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Students Choose Service, We Think (Thanks for the Clarity, USG!)
Thursday, 30 April 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
Princeton students have voted to donate both the Fall 2009 Lawnparties main act and USG Senate Pilot Program funds to “Student-initiated service projects” over not donating the money at all or donating the funds to Annual Giving. At least, that’s according to a PDF released by the USG earlier today. The catch, however, is that
O hai, can we do the Charleston?
Thursday, 30 April 2009
by Brian No
More crazy pictures after the jump!:
- Published in History
Thursday: The Strangest of All Nights in the Rocky Dining Hall
Thursday, 30 April 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
Ever since we awkwardly (and unwittingly) sat down at the German table in the Rocky dining hall back in October (after a confusing ten minutes we excused ourself with our only German phrase, guten tag), we’ve had a somewhat strange relationship with the residential dining hall language tables. We understand–really nice for native speakers who
- Published in Musings
Happy 5th Birthday, Grade Deflation!
Thursday, 30 April 2009
by Brian No
Did you forget? April 26th was grade deflation policy’s birthday! Yes, it’s five years-old already! Parents Malkiel and Tilghman are so proud. Just look at the results!: Average GPAs: Brown: 3.61 Stanford: 3.55 Yale: 3.51 Harvard: 3.45 Penn: 3.44 Dartmouth: 3.42 Columbia: 3.42 Cornell: 3.36 Princeton: 3.28 (source: gradeinflation.com)
- Published in Goings On
21 Questions with… Jonathan Schwartz ’10
Thursday, 30 April 2009
by Brian No
OFF-BROADWAY ACTOR IN THE FANTASTICKS DRINKS CARROT JUICE, DAYDREAMS ONSTAGE, HATES THE STREET Name: Jonathan Schwartz ’10 Age: 20 Major: Sociology Hometown: Cranford, N.J. Eating club/residential college/affiliation: Independent Wilsonite Activities on campus: Nassoons, PUP musicals, making short narcissistic films with friends. Who’s your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional? Jimmy Stewart. When I
- Published in 21 Questions
Thanks, Peter Lewis: More Fun With Expensive Chairs
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
by David Walter
Lewis Library — The cavalcade of chairs continues! To recap: Insurance magnate gives $60 million, Princeton builds library. Princeton must choose what to put in said library. Chairs or books, books or chairs? Decision time! Chairs. Totally chairs. No wait — super sexy expensive futuristic chairs! $5000 never felt so good to sit on. But
- Published in Musings
Princeton HS sends precautionary letter, parent freaks out
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
by Angela Wu
After the Princeton Regional Schools District sent out a letter about swine flu, a worried parent “panicked” and sent out an e-mail that sent parents all across this quaint little hamlet of Princeton scurrying to pull their children out of class. From the Trenton Times: The parent allegedly became worried about the potential for swine flu
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Swine flu! No, pertussis! No, swine flu! Pertussis!
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
by Angela Wu
Thanks, all of you who didn’t get the Tdap booster before coming to college. “When we actually look at our student records, (we) found that not all of our students received the booster,” Cliatt said. The Times of Trenton reports that nine students at Princeton — not four — have been diagnosed with whooping cough
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Princeton Then and Now: Dancing
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
by Brian No
With Houseparties approaching faster than we can finish our JPs, we thought we’d offer some inspiration and share some pictures of a Princeton dance in 1960, before coeducation (via Ivy-Style). Note the awkwardness:
- Published in History
Democracy: It works sometimes
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
by Will Saborio
While USG elections are almost over, I’d like to take the opportunity to urge students to vote for Referenda 4 and 5. Everyone’s heard the all the financial arguments against the proposals, so I won’t waste anyone’s time repeating them. But realize this proposal isn’t a fiscally strategic move, or an administrative plan to end
- Published in Open Letter
“That midterm last night was hella crazy, I hope I aced it”
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
by Brian No
Sometimes, it’s hard for Princetonians to relate to the average college experience. Phrases like “credit hours,” “middle class,” and “Abercrombie & Fitch” are foreign to our ears. Thank God for Eric Vreeland ’10, who has taken upon himself to reinterpret the state school experience for us. You see, Vreeland has performed an act of community
- Published in Musings
How hard can it be to run an election?
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
If election hijinks are your bag (you’re out there, I know you are!) then the past year of USG fun has been a field day. After last semester’s USG VP debacle (Ivy Gate!) we were hoping for a nice, quiet election cycle this time around. As usual, we were disappointed. Queue up the email! Dear
- Published in Politics
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