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IN PRINT: What I Be Project in the New York Times
Friday, 31 October 2014
by Oren Fliegelman
Steve Rosenfield, a California-based photographer, has visited over a dozen universities for the What I Be Project, a photography exhibit where students write fears and anxieties on their skin. In addition to two trips to Princeton, he’s visited schools like Duke, Columbia, and Washington University in St. Louis. To learn more, check out the latest
- Published in Arts, In Print, Princeton in the News
Hello, Dalai! Or, how to get college students out of bed before 7 AM on a weekday
Thursday, 30 October 2014
by Matthew Silberman
You’ve seen the speech, heard the laugh, and wondered what that Princeton hat was doing on his head for the whole two hours. But unless you were one of the 4200 students, faculty, or visitors that came to Jadwin Gym last Tuesday for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s speech, titled “Develop the Heart,” there’s
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News, Uncategorized
IN PRINT: Monks create mandala of sand ahead of Dalai Lama’s visit to Princeton
Friday, 24 October 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
In preparation for the visit this coming week of the 14th Dalai Lama to Princeton University, Tibetan monks created a sand mandala in Princeton University this week. Click here to read Spencer Parts’ front page story in the Times of Trenton on the sand mandala and the Dalai Lama’s upcoming visit to The University.
- Published in Goings On, In Print, Princeton in the News, Uncategorized
$5934 Chair: Throwback from The Ink archives
Monday, 20 October 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
Midterm stress getting to you? Want to study like a millionaire? Try the $5934 Egg chair in Lewis Library. Yes, you heard us. $5934. Per chair. Brought to you from The Ink Archives, April 2009 http://www.universitypressclub.com/archive/2009/04/im-writing-this-post-while-sitting-in-a-five-thousand-dollar-chair/
- Published in Uncategorized
Free Food, a Few Months Down the Line
Saturday, 18 October 2014
by Spencer Parts
It’s no surprise to see Princeton students lining up for free food – but today at Frist, they lined up to grow it. A houseplant giveaway, held by the Botany Club, drew a line stretching along most of the back of Frist South Lawn. Included in the giveaway were habanero peppers and basil, and the
- Published in Uncategorized
21 Questions with… Clayton Raithel ’12
Friday, 10 October 2014
by Ellis Liang
CLAYTON RAITHEL ’12 RETURNS TO PRINCETON WITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL COMEDY ABOUT BREAKUP, DEPRESSION, AND HEALING. SMILE, DIRECTED BY JEFF ’12 and RICK KUPERMAN, WILL BE PERFORMED AT RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM AT 9 PM TONIGHT. Name: Clayton Raithel Age: 24 Major: Religion Hometown: Natick, MA Eating club/residential college/affiliation: Tower/Whitman Activities on campus: Ugh, too many. Quipfire!, Triangle, the
- Published in 21 Questions
Grade Deflation is Dead
Monday, 06 October 2014
by Oren Fliegelman
At exactly 5:00 PM, the Princeton faculty voted to eliminate the restrictive grading policy, commonly known as grade deflation. The policy, first implemented in 2005, restricted academic departments to giving out a maximum of 35% A- range grades in their classes. The policy was often construed to mean a cap of 35% of A
- Published in Uncategorized
An Abandoned Driver-less Truck: The Other Prospect Eleven
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
by Oren Fliegelman
For those who have made the long trek out to the Graduate College, in the far corner of parking lot 19 — where juniors are forced to park their cars — sits an abandoned-looking pickup truck with the words Prospect Eleven emblazoned on its side, a light and UFO-looking thing on the roof, and garbage
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