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Week in Review: July 13 – 19
Sunday, 19 July 2009
by Will Saborio
If a tree falls in Princeton during the summer, and no students are there to hear it, yes, still, nothing ever happens in Princeton. In this week’s edition: Sotomayor yada yada yada, Jeff Peek won’t be attending reunions anytime soon, moving walkways are a moving farce, the Wall Street Journal backs us up on the
- Published in Alumni, Faculty, Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News, Week in Review
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Amazon, Bill Tierney, Bill Tierney cries, Jeff Peek, Kindle, moving walkways, Sonia Sotomayor, Stan Katz, Stan Katz is kind of boring
Sotomayor is a SOCIALIST!
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
by Brian No
Just kidding. No, but seriously, check out her yearbook page from the Nassau Herald. She quotes six-time socialist presidential candidate Norman Thomas, Princeton class of 1905! Did you hear what I said? SOCIALIST. Sotomayor’s yearbook page and Pyne Prize photo after the jump:
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confirmation hearing, photography, Pyne Prize, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, wise Latina
IN PRINT: The Education of Sonia Sotomayor
Monday, 13 July 2009
by Brian No
“My days at Princeton … were the single most transforming experience I have had.” — Sonia Sotomayor in a 1996 speech at the Third World Center (now known as the Carl Fields Center). Read more about Princeton’s impact on Sotomayor’s life and career in this week’s issue of Newsweek.
- Published in Alumni, In Print, Politics, Princeton in the News
Week in Review: July 5 – 12
Sunday, 12 July 2009
by Will Saborio
Since summer’s in full swing and you’ve got better things to do than catch up on Princeton news, we round it up here for you on The Ink. In this week’s edition: Some people talk about Sonia Sotomayor ’76, and some Princeton climate researchers serve up some obvious. Our financial troubles aren’t as bad as
- Published in Alumni, Faculty, Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News, Week in Review
Sotomayor ’76 Tapped as Next Supreme Court Justice
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
While you were off relaxing during your Memorial Day weekend, President Obama and his crack team of legal experts were busy choosing their Supreme Court nominee. The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that Princeton grad and University Trustee Sonia Sotomayor ’76 will indeed be Obama’s pick (called it!). Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Sotomayor ’76 & Biederman ’08: Two Degrees of Separation
Friday, 15 May 2009
by Brian No
In the short time since Sonia Sotomayor ’76 emerged as a frontrunner to be President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, the pundits have already begun slicing and dicing her record and qualifications: First, there was the New Republic piece that said Sotomayor was a “bully,” “not that smart,” and “has an inflated opinion of herself.”
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
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34th Street Partnership, Bryant Park Corporation, Dan Biederman, Rob Biederman, Sonia Sotomayor, USG
Sotomayor ’76 to the Supreme Court?
Sunday, 03 May 2009
by Brian No
With this week’s news of Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s retirement, there’s been speculation about whom Obama will pick to replace the liberal judge. Pundits believe the nominee will most likely be a woman or Latino–or perhaps both!–which is why University trustee Sonia Sotomayor ’76, who is of Puerto Rican descent, has consistently been mentioned
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
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