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Better know a pre-frosh: Jonathan Krohn
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
by Will Saborio
Jonathan Krohn, 14 year old conservative pundit and author of Define Conservatism, is already thinking about college. Which? Hint: Rhymes with Cringeton. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Krohn noted his desire to attend Princeton some time in the future. Why? Mr. Robert George teaches here, of course: “He goes on both sides of
- Published in Princeton in the News
Today in Politics: Yaroshefsky ’12 endorses Princeton Charter Club
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
by David Walter
In his first major endorsement as USG President, Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 emailed the student body today to express his strong support for the Princeton Charter Club. The announcement appeared at the bottom of a seemingly unrelated communication announcing a new student life survey. Somewhat curiously, Yaroshefsky’s endorsement was written in invisible ink, and only became
- Published in Princeton in the News, Uncategorized
Why They Chose Yale: The Sex
Friday, 12 February 2010
by Samantha Pergadia
Yale has a few reasons to be ashamed of itself: We routinely beat them at the U.S. News and World Report game. Our application numbers soared this year while they saw 200 fewer suitors. Despite all this, there is one department in which Elis seem to be more…satisfied…than Princetonians. It’s “Sex Week” at Yale, which
- Published in Princeton in the News
Snow day!: The logistics
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
by Will Saborio
Isn’t this exciting? Our first snow day in years, and there’s tons of snow to play with? But you might be wondering what this means for your regularly scheduled programming. First of all, all classes are canceled. So you can toss that out the window. Second, what dining facilities are open? All dining halls are,
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
This week in “Princeton in the New Yorker”: Tiger Hockey and… Baby Seals?
Monday, 08 February 2010
by David Walter
You’d think the New Yorker would be solidly in the tank for the ol’ Orange and Black. Editor-in-Chief David Remnick ’81 didn’t teach himself, after all. In recent years, however, Yale has been getting most of the love from this classiest of rags (see here and here and here). But as long as the stories
- Published in Princeton in the News
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baby seals, David Remnick, Gary Bass, hockey, I'm a sucker for a good costume drama, John McPhee, musical, Queen Victoria, The New Yorker, Yale
Peter Singer on Life, Lattes, and Charitable Giving
Sunday, 07 February 2010
by Abby Greene
Enjoying those orange-and-black-bedecked water bottles you just stocked up on at late meal? How about that latte you just bought at Small World? Or those cans of shaving cream you just invested in to spray all over residential college hallways during pickups? Well if so, check out these great lines from a profile of Princeton’s
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News
Sports Illustrated tells us what we already know: Ohlendorf ’05 is the man
Thursday, 04 February 2010
by Giri Nathan
When Ross Ohlendorf ’05 isn’t pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he’s raising longhorn cattle at his family’s ranch. And when Ross Ohlendorf ’05 isn’t raising longhorn cattle at his family’s ranch, he’s interning at the U.S. Department of Agriculture or giving interviews to Sports Illustrated. Ross Ohlendorf ’05 does not mess around. Clearly. Ohlendorf’s duties
- Published in Alumni, Goings On, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
Big Chief, cattle ranch, College Confidential, ORFE, Ross Ohlendorf, Sports Illustrated
New York Times columnist/Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists to give talk at Woody Woo tomorrow
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
by Will Saborio
Do you like the New York Times? Do you like hearing really, really interesting people speak? Well have we got the lecture for you. The University Press Club is excited to bring New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn M.P.A. ’88 to Princeton. They’ll give a lecture titled “Half the Sky” at 4:30
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Cornel West Dishes it to Obama
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
by Woody Hines
So Obama’s approval rating has seen better days. What’s Cornel West got to offer the Commander in Chief? Well, besides having a slick set of clean duds every morning. Check out one of Dr. West’s more recent public appearances in this video put out by the BBC. The professor encourages President Obama to not “simply
- Published in Politics, Princeton in the News
Cornell Basketball in Top 25 (Princeton Still Better Historically)
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
by Spencer Gaffney
After the boys from Ithaca crushed their Crimson cousins Saturday night by a score of 86-50, Cornell moved into the top 25 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll for the top teams in college basketball. This is a big deal for Ivy League basketball. The Ancient Eight haven’t had a ranked team since back when
- Published in Princeton in the News
Dean of Admissions at Yale Law: Grade deflation isn’t going to affect your chances
Monday, 01 February 2010
by Angela Wu
Dean of Admissions at Yale Law School Asha Rangappa ’96 said in a comment on the New York Times’ Choice blog today that the much-debated grade deflation policy won’t affect the admission chances of Princeton grads. The comment follows the Times’ Sunday article about grade deflation at Princeton. Rangappa said that admissions officers consider students’
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: NYT On Grade Deflation
Saturday, 30 January 2010
by David Walter
The Times gives its take on the policy most Princeton students love to hate (or just hate): WHEN Princeton University set out six years ago to corral galloping grade inflation by putting a lid on A’s, many in academia lauded it for taking a stand on a national problem and predicted that others would follow. But
- Published in In Print