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“It Gets Better” At Princeton
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
by Ellen Shakespear
Members of the Princeton LGBT community have joined in the recent trend led by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Google employees and countless others by producing their own “It Gets Better” video. The video is part of the It Gets Better Project started by Dan Savage to showcase for LGBT youth “the levels of happiness, potential,
- Published in Goings On
Premature Elegy for a Football Season
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
by Spencer Gaffney
It’s been a great season to be a Princeton sports fan. For field hockey, Junior Kathleen Sharkley was the most prolific goal scorer in the nation, notching 31 goals, and won the Ivy League player of the year (Princeton’s had six straight Ivy League players of the year, by the way). The field hockey team
- Published in Sports
IN PRINT: Clementi Suicide Brings Homophobia at Princeton to the Forefront
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
by Julia Bumke
In the six weeks since Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge as a response to homophobic harassment, colleges nationwide have grappled with how to prevent similar tragedies from happening on their campuses. Could something like this happen here in the Orange Bubble, just a mere thirty miles from Rutgers? Despite our
- Published in In Print
IN PRINT: Students Eat Bugs, Argue that You Should Eat Bugs Too
Monday, 15 November 2010
by Giri Nathan
Last Saturday evening, a bunch of students got together at Campus Club to get their grub on (tee-hee). The event was sponsored by a new student organization: Environmental Discourses on the Ingestion of Bugs League (EDIBL). One of the diners was David Gracer, a leading expert on the merits of bug eating, who argued pretty
- Published in In Print
More in Four Loko: The scientific, journalistic experiment
Monday, 15 November 2010
by Angela Wu
Belligerence Canned: The Four Loko Experiment Four Loko. There’s a lot of journalism-ing you can do with that. Watch as video journalist Ryan Jones performs three tasks under the influence of three Four Lokos: recite a Shakespearean soliloquy play Call of Duty talk to a girl (via GQ)
- Published in Fun
The Rise and Fall of Four Loko: A Retrospective
Monday, 15 November 2010
by Abby Greene
While some Princeton researchers have been spending their time lately figuring out how cats drink, politicians, doctors, and parents all across the country have been figuring out how students drink. Or rather, what they drink. The finding? Kids these days are drinking to get “loked.” Unfamiliar with the term? It’s one that Four Loko, the
- Published in Goings On
Dining Hall Tip of the Day
Monday, 15 November 2010
by Samantha Pergadia
Remember last year when a group of Princeton scientists told you how awful high-fructose corn syrup was? Rats who consumed HFCS gained significantly more weight than those who consumed sucrose, even when overall caloric intake was the same. The researchers rattled off a list of ailments—high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, cancer and diabetes—that result
- Published in Goings On
Lahiere’s: Closed forever ever
Sunday, 14 November 2010
by Angela Wu
Of all Princeton’s restaurants, Lahiere’s is the one that stands out the most as a Princeton institution. It’s the restaurant you go to if you’ve got a date to impress–or the one you wait to go to until your parents are in town and can foot the bill. Oh. Were you planning on that? Well,
- Published in Goings On
IN PRINT: Rabbi Julie Roth and Imam Sohaib Sultan teach interfaith class
Saturday, 13 November 2010
by Angela Wu
Among college campuses, Princeton is not known for its volatility. Protests are few and far between, and students are more inclined to organize thoughtful debates than they are to lock arms in front of Nassau Hall. Last year, however, when Nonie Darwish, a controversial critic of Islam, was invited to speak by a student group,
- Published in In Print
IN PRINT: Abortion Conference Seeks Common Ground
Saturday, 13 November 2010
by Samantha Pergadia
It was not the typical setting for an academic conference — the stage of McCosh 50 was set with an Oriental carpet and Egg chairs — but “Open Hearts, Open Minds” was no ordinary gathering. More than 400 people came to campus Oct. 15–16 to see if they could find common ground on one of
- Published in In Print
TEDx at Princeton!
Saturday, 13 November 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
That’s right, TED is coming to Princeton. Nerds, get ready to salivate. For those of you who don’t know what TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is, the nonprofit was founded in 1984 to bring people together to share ideas. Basically, they host talks by people with really cool ideas that might change the world. The annual
- Published in Goings On
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Awesome Rapper to Secretly Perform at Cloister Tonight
Friday, 12 November 2010
by Giri Nathan
Continuing our recent stream of rap coverage — who knew Princeton was so hood? — I’m pleased to report that Del tha Funkee Homosapien will be performing at a “secret event” at Cloister Inn tonight, 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. According to an email sent to the Cloister listserv, this Red Bull sponsored performance will
- Published in Arts