Princeton Spring

For the Class of 1968, senior year was a time like no other

Published in the July 16, 2008, issue

The rites of Princeton University’s 221st Commencement played out on the sun-swept lawn of Nassau Hall on June 11, 1968, after a semester of national torment and heartbreak. Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg received an honorary degree, along...Read more

Loads of characters, plenty of plot

What class reunion books can tell us

Published in the July 16, 2008, issue

When the men of Princeton’s Class of 1885 prepared to gather for their 25th reunion, they decided to publish a book reporting the latest doings of classmates “in anticipation of the reunion in June, 1910.” The 116 pages of the resulting hardcover volume did...Read more

Data crusader

Josh Tauberer ’04 is someone a policy wonk could love

Published in the July 16, 2008, issue

Since graduating from Princeton in 2004, Josh Tauberer has led a double life. By day, he’s a mild-mannered graduate student in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. By night, he commands a legion of computer programs, trolling the Internet for data...Read more

Commencement 2008

Published in the July 16, 2008, issue

Relief, pride, joy, sadness, exhaustion — graduates felt all these emotions as they completed their journeys through Princeton. After surviving finals and the writing of their theses and dissertations, 1,125 undergraduates and 743...Read more

Reunions 2008

Published in the July 16, 2008, issue

The P-rade is an event for Tigers of many stripes — and for many patterns, prints, and plaids, too. But this year, viewers perched on the banks of Elm Drive likely experienced a sense of déjà vu from two large contingents of alumni...Read more