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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
Firestone Library Pilots Café: The “Tiger Tea Room”
Thursday, 30 March 2017
by Mahishan Gnanaseharan
Patrons of Firestone Library, one of Princeton University’s most popular study spaces, are gently reminded to refrain from eating when they enter the lobby through electric turnstiles: Library administrators and Campus Dining created an exception for this reminder last week, when they opened a café in the DeLong Reading Room where eating, drinking
- Published in Dining, Princeton in the News
Weekly Roundup Feb 22 – Mar 2
Tuesday, 03 March 2015
by Mary Hui
The Weekly Roundup, Edition 3 Feb 22 – Mar 2 This week in Press Club: What the Patton Reaction Says About Campus Rape… A Taste of Vienna in Princeton… Diversity Task Force… Uber in Peril The Atlantic – The ‘Princeton Mom’ Controversy and Campus Rape Today – Mary Hui ’17 Susan Patton sparked another round of controversy
- Published in Princeton in the News
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
IN PRINT: Gansa, Cheng USG Presidential Election in The New York Times
Friday, 05 December 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
“He ran on a platform of bringing waffle fries, ripe fruit and the nebulous ‘bike reform’ to campus. He pledged to change the worn metaphorical tires of Princeton’s student government, one potato at a time,” write Liz Robbins and Press Club member Spencer Parts in The New York Times. The article, which will appear in print
- Published in Fun, In Print, Princeton in the News, Satire
IN PRINT: University Carillon – Learning to Play, High in the Sky
Sunday, 09 November 2014
by Dana Bernstein
Alec Payne ’16 was dizzy by the time he arrived at his first music lesson of the academic year. It was hot and humid, and he had climbed 137 narrow, spiraling steps to the top of Cleveland Tower at the Graduate College. Awaiting him was Princeton’s 36.5-ton carillon: As Payne’s teacher, University carillonneur Lisa Lonie,
IN PRINT: What I Be Project in the New York Times
Friday, 31 October 2014
by Oren Fliegelman
Steve Rosenfield, a California-based photographer, has visited over a dozen universities for the What I Be Project, a photography exhibit where students write fears and anxieties on their skin. In addition to two trips to Princeton, he’s visited schools like Duke, Columbia, and Washington University in St. Louis. To learn more, check out the latest
- Published in Arts, In Print, Princeton in the News
Hello, Dalai! Or, how to get college students out of bed before 7 AM on a weekday
Thursday, 30 October 2014
by Matthew Silberman
You’ve seen the speech, heard the laugh, and wondered what that Princeton hat was doing on his head for the whole two hours. But unless you were one of the 4200 students, faculty, or visitors that came to Jadwin Gym last Tuesday for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s speech, titled “Develop the Heart,” there’s
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News, Uncategorized
IN PRINT: Monks create mandala of sand ahead of Dalai Lama’s visit to Princeton
Friday, 24 October 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
In preparation for the visit this coming week of the 14th Dalai Lama to Princeton University, Tibetan monks created a sand mandala in Princeton University this week. Click here to read Spencer Parts’ front page story in the Times of Trenton on the sand mandala and the Dalai Lama’s upcoming visit to The University.
- Published in Goings On, In Print, Princeton in the News, Uncategorized
WICK to Launch Kickstarter Campaign This Week
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
by Spencer Parts
The Kickstarter campaign for WICK, the “no-stress black dress” created by Liz Lian ’15, will go live this week. WICK, a clothing line created last year by Lian and Sanibel Chai of UPenn, is designed with the collegiate party scene in mind – the dresses, skirts, and tops have pockets and are made of fabric
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News, Style, The Street
Caraun Reid Headed to Detroit
Saturday, 10 May 2014
by Spencer Parts
Princeton Defensive End Caraun Reid was selected by the Detroit Lions in the NFL Draft today. Reid, picked in the fifth round, is Princeton’s highest NFL draft selection since Bob Hews in 1970. Projected to go as high as the third round, he was a steal for the Lions who have looked to bolster their
- Published in Princeton in the News, Sports
Breaking News: Class of 2018 Yield: 67.4 percent
Thursday, 08 May 2014
by Oren Fliegelman
Despite the shorter Previews and the meningitis scare, Princeton’s yield rate held steady for the Class of 2018. 67.4 percent of admitted students, or 1,306 in total, chose to attend the University, said University spokesman Martin Mbugua today. This is a negligible drop from the yield of 68.7 percent last year. While the University doesn’t release official
- Published in Princeton in the News