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Of Bruce and Men
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
by Ellen Shakespear
By now it’s obvious that Princeton professors have a big old crush on Bruce Springsteen. First there was this fall’s course on the sociological implications of the Boss. Next up: AMS401: At Home in New Jersey, a spring seminar that promises to investigate Bruce’s first studio album Greetings From Asbury Park “at a more sophisticated and advanced level.”
- Published in Musings, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
American Studies, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Christie, Course Offerings, Jon Corzine, New Jersey
IN PRINT: Sotomayor’s Confirmation Hearings Pretty Lame
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
by Brian No
Last month, an all-star panel of Supreme Court journalists criticized Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76’s confirmation hearings that took place over the summer: Sotomayor — now Associate Justice Sotomayor — “was asked what her judicial philosophy was and she said, ‘I follow the law,’” CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin told a packed Dodds Auditorium in
IN PRINT: Nader says the rich can drive social change
Friday, 11 December 2009
by Angela Wu
“Only the super-rich can save us!” cries a Hurricane Katrina victim in Ralph Nader’s new book. Titled “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” the 736-page novel is the consumer advocate and former presidential candidate’s first work of fiction. ”This book was written out of frustration,” Mr. Nader said. “Increasingly, the doors have been shut on
- Published in In Print
USG ELECTION DAY BOMBSHELL…
Monday, 07 December 2009
by David Walter
… is actually kinda boring, right? I mean, considering what we’ve come to expect. C’mon, USG — time to step it up in the scandal department. Let’s hope the re-vote’s more exciting. (source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theresasthompson/ / CC BY 2.0)
- Published in Princeton in the News
Inside Higher Ed Rips Cornel West’s Recent Scholarship
Monday, 07 December 2009
by Brian No
Everyone knows the story of Cornel West, Princeton’s Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies: West teaches at Harvard, then-Harvard president Larry Summers tells West that he’s concerned about West’s scholarly output, West takes offense, West comes to Princeton earlier this decade. Big coup for Princeton! West has recently been
- Published in Faculty, Goings On, Princeton in the News
Contest: Name that planet!
Friday, 04 December 2009
by Angela Wu
So, we found a planet. By we, I mean Princeton and…the University of Hawaii, the University of Toronto, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Tokyo. This new planet, which is only about 300 trillion miles from Earth, is about 10 to 40 times as
- Published in Faculty, Goings On, Princeton in the News
Mr. Ohlendorf goes to Washington
Sunday, 29 November 2009
by David Walter
Welcome back to campus, Inkblots! It’s been lonely without you. If you’re at all like me (and don’t worry, you’re probably not), you spent at least one sad hour of your break realizing how you’ve already missed the application deadlines for, like, twenty awesome summer internships. And now you’ve resolved to really buckle down and
- Published in Princeton in the News
Nonie Darwish speaks!
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
by David Walter
Well, writes, actually – about being disinvited from Princeton. Read it here. An excerpt: I understand why Jewish groups disinvited me after Muslim pressure, since they are the ones who must live daily with Muslim groups who can make life unpleasant…. By stifling free speech, shaming speakers of the truth and calling them names, we
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: A treasury of French images for youngsters
Monday, 23 November 2009
by Angela Wu
If you only ever venture into Firestone because of an awkwardly-scheduled precept, here’s another reason to visit the library. It might not be as compelling as that participation grade, but the Cotsen Children’s Library at Firestone is currently exhibiting a rare collection of French prints for children from the nineteenth century–before the age of TinTin
- Published in In Print
On the Tory’s Gender-Neutral housing issue
Monday, 23 November 2009
by David Walter
Things I’m thankful for this November: British electropop, $2 eggrolls at the U-Store, and The Princeton Tory. Passion at Princeton thrills me. Students here are often accused of being apathetic; Tory writers are anything but. No subject is too large or too small for the publication to take on. Any brutal assault on our moral heritage
- Published in Musings, Politics, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Kindles Suck!
Sunday, 22 November 2009
by Brian No
Okay, we’re all getting pretty sick of the same old Kindle story: it sucks! But here’s one more anyway. Sorry! Over the summer, I received an unexpected e-mail from the University about my upcoming “Civil Society” seminar with Professor Stanley Katz. Would I like to receive a $489 Kindle DX e-reader at no cost —
Tagged under:
Kindle
In which I motivate you to hit the gym
Saturday, 21 November 2009
by Angela Wu
Are you lazy and stressed? Do you want to be “biochemically, molecularly, calm?” Then run! Scientists have long known that exercise stimulates the creation of new brain cells, and some believe that’s the reason working out tends to have an antidepressant effect. A study by Princeton scientists has found that cells that are created from
- Published in Faculty, Goings On, Princeton in the News