Seeing Princetonians featured in
The New York Times
is nothing new, but in the last few days the Gray Lady has seemed particularly orange and black. Here are a few of the alumni stories PAW noticed, with sections in brackets. Add your own links in the comments below.
A Q&A with
Alex Gansa â84
and
Howard Gordon â84
, co-creators of the Emmy-winning TV series
Homeland
, explored the influences and politics behind the writing process. [
Magazine
]
âItâs not as easy being
Meg Whitman [â77]
as Meg Whitman might have expected,â the Times opined in a profile of the Hewlett-Packard CEO. [
Business
]
Fifty years after his creation, Spider-Man has brought his crime-fighting skills to Brooklyn, with help from writer
Stuart Moore â83
. [
N.Y./Region
]
According to
George Hirsch â56
and Amby Burfoot, recent fabrications from a pair of high-profile distance runners contradict the spirit of the sport. [
Sports
]
Native Americans âhave always been part of how America defined itself,â wrote
David Treuer â92
, but the legacy is filled with contradictions. [
Opinion
]
PBSâ documentary
Half the Sky
, featuring
Sheryl WuDunn *88
,
Mikaela Beardsley â92
, and
Jamie Gordon â92
, is âthoroughly edifying, handsomely produced and buoyed by brave, resilient people fighting for basic equality,â according to a
Times
reviewer. [
Television
]
