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Alright, guys, I have something to confess. There’s no sense beating around the bush, so I’ll just be straight-up about it: I read the Prince sometimes.

Wait, okay, hold on, don’t look at me that way. Come on, it’s really not a bad publication. It’s actually quite informative and presents some interesting points of view.

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…Maybe I should qualify that. I usually read the Prince online, and typically only the comments. Because, Jesus, have you seen those things? They’re kind of like what I imagine would happen if you shoved 20 of those “that guy from precept” into a room and asked them to argue about abortion. And you gave them lots of Adderall beforehand. And they all had funny names like “mr hat” or “t-bone” or pretended to be “Shirley Tilghman.”

I mean, don’t you guys remember this comment thread after the Prince reported Princeton had admitted 9.79% of applicants last year? Classic. Just absolutely brilliant reading, I’m serious. Leave it to Princeton students to be absolutely enraged over – what else – exclusivity.

But hey, don’t believe me? Gonna keep on glossing over the comments? Fine, let’s look at a few cases.

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The Prince reported this week that “tweeting” has increased in popularity recently, and has attracted the attention of a few big names on Princeton’s campus, namely Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Cornel West. Not mentioned was Peter Singer, who also updates his Twitter quite frequently.

It’s to be expected that these update-streams from noted scholars at a prestigious institution should be self-referential, yes, and perhaps even a bit introverted. But these three take it to a new level.

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