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Week In Review: Who’s On The Rise, Who’s Falling Down Edition (June 21 – June 27)
Monday, 28 June 2010
by Spencer Gaffney
Top of the agenda this past week: Gen. David Petraeus *85 *87 is tapped to replace Gen. McChrystal as the Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. Which got us to thinking – what other Tigers found themselves on the rise this week? And, since we believe in a strictly zero-sum world, which Princetonians have seen
- Published in Week in Review
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Ben Huh, Bob Bradley, David Petraeus, Elena Kagan, Ellie Kemper, Failblog, Heidi Miller, Jamie Dimon, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Petraeus, soccer, Sonia Sotomayor, WASPs, World Cup
Breaking the Ice — “Shirley Tilghman: Not a Bro”
Friday, 25 June 2010
by Will Saborio
That up there is Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University. Opposite her is “Dick Van Buren” ’10 (who asked we change his name for this article). In the photo, DVB is icing Shirley Tilghman. This is his story. But, let’s backtrack for a second — if you haven’t yet heard of icing, well, I guess
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bros, bros icing prezzes, Dick Van Buren, icing, Shirley Tilghman, Shirley Tilghman is not a bro
Gen. David Petraeus *85 *87 to become commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
by Will Saborio
Some breaking news for you this Wednesday afternoon: Even after his fainting spell last week, Gen. Petraeus, a four-star general with a master’s degree and PhD. from the Woodrow Wilson School, replaced Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the commander of American forces in Afghanistan. Politico reports: President Barack Obama has relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of command
- Published in Alumni
Week In Review: Minor Medical Incident Edition (June 14 – June 20)
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
by Giri Nathan
If you are one of the poor phantoms haunting this ghost campus right now, craving some marginally-Princeton-related excitement, this might be the fix you need. We’ve got our mainstays– Whitman’s gubernatorial race, Bradley’s World Cup squad — but this was also a week of broken ankles, bloody noses, and fainting spells. Oh, and heinous refereeing.
- Published in Alumni, Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News, Sports, Week in Review
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bloody nose, Bob Bradley, broken ankle, fainting, Griff Harsh, Jared Polis, Meg Whitman, Petraeus, roughhousing, Will Harsh, World Cup
Week in Review: World Cup Edition (June 7 – June 13)
Monday, 14 June 2010
by Will Saborio
Top of the agenda this past week: World Cup. Princeton alums had a hand on all sides in the run-up to the tournament, from coaching, to hosting, to lambasting on Comedy Central. More sports on the docket too, as some Tigers got picked in the MLB drafts this past week. And other stuff: Paul Krugman
- Published in Week in Review
Tagged under:
Bob Bradley, Dan Barnes, John Oliver, Marc Fisher, Meg Whitman, MLB, Paul Krugman, Scott Bradley, Sports, Stephen Colbert, US Men's Soccer Team, World Cup
Paul Krugman’s Six-Syllable Cameo
Sunday, 13 June 2010
by Giri Nathan
Get Him to the Greek didn’t do much for me. But it may have jumpstarted a new comedy career — I mean, to the extent that six syllables can jumpstart a career. In one scene, Russell Brand’s woozy rockstar character makes a Today Show appearance, and he is followed by none other than our own
Meg Whitman ’78 wins California Republican primary
Wednesday, 09 June 2010
by Will Saborio
In her quiet plot to take over the world, former CEO and President of eBay Meg Whitman ’78 won yesterday the Republican candidacy in California’s gubernatorial election this fall. Whitman defeated state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner with 64% of the vote compared to his 26%. Some news sources call this a landslide. To me it
- Published in Alumni
Week in Review (May 30 – June 6): Campus Diaspora Edition
Monday, 07 June 2010
by Will Saborio
Since it’s summer and we know you’re busy at your super-important [insert bank here]/[insert NGO here]/[insert research institution here] internship or backpacking across Europe or voraciously watching back episodes of Gossip Girl, we here at The Ink round up the week’s news so you don’t have to. Today we’ve got some graduations stuff, some art
- Published in Week in Review
IN PRINT: University to Consider Banning Frats & Sororities, Tilghman says
Saturday, 05 June 2010
by Brian No
The administration will consider over the summer banning fraternities and sororities outright from campus, President Shirley Tilghman said in an interview. Tilghman said she was considering three options: 1) keeping the University’s current policy of non-recognition, 2) recognizing fraternities and sororities in the hopes of increasing regulation and University oversight, and 3) banning Greek life
- Published in In Print