Category: Campus

Salon Pure

Home of the Bicker-Wicker Wax

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FSI Lingo

“A guide from first-years who already know what’s up…”

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The Birth of a Language: An Interview with Judy Kegl

“On September 20, 2017, Kegl delivered two lectures at Princeton on language instincts and sign language. I was able to interview her in East Pyne before her second talk. The interview has been edited for clarity and length.”

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The Luxury of Choice

From Cambridge’s brick halls to the neo-Gothic spires of New Haven, the Ivy League universities have become a symbol of success, a name brand that conveys a sense of security and ability. They’re also bastions of wealth, built and attended by the nation’s chosen sons.

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Ferguson is the Future

How science fiction is inspiring the fight for racial equality

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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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Palmer House

“Then I linger on the porch in silence until my soda is gone.”

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Museumologies

When I stepped into the René Magritte exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, I stepped into a Magritte painting. The artist in many of his paintings depicted the ultimate “common man,” pudgy and ambivalent in bowler hat, … Read More

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Perspectives on the Midterms

My father is a newsman, and during the election season he heads down to D.C. to do reporting. When Rumsfeld resigned, I knew that he would be thrilled. Donald Rumsfeld is one of my father’s least favorite Americans. When I … Read More

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A Sprained Ankle and Two Princeton Plagues

A rumination on campus culture and personal pain.

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Researching the Researchers

“It may surprise you, then, that the senior survey is not protected by the same independent ethics oversight that faculty research, senior theses, or even class projects require.”

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A Day in This Life

Beep Beep. Sun’s up 9:32. Ugh. Going to hit snooze button—where is snooze button? Let’s just palm entire alarm clock and see what happens. Beeeeeep. 9:41. Was that really nine minutes?

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