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Townies want universities, even students, to pay up
Saturday, 09 May 2009
by Angela Wu
Since local residents called for Princeton to give its money away in April, more townies have been demanding greater (monetary) contributions from private universities to support their communities, according to an article in the New York Times. You guys, it’s the economy! And it’s not just that the locals want tax-exempt universities to make “voluntary
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Angry taxpayers want to put Princeton on “the Jon Stewart Show”
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
by Angela Wu
Princeton Citizens for Tax Fairness, a group that has been supported by both local Democrats and Republicans, is mad. Because they have to pay taxes, and Princeton has a lot of money, so why can’t they just pay and make all of our problems go away? They’re organizing to move Princeton to pay its “fair share
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
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Economy, Endowment, Princeton, Princeton Borough, Princeton Citizens for Tax Fairness, Princeton University, taxes, Tea Party
The Economy: Screwing High School Seniors Since ’08
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
by Will Saborio
The Times reported yesterday that in the face of shrinking endowments, universities are increasingly choosing wealthier applicants that can foot the full ticket of an education over students that would need financial aid if admitted. Coupled with the fact that Ivies’ (and other selective college’s) acceptance rates are dropping, high school juniors across the nation
- Published in Princeton in the News
Making Harvard Proud
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
by Will Saborio
Larry Summers, head of Obama’s National Economic Council and once-beloved Harvard president, attended yesterday’s “fiscal sustainability summit” in the White House. For the event, Obama convened over a hundred policy makers and intellectuals to discuss bipartisan approaches to deficit reduction. If anyone was wondering why Larry was a bit quiet during the whole thing, well, the
- Published in Princeton in the News