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Princeton and the President: Election Day Roundup
Monday, 05 November 2012
by Alice Su
So we’re all back to campus for the post-fall break grind, some of us a little worse for wear. To all who survived for days without electricity or heat, eating ramen and doing thesis reading by candlelight: RESPECT. To all who stayed on campus and experienced a full 3 traumatizing minutes of losing power: get
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
democracy, free stuff, panels, post-fall break, predictions, presidential election, voting day, Whig-Clio, WWS
Motivated Mondays (Or, Other Princetonians are Writing Books and Becoming Millionaires… Et Tu?)
Monday, 01 October 2012
by Alice Su
So it’s Monday night and we’re feeling the back-to-Princeton grind. Fall’s third week has started, Lawnparties is far behind us and we can’t even fall back on “But it’s only September!” as an excuse to avoid work anymore. Tonight I lingered over dinner until a friend got up, pushed her chair back and said “I’m
21 Questions with … Dean Cecilia Rouse
Saturday, 22 September 2012
by Alice Su
FRESHLY MINTED WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL DEAN CECILIA ROUSE WANTS MORE LUNCH OPTIONS, HAS A SUPREME MIDDLE NAME, SAYS HARVARD IS FUN Name: Cecilia Elena Rouse Hometown: Del Mar, CA What did you do this summer? I spent a good part of the summer with my family in France, Switzerland, and Prague. We took a long overdue vacation. What do
- Published in 21 Questions, Academics, Faculty
Week in Review: Bad A$$ Edition (July 9 – 15)
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
by Alice Su
First up, shout out to our incoming freshmen! Princeton 2016 is getting all worked up this week – with good reason, since they’ve received both their res college assignments and chance to flip through the fall frosh seminars catalogue. It includes the classic free trip (!) seminars with promises of fall breaks in Costa Rica
- Published in Alumni, Fun, Goings On, Internet, Week in Review
Tagged under:
Annual Giving, Asians, Bad A$$, CDY, comics, elitism, Harry Potter, Jonathan Schwartz, Joyce Carol Oates, Justin Bieber, ke$ha, prefrosh, Princeton is really rich
“I Went to School in New Jersey”
Monday, 21 May 2012
by Alice Su
Looking for something to get you through your last final? Getting pumped up for Dead Week revelry? Just want something #orangeandblack to rage to? Hats off to Nikki Muller ’05, who I’m pretty sure has come up with this year’s Reunions anthem. We think this song is gold. UPDATE — We got in touch with
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artist and poor and proud, bitch, Ivy League Hustle, please perform this live at Reunions, Princeton, rap, sass, TFC, Wharton douches
It’s that time of year…
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
by Alice Su
Post-bicker, still a long way from Houseparties, grinding into week 3 with midterms kind of sort of already looming on the horizon. It’s still winter. We’re still cold. Course shopping is over and now we have to, like, seriously work. But as much of a drag as the next few weeks may be, it’s okay!
21 Questions with … Julia Blount ’12
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
by Alice Su
QUAD PRESIDENT JULIA BLOUNT CARBO-LOADS IN THE LIBRARY, DISLIKES CLASS-BASED HOUSING, INTENDS TO ATTEND EVERY REUNION Name: Julia Blount Hometown: Washington, DC Major: History with a certificate from the Center for African American Studies Club and Residential College Affiliation: The Princeton Quadrangle Club, Rockefeller College What are you doing this summer? I am teaching fifth grade
- Published in 21 Questions, The Street
Residential College Review: Butler Edition
Sunday, 28 August 2011
by Alice Su
Telling people that you live in Butler inevitably leads to the follow-up question: “New or Old?” Butler used to have a reputation for being the worst res college to live in, with legendarily horrible waffle ceilings, a long trek to central campus and only meh-worthy food. But all that changed in 2009, when Princeton introduced
- Published in Student Guides
21 Questions with … Daniel Fletcher ’12
Saturday, 27 August 2011
by Alice Su
CHARTER PREZ DANIEL FLETCHER SMASHES HOMEMADE CONCRETE, EATS YAK AND CROCODILE, DISLIKES BODILY FLUIDS Name: Daniel Fletcher Hometown: Richmond, VA Major: Civil Engineering with a certificate in Architecture Club and Residential College Affiliation: Charter and Butler What are you doing this summer? I am doing hydrological modeling of the Princeton watershed in an effort to
- Published in 21 Questions, The Street
21 Questions with … Susan Zhang ’12
Monday, 22 August 2011
by Alice Su
COLONIAL PRESIDENT SUSAN ZHANG WISHES WE COULD ALL BE TEXAN, ADMIRES JOHN NASH’S FOOTWEAR, HAS A TIGER MOM Name: Susan Zhang Hometown: San Antonio, TX Major: Mathematics Club and Residential College Affiliation: Colonial and Butler What are you doing this summer? Saving the world one spreadsheet and graph at a time. Who’s your favorite Princetonian,
- Published in 21 Questions, The Street
21 Questions with … Derek Grego ’12
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
by Alice Su
HALFWAY THROUGH OUR TRIP DOWN PROSPECT: CAP PRESIDENT DEREK GREGO LIVES WITHOUT DRAMA, MENTIONS THE WOODS REPEATEDLY, REVEALS THE ILLUSTRIOUS’ SHAOLIN SECRETS Name: Derek Grego Hometown: Pittsburgh, City of Champions Major: WWS Club and Residential College Affiliation: Cap & Gown, Wilson What are you doing this summer? Training up for my assessment in ROTC. Then
- Published in 21 Questions, The Street
21 Questions With … Ricardo Lopez ’12
Monday, 08 August 2011
by Alice Su
TERRACE PRESIDENT RICARDO LOPEZ IS FOND OF ROBO, HAS A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH LUCIFER, HARBORS HUGE FEAR OF ANDRE THE GIANT Name: Ricardo López Hometown: Escondido, CA Major: Spanish Literature Club and Residential College Affiliation: Terrace F. Club; Mathey College What are you doing this summer? I’m in Buenos Aires, interning for UNESCO at a
- Published in 21 Questions, The Street
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FOOD = LOVE, lovers, Ricardo Lopez, Terrace, Terrace is a lot of things, the best, the Jazzy lifestyle, your mother