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Week in Review: July 5 – 12
Sunday, 12 July 2009
by Will Saborio
Since summer’s in full swing and you’ve got better things to do than catch up on Princeton news, we round it up here for you on The Ink. In this week’s edition: Some people talk about Sonia Sotomayor ’76, and some Princeton climate researchers serve up some obvious. Our financial troubles aren’t as bad as
- Published in Alumni, Faculty, Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News, Week in Review
NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Chose Dartmouth Over Princeton
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
by Brian No
From Stephen Rodrick’s profile on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in this week’s New York Magazine: Gillibrand debated between Princeton and Dartmouth for college. “I went to visit Princeton, and all the girls wore a ton of makeup and high heels and had fancy pocketbooks,” she says. “And then I visited Dartmouth, and everyone was in
- Published in Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
Carolyn Maloney, Dartmouth, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Magazine, Princeton University
UPDATE: Becca Lee’s Vacated Senate Post to be Filled by… Becca Lee
Sunday, 31 May 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
You’ve no doubt been consumed by speculation over who will fill the empty 2012 Senate seat since last Sunday’s announcement of “erroneous results” in the fall election. Well, one week later, we finally have our answer: after interviews and deliberations, Connor Diemand-Yauman (whose name I can now spell from memory! The trick is to remember
Sotomayor ’76 Tapped as Next Supreme Court Justice
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
While you were off relaxing during your Memorial Day weekend, President Obama and his crack team of legal experts were busy choosing their Supreme Court nominee. The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that Princeton grad and University Trustee Sonia Sotomayor ’76 will indeed be Obama’s pick (called it!). Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Why We’re Paying $15,000 Dollars to Have Our Vote Count; also, Why We Hate the USG and Love Yaro
Sunday, 24 May 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
We’re done with USG elections. You’d have thought that a year of gross incompetence (with a near-revote of the fall VP election that landed us on IvyGate), a false start to the spring voting, and complete misreporting of the approval polls would have conditioned us to be cautious. You’d think we open all CDY emails
Former USG Prez Runs for Office
Sunday, 17 May 2009
by Brian No
No, not Eliot Spitzer ’81. He’s forever disgraced, remember? Spending $80,000 over 10 years on “high-end” prostitutes? Spitzer’s legacy, however, hasn’t stopped former USG President PJ Kim ’01 from pursuing public office in New York. Kim is running for New York City Council, trying to unseat incumbent councilman Alan Gerson in District 1. Kim is
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
campaigns, elections, Eliot Spitzer, New York City, New York City Council, PJ Kim, USG, USG President
Michelle Obama ’85 hearts UC-Merced :(
Friday, 15 May 2009
by Brian No
Oh, Michelle. How long will you scorn our love? We name drop “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson ’85” in every conversation and press release possible. We’ve enshrined your image in the sacred Yankee Doodle Tap Room. We’ve appointed you to the sociology department’s advisory board. We’ve hired Cornel West and started the Center for African American Studies…
- Published in Alumni, Open Letter, Politics, Princeton in the News
Sotomayor ’76 & Biederman ’08: Two Degrees of Separation
Friday, 15 May 2009
by Brian No
In the short time since Sonia Sotomayor ’76 emerged as a frontrunner to be President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, the pundits have already begun slicing and dicing her record and qualifications: First, there was the New Republic piece that said Sotomayor was a “bully,” “not that smart,” and “has an inflated opinion of herself.”
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
34th Street Partnership, Bryant Park Corporation, Dan Biederman, Rob Biederman, Sonia Sotomayor, USG
Townies want universities, even students, to pay up
Saturday, 09 May 2009
by Angela Wu
Since local residents called for Princeton to give its money away in April, more townies have been demanding greater (monetary) contributions from private universities to support their communities, according to an article in the New York Times. You guys, it’s the economy! And it’s not just that the locals want tax-exempt universities to make “voluntary
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Sotomayor ’76 to the Supreme Court?
Sunday, 03 May 2009
by Brian No
With this week’s news of Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s retirement, there’s been speculation about whom Obama will pick to replace the liberal judge. Pundits believe the nominee will most likely be a woman or Latino–or perhaps both!–which is why University trustee Sonia Sotomayor ’76, who is of Puerto Rican descent, has consistently been mentioned
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Ranking Residential Colleges By Their Namesakes’ Political Aspirations
Sunday, 03 May 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
Meg Whitman ’77 has had a bumpy start to her gubernatorial campaign since she announced her decision in February. First, it turned out she was a lot more conservative than many thought–including her former gay employees at eBay–when she came out in favor of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. Then, fellow Silicon
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Students Choose Service, We Think (Thanks for the Clarity, USG!)
Thursday, 30 April 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
Princeton students have voted to donate both the Fall 2009 Lawnparties main act and USG Senate Pilot Program funds to “Student-initiated service projects” over not donating the money at all or donating the funds to Annual Giving. At least, that’s according to a PDF released by the USG earlier today. The catch, however, is that