Category: Campus

Simmer Down

I looked for library jobs and I looked for babysitting jobs but I found neither. Instead I landed a spot as a Recreation Supervisor for Princeton Intramural Sports (IMs).

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Beauty Decontextualized

The Program in Dance’s Spring Dance Festival: expertly choreographed works performed by accomplished student dancers at the Berlind Theater. There, I sat and stared at the stage. There, danced young men and women, their figures silhouetted against the backdrop, their motion passionate and firm. I sat next to my dear friend, who is herself an accomplished dancer.

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A Modest Proposal

The Princeton eating club system is one of the hallmarks of the Princeton experience, and the Bicker process is one of its most time-honored traditions. Each spring, a new class of Princetonians competes to join their chosen club by meeting members and putting on their best face.

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Fresh Reflects

“I never change; I’m too stuck in my ways.” There is a hope that we forget that “corrupt but necessary” college admissions process once in college. This, of course, is hypocritical and hopeless, for who hasn’t heard that kid boast … Read More

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Llosa’s Way

On Monday, November 22nd at 4:30pm in McCosh 50, Peruvian novelist, critic of authoritarian regimes, and recent winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature Mario Vargas Llosa will sit with acclaimed Irish poet Paul Muldoon to discuss Roger Casement, … Read More

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For the Superior Wiper

Said a pseudo-American prophet, “p— is sooooo crucial!” I am really American, so I believe in this very hard. And, as really important things must happen in cool places (the defenestration of Prague was in the castle, births and deaths … Read More

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Rawk the Awk

I steal another glance at my phone. Nothing.

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The Desert of the Meal

Slavoj Žižek seems like he is on the brink of a nervous breakdown when he lectures. He waves his arms wildly. He pulls at the front of his unassuming gray T-shirt. He grabs at the hair on his forehead. He … Read More

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A Look into SOARS

Salamishah Tillet told her sister Scheherazade that she was a rape survivor when she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in the late nineties. At the time, Scheherazade was enrolled in a social documentary class at Rutgers taught by Steve … Read More

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Slow Your Roll

The opening of the McDonald’s on the Spanish Steps in Rome was the catalyst that drove Carlo Petrini to found the Slow Food movement in 1986. The 14000-square-foot, 800-seat McDonald’s, one of the largest in the world, has also been … Read More

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The Loaves and the Pitches

“Have you had a spiritual experience? Out-of-body or near death experience? A flash of blue light or an inner sound? A sense you’ve lived before?” If you browsed through The Daily Princetonian last week, you may have noticed this advertisement … Read More

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The Outgoingbox of a Freshman

FROM: Marky Berkowitz TO: Mom TIME: 11:51 p.m. SUBJECT: toothbrush hi do you remember if we unpacked my toothbrush when i moved in? i cant find it. ———- FROM: Marky Berkowitz TO: Joline Hall TIME: 11:54 p.m. SUBJECT: lost hi … Read More

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