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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
Princeton and the President: Election Day Roundup
Monday, 05 November 2012
by Alice Su
So we’re all back to campus for the post-fall break grind, some of us a little worse for wear. To all who survived for days without electricity or heat, eating ramen and doing thesis reading by candlelight: RESPECT. To all who stayed on campus and experienced a full 3 traumatizing minutes of losing power: get
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
democracy, free stuff, panels, post-fall break, predictions, presidential election, voting day, Whig-Clio, WWS
LIVEBLOG: American Presidential Debate
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
by University Press Club
Hey politicos, excited for tonight’s presidential debate? Concerned about the future of America? Aware of the huge debate viewing party taking place in Richardson Auditorium with commentary from Anne-Marie Slaughter? Too swamped with problem sets and midterms to attend? We at UPC have got your back – tonight we’ve embedded ourselves on both red and
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Barack Obama, Liveblog, Mitt Romney, Politics, presidential election, Whig-Clio
Nonie Darwish Redux
Sunday, 21 March 2010
by Giri Nathan
… she’s baaaaack. Although I suppose she was never quite here to begin with — last time was sort of messy. Regardless, human rights advocate Nonie Darwish will be speaking at Princeton this Wednesday, March 24th at 4:30 in Whig Hall Senate Chamber. The event, titled “Human, Minority, and Women’s Rights Under Islamic Law,” is
- Published in Goings On
LIVE BLOGGING: Duking it out with Dean Malkiel, Whig-Clio style
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
by Giri Nathan
[Update 2/7/10: Here’s a write-up of the event in the PAW –BKN] For the first time since 2006, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel– architect of the ever-popular grade deflation policy– will be gracing the Whig-Clio Senate Debate to defend her brainchild. Hordes of deflatees await their chance to duke it out in a public
- Published in Goings On
Jeffrey Sachs: Everybody hates the poors
Tuesday, 05 May 2009
by Angela Wu
Princeton’s American Whig-Cliosophic Society awarded Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and sustainable development professor Jeffrey Sachs the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service tonight. Sachs, who also serves as a special adviser to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon told the audience that rich nations need to remember that they have a
- Published in Goings On