Here’s some video we shot of the Class of 2011 Woody Woo seniors running into the fountain on Tuesday after turning in their senior theses. Enjoy, but keep in your thoughts those seniors who woke up at 7 am today to sit in the basement of Firestone or bike down to Icahn… who still have a few weeks to go.
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Yesterday, hundreds of seniors turned in their theses–and promptly went to Princeton Sports Bar.
Check out these photos of the Woody Woo seniors splashing around in the Woody Woo fountain in (drunken) post-thesis glee! Video to come.
Yeah, midterms have come and gone, and they hit some of us hard (I currently am watching a passed out underclassman drool on a table littered with sheets of math in Frist). Can you imagine what it’s like in the real world, though? More specifically, in the political world?
Take note all you Woody Woo majors: it gets worse!
...then CA was like, 'meh'
- First up, our very own billionaire dorm donor Meg Whitman ‘71 has spent $162 million (and counting) of her own money in the race for bankrupt California’s governorship, breaking the self-financing record set by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. So that’s fun. Not so fun? Turns out all the money’s going to waste — rival Jerry Brown leads in polls. Coulda bought another college.
- As if Meg wasn’t having a bad enough week, her son Griff Harsh ‘09 has been accused by gossip blog Gawker of covering up a rape allegation during his sophomore year at Princeton. It’s been blowing up online this past week. Not the best PR — for Whitman, or, well, Princeton, I guess.
- The cherry on top of Meg’s campaign? At least she’s kind of like, the female “Governator,” or at least according to this attack ad running now.
Robertson Hall (from nj.com)
Remember that lawsuit two years ago involving the Robertson family and the Woodrow Wilson School’s $900 million endowment? (You know, Robertson like Robertson Hall?) In 1961, Charles and Marie Robertson donated $35 million to Princeton, with the purpose of supporting the Wilson School in preparing students for careers in government. In 2002, the Robertson family sued Princeton…basically, because they realized that Woody Woo majors were really just going into banking and consulting, not public service. The case ended with a $100 million settlement.
Eight months ago, the Robertson family used that money to start the Robertson Foundation for Government, a non-profit “dedicated to helping government meet its talent needs by identifying, educating and motivating top U.S. graduate students to pursue federal government careers.” This year it funded the education of 11 fellows at four graduate schools (UC San Diego, Syracuse, University of Maryland and Tufts)–who do seem to actually really want to go into public service.
OK, not that they really have a choice anymore. According to Sign On San Diego, students have to perform three years of government service within five years… “or they must repay the funds.” (The total scholarship is about $70,000 over two years.) Looks like the Robertson Family learned their lesson the first time around.
(source: Princeton.edu)
Look, we get it. One of the greatest perks of going to Princeton is the free food. I say this with only a small amount of sarcasm, because we, too, have experienced the bliss of stumbling across a platter of abandoned cookies from Olives or walking into a study break just in time to snatch the last samosa.
And we, like many before us, have wondered just how easy it would be to be a freegan here at Princeton. Last week we even gave you “The Scavenger’s Guide to Princeton” to share our wealth of free food-related knowledge.
But you gotta have style.
Not to point any fingers (You’ll get this pun in a minute.) but we’re talking to you, Woody Woo.
Still wearing the Orange and Black
Ivy League diplomas and hotshot reputations define President Obama’s three potential nominees to replace Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced on Friday that he would be retiring after 35 years on the bench.
The three leading candidates to replace him — Obama is considering about ten names in all, the White House says — are Elena Kagan ‘81, Merrick Garland, and Diane Wood. If Kagan is selected, she’ll be the third consecutive Supreme Court Justice nominee to be a Princeton alumna/us.
Kagan is currently Obama’s solicitor general (the administration’s top advocate before the Supreme Court), a position that has already let her practice that tricky process of Senate approval. During her confirmation hearings, Kagan drew some criticism for arguing that battlefield law, or indefinite detention without a trial, should apply even if an enemy was captured outside of the physical battlefield.
That little black mark aside, Kagan’s basically a shoe-in. Why? She’s super youthful. Coming in at a vibrant 49, Kagan could wear the robe for decades.
