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Mar. 23, 2011

Vol. 111, No. 9

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THE WEEKLY BLOG

Rugby alumni, teams to celebrate two anni- versaries
Relatively few American students play rugby before college. For many of the men and women who pick up the sport at Princeton, the first game they watch also becomes the first one they compete in. Newcomers learn the basics, refine their skills, and eventually pass on... READ MORE

Flyin' Hawaiian

On a campus full of large personalities, ‘Master Jeff’ has one of the largest

By Merrell Noden ’78

It’s tough keeping up with Jeff Nunokawa as he breezes through the bustling dining hall of Rockefeller College. It’s lunchtime, and Master Jeff, as the students call him, is in his element, dispensing jokes and kind words in equal measure, riffing on...

Princeton in the Confederacy’s service

150 years after the Civil War, Rebel ties remain little-known

Published in the Mar. 23, 2011, issue

The “northernmost outpost of Southern culture” — that’s how a letter to the editor of the Prince described the University in 1935. The letter was a joke — signed by “Jefferson Davis ’36” and four Confederate colleagues — but its sentiment rang true: For...Read more

Reversing course, Princeton to offer early-action option

Published in the Mar. 23, 2011, issue

Princeton will return to an early-admission process next year after a four-year experiment with a single application deadline that drew little support from the University’s peer institutions. “In eliminating our early program four years ago, we hoped ...Read more

Report from a revolution

My view from Tahrir Square

Published in the Mar. 23, 2011, issue

Ahmed Ozalp ’95 is a founder and managing director of Akanar Partners, a corporate-finance and mergers-and-acquisitions advisory firm. He serves as chairman of the Alumni Schools Committee in Egypt. My family and I live on an island on the Nile called ...Read more

Woodrow Wilson Award winner Denny Chin ’75

Alumni Day: Lectures, honors, and memories

Keynote speakers highlight the personal in their talks

Published in the Mar. 23, 2011, issue

In his Alumni Day lecture Feb. 26, Woodrow Wilson Award winner and federal judge Denny Chin ’75 discussed his reverence for the law and examined some of the memorable cases he had presided over in more than 16 years on the bench. But the most poignant part...Read more

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Web Bonus Links

Reading 'Jeffbook'
A selection of English professor Jeff Nunokawa's recent Facebook postings, chosen from more than 3,100 he has written.

Video: The magic of chemistry
Watch highlights of the program (including "The Orange and the Black") that's a perennial crowd-pleaser at Alumni Day.

Slide show: Egypt in revolt
Photos by Ahmed Ozalp '95, who with his family and friends had a "front-row seat" for the revolution in his native country.

Q&A with Dean Janet Rapelye
Princeton's dean of admission explains why the University decided to offer an early-action option once again.

Audio: In praise of 'Old Kwansei'
Hear a chorus sing a Japanese alma mater borrowed from Princeton's songbook.

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Gregg Lange's 70's Rally 'Round the Cannon
The engineering school's mission has stayed close to the philosophy 150 years ago of the school's guiding light, Joseph Henry.

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A list of alumni whose deaths recently have been reported to the University.

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