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The Presidential Debate According to Freshmen
Thursday, 04 October 2012
by Ellis Liang
Not quite satisfied with Harvey Rosen‘s or Politico‘s analysis of last night’s debate? Who better to ask than Princeton’s own budding politicians–the freshmen class council candidates? Did you watch the presidential debate? No? Aren’t you a politician–what’s your excuse? No – because I was busy preparing things for my own campaign! —Brian T. Chen What’s
- Published in Politics
Runoff!: Vice-President, hummus on ballot
Monday, 29 November 2010
by Will Saborio
Elections redux: USG commander-in-chief Yaro this afternoon sent the student body a link to the runoff vote for next year’s USG vice-president and for the hotly contested hummus referendum. First up, sophomore Catherine Ettman faces off against junior Austin Lewis Hollimon in the runoff for USG vice-president. Second on the ticket, the ballot introduces a
Some Ambitious Freshmen Are Running for USG
Monday, 22 November 2010
by Giri Nathan
After an unpublicized amendment to USG election policy, freshmen can now run for sophomore class senator. Yay for elections functionality!!! Screenshot below. (To be fair, they didn’t appear on the actual ballot. [I would’ve voted for them.])
- Published in Goings On
USG ELECTION DAY BOMBSHELL…
Monday, 07 December 2009
by David Walter
… is actually kinda boring, right? I mean, considering what we’ve come to expect. C’mon, USG — time to step it up in the scandal department. Let’s hope the re-vote’s more exciting. (source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theresasthompson/ / CC BY 2.0)
- Published in Princeton in the News
Week In Review: August 10-16
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
by Brian No
Much like its students–many of whom are finished with their totally awesome life-changing (important), lucrative (really important), resume-enhancing (most important) internships at McBainMorganWater & Sachs of America Madoff, Inc.–Old Nassau, it seems, is sort of vegging out the rest of August. You see, nothing crazy or absurd occurred this past week. But still, there were
- Published in Week in Review
Former USG Prez Runs for Office
Sunday, 17 May 2009
by Brian No
No, not Eliot Spitzer ’81. He’s forever disgraced, remember? Spending $80,000 over 10 years on “high-end” prostitutes? Spitzer’s legacy, however, hasn’t stopped former USG President PJ Kim ’01 from pursuing public office in New York. Kim is running for New York City Council, trying to unseat incumbent councilman Alan Gerson in District 1. Kim is
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
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campaigns, elections, Eliot Spitzer, New York City, New York City Council, PJ Kim, USG, USG President
Ranking Residential Colleges By Their Namesakes’ Political Aspirations
Sunday, 03 May 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
Meg Whitman ’77 has had a bumpy start to her gubernatorial campaign since she announced her decision in February. First, it turned out she was a lot more conservative than many thought–including her former gay employees at eBay–when she came out in favor of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. Then, fellow Silicon
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Mayor May Not Run for Reelection
Tuesday, 03 March 2009
by Brian No
Update 3/28: Here is the PAW article on the symposium. [Full disclosure: This reporter was covering a symposium on the black experience at Princeton a couple weeks ago for the Princeton Alumni Weekly. It only occurred recently to this reporter that Princeton Borough mayor Mildred Trotman’s comments may be news.] Princeton Borough mayor Mildred Trotman, in
Whitman to Spend $150M on Gubernatorial Run
Sunday, 22 February 2009
by Brian No
vs. Meg Whitman ’77, who has announced her intention to run for governor of California, has predicted that her campaign could cost $150 million, much of it self-financed. The $150 million figure is about the same amount of money it took Princeton to build Whitman College ($136 million). But Whitman didn’t finance the entire cost
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Meg Whitman: The Historical Precedent?
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
About a week ago Meg Whitman ’77 threw her hat into the ring for the California Gubernatorial race (info here). And while the rest of the world may know her as the former Ebay CEO, we of course think of her first and foremost as a Princeton alum. But did you know that, if elected, Whitman