When current music professor Anthony D.J. Branker '80 first arrived at the University as an undergraduate, he headed for Fine Tower instead of the music practice room.
Adriana Diaz '06 walked away from the Miss New York USA 2006 pageant on Sunday with a silver tiara, a bouquet of red roses and the unmistakable look of a first-place winner.
Before today's forecast, I'd like to first say happy birthday to Myrtle McGee of New Bethel, Ala.
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.
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.
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.
Clarification appendedThe USG will hold a special Senate meeting to reconsider a proposed student referendum on an amicus brief supporting same-sex marriage.
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.
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.
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.
The seven candidates for USG president sparred in front of nearly 50 students outside Café Vivian in a debate last night.
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.
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.
The history department is considering hiring a Middle Eastern studies professor from Columbia University whose potential appointment last semester to a newly-endowed chair intensified the already-heated debate over the politics of Middle Eastern studies at Princeton.Rashid Khalidi, director of Columbia's Middle East Institute and an advocate for Palestine, was considered earlier this year for the Robert Niehaus '78 Chair in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies.He is now the only candidate under consideration for the Rosengarten Chair in Modern and Contemporary History.
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.
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.
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.
Clarification appendedThe USG will hold a special Senate meeting to reconsider a proposed student referendum on an amicus brief supporting same-sex marriage.
The seven candidates for USG president sparred in front of nearly 50 students outside Café Vivian in a debate last night.
The history department is considering hiring a Middle Eastern studies professor from Columbia University whose potential appointment last semester to a newly-endowed chair intensified the already-heated debate over the politics of Middle Eastern studies at Princeton.Rashid Khalidi, director of Columbia's Middle East Institute and an advocate for Palestine, was considered earlier this year for the Robert Niehaus '78 Chair in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies.He is now the only candidate under consideration for the Rosengarten Chair in Modern and Contemporary History.
