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The Great Jewish Food Debate: Moderated by Shirley Tilghman
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
by Bina Peltz
The Center for Jewish Life and Whig-Clio hosted the annual Latke-Hamentaschen Debate this afternoon in the quest of answering the noble, eternal question of, you guessed it: Latkes or Hamentaschen? Two traditional Jewish foods: fried potato pancakes vs. triangular pastries made with sweet fillings. Originating in 1946 at UChicago, The Latke-Hamentaschen Debate is an academic, yet
In Honor Of Tilghman’s Retirement, a Wordle Retrospective
Sunday, 23 September 2012
by Abby Greene
You’ve all probably heard the news by now: President Tilghman will be leaving us at the end of the year, ending her 12-year term as Princeton’s first female president. Her announcement yesterday caused a media frenzy and a slew of related commentary. For a visual reflection of this response and of President Tilghman’s legacy, check
- Published in Faculty, Internet, Princeton in the News
Ricky Silberman, Matzo Ball King
Friday, 30 March 2012
by Abby Klionsky
Ricky Silberman ‘13 mobilized a significant proportion of the student body at Princeton to vote for him last month. He wasn’t in any of the contests that students typically spam listservs about: start-up ideas, USG elections, filmmaking competitions. Instead, Ricky needed votes to become the fifth and final contestant in the 6th Annual Man-o-Manischewitz Cook-Off.
- Published in Contests, Dining, Princeton in the News, Uncategorized
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Challah for Hunger, Cook-off, Food Network, Jewish Iron Chef, Manischewitz, Matzo Ball soup, Shirley Tilghman
Committee on Women’s Leadership Seeks to Bridge the Campus Gender Divide
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
by Abby Greene
When the Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women’s Leadership was founded by President Tilghman in December 2009, its stated goal was to address an increasingly evident and concerning fact: women at Princeton were, in some way, flying under the radar. The number of women involved in leadership roles and the number winning academic prizes took a
- Published in Princeton in the News
Breaking the Ice — “Shirley Tilghman: Not a Bro”
Friday, 25 June 2010
by Will Saborio
That up there is Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University. Opposite her is “Dick Van Buren” ’10 (who asked we change his name for this article). In the photo, DVB is icing Shirley Tilghman. This is his story. But, let’s backtrack for a second — if you haven’t yet heard of icing, well, I guess
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bros, bros icing prezzes, Dick Van Buren, icing, Shirley Tilghman, Shirley Tilghman is not a bro
Week in Review (May 30 – June 6): Campus Diaspora Edition
Monday, 07 June 2010
by Will Saborio
Since it’s summer and we know you’re busy at your super-important [insert bank here]/[insert NGO here]/[insert research institution here] internship or backpacking across Europe or voraciously watching back episodes of Gossip Girl, we here at The Ink round up the week’s news so you don’t have to. Today we’ve got some graduations stuff, some art
- Published in Week in Review
IN PRINT: University to Consider Banning Frats & Sororities, Tilghman says
Saturday, 05 June 2010
by Brian No
The administration will consider over the summer banning fraternities and sororities outright from campus, President Shirley Tilghman said in an interview. Tilghman said she was considering three options: 1) keeping the University’s current policy of non-recognition, 2) recognizing fraternities and sororities in the hopes of increasing regulation and University oversight, and 3) banning Greek life
- Published in In Print
CDY and Jonathan Schwartz ’10 are on the Amazing Race
Monday, 31 May 2010
by David Walter
Guess someone took our advice! CBS’s globe-trotting reality show The Amazing Race kicked off the filming of its 17th season on May 26. Among the 11 pairs of two vying for the show’s million-dollar prize is Team Nassoon: Former Student Body President – and Pyne Prize winner – Connor Diemand-Yauman ’10 and Fantasticks star Jonathan Schwartz
- Published in Alumni, Goings On, The INKternet
Eating Club Task Force Recommends Multi-Club Bicker
Monday, 03 May 2010
by Spencer Gaffney
The Eating Club Task Force released its recommendations Monday afternoon, and as expected there are several calls for change (full list of recommendations here). One of its most interesting suggestions is an eradication of the current bicker process in favor of a multi-club bicker. Let’s go to the documents! The Task Force recommended that the
- Published in Goings On
When the prefrosh weather machine breaks down
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
by Will Saborio
The prefrosh are coming this weekend, and in recent years, the little kiddies have enjoyed absolutely gorgeous weather. For those of you who don’t know, the weather was so consistently amazing on these preview weekends that people started suspecting Shirley Tilghman kept a weather machine for the occasion. I mean, we’re talking brilliant mid-70s sunny
- Published in Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
Penn, prefrosh, prefrosh weekend, Princeton Preview, Shirley Tilghman, University of Pennsylvania, weather, weather machine
Former Pres. Goheen: Greatest Man in the United States of America?
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
by Angela Wu
President Tilghman might need to step it up. Former Iowa Rep. James Leach ’64, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, received the Woodrow Wilson Award on Alumni Day last weekend. In his speech, he remembered former University president Robert Goheen ’40 as the Best President Ever. Ever ever. From the PAW: Before delivering
- Published in Alumni
IN PRINT: Academic Neighborhoods and Budget Qualms
Monday, 22 February 2010
by Julia Bumke
Despite this year’s tighter budget and a slightly worse-for-wear endowment, President Tilghman is still thinking ahead towards breaking ground on new Neuroscience and Psychology buildings as part of an innovative Natural Sciences neighborhood (as The Ink reported earlier this week). While the natural sciences project is has been deemed “shovel-ready” by the powers-that-be, plans for
- Published in In Print
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