Upon turning in their senior theses today at 4:00 P.M., the Woody Woo senior class took their traditional post-thesis swim in the Robertson fountain to commemorate the occasion.
Armed with an inflatable boat, some paddles, and a floatie or two, a very excited group clad in their “Right tools for the job” shirts splashed around in the spring sun.
Oh, to be so carefree! Congrats, guys.
(Not pictured: A very dry set of Politics majors standing on the steps of Corwin.)
Ah, the good 'ole days of SHR: "I'm just a bill..." (source: pastemagazine.com)
One week after the health care jump, and the Tea Partiers are all busy rallying their troops (to the extent that Obama publicly acknowledged the movement in an interview on the Today Show this morning). As the rumors fly and rallying cries are shouted, it’s a relief to find a writer who outlines what the new health care actually does in a clear way.
Enter Uwe Reinhardt, Woodrow Wilson’s James Madison Professor of Political Economy. Reinhardt’s specialty is Health Care policy, and as such, he’s been everywhere this past week. His most recent post on the NYTimes’s Economix blog (a site which is meant to “explain the science of everyday life”) helps demystify the process a great deal: read it here.
Stanley Hoffman, a Harvard professor and foreign policy commentator, called for a “radical change in the emphasis and usage of power” in U.S. foreign policy, during a public address delivered in Robertson Hall Thursday afternoon, October 15.
Hoffman’s speech was titled “U.S. Foreign Policy, Past and Future,” and was the third in as many days as a part of the Richard Ullman Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School and Princeton University Press.
“We need to abandon unilateralism on the stage,” Hoffman said during his Thursday speech. “We need to create zones of multilateral action.”
With regard to the military, Hoffman said the U.S. needs to lower the numbers of nuclear weapons, avoid foreign deployments and “create a regime of controllable materials.”
Read the entire article at Woodrow Wilson School News here.
For New Jersey’s independent candidate for governor Chris Daggett, the one policy issue looming above all others during a public talk Oct. 7 at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School was the economy – and how to fix it.
Daggett was the only independent candidate to raise enough funds to participate in the gubernatorial debate last week against Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine and Republican candidate Chris Christie, he said.
“The two parties have demonstrated an inability to work together…it’s very discouraging, and part of my reason for running is that I’m so disappointed and disillusioned by both parties,” Daggett said. “And I honestly believe, whichever party is in Trenton, it won’t make any difference.”
To read on, see the Woodrow Wilson School News.
Not actually me.
Hey.
Looking good in that American Eagle polo and drawstring cargo shorts. Might want to pick up a deep-V at some point, but the current ensemble probably won’t prevent you from rolling into Quadrangle, six dudes deep. Quadrangle (colloquially “Quad”) is one of ten eating clubs, which are places you’ll go to up to four times a week to drain brews and nervously learn to socialize at an advanced undergraduate level. Tactics should not include: “Yeah, I’m totally a senior,” “Aren’t we Facebook friends?,” and “What activities are you doing to get into Woody Woo? I’m in Sustained Dialogue.” On that note, don’t be anxious about talking to girls– all the pretty ones have already slipped out of your reach and into the enviably post-pubescent arms of upperclassmen anyway. Maybe for now you should do me a solid and knock off an ST.
It’s cool that you love your entryway and your RCA is a total sweetie. Enjoy those late-night philosophy discussions with your roommates and be sure to savor all those nuggets of bona fide intellectualism, including “Existentialism IS a humanism,” “Dude, that’s totally post-racial,” and “You should totally rush St. A’s.” Soon the pseudo-intellectualism will begin to wane and you’ll find yourself power-walking directly to the liquor store once LIN360 lets out. Make sure not to schedule too many classes that end at 4:30–you’re going to need time to pick up a pack of 100s and a soy latte (with room for Schnapps) before Nassau Weekly meetings.
Also, that mine-field of bacne you developed on OA should be clearing up any year now (consult Neutrogena), so cool beans. But, unfortunately, that hope you’re holding out of bulking up in the gym is change you can’t believe in. Your time is better spent funneling beers and volume booting all over your suite-mate’s wall.
Oh, and word to the wise, chief: photocopying Tower passes in Marquand is a no-go. They’re embossed.
Love,
Ted