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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Cheat Sheet - An Alumna’s Advice for the Young Women of Princeton: Marry My Son

Today: Kenya Dismisses Election Rigging Allegations , "The State of War" – Kim Jong Un's Bombastic, and Ominous, Bluster , National Zoo Artificially Inseminates Panda
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

March 30, 2013
GO GET 'EM TIGERS

In a letter published in the Daily Princetonian, Susan A. Patton, president of the class of '77, told female students to marry a classmate before they graduate, saying Princeton women "have almost priced ourselves out of the market." Eveline Chao on the social-media backlash.

ON THE BRINK

Police braced for violent outbursts in Kenya Saturday following officials' decision to uphold the victory of newly-elected Presidet Uhuru Kenyatta. The decision dismisses claims that the narrow—and highly controversial—March election—in which Kenyatta won with only 50.3 percent of the vote, had been rigged. Regarded as a ruthless leader, the United States and other Western nations have openly expressed their disapproval for Kenyatta, who has been charged by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. In Kenya's capital, Nairobi, angry citizens began smashing shop windows and yelling in the streets. A community activist, Kennedy Odede, described the fragile situation: "There's no violence yet…there are police everywhere."

'STATE OF WAR'

On Saturday, North Korea declared it was "entering the state of war" with South Korea. Gordon G. Chang says the country's one-a-day rhetorical blasts suggest something is terribly wrong—and about to get worse.

BABY ON BOARD

Who doesn't love baby pandas? The National Zoo is determined to create a few, announcing Saturday that its female giant panda, Mei Xiang, had been artificially inseminated after natural breeding failed to occur. Despite these issues in the bedroom, the zoo's male panda, Tian Tian, will still be the cub's biological dad. Hopefully within 95 and 160 days (the length of a panda pregnancy), the two pandas will welcome a new bundle of fluff and the Internet can have a new favorite animal.

 

PARTY POLITICS

Italy's political circus may—finally—be coming to an end. Officials announced Saturday that Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is rumored to be considering resignation after more talks failed to move the country forward in forming a new government. A decision to step down by Napolitano would free up Parliament to either elect a new president, or dissolve the current system and call for a new election. A month after the country's highly-disputed elections, it remains at a political impasse, as Italians' patience wears thin. "This country needs respect and attention and, most of all, it deserves to be governed," wrote Roberto Napoletano in Italy's major newspaper. It's game time for the boot.


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UPSET CITY
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Sweet Sixteen round of NCAA tournament.
MASTER OF THE HOUSE
Sacha Baron Cohen Becomes Landlord
Leases Hollywood home
MONKEY BUSINESS
Bieber's Pet Monkey Quarantined in Germany
Lacked proper papers.
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