Category: Campus

Nine Hours in McCosh 50

A day in the life of a lecture hall.

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Encomium Morae: A Declamation

Given Princeton’s academic rigor, I am appalled to see that it lacks any formal instruction in my divine art. Rather than forcing tomorrow’s brightest minds to learn my science on the streets, I have resolved to outline a few basic principles.

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The Future of TigerApps

New technologies from the USG.

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Letter from the Editor

The Editor-in-Chief ushers in the Nass’s forty-third volume.

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Seeking Out the Greats

Princeton University is a warped, funhouse mirror image of Hollywood, where the oldest and least attractive people are the stars and the beautiful children of privilege pay high prices to stand briefly in their presence. Like Princeton, Hollywood is a … Read More

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The Phallic Fraternity

The films we watch, recorded images in motion, are brought to us by the camera’s privileged eye. The camera is privileged to “be there” when the actual moving bodies do their thing.

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A Few of My Favorite Things…?

In the spirit of this week’s issue, I’ve been thinking about a number of things in pop culture that I seem to like for no apparent reason. Sometimes I hate myself for enjoying the following things, but enjoy them I do, however much guilt I may feel.

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Girl Gone Wild

What deranged group of people would spend its entire vacation taking a course where the requirements include standing in or near a below-freezing creek for hours, and later learning about ailments that range from entopic pregnancies to patella dislocations to … Read More

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Ethical Engineers

“Overturning decades and decades of conduct of computer scientists is a Herculean effort, but it’s one that is perhaps long overdue.”

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Judging Desire

A few years ago, I attended a lecture on disability fetishism. Disability fetishists include people who are sexually attracted to people who are missing digits, joints and limbs. There are websites and chat rooms in which “devotees” exchange pictures, information, … Read More

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Friendship

In our world, there is no room for alternative truths.

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No Shrinking Violets

A recap of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan’s visits to the orange bubble.

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