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LIVEBLOG: American Presidential Debate
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
by University Press Club
Hey politicos, excited for tonight’s presidential debate? Concerned about the future of America? Aware of the huge debate viewing party taking place in Richardson Auditorium with commentary from Anne-Marie Slaughter? Too swamped with problem sets and midterms to attend? We at UPC have got your back – tonight we’ve embedded ourselves on both red and
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
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Anne-Marie Slaughter, Barack Obama, Liveblog, Mitt Romney, Politics, presidential election, Whig-Clio
Elena Kagan ’81 is the Freshest Potential SCOTUS Nominee
Sunday, 11 April 2010
by Ellen Shakespear
Ivy League diplomas and hotshot reputations define President Obama’s three potential nominees to replace Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced on Friday that he would be retiring after 35 years on the bench. The three leading candidates to replace him — Obama is considering about ten names in all, the White House says
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Remnick ’81 writes “another f***ing Obama book,” media elite fawn over him
Tuesday, 06 April 2010
by Will Saborio
We told you a few weeks ago how David Remnick ’81 (a Press Club alum who has hit the proverbial “big time” as editor-in-chief of the New Yorker) was writing a “pimped out” new biography about President Obama. It hit bookshelves today, and critics are absolutely raving about it. And about Remnick! Yesterday the Times
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
No Love from Mr. President
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
by Giri Nathan
O(bama), ye of little faith. As he filled out his b(a)racket for the Women’s NCAA Tournament this year, he had our Tigers going down in the first round. If you’re really “surrounded by these Princeton Tigers” like you say you are, I suggest that they pounce. We think our women’s basketball team — making their first
David Remnick ’81 to publish “pimped out” biography of Barack Obama
Monday, 22 February 2010
by Will Saborio
David Remnick ’81, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker (and former Press Clubber aw yeah!), has a biography of Barack Obama in the works. The Alfred A. Knopf imprint of Random House said it plans to publish the bio on April 6. Remnick’s written about Obama in the past, and he promises the book would not
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
Cornel West Dishes it to Obama
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
by Woody Hines
So Obama’s approval rating has seen better days. What’s Cornel West got to offer the Commander in Chief? Well, besides having a slick set of clean duds every morning. Check out one of Dr. West’s more recent public appearances in this video put out by the BBC. The professor encourages President Obama to not “simply
- Published in Politics, Princeton in the News
Alito ’72 & Sotomayor ’76 attend SOTU; Alito not an Obama fan
Thursday, 28 January 2010
by Brian No
If you were watching last night’s State of the Union address, you might have observed six of the nine Supreme Court justices in attendance, sitting directly in front of President Obama. Justices Samuel Alito ’72 and Sonia Sotomayor ’76 were sitting next to each other, which we thought was cute. Perhaps, we daydreamed, they’re good
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Barack Obama, CAP, Concerned Alumni of Princeton, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, State of the Union, Supreme Court
Muldoon goes green with Obama
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
Professor Paul Muldoon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, will rediscover his Northern Ireland roots as he spends St. Patrick’s Day with President Obama and 400 other Irish guests for celebrations at the White House. Lets hope the green-dyed fountains and Irish whiskey provide Muldoon with all the poetic inspiration he needs for some more “Moy Sand
Kathy Kiely: The Real Story Behind Obama’s NH Primary Speech
Sunday, 15 February 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
On a recent Wednesday evening Kathy Kiely, USA Today writer and current Mathey College Faculty Member in Residence (she lives in Blair Arch!) had dinner with a group of about a dozen students to talk about the rapidly deteriorating state of print journalism and her own coverage of the November election. While Kiely spent most
- Published in Politics