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The Death of the Dinky
Thursday, 19 September 2013
by Vivienne Chen
Update: For a quick recap of the Dinky controversy, check out the Ink’s previous coverage: Video: The Dinky Controversy Explained David Walter ’10 and his Dinky piece for the New York Times When we almost thought the Arts and Transit neighborhood was done for Around 4:30pm, the canopy overhanging the old Princeton train station (aka
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Bad job market spurs undergrads to concentrate in pre-professional majors
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
by Oren Fliegelman
It’s become an almost endless refrain repeated by the news and countless parents to college students across the country: good luck trying to find a job in this terrible economy. Interviews with officials and concentration data from four New Jersey universities show that in order to improve their chances of finding jobs in today’s lackluster
- Published in Academics, In Print, Politics, Uncategorized
Welcome Back To The Top of College Rankings, Princeton
Thursday, 12 September 2013
by Vivienne Chen
No better way to start the brand new semester than to come in at #1 in US News & World Report’s Big Important List of College Rankings That May Or May Not Mean Anything— and for once, we’re not tied with Harvard! The methodology of the US News & World Report Rankings is something as
- Published in Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
cheating, college rankings, Harvard, Malcolm Gladwell, methodology, Princeton, sex, US News & World Report, We're #1
INFOGRAPHIC: Interactive Admissions Statistics for the Princeton Class of 2017
Friday, 29 March 2013
by Jean Wang
With a record low admissions rate of 7.29% this year, Princeton welcomes another generation of baby tigers to Nassau Hall. Check out the preliminary stats of the new class of 2017! (All stats from here.) Class of 2017 Acceptance Rate | Create infographics Class of 2017 Applicant Pool | Create infographics Anatomy of the Class
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Insecurities of Princeton University students become photographer’s art
Monday, 04 March 2013
by Ellis Liang
Zhan Okuda-Lim is only a college sophomore, but already he’s spearheaded an education reform campaign in his home state of Nevada and won a position in Princeton University’s student government. But while his classmates may consider him a charismatic student leader, few knew that last spring he contemplated taking his own life — at least
- Published in In Print
Welcome to Princeton, Baby Tigers
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
by Abby Klionsky
The results are in. The Princeton admission office made 697 students (plus their parents) very happy today. Of the 3,810 students who applied to Princeton for the single-choice early action (SCEA) deadline, 18.3% were accepted–slightly more selective than last year’s 21.1%. You can read more statistics on the Princeton website, but The Ink is here
- Published in Academics, Goings On, Princeton in the News
Princeton and the President: Election Day Roundup
Monday, 05 November 2012
by Alice Su
So we’re all back to campus for the post-fall break grind, some of us a little worse for wear. To all who survived for days without electricity or heat, eating ramen and doing thesis reading by candlelight: RESPECT. To all who stayed on campus and experienced a full 3 traumatizing minutes of losing power: get
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
democracy, free stuff, panels, post-fall break, predictions, presidential election, voting day, Whig-Clio, WWS
IN PRINT: Reactions to Tilghman’s Retirement from Inside the Orange Bubble
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
by Julia Bumke
Minutes after receiving President Tilghman’s email announcing her plans to retire as president, students took to Facebook and Twitter: “Say it ain’t so, Shirls!” wrote one. “But Shirley … NO!” And a contrary view: “This will be known in our history as the end of the Dark Ages, the conclusion of the War on Fun, and
- Published in In Print
Princeton University: Where Every Building Has The Same Name
Friday, 19 October 2012
by Vivienne Chen
Princeton’s known for being a bit confusing for a freshman or any first-time visitor. When you’re at orientation, no one bothers to tell you “Richardson Auditorium” is labeled on a map as “Alexander Hall.”* Can you blame me for also mixing up “Pyne” and “East Pyne”? And who decided it was a good idea to
- Published in Fun, Musings, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Discusses Cleopatra
Friday, 19 October 2012
by Dana Bernstein
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff spoke about her most recent book, Cleopatra: A Life, last Wednesday. The biography was a New York Times Book Review’s “Top 10 Books of the Year,” one of Time Magazine’s “Top Nonfiction Books” and one of The New Yorker’s “2010 Favorites.” “As subjects go, they really don’t get much bigger
- Published in In Print
LIVEBLOG: American Presidential Debate
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
by University Press Club
Hey politicos, excited for tonight’s presidential debate? Concerned about the future of America? Aware of the huge debate viewing party taking place in Richardson Auditorium with commentary from Anne-Marie Slaughter? Too swamped with problem sets and midterms to attend? We at UPC have got your back – tonight we’ve embedded ourselves on both red and
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Barack Obama, Liveblog, Mitt Romney, Politics, presidential election, Whig-Clio
In Honor Of Tilghman’s Retirement, a Wordle Retrospective
Sunday, 23 September 2012
by Abby Greene
You’ve all probably heard the news by now: President Tilghman will be leaving us at the end of the year, ending her 12-year term as Princeton’s first female president. Her announcement yesterday caused a media frenzy and a slew of related commentary. For a visual reflection of this response and of President Tilghman’s legacy, check
- Published in Faculty, Internet, Princeton in the News