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Sunday Funday, such a #TFM
Monday, 28 April 2014
by Brian Geiger
The Instagram account of Total Frat Move, boasting 214,000+ followers, recently posted a picture of the University Cottage Club’s fourth and final “Sunday Funday” of the year. The caption to the photo read “Sunday Funday #TFM.” According to the top definition on Urban Dictionary, the phrase TFM is “used in response or to describe an
- Published in Fun, Goings On, Princeton in the News, The Street
FACT: Before the Surface, there was Butler Library
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
by Ellis Liang
Last week, students from “VIS 439: Art as Interaction” installed “The Surface,” a series of wooden boards designed to encourage passerby to scribble whatever they wish. Since then, the project’s incited op-eds, news articles, and even censorship by the University. We here at the University Press Club wonder, what’s the big deal? Long before the
21 Questions With…Liz Lian ’15
Friday, 11 April 2014
by Jasper Ryckman
WICK FOUNDER LIZ LIAN ’15 IS CHANGING THE GAME IN WOMEN’S PARTYWEAR, FEARS MONKEYS, OCCASIONALLY LAUGHS AT HER OWN JOKES, AND HANGS ONTO MILEY CYRUS MERCHANDISE CIRCA 2009. Name: Liz Lian Age: 21 Hometown: Chester, NJ Major: Anthropology Eating Club/Res College/Affiliation: Ivy/Mathey What is WICK, and why did you found it? WICK is the answer to the everyday problems the
- Published in 21 Questions
An Introduction to Princeton’s Virtual Bubble
Sunday, 06 April 2014
by Louise Connelly
Are you a post-thesis senior with little to do but scour the Internet for amusing Princeton-related tidbits during your last two months on campus? A recently-admitted pre-frosh who is already running out of online material to fuel your imagination as you dream about your arrival on campus? Don’t worry, we’ve done all the work for
- Published in Fun, Goings On, Internet, The INKternet
Princeton’s 10 Best Perks
Saturday, 05 April 2014
by Dana Bernstein
Congratulations, Class of 2018, on your admittance to Princeton! You cured cancer/scaled Mount Everest/[enter impressive accomplishment here]. Many of you have already wisely chosen to matriculate, but for those of you still on the fence, here is a list of some great Princeton perks – beyond the outstanding academics and beautiful campus (and I won’t
IN PRINT: Student Advocates at Princeton Launch Prison Reform Conference
Friday, 04 April 2014
by Bina Peltz
Students at Princeton University have mentored inmates at New Jersey correctional facilities and worked to advocate prison reform throughout the state. This weekend they are launching their first conference on prison reform. “This is the biggest civil rights issue that I can think of at this time, and we want to give students the tools
- Published in Goings On, In Print, Politics, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: The Bernanke Talk
Thursday, 03 April 2014
by Spencer Parts
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke reflected on his experience to a packed McCosh 50 yesterday. The talk was a conversation with Econ Professor Alan Blinder, and the Press Club covered it for the Trenton Times. You can check out the front-page story here.
Students can now easily trade late meal for club passes
Wednesday, 02 April 2014
by Matthew Silberman
“Underclassmen have late meal. Upperclassmen have passes. Sounds like an easy fix to us,” reads the About page for Passes For Late Meal, a website where students can exchange late meal swipes for eating club passes. The website, “made with love by hungry upperclassmen,” allows underclassmen to request Cap, Cannon, Cottage, Ivy, TI, or Tower
- Published in Internet, The Street