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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
What on Earth is a Sexual Misconduct Tour?
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
by Ally Markovich
One junior’s final project for VIS 417: Extraordinary Processes was more than just a bit unusual. After a few ambiguous emails advertising the Sexual Misconduct Tours in Frist, I was confused and intrigued enough to learn more. I joined Kasturi Shah’s final tour on Monday night at 9:40 p.m. to find out for myself what
- Published in Health, Politics, Uncategorized
IN PRINT: Student Advocates at Princeton Launch Prison Reform Conference
Friday, 04 April 2014
by Bina Peltz
Students at Princeton University have mentored inmates at New Jersey correctional facilities and worked to advocate prison reform throughout the state. This weekend they are launching their first conference on prison reform. “This is the biggest civil rights issue that I can think of at this time, and we want to give students the tools
- Published in Goings On, In Print, Politics, Princeton in the News
Keystone Protests Continue with “Die-in” on Steps at Frist
Friday, 07 March 2014
by Spencer Parts
Roughly thirty-five students simultaneously laid down on the Frist stairs Thursday night, silently protesting the Keystone XL pipeline and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. Led by Mason Herson-Hord and some of the other campus activists who had tied themselves to the White House gates last weekend protesting the pipeline, the students laid on the steps
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Princeton Students Get Arrested Protesting Keystone Pipeline
Monday, 03 March 2014
by Spencer Parts
Twelve Princeton students went to Washington DC this past weekend to join a roughly 1000-strong protest of the Keystone XL pipeline. Seven of those students zip tied themselves to the White House gates, along with roughly 400 other protesters, and were arrested. Nine Princeton students were arrested in total according to Mason Herson-Hord, a leader
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
arrests, climate change, divestment, Energy and Environment, Keystone, Obama, Pipeline, protest, Washington
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
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
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
The Presidential Debate According to Freshmen
Thursday, 04 October 2012
by Ellis Liang
Not quite satisfied with Harvey Rosen‘s or Politico‘s analysis of last night’s debate? Who better to ask than Princeton’s own budding politicians–the freshmen class council candidates? Did you watch the presidential debate? No? Aren’t you a politician–what’s your excuse? No – because I was busy preparing things for my own campaign! —Brian T. Chen What’s
- Published in Politics
Judge Halts Deportation of Henry Velandia
Sunday, 08 May 2011
by Vivienne Chen
A major victory for Princeton couple Joshua Vandiver GS and his husband Henry Velandia: an immigration judge in Newark ruled yesterday that Venezuelan-born Velandia’s deportation would be halted until December in light of developing national policy on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The background: Vandiver met Velandia in 2006, and they legally married in
- Published in Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
deportation, DOMA, Henry velandia, Joshua Vandiver, President Obama, same-sex marriage
Best Class Government Application EVER!
Monday, 25 April 2011
by Spencer Gaffney
If you’ve been following the latest round of USG elections (here’s a refresher if you haven’t), you’ve been waiting with bated breath to find out who will be appointed to fill the vacant 2012 class secretary position. Well, while we don’t know who Lindy & Co. are going to choose, we recently heard about one
Sometimes, The World > My Grades
Monday, 28 March 2011
by Alice Su
Orange Bubble Syndrome is something that many of us take for granted. We get stuck in a cycle of rotating between weekends at Prospect, weekdays at Firestone and occasional excursions for late meal at Frist. We micromanage our days in GCals of rainbow-colored sleep deprivation. We might stop once in a while to read something
Tagged under:
awareness, baller alumni, Egypt, food, getting over our grades, Haiti, Japan, Libya, orange bubble, reading the news, what matters