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On Civic Knowledge and Badmouthing that Freshman in Your POL Precept
Sunday, 28 February 2010
by Abby Greene
Hey Princeton, think you’re learning useful things in those history classes? Think again, says the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). The institute administered civic engagement quizzes in 2007 and 2008 to individuals across the country (click here to try your hand at the quiz). Reaching a grand total of 16,508 adults and students at 50 colleges,
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
At Mudd Now: Super Trendy Old School Publications
Sunday, 28 February 2010
by Ellen Shakespear
This Spring, the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library chronicles the history of student publications at Princeton in an exhibit “Princetonians in Print: 175 Years of Student Publications at Princeton.” Drawing on the holdings of the University Archives housed at the Mudd Library, the exhibit includes original newspapers, artwork, photographs, letters, silkscreens, and artifacts. Here are
The Curious Case of Chatroulette, II: Don’t I know you?
Sunday, 28 February 2010
by Will Saborio
So you’re all caught up on the cultural phenomenon that is Chatroulette. And I’ve explained just how Princeton works in the mix. About how people think of Princetonians as these people quite literally locked away in an ivory tower, which is awkward because, do they even make towers made of ivory anymore? But anyway, you’re
- Published in Goings On
On sex and elitism in the Ivy League
Saturday, 27 February 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
The High School argument. Over the years here, there’s been too many of these dustups to even begin to count. You know what I’m talking about: Public schools have bad teachers, Private schools are elitist, Prep schools are SUPER-elitist, and on and on and PUMP MY GAS on and onnnn… It’s garbage, all of it.
- Published in History
New Mario Kart Map: Frist Campus Center
Saturday, 27 February 2010
by Giri Nathan
Emilio Campos ’12 has a first name that sort of sounds like Mario. Therefore, it is only natural that he attire himself in Mario’s iconic red-and-blue duds and take to Frist Campus Center in a rolly-chair, armed with cardboard Koopa shells and banana peels. For the uninitiated, these are the trademark weapons of Mario Kart,
- Published in Goings On
The Curious Case of Chatroulette, I: Enter the Roulette
Friday, 26 February 2010
by Will Saborio
By now you’ve probably heard of Chatroulette, and if not, well, get out from under that rock and let’s have a quick talk. Chatroulette connects you and random other users of the site through your webcams. You click play and it pairs you up, and once you see the other person, you have the option
Street Signs Not Classy Enough for Princeton Borough
Friday, 26 February 2010
by Angela Wu
Princeton’s biggest crisis since concrete curbs has hit our dear Nassau Street. You know that sign in front of Zorba that lists the specials of the day–the one that always seems to include steak for breakfast? Or the really colorful blackboard-y one in front of Twist with the health benefits of yogurt written on it?
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Once a Tiger, Always a Tiger…
Friday, 26 February 2010
by Julia Bumke
While we joke that this blessed Orange Bubble of ours is pretty darn all-consuming, especially with the vaguely incestuous dating pool that is our campus, it’s undeniable that Princeton alums are a bit…shall we say…into the whole alumni thing. They chant, they booze it up at Reunions every year (“Yeah guys, third reunion! CHUG!”), they
JCO On Writing Well
Thursday, 25 February 2010
by David Walter
Were you hosed from Joyce Carol Oates’s Creative Writing class? Yeah, me too (signed in to an art history course second round…) I guess I’ll apply again next year. In the meantime, we can all check out the CliffsNotes version of JCO’s seminar — her seven rules for writing fiction, as published in Saturday’s Guardian.
- Published in Faculty
IN PRINT: Halftime at Princeton
Thursday, 25 February 2010
by Angela Wu
Not all students traveled home for intersession at the end of January: Sixteen sophomores spent time reflecting on their Princeton experience during the third annual Halftime Retreat, while about 180 students volunteered in Princeton and Trenton as part of a new community-service program. To read more, see the Princeton Alumni Weekly.
- Published in In Print
Work It, Tiger
Thursday, 25 February 2010
by Woody Hines
Earlier tonight students piled into the basement of Frist to strut their stuff in auditions for Fashion Speaks, Princeton’s annual sartorial extravaganza to benefit the charity Autism Speaks. Clay Blackiston ’12, one of the candidates, decided to try out on a whim. “I did it for my ego,” Clay said, deadpan. “It’ll kind of suck
- Published in Goings On
IN PRINT: Zach and Willie create a thesis on the fly
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
by Angela Wu
“This is Zach –” “— and this is Willie, and to get started, can we have a suggestion of anything, anything at all!” So began Zach & Willie, the theater-program thesis production of Zach Zimmerman ’10. For the first half of the show, Zimmerman and Willie Myers ’11 performed a series of improvised scenes based
- Published in In Print