grave. (Also, April Fools seems like such a lousy date; I myself, in my initial
- Published in Goings On, The INKternet
IN PRINT: Barry Pavel Highlights Key Role of Interagency Work and Personality in Policy-Making
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
by Abby Greene
The military and international policy work currently so relevant to the United States on several fronts must be dominated by personality and interagency collaboration, National Security Council Director for Defense Policy Barry Pavel told the audience of students, faculty, and community members gathered in Princeton’s Dodds Auditorium on Monday, Mar. 21. “Boundaries matter, but personalities
- Published in In Print
Picking classes just got way less annoying
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
by Will Saborio
You know when you’re picking classes and you found the perfect SA and an English class that looks awesome and you’re really excited, and then it turns out they’re at the same time? Or when you spend five hours trying to decide between ECO 101 and ECO 100? (Don’t do it if you don’t have
- Published in Goings On, The INKternet
iWant No More Kindles
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
by Will Saborio
Remember when Princeton gave us Kindles, and we were like, Frick, that’s awesome! But after a while we were like, Frick, these suck. And then we were like, Frick, told you guys. Well Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania is one-upping us and giving all of their students iPads. You know, those kind of useless
- Published in Musings, The INKternet
Health Care Examined, Woody Woo-Style
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
by Julia Bumke
One week after the health care jump, and the Tea Partiers are all busy rallying their troops (to the extent that Obama publicly acknowledged the movement in an interview on the Today Show this morning). As the rumors fly and rallying cries are shouted, it’s a relief to find a writer who outlines what the
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News
Thoughts from the Mod, Vol. II: Of Memes and Other Demons
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
by Giri Nathan
Any self-respecting FML reader is by now painfully familiar with the “Anna?” phenomenon. If you were (un)fortunate enough to miss the meme entirely, it’s not too complicated: commenters arbitrarily posted “Anna?” in response to any FML, ranging from sniffing of asparagus pee to dubious use of back massagers. Feel free to browse– there are seven full
- Published in Goings On, The INKternet
Two Former Princeton Architecture Professors Win Pritzker Prize
Monday, 29 March 2010
by Spencer Gaffney
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa will be the next recipients of the prestigious Pritzker Prize (pretty much the Nobel Prize of architecture). The pair currently work for the Japanese firm SANAA but used to lecture at Princeton, so we’re still counting this as a victory for Old Nassau. Full story here. (image courtesy of SANAA)
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News
Ready, Set, Trivia!
Sunday, 28 March 2010
by Angela Wu
If you can’t stand to type another word of your JP or thesis, fear no more. We’ve scoured the Internet for ways for you to procrastinate and, as this is Princeton, it’s trivia! Completely random trivia! No, like really, really random! Ready, go! When was each active eating club established? Who are famous Princeton graduates?
- Published in Goings On
On Worms and Princeton Entrepreneurship
Sunday, 28 March 2010
by Abby Greene
Once upon a time, a 19-year-old Princeton student had a crazy idea: why not harvest worm poop, liquefy it, and package it in re-used soda bottles? In 2001, while visiting some friends in Montreal over the Fall Break of his freshman year, Tom Szaky watched as his friends fed scraps of food to red wiggler
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
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Dream colleges and money woes
Saturday, 27 March 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
Remember when you were a high school senior, waiting nervously for that acceptance letter from Princeton? Well, it’s that time of year again. On April 1st (that’s this Thursday), at 5:00 p.m. EST, Ivy League applicants will receive their acceptances and rejections. So, what are high school students and their parents thinking about this admissions
- Published in Princeton in the News
21 Questions with…Professor Harris-Lacewell
Friday, 26 March 2010
by Samantha Pergadia
POLITICS PROFESSOR AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MELISSA HARRIS-LACEWELL IS “MORTAL ENEMIES” WITH TAVIS SMILEY AND FAMILIAR WITH PRINCETON DRAMA QUEENS. Name: Melissa Harris-Lacewell Occupation on Campus: Associate Professor of Politics Department: Politics Hometown: Charlottesville, VA Who’s your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional? My uncle, Wesley Harris. He was the first black man to
- Published in 21 Questions, Faculty
Ivy League NCAA Sports Redux
Friday, 26 March 2010
by Julia Bumke
Cornell may have ended its historic March Madness run last night (read the NYTimes’s take on it here), but the Ivy League still lives strong in the NCAA. Next up: Yale’s hockey team is going up against North Dakota tomorrow afternoon in the Northeast regional semifinals. Yale was ranked No. 9 in the nation after