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Writers reflect on the miasma of quarantine.

by Anika Khakoo, Meera Sastry, Peter Taylor on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

I Cannot Take it Anymore

Facing the forces of Trump.

by Kat Powell on November 21, 2016December 3, 2016

Get Inspired! Get Informed! Get Retarded! With The Dorm Room Diet!

Forget about Atkins. Don’t give South Beach or any other fad diets a second thought. Here’s the crème-de-la-crème for you: The Dorm Room Diet (Newmarket Press, $16.95, 240p.) by Daphne Oz ’08, without any of those fancy letters after her name denoting medical credentials and expertise. But don’t worry, she’ll help you succeed and make a killing doing it.

by Max Kenneth on September 20, 2006March 17, 2013

Hope, Hip Hop and Hosing Harvard

Prof Cornel West discusses his three piece suits, his escape from Harvard over his hip hop debut, and the general state of American youth and racial politics.

by Blake Sercye on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

Nicollette Sheridan’s Dropped Towel Exposes Republicans

Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for the Republicans. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate them. President Bush’s moral watchdogs have struck again; another victory for censorship and cultural regression…

by Better Spirits of Journalistic Integrity on December 1, 2004March 17, 2013

A Case Against Legalization

The drug policies of the United States are horrifically backwards. They promote the incarceration of people guilty of soft drug possession, people who likely pose no threat to themselves or others. They cost countless billions of dollars each year as … Read More

by Evan Larson on October 6, 2010March 17, 2013

Why Am I Still a Statistic?

“While I believe in the pipe dream that colleges should give each student, no matter how sparkly, the same care and attention, my more grounded argument is this: Why does worthiness stop being ‘holistic’ after students of color have been accepted to college?”

by Sierra Stern on September 29, 2023

The Ravings of a Pinochet Junkie

It’s fairly rare, in this day and age, and on the continental landmass of the Americas, to be present at the official End Of An Era: the death of an ex-tyrant. Especially when, as was the case with former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, that death occurs at 2:15 PM on a sweltering, feet-dragging dog day Sunday afternoon, only hours after the ex-despot’s crack medical team assured the public that the invalid would be going home within the next five or six days. They were right, in their way.

by Gabriella Fuller on January 11, 2007March 17, 2013

The End of Moria?

Looking back on migration-crisis reporting in Greece as a college student.

by Harrison Blackman ‘17 on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

The Gansa Effect

“The night before the Lawnparties act announcement, I didn’t sleep—I slept for an hour,” USG President Ella Cheng told me last Saturday at a table outside Cafe Vivian.

by Leila Clark on April 18, 2015April 26, 2015

Loyalty and Affinity: Questions from the Jussie Smollett Ordeal

“To what extent do or should we believe victims? How much does identity play a role in the privilege of belief? Which institutions have the integrity to be moral authorities?”

by Andrew White on April 21, 2019April 20, 2019

Richard Nixon’s Legacy Lives On!

I had never seen ping pong look so good. In fact, before this Saturday, when the Princeton Table Tennis Club played Peking University’s team, I had never even seen competitive ping pong played before – excepting a few scenes in … Read More

by Sam Siegel on December 6, 2006March 17, 2013


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