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The Nassau Weekly just trolled The Daily Princetonian, big time.
Sunday, 05 March 2017
by Mary Hui
The Nassau Weekly‘s latest cover features a gibberish-filled article, with four incorrect spellings of “Nassau Weekly” circled in aggressive red ink. Nassau Weakly. Nassuh Bleakly. TASA Weekly. Nasal Weekly. What gives? Well, it’s all a huge joke — and
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Why is Spelman so funky-looking? A short history of Princeton’s only on-campus apartments.
Friday, 14 October 2016
by Mary Hui
It might be hard to fathom, but back in the early 1970s, Princeton’s finances weren’t doing too well. “Like many universities, Princeton in the Nixon years swam in red ink,” writes William Barksdale Maynard, author of Princeton: America’s Campus. As part of the belt tightening, “windows went unwashed and lawns grew ranker,” Maynard wrote. “Little was
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Trump Revealed: A Conversation with Marc Fisher
Monday, 03 October 2016
by Mary Hui
Join us this Thursday, October 6th, for the 2016 Rukeyser Lecture, featuring Marc Fisher on this election cycle, political journalism, and a deeper look at Donald Trump. When: 4:30pm, Thursday October 6th Where: Betts Auditorium (Architecture Building) Who: Marc Fisher, Senior Editor at the Washington Post and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner What: A frank conversation
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Press Club members reported from around the country (and the world) this summer.
Friday, 16 September 2016
by Mary Hui
School might have been out over the summer, but we Press Clubbers didn’t stop writing and reporting. Our members interned at The Washington Post, WLRN-Miami Herald, Quartz, and the Kyiv Post in Ukraine. Check out some of their work below. Kyiv Post As more Ukrainians choose Kyiv Patriarchate, push intensifies for unified national Orthodox church [June 23, 2016] For pro-democracy Russians, EmigRussia
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Princeton Board of Trustees Decide to Keep Woodrow Wilson’s Name; Princeton’s Motto to be Changed
Monday, 04 April 2016
by Mary Hui
Princeton University’s Board of Trustees has decided that the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Wilson College will continue to bear their current names. After last November’s 33-hour sit-in at Nassau Hall, during which the Black Justice League demanded, among other things, that Woodrow Wilson’s name be removed from campus buildings, the University formed a special
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The Pink House: Possibly the Best, Little-Known & Almost-Secret Dorm in Princeton
Friday, 26 February 2016
by Mary Hui
In a land far, far away, there lies Forbes. And right next to Forbes, on 99 Alexander Street, there is the Pink House (literally, a pink house). The house is owned by the University, and is part of Forbes College. About ten students separately draw into the Pink House each year. Come Fall 2016,
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PHOTOS: The First Winter Storm of 2016 Has Arrived.
Saturday, 23 January 2016
by Mary Hui
Our first winter storm of the year has arrived. Here are some photos of our campus blanketed in snow to keep you entertained as you snuggle up indoors. More updates to come throughout the day.
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Who Put A Hat on John Witherspoon’s Head, 18 Feet Off the Ground?
Monday, 19 October 2015
by Mary Hui
Here’s a Monday Morning Mystery: who put the orange traffic cone atop John Witherspoon’s head? The 2,750-pound bronze statue is 10 feet 2 inches tall, and sits atop a 7 -foot-7-inch plinth. That places Witherspoon’s head at almost 18 feet above the ground. Who climbed it? We will be investigating. Stay tuned. -MH
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Live Blog: Angus Deaton Nobel Prize in Economics – Press Conference
Monday, 12 October 2015
by Mary Hui
Princeton professor of economics Angus Deaton is awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.” The University Press Club will be providing live updates from this afternoon’s press conference. 6:30am – Angus Deaton receives a phone call from the Nobel Committee “If you’re my age and you’ve been working for a
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Angus Deaton, Economics, economics professors, Liveblog, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in economics
A ($32,853?) Lawn Chair Affair
Monday, 12 October 2015
by Mary Hui
We here at the University Press Club love all the new lawn chairs on campus. But we were also curious. How many were bought? How much did they cost? Have any been stolen? We did a little digging… On-campus squirrel numbers appear to be down this fall, but one metric is experiencing a significant uptick:
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The Weekend Princeton Went to War (on Social Media)
Monday, 06 April 2015
by Mary Hui
This blog post is by Mary Hui and Spencer Parts. This past weekend, Princeton’s Yik Yak was unusually abuzz with activity. Three themes in particular stood out: a petition against Big Sean, student percussion group Urban Congo, and the made-up Ivy Scandal. As one student put it on Twitter: Wow thanks Princeton for choosing the
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The Real Reason Why You Got Into Princeton
Sunday, 08 March 2015
by Mary Hui
Last Friday afternoon, Dan Kang ’15 found out why he really got into Princeton. Over the years, whenever he went home, family, friends and “random parents” would always bombard him with questions: how to get their son our daughter into an Ivy League school like Princeton. And he would never have a ready answer, because
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