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Cornel West 'Living and Loving Out Loud'

Joe Territo | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

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Joe Territo

Princeton University's Cornel West -- the American philosopher, author, critic, pastor, actor and civil rights activist -- compares his lifestyle to the blues in his new autobiography.

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Eric Schmidt: Princeton Receives $25M From Google CEO For Tech Fund

Posted 10.14.2009 | Technology

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have donated $25 million to Princeton University to create an endowment fund supporting technology resear...

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Re-"Kindle" Our Past with Green Technology

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

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Jonathan A. Schein

Preserving books is one of our most important duties if we are going remain relevant in the eyes of future societies.

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Princeton Water Gun Scare

AP | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York

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PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) Princeton University briefly alerted the campus after an employee spotted a male walking with a gun. Advertisement The gun tu...

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Scanning the Latest Blog Posts, 233 Years Ago

Louise Mirrer | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

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Louise Mirrer

The American Revolution had its own bloggers. They were called pamphleteers and their opinions were pointed, their language was colorful, and their sense of urgency was compelling.

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Sonia Sotomayor -- The Wise Latina

Aaron Harber | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Harber

It is fascinating to watch the fracturing of the Republican Party as some leaders attack Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a "racist" while others try to focus on her judicial record.

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Sotomayor: A Negative for Affirmative Action?

Rob Fishman | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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Rob Fishman

The problem for affirmative action advocates is that Sotomayor's story is atypical of the stories one finds at the most prestigious universities. There's a danger of not seeing the forest for one exceptional tree.

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Former Princeton President Recalls "Exceptional" Student Sotomayor

The New Yorker | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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William G. Bowen joined the faculty of Princeton in 1958. He became provost in 1967 and served as president of Princeton from 1972, the year Sonia Sot...

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Heaving Bosoms: A Tonic for the Recession?

Joanne Rendell | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media

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Joanne Rendell

To rush to conclusions about romance fiction is to flatten out a rich, varied, and continually evolving genre.

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Race Baiting Michelle -- Again

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The recent visit of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown cracked the window just enough to toss mud again at Michelle and of course hope some of the mud splatters on the president.

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Why the Obamas are Political Black Swans

Megan Harris | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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Megan Harris

The First Family have quickly emerged as positive role models for a generation that seemed adrift. They are poised to systematically realign how Americans view themselves and country.

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