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Oscars for Dummies (or Bored People)
Sunday, 27 February 2011
by Abby Greene
For those of you who were dragged to Oscar-watching parties tonight, who are sitting in Frist, or your res college, or a friend’s room reading this on your phone and seriously contemplating either a.) the best way to make an inconspicuous escape or b.) how to prevent yourself from pulling out all of your hair,
Punxsutawney Phil and Meteorologists Reach Agreement on Predictions
Sunday, 13 February 2011
by Abby Greene
If you were one of the thousands of people keeping an eye on Punxsutawney Phil last week, then you already know we’re due for just one more week of winter. If you weren’t, check out (a very confused looking) Phil in this video. (Also of note: Phil’s powers are apparently not limited to meteorological prediction.
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Sustainable Princeton plans six-month Pilot Curbside Food Waste Composting project
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
by Abby Greene
We’ve all been there – being kinder to our environment looks great on paper, but sometimes it just seems out of reach. It’s all too easy to get caught up in the daily grind and forget all about how much our planet needs our help. That’s why Sustainable Princeton has jumpstarted a Curbside Composting Pilot
- Published in In Print
Press Club Guide to Holiday Gifts
Sunday, 05 December 2010
by Abby Greene
We feel your pain. So you get back from Thanksgiving break and – whammo – it’s already time to start shopping for holiday presents, stringing together little chains of popcorn and mistletoe, and dusting off the ol’ dreidels. Sometimes this transition can be so stressful that you, like this blogger, just kind of pretend the
- Published in Student Guides
Tagged under:
a little more stress, deadlines, gift ideas, holiday shopping, latkes!, stocking stuffers
Dipping in controversy: A look at Princeton’s hummus debate
Monday, 22 November 2010
by Abby Greene
It all started with a chickpea. Harmless, you say? Not so, the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) retorts. And the battle begins. If you haven’t heard about The Great Chickpea Debate that has consumed campus for the past week or so, read on. You might be confused as to what’s really being debated, what you’ll
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
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
Popping the Bubble: Extreme Sports Edition
Sunday, 24 October 2010
by Abby Greene
So you may have thought that competing with your classmates for those prized A’s was an extreme sport, but here’s a secret: while that may be a sport, it’s just not really extreme. If it’s extreme you’re looking for, Princeton and the surrounding towns have a surprising amount of it. Sure, Mercer may seem like
- Published in Fun, Student Guides
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adrenaline, biking, delaware river, dying, extreme sports, popping the bubble, rapids, skydiving, trails
Popping the Bubble: Titusville’s Anti-Gravity Hill
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
by Abby Greene
So remember in third grade when you learned about the apple that fell on Newton’s head and how he discovered this gravity stuff, which basically keeps the world in place and makes sure we don’t just float away? Well, in Titusville, NJ, somebody’s playing a cruel joke on Newton. And on your third grade teacher,
- Published in Fun, Student Guides
IN PRINT: Princeton Sophs Lead Book Club For Recovering Addicts
Monday, 11 October 2010
by Abby Greene
When Ogechi Oparah ’13 signed up to volunteer for a few days at the Rescue Mission of Trenton through Princeton’s InterAction program (held over intersession), she never thought she would find herself back there so soon. But before long, Oparah felt a connection to the place, to its residents, and to its mission, and she
- Published in In Print
Popping The Bubble: The Princeton Battlefield State Park
Sunday, 10 October 2010
by Abby Greene
If you’re already sick of stuffy libraries and want to take advantage of these last, oh-so fleeting days of pleasant weather, read on. This week’s bubble-popper takes you just minutes off campus but hundreds of years back in time. You’ve probably heard the story of that cannon buried in Cannon Green (we even get our
- Published in Fun, Student Guides
Popping the Bubble: Hamilton’s Grounds for Sculpture
Sunday, 03 October 2010
by Abby Greene
So remember when you’d just started college shopping and everyone was trying to help you decide by posing these sort of useless, black-and-white questions? “Big or small? Rural or urban?” they would ask. And then you visited Princeton, and the sun was shining and the bunnies were hopping and the squirrels were eating trash and
- Published in Fun, Student Guides
On Bison and Motel Rooms
Sunday, 26 September 2010
by Abby Greene
If, like us, you’ve recently found yourself walking by Princeton’s art museum and wondering why a deer is shooting you furtive glances before opening the minibar and helping itself to a cocktail, or why a horse is standing in front of its bed watching another horse on TV, wonder no more. The deer, and the
- Published in Arts