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The Verse Debate, Part 2

Or rather, your notion of the face in Baudelaire is evasive. Poetry’s stock has fallen; that of the novel, the short story—that of prose—has risen. The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books have run articles addressing the … Read More

by Anonymous on April 25, 2007February 26, 2014

Bigots on Nassau

“A lot of sawdust written on this subject—a lot of sawdust. Don’t read any of it.”

—Isaiah Berlin, on ‘natural law’

by John Nelson on April 23, 2009March 17, 2013

Reluctant Reunion

Every year, during the last couple weeks of May, the orange and black paraphernalia that distinguishes the bubble inside FitzRandolph Gate bleeds into the town of Princeton. Princeton Pride takes on a whole new characteristic when alumni from classes of the 1920s to the most recent graduating class infest the town with their orange blazers, Princeton umbrellas, and babies in Tiger onesies.

by Liani Wang on May 9, 2013May 11, 2013

What Does it Mean When You Vote for a Joke Candidate?

In the first week of December, joke ticket Will Gansa will face off with Ella Cheng in a run-off election for Princeton’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President. Gansa, running on a platform of waffle fries, ripe fruit, and ‘bike reform,’ won 44% of the popular vote to Cheng’s 32%, in the first round of elections in late November.

by Ally Markovich on December 2, 2014December 2, 2014

White Supremacy and the “Cancel Culture” Backlash

An opinion piece exploring the ideological basis of vocal pushback against “wokeism” on campus.

by David Chmielewski on August 6, 2022August 6, 2022

The Annals of Princetonian Academic Lust

Bereavement can be rather grave in certain circumstances, and the loss of decorum- the circumstance I address this very instant- has its sufficient fill of seriousness.

by Max Kenneth on November 17, 2004March 17, 2013

My Christian Roommate

The first thing they do when they get your freshman rooming preferences is they throw them in the trash. They just dump them right in, piles of them crunched up and discarded until that great big bin is brimming full with them. And then – then the real thing starts. They shut the blinds and dim the lights. They lock the office door. And finally, when everybody’s seated, when everyone is ready, they begin to assemble the hell that is our roommate pairings, exhibiting all the tact and skill of a television writing staff as they concoct these garish personal sitcoms that recall either Perfect Strangers or, for the more unfortunate, No Exit.

by Jac Mullen on April 11, 2007March 17, 2013

On Playing School

A personal reflection on compensating student athletes.

by Boyd Bethel on October 20, 2019October 19, 2019

When Times Get Shitty, Culture Gets Good

It’s four more years, and if history’s taught us anything, it’s that you can gas a lot of people in four years.

by Jacob O. Gold on November 10, 2004March 17, 2013

Towpath

“Oak trees, no longer mute, lose their even trim and the path invariably assumes a new and rugged imprecision.”

by Catherine Song on September 29, 2019September 28, 2019

Out with the Old, in with the New?

On the Glee Club’s positive intentions and dubious execution.

by Michael Yeung on December 9, 2018December 8, 2018

Googlisms

You can type in any search query, and according to the Googlism website, “find out what Google.com thinks of you, your friends or anything.”

by Diana Lemberg on April 14, 2004March 17, 2013


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