The Crystal Tiger award selection committee announced Wednesday that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is this year's recipient of the award.
"I just want to be able to look at me and see me ... as white."So said Sarah Silverman, stand-up comedian, actress and writer, in her performance on Wednesday night at Richardson Auditorium, a show that students described as "relatively entertaining," "just so funny" and "excellent."Typical for her comic acts, Silverman was unafraid to touch on the personal, like her relationship with Jimmy Kimmel, host of late night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," or the controversial, such as racism, abortion, rape, death and stereotypes of Jewish-Americans.Among her most memorable punch lines were, "I tell my niece every time she loses at tag, an angel gets AIDS," "[The difference between killing six million Jews and 60 million Jews is that] 60 million would be unforgivable," and "I don't give money to [starving toddlers in Africa] because I don't want them to spend it on drugs."Silverman, ironically, said at a reception following her routine that she was very sensitive about discrimination during her childhood, recalling one incident in third grade when a boy threw change at her and then yelled, "Pick it up, Jew!" Since then, however, she has learned to see the humor in situations that could otherwise be construed as insulting."I guess if you don't think it's funny, it's probably going to be offensive," Silverman said.
The family of renowned cartoonist and illustrator Whitney Darrow, Jr. '31 recently donated more than 1,000 of his original cartoons to the University Library, adding breadth and depth to a collection already noted for its holdings in comic and satiric art.The gift to the graphic arts collection in Firestone's rare books department, includes 325 drawings originally published in The New Yorker and 746 illustrations from Darrow's 18 books.The donation is "in so many ways, a tremendous resource," graphic arts curator Julie Melby said.
University students helped douse the nation's electoral map with a fresh splash of blue paint yesterday, in an election that saw Democrats seize the House of Representatives and chip away at GOP control of a Senate that appeared poised early Wednesday morning for a one-seat Democratic majority.Democrats easily picked up the minimum 15 seats they needed to take control of the House for the first time since 1994, with TV networks projecting 226 Democratic seats so far, compared to 190 for the Republicans and 19 undecided.
Riding a surge of support for Democrats among voters in New York, Eliot Spitzer '81 was elected governor of New York last night, defeating Republican John Faso by more than a two-to-one margin.Spitzer is New York's first Democratic governor in 12 years, replacing three-term Republican George Pataki, who did not run for reelection.Voters ousted Republicans from the New York governor's mansion decisively: With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Spitzer garnered 69 percent of votes, compared to Faso's 29 percent.Spitzer's successful campaign led a victorious statewide Democratic ticket, including the reelection of Sen.
Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 chaired the inaugural meeting of the Department of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion Monday morning, making opening remarks and fielding questions to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.The meeting opened with 45 minutes of public discussion on issues ranging from how Palestine's electoral system benefits Hamas to American overtures to Russian newspapers critical of the Kremlin.Rice spoke strongly against any implication that it is the United States' responsibility to impose democracy."A far better name for the committee would be the Advisory Committee for Democracy Support, rather than 'promotion,' " Slaughter said in an email after the meeting, seconding Rice's statement."An outside actor ... cannot create or foster or even promote democracy," she added.
Female professors at the University are paid less than their male colleagues, according to a report released last month.
BRIDGEWATER, Nov. 7 ? With the nation awash in blue, Tom Kean, Jr. was not alone among Republicans making concession speeches last night.
EAST BRUNSWICK, Nov. 7 ? "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" shouted victorious Democratic Senator Bob Menendez last night, taking the stage shortly after receiving a concession phone call from Republican opponent Tom Kean, Jr.The crowd's cheering rose to a deafening roar as he addressed his supporters.
The University boasts the third-best philosophy department in the nation, according to the soon-to-be-released 2006-2008 Philosophical Gourmet Report.Princeton has been ranked third, behind NYU and Rutgers, since the release of the 2004-2006 report.
Embattled Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld '54 has resigned, President Bush said this afternoon.
Four campus spots were vandalized with graffiti Monday night in yet another apparent case of Rutgers-related mischief."In all four cases someone wrote in red paint, 'RU 1869,' " University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt '96 said, a possible reference to Rutgers University and the year of the first intercollegiate football game between Princeton and Rutgers.An officer on duty found spray paint on the front doors of Nassau Hall on Tuesday morning.
Two weeks ago, as national buzz continued to build about today's midterm Congressional elections, Wilson School professor and former Oklahoma congressman Mickey Edwards expected to hear students eagerly parsing possible electoral outcomes.
The blind pursuit of modern science can result in a dangerous fixation upon the human ideal, Leon Kass of the President's Council on Bioethics warned Monday in the first of three lectures titled "Keeping life human: Biology and human dignity.""For the most part, we should be mightily glad" that we live at the beginning of a golden age, Kass told a packed audience yesterday afternoon, citing the power of today's medicines to yield healthier and longer lives.
Leading a surge of support for Democrats among voters in New York, Eliot Spitzer '81 was elected governor of New York tonight, defeating Republican John Faso by more than a two-to-one margin.Spitzer is New York's first Democratic governor in 12 years, replacing three-term Republican George Pataki, who did not run for reelection.Voters ousted Republicans from the New York governor's mansion decisively: With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Spitzer garnered 69 percent of votes, compared to Faso's 29 percent.Spitzer's successful campaign led a victorious statewide Democratic ticket, including the reelection of Sen.
The neo-Gothic facade of Whitman College will delight those Princeton undergraduates for whom romantic arch sings, gargoyles and leaded windows are the ultimate Ivy League living experience.
Students, faculty and staff receive a yearly flu shot during the first day of University Health Services' FluFest at Frist Campus Center.
Four students screened a documentary and hosted a silent auction Thursday to benefit an AIDS clinic they are helping to found in the small town of Lwala in western Kenya.Monique Yashaya '09, Danielle Snyder (Vanderbilt '07), Alexa von Toebel (Harvard '06) and Kaavya Viswanathan (Harvard '08) made the documentary, "Lwala," as interns with the women's career network 85 Broads.
As students, faculty and other University community members head to the polls today, 'Prince' reporters and columnists are tracking all the electoral action on our new blog, The Red, Orange and Blue.Staff writers Jonathan Zebrowski and Mike Shapiro are, respectively, blogging live from the campaign offices of New Jersey Senate candidates Bob Menendez and Tom Kean, Jr. later today.Reporters Rachel Dunn and Victoria Whitford are around campus and will be reporting from the various Princeton election night parties.
Tim Murdoch '84, the founder and president of consulting firm Murdoch International, is a family man and a lacrosse enthusiast who values the intellectual rigor and lifestyle flexibility of his entrepreneurial lifestyle: he once walked away from a second-round interview with Disney because its slogan at the time was "If you don't come into work on Saturday, don't bother coming in on Sunday!"Alex Day: So Tim, what was it like for you as you faced the "real world" near the end of your Princeton career?Tim Murdoch: Do they still do those "herd interviews" when they try to herd in a hundred kids at a time and everyone dresses up in a blue suit and says smart things to try to get into the banks?My initial reaction is that you spend all of this money on Princeton, so why wait for the opportunities to come to you?
