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Twlight in the Classroom
Saturday, 21 November 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
Have an insatiable desire for Robert Pattinson that you can’t express within the confines of Princeton’s academic setting? There’s no need to hide it anymore! Many Princeton professors are turning to mainstream movies, books, and music to create their syllabi. Here’s a list of some spring semester highlights: 1) COM372: The Gothic Tradition Interspersed with
- Published in Student Guides
In which I motivate you to hit the gym
Saturday, 21 November 2009
by Angela Wu
Are you lazy and stressed? Do you want to be “biochemically, molecularly, calm?” Then run! Scientists have long known that exercise stimulates the creation of new brain cells, and some believe that’s the reason working out tends to have an antidepressant effect. A study by Princeton scientists has found that cells that are created from
- Published in Faculty, Goings On, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Noshing on Noodles and New Media
Thursday, 19 November 2009
by Angela Wu
Sure, you might read a copy of the Prince while eating your cornflakes, or grab a Nassau Weekly off the table when you head out of the dining hall–but campus media is headed to the Internet. Princeton’s newest publications–Equal Writes, American Education Review, which launches in December, and this blog–have all been web-only, and will
- Published in In Print
Princeton FML Coming Soon! Maybe?
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
by Brian No
Thanks to FMyLife.com, the abbreviation “FML” has invaded our cultural lexicon. In fact, it’s become sort of annoying to hear people say “FML” about absolutely anything: “Today, I woke up five minutes late! FML!” or “I want a mango! FML!!” But we’ll soon be able to compose and read our very own Princeton-specific FMLs! Umm…FML?
- Published in Goings On
Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos ’86 to be Baccalaureate Speaker
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
by Brian No
Class of 2010 president Aditya Panda announced this afternoon that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos ’86 will deliver the Baccalaureate address this spring. The ceremony will take place Sunday, May 30, 2010, in the University Chapel. The last two speakers have been Gen. David Petraeus GS ’85 in 2009 and famed Harvard physician/anthropologist Paul
- Published in Goings On
IN PRINT: Sundaram on Climate Change
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Jomo Kwame Sundaram said the international community needs a “big push” effort to address climate change, during a speech in 016 Robertson Hall Monday evening. “Rather than see [climate change] as a problem that should be solved incrementally and gradually, what is really needed is a ‘big push’
Early Move-In Restrictions a Rousing Success, Apparently
Monday, 16 November 2009
by Brian No
Remember back in the waning days of summer how hard it was for you to move in early? Your roommate was already moved in and had already claimed the better room and the better closet. The injustice! But apparently you were still barred from campus–or rather, your prox was to remain deactivated until your official
- Published in Goings On
Fire Safety Wrongs Blogger (AKA Me)
Monday, 16 November 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
I’ve got a bone to pick with Fire Safety. This is new territory for me. See, I’ve never really had a problem with Fire Safety. Sure, it was a little disconcerting to return to my room last year and find a little note telling me someone had been there, looking through my stuff trying to
COMBO II: Princeton Stereotypes All Completely True
Monday, 16 November 2009
by Brian No
Stereotypes tend to be nasty conjectures, and Princeton has plenty of them. But recently released survey results from the USG seem to indicate that many campus stereotypes are more or less true. The COMBO II survey was administered in spring 2009 (the first COMBO was administered in 2007), an anonymous survey that looks at the
- Published in Goings On
A Princeton Man Through-And-Through
Monday, 16 November 2009
by David Walter
QUIZ TIME! Which US President’s grave is always kept fringed with garlands made of puka shells and macadamia nuts? HINT! He’s buried in Princeton Cemetery. HINT! He played a major role in the University’s development at the beginning of the 20th Century. HINT! Before becoming president he served as the Democratic governor of a major
- Published in History
Whig Hall: A Modernist Traitor
Saturday, 14 November 2009
by Samantha Pergadia
In The Chronicle of Higher Education’s assessment of Whig Hall, the building is called a “modernist landmark,” which may not have gained that title had it not been for a 1969 fire that necessitated its renovation. Biemeller writes: “Whig Hall would have probably have remained an attractive but fairly unremarkable temple had it not been
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Anti Death Penalty Activist Carroll Pickett speaks at Princeton Theological Seminary
Saturday, 14 November 2009
by Angela Wu
Kerry Max Cook served over 20 years in a Texas prison — most of them on death row. But as DNA evidence would show in 1999, he was innocent. That year, Mr. Cook was released from prison with the help of Princeton-based Centurion Ministries, a secular non-profit that works for the release of innocent prisoners.