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Brooks says conservative movement in crisis

New York Times columnist David Brooks challenged American conservatives to reinvigorate their movement by recalling Alexander Hamilton's vision of upward social mobility during Thursday night's keynote address for the James Madison Institute's conference, titled "The Conservative Movement."Brooks called Hamilton the original conservative, an individual who rose from a broken home and poverty to pen the Federalist Papers and engineer the United States' treasury system."Social mobility was at the heart of his philosophy.

NEWS | 12/01/2005

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Flaxman '07 drops out of presidential race

Freddy Flaxman '07 withdrew from the USG presidential race Friday after the USG sharply rebuked him for violating election rules and rejected a subsequent appeal.This marks the second consecutive year in which Flaxman has been reprimanded by USG elections managers for campaign conduct."[The] elections process [is] rife with injustice, unfairness, and corruption," Flaxman said in an email Friday afternoon to supporters announcing his withdrawal.

NEWS | 12/01/2005

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The Daily Princetonian

Brooks says conservative movement in crisis

New York Times columnist David Brooks challenged American conservatives to reinvigorate their movement by recalling Alexander Hamilton's vision of upward social mobility during Thursday night's keynote address for the James Madison Institute's conference, titled "The Conservative Movement."Brooks called Hamilton the original conservative, an individual who rose from a broken home and poverty to pen the Federalist Papers and engineer the United States' treasury system."Social mobility was at the heart of his philosophy.

NEWS | 12/01/2005

The Daily Princetonian

Flaxman '07 drops out of presidential race

Freddy Flaxman '07 withdrew from the USG presidential race Friday after the USG sharply rebuked him for violating election rules and rejected a subsequent appeal.This marks the second consecutive year in which Flaxman has been reprimanded by USG elections managers for campaign conduct."[The] elections process [is] rife with injustice, unfairness, and corruption," Flaxman said in an email Friday afternoon to supporters announcing his withdrawal.

NEWS | 12/01/2005

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Team recounts efforts to make Prospect 11 a winner

No one believed that Princeton students would want to get dirt under their fingers, ORFE professor Alain Kornhauser GS '71 said at the beginning of a presentation on Wednesday about a project that proved such skepticism was undeserved.During "Prospect 11: The Making, Testing and Running of Princeton's Entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge," Kornhauser and his team of student engineers shared their experiences competing in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge.DARPA, a division of the Department of Defense, created the challenge as part of a project to design autonomous ground vehicles that could help save lives in warfare.

NEWS | 11/30/2005

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'No recollection' of CAP, Alito says

Clarification appendedSamuel Alito '72, President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, said Wednesday that he has "no recollection" of being a member of Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP), a group that made headlines in recent weeks after critics said it has advocated far-right, anti-coeducational and anti-affirmative action views.Alito's statement was made in a document released Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings on his nomination in January.

NEWS | 11/30/2005

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Hersh criticizes Bush policy on Iraq war

In a speech rife with indignation, wit and scathing criticism of the Bush administration, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Seymour Hersh spoke to an audience that filled McCosh 50 about his experiences reporting in Iraq and Vietnam.Hersh, a reporter for The New Yorker and author of "Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib," focused on his most famous reporting, including the mistreatment of Abu Ghraib prisoners, the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, and his most recent New Yorker article on the air war in Iraq.Throughout the speech, Hersh noted Bush's commitment to "stay the course" in Iraq, and argued that such a mentality portends a bleak future for Iraqis."It's about democracy ... I'll buy [Bush's] story that he means business.

NEWS | 11/30/2005

The Daily Princetonian

Team recounts efforts to make Prospect 11 a winner

No one believed that Princeton students would want to get dirt under their fingers, ORFE professor Alain Kornhauser GS '71 said at the beginning of a presentation on Wednesday about a project that proved such skepticism was undeserved.During "Prospect 11: The Making, Testing and Running of Princeton's Entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge," Kornhauser and his team of student engineers shared their experiences competing in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge.DARPA, a division of the Department of Defense, created the challenge as part of a project to design autonomous ground vehicles that could help save lives in warfare.

NEWS | 11/30/2005

The Daily Princetonian

'No recollection' of CAP, Alito says

Clarification appendedSamuel Alito '72, President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, said Wednesday that he has "no recollection" of being a member of Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP), a group that made headlines in recent weeks after critics said it has advocated far-right, anti-coeducational and anti-affirmative action views.Alito's statement was made in a document released Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings on his nomination in January.

NEWS | 11/30/2005

The Daily Princetonian

Presidential campaign heats up

A year after then-presidential contender Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 outlined a bold vision of civic engagement and service that he hoped would redefine the USG, the seven presidential candidates vying to succeed him are different in style but similar in substance.They range from sitting USG members who tout their experience and accomplishments to a complete outsider promising to bring a fresh perspective.A few themes dominate the campaign.

NEWS | 11/30/2005

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Reagan's legacy discussed

A journalist, an ambassador and an academic discussed former president Ronald Reagan's accomplishments during the Cold War in a panel Wednesday afternoon.The panel, titled "Ronald Reagan in Perspective," consisted of two people who have written about Reagan: Lou Cannon of the Washington Post, who has written numerous books on Reagan, and Jack Matlock, the former ambassador to the Soviet Union under Reagan's office, who most recently wrote "Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended."The third member of the panel was University politics professor emeritus Fred Greenstein, who introduced Matlock and Cannon and moderated the question and answer session.Cannon and Matlock delivered speeches praising Reagan and his diplomatic successes in the Soviet Union.

NEWS | 11/30/2005