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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 your favorite moment of the debate?
[Seeing] Obama’s sassy side when he claimed, “I had five seconds before you interrupted me.” —Priya Krishnan

Romney: And congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your anniversary. I’m sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine, here – here with me. —Gloria Kantungire

My favorite moment of the debate was when the candidates ignored the requests and pleas of Jim Lehrer. Basically, I liked the entire thing. —Brian J. Geiger

What’s your favorite Election 2012 meme?

My favorite “belief” in the election is definitely the fact that Mitt Romney’s full first name is Mittens. —Ben Dobkin

—Brian J. Geiger

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Oct 4, 2012

The Presidential Debate According to Freshmen

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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 referendum, presented by the Princeton Committee on Palestine, that reads as follows:

On behalf of the student body, the USG will make a formal recommendation to University Dining Services that it offers an alternative to Sabra Hummus in all University retail locations.

If you haven’t been following the debate surrounding the hummus referendum, you can read up on it here.

Cast your votes here and read candidate statements here; elections run through Wednesday.

Nov 29, 2010

Runoff!: Vice-President, hummus on ballot

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After an unpublicized amendment to USG election policy, freshmen can now run for sophomore class senator. Yay for elections functionality!!! Screenshot below.

Best of luck to Dylan and Shawn.

Best of luck to Dylan and Shawn.

(To be fair, they didn’t appear on the actual ballot. [I would've voted for them.])

Nov 22, 2010

Some Ambitious Freshmen Are Running for USG

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… 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.

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Dec 7, 2009

USG ELECTION DAY BOMBSHELL…

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butlerMuch 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 some gems, including a Princeton alumnus who funneled beers with Stephen Colbert on Monday’s Colbert Report! Ch-ch-check it out!:

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Aug 18, 2009

Week In Review: August 10-16

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picture-11No, 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 by far the youngest candidate in the five-person race, and he has raised an impressive $70,000 in the first two weeks of his campaign.

The Korean-American, who graduated from Princeton before the Age of Shirley, has a résumé that would give any Woody Woo concentrator an instant hard-on: Woody Woo major, USG President, Young Alumni Trustee, stint at McKinsey, joint MBA/MPA from Harvard.

Let’s just hope he doesn’t have an Ashley Dupré.

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May 17, 2009

Former USG Prez Runs for Office

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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 Valley alum Steve Poizner, who is also running to be the GOP candidate, began attacking Whitman’s business leadership at eBay. The company’s new CEO has been frantically undoing everything Whitman did because it hasn’t been working.

In the meantime, continuing our mini-obsession with Whitman’s run for office out in the Sunshine State Golden State, we decided to take a look at all the residential colleges through the political prism:

wilson1. Wilson College
Woodrow Wilson: President of Princeton University, governor of the “great” state of New Jersey, the 28th President of the United States, and the hands-down winner of this list.

forbes2. Forbes College
Malcolm “Steve” Forbes ran in the 1996 and 2000 Republican Presidential primaries. His pseudo-libertarian flat tax agenda only won him Arizona and Delaware in 1996, and he dropped out early in 2000. Still, he remains an important financial supporter and logistical adviser to many members of the Republican Party.

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May 3, 2009

Ranking Residential Colleges By Their Namesakes’ Political Aspirations

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Princeton Borough Mayor Mildred Trotman

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 office since 2005, said she will probably not run for reelection.

Speaking at a panel discussion with former New York City mayor David Dinkins and Trenton mayor Doug Palmer on February 21, Mildred talked about her emphasis on consensus and fairness when governing. She then admitted, “I don’t think I’m going to run again.”

Trotman did not discuss further her comments, though Dinkins responded that one should “never say never.”

“Mayor Trotman, you’re going to run again, I bet you,” Dinkins said.

Dinkins also addressed the upcoming New York City mayoral race and lamented mayor Mike Bloomberg’s decision to run for reelection after overturning term limit laws.

“I like Mike, and I get along fine with him, but I would hope that he would not seek reelection,” Dinkins said.

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Mar 3, 2009

IN PRINT: Mayor May Not Run for Reelection

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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 of the fieldstone/limestone clusterfuck that was built to last 200(!) years: she “just” donated the initial $30 million to kick start the project.

This, of course, means that Whitman loves California about five times more than she loves Princeton. Alternatively, it could also mean that her campaign will be five times better than Whitman College, which can only be a good thing because the 250,000 sq. ft. complex is an ugly monstrosity.

(Also: Did you know that Community Hall, Whitman’s dining hall [a.k.a. barn], isn’t named for the Princeton University community, but for the eBay community? WTF?)

Feb 22, 2009

Whitman to Spend $150M on Gubernatorial Run

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Meg Whitman '77: California Guv Wannabe & Builder of Great Castles

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 wouldn’t be the first California Governor somehow linked to Princeton?

That honor belongs to Princeton-born Robert Stockton, a Navy Commodore who in January 1847, during the Mexican-American War, appointed himself the first Military Governor of California. His tenure, however, was short lived, as in February of that same year he was ousted by the actual appointed (by the US government) Governor, General Stephen Kearny.

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Robert Stockton: Sort of California Guv

And while Stockton never actually attended Princeton University (he joined the Navy when he was 16), he was born in Princeton, he died in Princeton, and he’s buried in the Princeton cemetery (there’s also apparently a rest stop named after him on the New Jersey Turnpike.) So remember Robert Stockton, just in case Meg ends up winning and calling herself “the first Princeton Governor of California.”

Feb 17, 2009

Meg Whitman: The Historical Precedent?

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