Alumni

Of all the alumni that have run for public office in recent years, few have won the endorsement of the Tea Party. Yet roughly one year after filing to run for U.S. Senate and 20 years after walking out FitzRandolph Gate, former Solicitor General of Texas Ted Cruz ’92 has become a darling of the conservative movement as he campaigns against what he calls federal overreach in the Lone Star State.

For most Princeton students, senior year is a hectic blur of job-hunting, thesis research and figuring out what life after graduation will look like. But alumna Suzanne Raga ’11 spent her last year at the University working on an e-book for music-loving tweens. Her book, titled “YOU ROCK! How to Be A STAR Student & Still Have FUN,” offers study tips for academic success and will “put the cool back in school,” according to its description. Raga spoke with staff writer Kathy Sun on Thursday about the writing process.

The Editorial Board encourages the University to work with the Alumni Association and the Library in order to provide JSTOR access to Princeton alumni.

University alumnus Aaron Burr, Class of 1772, has been nominated to be a member of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2012.

Like most operations research and financial engineering concentrators, Daphne Earp ’10 and Collin McCarthy ’09 had always pictured themselves working in the investment-banking sector following graduation. The fall of her senior year, Earp had even taken a job at a Wall Street firm, which she secured through senior recruiting.