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Follow Your North Star: Career Planning Advice for Artists from Director/Choreographer Jeff Kuperman ‘12
Tuesday, 04 February 2020
by Anna Allport
When Jeff Kuperman came to Princeton, he was determined to be open to many possibilities, both in terms of academics and a career path. The Canada native, who grew up making short films and practicing martial arts with his brother Rick, wanted to develop his creative passions and consider his career options while in college.
Charter Club Accepting Proposals to ‘Take Club in New Direction’
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
by Sophia Cai
The Princeton Charter Club is requesting proposals to revamp the club, a move designed to attract more prospective members before sophomores join eating clubs in February. The club’s membership numbers have dwindled in recent years. “We invite you to submit a proposal to help us take Charter in a bold new direction,” the graduate board
- Published in Alumni, Goings On, Students, The Street
Princeton arranges exclusive tour for wealthy alum’s granddaughter
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
by Ethan Sterenfeld
Princeton’s Office of Alumni Affairs sent an email to select students on Wednesday requesting a private tour for a wealthy alumnus and his granddaughter, who are visiting campus later this month. “I am reaching out from the Office of Alumni Affairs to make a special request,” says the email, which was sent by Jeanine O’Grady,
The Unapologetically Princeton-Crazed, Sex-Driven, and Grade-Deflated Alums of the New York Times Wedding Announcements
Friday, 13 October 2017
by Ellie Schwartz
Princeton: home to the best academics, most knowledgeable professors and, now, “the greatest white person wedding announcement of all time,” according to gossipy Australian news sources. The New York Times wedding announcement of alumni Grace du Pont and Conor Sutherland went viral after White House reporter Josh Dawsey (which said gossipy Australian news source miswrote
- Published in Alumni, Internet, People, Princeton in the News, The INKternet
The Weekly Roundup
Friday, 13 February 2015
by Gabriel Fisher
This is the first edition of a new feature of The Ink: The Weekly Roundup. The Weekly Roundup will highlight all the work of the Press Club from the week, bringing you a curated list of articles about the happenings at Princeton in the past week. Without further ado, highlights from this week: Time Magazine: ‘Princeton
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Jon Stewart Mocks Susan Patton
Sunday, 30 March 2014
by Oren Fliegelman
On the Daily Show last Thursday, Jon Stewart and company ripped into Susan Patton, the infamous “Princeton Mom.” What fun! Be warned: the first one is funner than the second one. Clip 1: The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Clip 2: The Daily Show Get
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Princeton’s Monuments Men
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
The Monuments Men, a new movie directed by and starring George Clooney along with a host of other Hollywood celebrities, has a surprising connection to Princeton University. The movie tells the tale of a ragtag group of art historians and scholars who enlisted in the U.S. Army in order to recover famous art stolen by
IN PRINT: Eisgruber looks to the future
Thursday, 26 December 2013
by Oren Fliegelman
As Christopher Eisgruber finishes up his first academic semester as Princeton’s president, he is still looking to students and alumni to help shape his presidency’s goals. In an hour-long interview with the Press Club, Eisgruber spoke broadly about himself, the university, and the next few years ahead. Some highlights: He wants to hear from
- Published in Academics, Alumni, In Print, Uncategorized
‘Find a Husband’ Princeton Alum is Your Jewish Mother
Saturday, 30 March 2013
by Vivienne Chen
Enough has already been said all over the Internet about the letter to the ‘Prince’ editor that Susan A. Patton ’77 wrote imploring us Princeton women to “find a husband on campus before [we] graduate,” because: “the cornerstone of your future and happiness will be inextricably linked to the man you marry, and you will never
- Published in Alumni
Tagged under:
Alumni, chutzpah, husband hunting, jewish mother, laws of feminism, marriage, Princeton women, shame
Teach for America Founder Gets Called Out for Princeton Tory Masthead
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
by Vivienne Chen
Lest I forget that my undergraduate writing career may come back to haunt me, Corey Robin ’89 just called out his classmate Wendy Kopp ’89, the founder of nationwide educational program Teach For America, for writing for the conservative Princeton Tory as an undergrad, and allegedly, being a self-proclaimed “corporate tool.” I have no idea what
- Published in Alumni
Tagged under:
Corey Robin, corporate tools, neoliberalism, polemics, Princeton Tory, shade, Teach for America, UPC, Wendy Kopp
Princeton’s Famous (Fictional) Alumni
Sunday, 17 February 2013
by University Press Club
We’ve all heard about Woodrow Wilson, Michelle Obama, and Brooke Shields at Princeton. But what about all of the fictional characters who have matriculated at this great, ivy-bathed institution? It seems the University can’t get enough of our fake alumni: DID YOU KNOW: Princeton has a Program in Linguistics, but contrary to what you may
- Published in Alumni
The A-Bomb Kid (And How’s Your Senior Thesis Going?)
Tuesday, 05 February 2013
by Oren Fliegelman
Seniors, here’s a thesis idea: how to build an operable atomic bomb. Although it was a junior term paper and not his senior thesis, John Aristotle Phillips ’78 did just that. A less than lackluster student and Tiger mascot, the physics major came across the paper idea as he was trying to think of ways
- Published in Alumni