Category: Culture

On Carpets

Learning to love what’s on the floor.

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The True is the Hole

Last year, the unlikely phrase “Hegel’s Bagels” appeared in this newspaper on two separate (although not unrelated) occasions: first, in the cover illustration; and second, as the title of an article. The article reported that the Princeton German Department had … Read More

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Real World Anthem

While it was released in early October, the video “First World Anthem,” created by the nonprofit organization Gift of Water, has only recently started going viral. The video shows children and adults wearing slightly tattered clothes while standing in front of destroyed homes and desolate fields, reading phrases such as “I hate when my phone charger won’t reach my bed” and “I hate when my mint gum makes my ice water taste too cold.”

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Suckapella

A cappella groups must have come into existence when God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. In a perfect world, a cappella groups would not exist. I am certain that by expressing myself in this way I … Read More

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Free Live What?

The writer Gene Wolfe possesses many gifts; he bears an almost equal number of maddening, irritating flaws. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his 1984 experimental mystery novel Free Live Free

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Weezer Invites You to Make Believe

There is good reason to be excited about Dean’s Date. On May 10th, after all the computer cluster bickering ceases and the papers are handed in, you would be well-advised to take a walk to the Record Exchange and pick … Read More

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Using Your Salive as Lube

In December, Zachary Woolfe ’06 wrote a very personal review of “Rent,” the movie adapted from the hit Broadway musical, in these pages. When I read Woolfe’s review, I was struck by his honesty about his sexuality insofar as it … Read More

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It’s Just College

The life a young adult is all about finding the next something. The next great TV series, the next hilarious party game, the next unsigned indie rock band. So when advertisements for a college-only social networking site start spawning on … Read More

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A Review of Tall Girl

Considering the notorious Netflix drama.

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Tiger Tarot

A Tarot reading for the Princeton community.

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Politics and Street Art

The following was adapted from an excerpt of a Word document that may one day, by the grace of David Simon and the Holy Ghost, become a thesis. Amen. Graffiti, also referred to as street art or guerrila art, depending … Read More

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Love Lessons

Wherein a Nass writer contemplates the influence of Disney on her burgeoning worldview.

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