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Q&A: Christine Pelosi on political family, income inequality and "Women on the Run"

Q&A: Christine Pelosi on political family, income inequality and "Women on the Run"

Ruby Shao

After delivering a lecture called “Campaign Bootcamp: Leadership Lessons from Candidates on the Trail and Women on the Run” Friday night, author and activist Christine Pelosi —daughter of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi — spoke to The Daily Princetonian about her childhood growing up in a political family, the goals driving her work and a new book coming out next year.The Daily Princetonian: What first made you interested in grassroots politics?Christine Pelosi: I started being interested in grassroots politics when I was walking in precincts as a young child, and I’ve been doing it ever since.DP: What were you like in college?CP: Well, I was very active in a student cooperative called Vital Vittles at Georgetown.

NEWS | 10/21/2013

News & Notes: Christie drops challenge to court ruling, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in NJ

Daily Princetonian Staff

Governor Chris Christie announcedMondaymorning that he will drop his challenge to a state Supreme Court decision permitting same-sex marriage, effectively making New Jersey the 14th state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. Christie noted that he disagreed with the decision made by the Court but acknowledged that it "left no ambiguity,"The New York Times reported. Christie had sought a stay to prevent the marriages from taking place, but his petition was denied and his administration has announced it will not continue to challenge the ruling. The ruling went into effect just aftermidnight on Monday, when same-sex couples across the state held weddings at promptly12:01 a.m.,The New York Times reported. In the town of Princeton, Mayor Liz Lempertannounced on her Facebook pagethat she would be authorized to officiate same-sex marriages startingMonday.

NEWS | 10/21/2013

In return to Princeton, Petraeus GS ’87 defends fracking

Teddy Schleifer

David Petraeus GS ’87 said on campus Saturday that fracking could be a solution to U.S. energy challenges for the next 100 years, according to attendees. The final speaking event at the University’s weekend conference for graduate alumni was closed to press but held in the University’s largest auditorium and could be attended by any of the 1,000 graduate alumni who registered for the conference.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

Eisgruber urges investment in education, need to improve job resources for graduate students at alumni conference

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Eisgruber urges investment in education, need to improve job resources for graduate students at alumni conference

James Evans

University President Chrisopher Eisgruber ’83 said higher education was still a worthy investment during a Q&A on Friday in Richardson Auditorium as part of this weekend's "Many Minds, Many Stripes" conference for graduate alumni During the 45-minute conversation, Eisgruber spoke about his vision for the University, as well as graduate student life and education. When asked about the largest challenges facing the University, Eisgruber reiterated his belief that higher education was coming under pressure, a theme he stressed at his Installation ceremony in September. “People are asking questions about the value of education.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

Early on in Nassau Hall gunshot incident, officers realized situation was not emergency

Early on in Nassau Hall gunshot incident, officers realized situation was not emergency

Marcelo Rochabrun

“Public Safety is receiving reports of possibility of shots fired in Nassau Hall,” a Princeton Police Department dispatcher saidaround 7:57 p.m.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

Campus ESL resources directed towards graduate students

Jean-Carlos Arenas

While the University requires a minimum proficiency in English for both undergraduate and graduate admission, some students arrive on campus still facing challenges with the language.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

News & Notes: Yale will not consider instituting honor code

Daily Princetonian Staff

Yale College Dean Mary Miller told the Yale Daily News that the school is not actively considering the creation of an honor code.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

Projects Board allegedly violates USG Constitution with funding approval

Anna Mazarakis

The Projects Board allegedly violated the USG Constitution by approving a funding request for $1,800 for the Tango Club Tango Festival. The Senate found the approved fund request while reviewing the USG budgetfrom July through September at its weekly meeting on Sunday evening.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

Updated: University endowment returns 11.7 percent, grows to $18.2 billion

James Evans

The University’s endowment returned 11.7 percent in fiscal year 2013, falling in line with other recently announced returns across the Ivy League.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

Krugman argues against austerity at alumni conference

Krugman argues against austerity at alumni conference

Joseph Sheehan Joe

Economics professor Paul Krugman explained the danger of attempting to reduce budget deficits in a time of recession in a lecture for the "Many Minds, Many Stripes" alumni conference on Friday afternoon. Speaking to a packed auditorium of graduate alumni, Krugman discussed “intro economics” in the context of the Great Recession. The winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to New Trade Theory, Krugman is known nationally for his twice-weekly columns in The New York Times.

NEWS | 10/19/2013

Endowment grows to $18.2 billion

James Evans

The University’s endowment returned 11.7 percent in fiscal year 2013, falling in line with other recently announced returns across the Ivy League.

NEWS | 10/18/2013

Expansion of entrepreneurship courses to follow recent surge in interest, support

Ruby Shao

Expanding the University's course offeringsin entrepreneurship will be a priority initiative for new provost David Lee GS '99, University President Christopher Eisgruber '83told the 'Prince' in September. Lee's initiative comes amid a climate for entrepreneurship on campus that has evolved significantly in recent years.

NEWS | 10/17/2013

Sedgewick pushes for increased investment in online education

Elliott Eglash

“How are we going to disseminate knowledge in the future? If we can disseminate knowledge for free, isn’t that what we’re supposed to be doing?

NEWS | 10/17/2013

News & Notes: 8 U. faculty among inductees to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Daily Princetonian Staff

Eight members of the University faculty were inducted into the 233rd class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in a ceremony on Oct.

NEWS | 10/17/2013

With demonstrators in the audience, Heritage Foundation fellow Anderson ’04 urges traditional understanding of marriage

With demonstrators in the audience, Heritage Foundation fellow Anderson ’04 urges traditional understanding of marriage

Regina Wang

Heritage Foundation fellowRyan T. Anderson ’04 argued for a traditional conception of marriage as a union between one man and one woman in an event sponsored by the Anscombe Society and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society on Thursday evening.

NEWS | 10/17/2013

Hayley Gorenberg ’87 leads effort to overturn New Jersey's same-sex marriage ban

Allison Kruk

The New Jersey Superior Court ruled to overturn the ban on gay marriage late last month, arguing that the civil union system violates both the 14th Amendment and the New Jersey Constitution.

NEWS | 10/17/2013

Alumnus Cochrane ’81 becomes Princeton Public Schools superintendent

Alumnus Cochrane ’81 becomes Princeton Public Schools superintendent

Jasmine Wang

The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education appointed Stephen Cochrane ’81 superintendent of Princeton Public Schools earlier this month.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng advocates universal human rights

Jacqueline Gufford

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng called for the worldwide recognition of universal human rights and proposed measures to end to the Chinese government’s repression of its people in a lecture delivered at the University Wednesday night. Speaking through a translator, Chen emphasized the need to examine human rights from a global perspective in an increasingly interconnected society.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

Booker wins Senate seat

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Booker wins Senate seat

Hannah Schoen

Newark Mayor Cory Booker defeated former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan in the race to fill the seat vacated by Senator Frank R.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

News & Notes: Traffic rerouted at Alexander St. and University Place for Arts & Transit construction

Catherine Ku

The intersection of Alexander Street and University Place was closed to traffic starting Wednesday to accommodate construction of a new traffic circle near the future Arts and Transit Neighborhood. The closure is expected to last until February 2014, according to an email sent to the University community on Tuesday byDepartment of Public Safety Administrative Captain Donald Reichling.Alexander Street will be closed from College Road to just north of the new Princeton Station parking lot. The construction has also resulted in changes to pedestrian and bike paths.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

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