Mar
15
Greg Smith, a Goldman Sachs executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, sent the company quite a resignation letter – through the NY Times. Goldman lost its noble culture, he explains, no longer working for its clients but solely for the purpose of …
Mar
12
Princeton University and its President, Shirley Tilghman, have decided, without proper discussion and compromise with Princeton community members, students, faculty, and University workers, that it would move Princeton Station and the Dinky train 450-500 feet to the south (a football field distance). This has been decided in order to build an arts complex; current plans …
Mar
11
1. Occupy Princeton Vision Meeting & Declaration of Occupation / Resource Expansion / Printed Publication – Resolution passed to collaboratively edit and publish a “Declaration of Occupation” based on the strategies and goals decided upon at the vision meeting on Sunday, March 4th, 2012. Derek will be the point person for setting up the Google …
Mar
02
After a three year long campaign by student activists concerned with social justice and responsible investment of the University’s endowment, Princeton has announced that it will not reinvest in HEI Hospitality due to “business considerations.” Princeton Students for Workers’ Rights, with the recent support of Occupy Princeton and other individuals, have been seeking this outcome …
Mar
01
Despite many practices that may contradict it, Princeton University is still first and foremost an educational institution. Being such an institution, its goal is to provide students with a solid intellectual basis for whatever they set out to do in life. Although a cut-throat deflationary grading system (or grading at all) is probably not the …
