A panel of four Wilson School and politics department faculty members correctly predicted Tuesday evening that Sen.
President Reagan swept to an overwhelming reelection victory yesterday, garnering 525 electoral votes as of late last night, but Republicans struggled to ride his coattails toward a working majority in Congress.Democratic candidate Walter Mondale appeared to be winning a total of only 13 electoral votes ? Minnesota and the District of Columbia ? in a race that represents the greatest margin of victory since Nixon?s defeat of McGovern in 1972.The three major television networks predicted a landslide Regan victory of 59 percent to 41 percent of the popular vote at about 8:15 p.m.
As Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) captured a resounding victory Tuesday night, becoming the nation's first African-American president, Princeton students who lined up at polling places and sent in absentee ballots had their role in making history.As of press time, Obama had won 349 electoral votes, surpassing Sen.
Oregon Speaker of the House Jeff Merkley GS ?82 (D-Ore.) was running neck-and-neck with incumbent U.S.
Hubert H Humphrey conceded the presidential election to Richard M. Nixon shortly after noon yesterday to end one of the closest elections in history.Earlier, two of the major networks had given Illinois?s 26 electoral votes to Nixon, thus raising his unofficial total to 290 ? 20 more than a majority.Although Humphrey apparently won in two other doubtful states, Texas and Missouri, his total of 203 electoral votes, combined with the 45 votes won by George C.
Roughly 79 percent of University undergraduates preferred Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president, according to a poll recently conducted by Nassau Research, a new student-run research organization.The poll, which invited 1,000 randomly selected undergraduates to complete an online survey, was conducted from Oct.
Though the economic downturn has affected the University?s endowment and financial aid packages, there are no plans to change the operating budget for the current academic year, President Tilghman said at a faculty meeting in Nassau Hall on Monday afternoon.The University is prepared for difficult times, Tilghman said, adding that ?we have a cushion.?The endowment increased by 5.6 percent in the 2007-08 fiscal year, keeping Princeton among the American universities with the largest endowments.
Wei Ho ?09, who had been missing since the early morning hours of Oct. 31, has been found ?safe and unharmed? in San Francisco, according to a campus safety alert issued Tuesday afternoon. Ho was found by the San Francisco Police Department, which Public Safety contacted after its investigation revealed that Ho was in the San Francisco area, the alert said, adding that ?there was no foul play involved in this case and Ho?s parents are now with him in San Francisco.? The computer science concentrator from Chamblee, Ga., was located around noon Tuesday, Public Safety director Steven Healy said. Public Safety issued an alert on Saturday requesting information on Ho?s whereabouts from the campus community. While Public Safety has previously conducted missing persons investigations, issuing a campus-wide alert was unusual, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ?96 said in an interview on Sunday. ?We deal with folks who are concerned about their friends?, family members? and colleagues? and peers? [whereabouts] all the time.
Roughly 97 percent of reported University faculty and staff donations in this current presidential election cycle went to Democratic candidates and causes, and roughly 76 percent of the total reported donations went to Sen.
Instead of tanning on a beach or hanging out at home over Fall Break, 51 students walked through rain-soaked Northern Virginia to knock on the doors of 10,000 strangers.
There was a lot of extra lasagna at the first-ever USG Diversity Council meeting Monday evening.Though 39 student leaders from more than 30 different affinity-based student groups were invited, only six people attended the 6 p.m.
Melekot Abate ?11 won?t be voting in today?s presidential election, and the law bars him from donating to candidates of any party.
The University?s expansion efforts involve the construction of more than just on-campus buildings.
Retired Camden County Superior Court Judge John Fratto has denied motions filed by both sides in the dispute over the Robertson Foundation?s $900 million endowment, ruling that the trial will be conducted in two phases.Fratto, who replaced Mercer County Superior Court Judge Maria Sypek in September, ruled at an Oct.
After 50 years at the University, Bill Lockwood ?59 hasn?t changed his taste in decorations.
University Executive Vice President Mark Burstein said in an interview this week that the University should not expend the resources necessary to keep Firestone open after midnight, noting that he believes that not enough students want to study in the building during the early morning hours to justify the cost.
This Fall Break, while some students caught up on sleep or campaigned for their candidates, just over 40 students spent part of their week off helping elementary school students, tomato-farm workers, pediatricians and undocumented immigrants.The Pace Center sponsored four Fall Break Breakout Princeton Civic Action trips this year.
