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Princeton Students Get Arrested Protesting Keystone Pipeline
Monday, 03 March 2014
by Spencer Parts
Twelve Princeton students went to Washington DC this past weekend to join a roughly 1000-strong protest of the Keystone XL pipeline. Seven of those students zip tied themselves to the White House gates, along with roughly 400 other protesters, and were arrested. Nine Princeton students were arrested in total according to Mason Herson-Hord, a leader
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
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arrests, climate change, divestment, Energy and Environment, Keystone, Obama, Pipeline, protest, Washington
IN PRINT: Ignoring race may be best strategy for Obama
Thursday, 22 April 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
PRINCETON BOROUGH — The election of President Barack Obama has forced the issue of race into the forefront of American politics, yet it is unclear what the implications will be. At a symposium held at Princeton University last week, Princeton professors debated whether his presidency would ultimately decrease racism and improve the lots of African
- Published in In Print
IN PRINT: University Panel Ponders Race and Obama Presidency
Friday, 16 April 2010
by Julia Bumke
Princeton professors in African American Studies, history, politics, public affairs, religion and sociology weighed in on President Obama’s 2008 campaign and his success in office so far at Tuesday’s symposium, “Race, American Politics, and the Presidency of Barack Obama.” While they acknowledged the huge societal implications of his election, panelists stressed that race relations in
- Published in In Print
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
NY Times Profiles Orszag ’91
Sunday, 05 April 2009
by Brian No
The New York Times recently profiled Pres. Obama’s budget director, Peter Orszag ’91, who has been tasked with the unenviable job of overseeing the federal budget. We learn that he is a “supernerd” with grand ambitions: Everything about the way he has interpreted his new job speaks of ambition: the policy heavyweights he has hired
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
Researcher: Obama’s policies should create security, not money
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
A new study devised by Talya Miron-Shatz, a Ph.D associate researcher in the Wilson School, found that financial security affects happiness more than actual money for the modern American woman. “Even if you are making a hundred grand a year, if you are constantly worried that you are going to get fired, that you are
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Change We Can… Compete For
Friday, 19 December 2008
by Will Saborio
& As Barack Obama prepares to take the highest office in the United States, he has begun to build a team of accomplished and skillful men and women that will help the young president lead America in these most troubled times. Indeed, America stands at a crossroads in history, and Obama’s star-studded team hopes to
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
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administration, Alan Blinder, appointment, cabinet, Clinton, EPA, Ivy League, Lisa Jackson, Obama, Peter Orszag, President