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So it’s Thursday night and for those of us spending all night with our papers/problem sets instead of going out, demand for study spaces is high. You know the deal. We can all share Firestone, but only until 11:45. Then there’s Frist or Lewis, but only until 2:00. There are only so many places with comfy seats, good lighting and easy caffeine access. Our choices narrow. Wu and Whitman get crowded. Tensions rise and as Friday morning deadlines draw closer, we all get a little aggressive …

Example? Check out the territoriality at J-Street Library tonight:

Yeah. Back off.

Yeah. Back off.

Princeton kids are nice, we promise! I mean, sometimes you’ve just got to do what you’ve got to do.

To all those pulling all-nighters right now, GODSPEED. Remember there’s still coffee at Studio ‘34 until 3:30 a.m., and then there’s always the Wa.

Now get back to work.

Thanks to Jeffrey Chen ‘13 for the picture.

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[Update 2/7/10: Here's a write-up of the event in the PAW --BKN]

For the first time since 2006, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel– architect of the ever-popular grade deflation policy– will be gracing the Whig-Clio Senate Debate to defend her brainchild. Hordes of deflatees await their chance to duke it out in a public forum.

Whig Hall Senate Chamber is about to get heated.

And I, your humble Giri Nathan, will be your eyes and ears. Behold.

8:35 PM

100+ students have packed into the chamber like so many dour, grade-deflated sardines. Some of said sardines are attired in snazzy suits. These are the debaters. The battle has yet to begin.

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