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Former Obama, Clinton pollster Joel Benenson talks campaign strategy

Former Obama, Clinton pollster Joel Benenson talks campaign strategy

Evelyn Doskoch

On Wednesday, at an event titled “What the Press and Pundits Get Wrong: Reading the Electorate,” Benenson discussed what he sees as common errors in political strategy and misinterpretations of polling data. The award-winning Democratic pollster also discussed his past experience working with various high-profile political candidates.

NEWS | 10/03/2019

General Mark Milley ’80 sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Mark Milley speaking at ROTC commissioning

General Mark Milley ’80 sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Rooya Rahin

Milley will now hold the highest officer position in the United States military.

NEWS | 10/01/2019

Creative writing professor emeritus Edmund White receives 2019 Letters Medal

Benjamin Ball

According to the National Book Foundation, Edmund White majored in Chinese at the University of Michigan before moving to New York City. There, he formed the Violet Quill, a casual club comprising himself as six other gay writers: Christopher Cox, Robert Ferro, Michael Grumley, Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and George Whitmore.

NEWS | 10/01/2019

Gilbert ’09 sentenced to life with possible parole for murdering his father

Gilbert ’09 sentenced to life with possible parole for murdering his father

David Veldran

The elder Thomas Gilbert, who graduated from the University in 1966, was a wealthy Wall Street hedge-fund banker. His death, at the age of 70, stunned the financial world.

NEWS | 09/30/2019

Iranian foreign minister discusses possibility of prisoner exchange involving Xiyue Wang

Iranian foreign minister discusses possibility of prisoner exchange involving Xiyue Wang

Zachary Shevin

In an interview with NPR, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that he “made proposals” last year that would have returned Xiyue Wang to the United States. He went on to discuss the possibility of a prisoner exchange involving Wang and an Iranian professor currently imprisoned in the United States.

NEWS | 09/24/2019

Hundreds take part in Climate Strike protest

Hundreds take part in Climate Strike protest

Rose Gilbert

From Princeton to New Delhi, Berlin to Antarctica, protesters marched to raise awareness of the climate crisis before the United Nations Climate Action Summit, which begins today.

NEWS | 09/22/2019

One of over 4,000 global Climate Strikes to be held in Hinds Plaza

One of over 4,000 global Climate Strikes to be held in Hinds Plaza

Zachary Shevin

On the evening of Sept. 19, around 20 students gathered in the basement of Murray-Dodge Hall to prepare for the Princeton Climate Strike on Sept. 20, turning used cardboard boxes into sustainable protest signs.

NEWS | 09/20/2019

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell ’75 faces increasing scrutiny, political pressure following July rate cut

Governor Jerome H. Powell Testimony, April 14, 2016

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell ’75 faces increasing scrutiny, political pressure following July rate cut

Catherine Benedict

On July 31, Powell announced that the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets U.S. monetary policy, had voted to lower the central bank’s 2019 federal funds rate for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.

NEWS | 09/16/2019

Morgan Harper GS ’10 brings a progressive platform to Central Ohio, challenging incumbent Congresswoman Beatty

Morgan Harper GS ’10 brings a progressive platform to Central Ohio, challenging incumbent Congresswoman Beatty

Zachary Shevin

Last month, Morgan Harper GS ’10 launched her campaign for Congress, challenging Democratic incumbent Congresswoman Joyce Beatty. Harper’s platform centers around financial stability, including proposals tuition-free public college, a federal minimum wage increase, and Medicare for All.

NEWS | 08/07/2019

'Beloved' author and U. professor Toni Morrison dies at 88

Allan Shen

Nobel Prize-winning author and U. professor Toni Morrison dies at 88.

NEWS | 08/06/2019

General Milley ’80, nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, answers senators' questions

Zachary Shevin

Former Princeton ROTC Cadet General Mark Milley ’80 discussed U.S. military challenges and political issues at his Senate confirmation hearing on July 11. Milley has been nominated to serve as the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

NEWS | 07/21/2019

As US-Iran tensions escalate, Xiyue Wang remains detained abroad

Sarah Warman Hirschfield and Rose Gilbert

According to reporting from the New Yorker, Wang’s wife “has been assured by [Trump] Administration officials that they are working for her husband’s release, but she has been left largely in the dark about what is happening.”

NEWS | 07/11/2019

University faculty, alumni, guest artists win big at Tonys

University faculty, alumni, guest artists win big at Tonys

Paige Allen

The Tony Award for Best Musical went to Hadestown, produced by faculty member Mara Isaacs and Jordan Roth ’97. Faculty member Rachel Hauck and Lewis Center for the Arts guest artist Jessica Paz won for Best Scenic Design of a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Musical, respectively, for their work on Hadestown. Rodger and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, produced by Roger S. Berlind ’52 and William Berlind ’95, won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

NEWS | 06/11/2019

Boettcher ’14 ends Holzhauer’s 32-game winning streak, wins $97,002 in three days

Boettcher ’14 ends Holzhauer’s 32-game winning streak, wins $97,002 in three days

Zachary Shevin

In her first appearance on Jeopardy!, Emma Boettcher ’14 defeated professional sports gambler James Holzhauer, ending his 32-game winning streak and preventing him from surpassing Ken Jennings’ record for highest regular-season winnings. In her first three days on the show, Boettcher has made over $97,000.

NEWS | 06/06/2019

Guest artists Paz, Blanco receive Drama Desk Awards

Paige Allen

The Drama Desk Awards now recognize exceptional theatrical work in more than thirty categories by artists working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.

NEWS | 06/03/2019

History professor Kevin Kruse 'roasts' Trump in Full Frontal segment

Benjamin Ball

Kruse concluded his roast by telling the president he is a “hell of a guy.” Then, he immediately corrected himself, saying, “I read that wrong. Cheers, President Trump. You’re going to hell, guy.”

NEWS | 05/01/2019

Former U. professor Whiting GS ’90 to become Harvard Graduate School of Design dean

Former U. professor Whiting GS ’90 to become Harvard Graduate School of Design dean

Taylor Sharbel

Sarah Whiting GS ’90 has been appointed the first female dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design. In addition to receiving her M.Arch. from the University in 1990, Whiting taught at the University as an assistant architecture professor from 2005 to 2009.

NEWS | 05/01/2019

U. students, community members come together for 49th annual Communiversity ArtsFest

U. students, community members come together for 49th annual Communiversity ArtsFest

Claire Silberman

The event was the largest cultural event in Central New Jersey, with around 40,000 people participating.

NEWS | 04/29/2019

McPaul ’95 appointed Navajo Nation attorney general

Linh Nguyen

On Wednesday, April 17, the Navajo Nation Council voted 17–1 on a bill to confirm Doreen N. McPaul ’95 as the Navajo Nation attorney general.

NEWS | 04/25/2019

View from the back row: community auditors reflect on classroom experiences

View from the back row: community auditors reflect on classroom experiences

Marissa Michaels

Auditors, mostly retirees from the greater Princeton area, do not complete any assignments and literally take the back seat during lectures, usually remaining unknown to University students. The Daily Princetonian spoke to some auditors to learn about their experiences.

NEWS | 04/24/2019

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