There?s a British joke from the 1960s about the Irish airline Aer Fungus offering its first completely automated flight without a human pilot.
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer ?81 (D) will not face charges in the prostitution scandal that led to his resignation last spring, according to a statement made today by Michael Garcia, U.S.
Flooding caused by a burst water pipe has temporarily closed the Cottage Club dining room, club members confirmed Thursday evening.The members, who were granted anonymity because they are not permitted to speak for the club, said they believe the burst occurred in the early morning hours on Thursday, and officers announced the incident to the club in an e-mail later that day.
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, whom Public Safety contacted after its investigation revealed that Ho was in the San Francisco area, according to the alert."There was no foul play involved in this case and Ho's parents are now with him in San Francisco," the alert explained.The computer science concentrator from Chamblee, Ga., was located around noon Tuesday, Public Safety director Steven Healy said.Ho did not respond to repeated requests for comment.Public Safety had originally issued an alert on Saturday requesting information on Ho's whereabouts from the campus community.
When president-elect Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) enters the White House on Jan. 20, 2009, he may bring a number of Princeton alumni with him.
Starting a business is a daunting task, but the key to an entrepreneur's success is not letting the challenges of the endeavor squash ambition, Zipcar founder and former CEO Robin Chase said to a few dozen students during a lecture in
Princeton students care a lot about late meal options, according to a new feature launched on Point this week by the USG."Which do you want more?" is an interactive feature that combines suggestion box and survey features to gauge the relative priority students assign to different campus issues.
As many students were gearing up for a night out on Princeton Halloween, David Clark was teaching his class about werewolves - but not as a costume idea.Clark, a visiting lecturer in the history department, studies demonology, which includes the study of magic, witchcraft and, of course, demons.
Though Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and the Democrats swept to a decisive victory in Tuesday?s election, many questions remain about the future presidential administration, race relations, the American electorate and the Republican brand.There was a standing ovation as Obama?s name was first mentioned in a panel discussion Wednesday on the aftermath of the 2008 election, but panelists and audience members alike questioned what his victory will mean for the future.The panel consisted of Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter ?80, religion and African-American studies professor Cornel West GS ?80, Wilson School professor Julian Zelizer and Columbia comparative literature and African-American studies professor Farah Griffin.Religion and African-American studies professor Eddie Glaude GS ?97 moderated the panel, which was sponsored by the Center for African-American Studies and the Graduate School?s Office of Academic Affairs and Diversity.The panelists agreed that the coming months will be a test for Obama.?He has to be able to project strength, but also a new kind of humility and posture,? Slaughter explained.Of the trials he could face in the future, Slaughter said that addressing terrorism and national security may be the most difficult.?I expect that Al Qaeda will put him in a position where he has to kill Muslims,? she said, explaining that this would force him to walk a fine line between support in the Middle East and the expectations of the American people.She added that Iran could find this ?the perfect time to rattle its sabers.? Russia, damaged by economic crisis, might also try to stir something up on the Ukrainian border to deflect criticism from its own administration, she noted.Even without unforeseen foreign policy issues, Obama will have a tough time with the global financial collapse when he takes office, Slaughter said.
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.
Oregon Speaker of the House Jeff Merkley GS ?82 (D-Ore.) was running neck-and-neck with incumbent U.S.
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.
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.
A panel of four Wilson School and politics department faculty members correctly predicted Tuesday evening that Sen.
The risk of soggy campaign posters didn?t stop three teenagers from the Princeton Friends School from standing at a curb near the Trinity Church polling station late Tuesday afternoon.
President Johnson?s sweeping defeat of Sen. Goldwater was evident early last evening ? and the President?s margin kept growing all night long.Soon after the polls closed on the Eastern seaboard, it became clear that Mr. Johnson would celebrate an unprecedented victory in the six New England states.Thereafter the Johnson bandwagon rolled from Vermont, which had never before in its history given its support to a Democratic Presidential candidate, to California, which gave its 50 electoral votes to Richard Nixon in 1960.Technically, the election was over at 10:11 p.m.
At the onset of a historic election day, pessimism was brewing among campus Republicans, as chances of a victory for Sen.
Ronald Wilson Reagan, a one-time movie actor turned politician, captured the highest office in the land yesterday, battering Jimmy Carter throughout the country to become the 40th President of the United States.The popular vote was less close than had been expected, but the real surprise of the day came in the electoral count, where Reagan scored a stunning victory.As of 2 a.m., Reagan had garnered 452 electoral votes, to Carter?s 45.
