President-elect Barack Obama’s all-star administration is filling out quite nicely, but… there are an alarming number of smug Princeton alumni entering the fold.
During a press conference on Monday, Obama announced that he was nominating Lisa Jackson GS ’86 to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in his Ivy-friendly administration.
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As sexually experienced [READ: promiscuous] student undoubtedly know, condoms come in all different shapes and sizes.
From Magnums to ribbed, the condom, or love sock, aisle at your local Rite Aid or Duane Reade is generally a Technicolor rainbow of assorted colors.
For at least one Princeton student, however, one set of condom boxes always ...
It’s official; Princeton University runs New Jersey.
According to the University’s 2007 financial report, Princeton generated roughly $1.09 billion in gross revenue last year from out-of-state investments, grants, federal research funds, etc. As a result, more jobs became available to New Jersey residents, which, in turn, led to increased spen...
Last week, Princeton’s eating clubs rallied in support of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (HHAW), offering students free grub in exchange for a $2 donation to the Crisis Ministry and Homefront.
However, not all of Princeton’s exclusive clubs participated in the Thanksgiving fundraiser.
No, three of them—Ivy Club, Cottage Club and Tige...
Every year, a handful of the best and brightest Princeton University chess players head to the New Jersey State Prison to square off against the inmates in what has become known as the “Inmates and Ivy” Tournament.
While the Ivy League wizzes always emerge victorious, the inmates proved to be formidable opponents this year—that is, if you comp...
In the eternal struggle against grade inflation, Princeton drew its line in the sand long ago, executing a series of aggressive grading policies designed to curb the rising number of A’s on campus.
This, of course, stands in direct opposition to other Ivies, like Brown University, where more than half of the grades issued are A’s solely becaus...
Several days ago, we reported that Princetonians were too busy with their heads stuck in textbooks (or up their asses, if you prefer) to join their Ivy League brethren in protesting Proposition 8, a California referendum that barred gay couples from getting married in the state.
Well, they finally sprung into action, and true to form, they wen...
Yesterday, Barack Obama announced that he had tapped two Princeton alumni to join his White House staff. Come January, Christopher Lu ’88 and Lisa Brown ’82 will serve as the 44th president’s cabinet secretary and staff secretary, respectively.
According to the Daily Princetonian, Brown previously worked as Al Gore’s legal counsel from 1999 un...
Two weeks ago, California passed Proposition 8, a referendum that barred gay couples from getting married within state lines, by a relatively small margin (2 percent). Since then, members and supporters of LGBT groups have shown their discontent with the state’s decision by organizing protests across the country.
At Princeton, however, very li...
Unlike George W. Bush (and John McCain), Barack Obama understands technology. He carries a Crackberry Blackberry with him at all times, and his technologically savvy campaign was bolstered by online fundraising and social networking, two facets of the Internet that have come to prominence in recent years.
And so, in lieu of modernity and the c...
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