Category: Campus

Princeton Studies

Princeton needs a Princeton Studies Department. It can start simple: maybe with just PRS 346/AMS 346 “Princeton Through History,” covering the British soldiers hiding in Nassau Hall through Einstein’s residency. I think this would really help me understand the rich … Read More

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Large Drunk Appetites

Because of my tendency to mumble vague feminist claims, or perhaps because of my decade-long ugly duckling phase, I have always been pinned with the word “jaded.” I suspect this is because my first crush called me “chipmunk face” too many times, so I eventually beat him up in second grade and then gave up on romance before I knew what it was.

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Feminism: 1, Assault: 0

A couple Fridays ago, joined by the presidents of Kappa and Pi Phi, I spoke as the Theta representative at Take Back the Night. The evening was frantically managed, with speakers from what seemed like every organization on campus standing … Read More

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Computers in the classroom: should we ban them?

Considering the benefits and drawbacks of modern technology in Princeton classes.

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This Affects Me

Two years ago when I was ‘outed’ to the entire university community by The Daily Princetonian in a classic Prince counterfactual and misquoted “news” piece about an alleged election controversy, I promised myself to never be put in a situation … Read More

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Love in the Orange Bubble

“I scribbled a question on my scrap of paper and tossed it into the designated baseball hat: Can you tell us a little about hookups and relationships at school?”

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Invisible Fratter

“Master Race! Master Race!” chanted my drunken Aryan friends. The “Beer Olympics” had seemed like a great idea; what better way to build camaraderie amongst brothers than to engage in the spirit of competition, and to do it while getting shitfaced?

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The Specter of Foodalism

There is one thing that sets Princeton University apart from all the other institutions I have spent time at. It is the irrational tendency on the part of my fellow students to go where the food is.

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Late Meal Loss

As Princeton’s end-of-year-rituals bring to a close the first half of my time here, I’ve been thinking of milestones and the future and most of all about how much I’ll miss late meal.

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Please, No, Thank You

At Princeton, lunch is a mechanized process that goes something like this:

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Excess and Thrift

Last night there was an enormous raccoon prowling through the dumpsters in Wilson. The girl I was walking with recoiled, but I was sympathetic—ever since I joined the free food listserv I often feel like a nocturnal creature rummaging through … Read More

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The Ethics of Friendster

It is a cowardly New World in many ways: distance killing enables us to blow people to falafel with the push of a button; comradely criticism is muted by the whine of cultural sensitivity; salesmen flood our inboxes rather than … Read More

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