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Prefrosh Get A True Taste of Life at Princeton: Firestone
Thursday, 26 April 2012
by Ellis Liang
Wait, are prefrosh starting to realize that every weekend at Princeton isn’t like Preview? That probably explains why a bunch of them streamed into Firestone Library this afternoon, hoping to get a taste of real Princeton life–living in the library. But apparently, the librarians at Firestone were way ahead of them. They decorated the library
- Published in Goings On
Firestone C-Floor Maybe Not the Best Place for Thesis Writing
Monday, 24 January 2011
by Angela Wu
If you were thinking of tearing through your thesis in a carrel on the Firestone C-Floor before 3 pm, don’t. For the next few months, construction will be “loud and disruptive.” A senior sent in this tip with a note: “Just in time for thesis season.” The ear plugs are thoughtful, though.
- Published in Goings On
Tales from the (Firestone) Crypt
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
by Giri Nathan
Firestone Library stacks are equipped with cranks so that you can open and close adjacent bookshelves as necessary. Perhaps you have already associated these mechanisms with medieval torture devices; if not, this chilling tale should make the connection a little more explicit. Deep in the belly of Firestone, Dan Feinberg ’13 was lurking betwixt the
- Published in Goings On
IN PRINT: Salinger trove in Firestone
Friday, 19 February 2010
by Samantha Pergadia
With the announcement of his death, fans of The Catcher in the Rye anxiously await the fate of J.D. Salinger’s literary estate. Firestone’s Department of Rare Books holds a small portion of the writer’s unpublished works: The collection includes seven short stories from the 1940s, the most well-known of which is “The Ocean Full of
- Published in In Print
It’s Care Package Season…
Thursday, 07 January 2010
by Woody Hines
Deep in the depths of Firestone, while cramming away at my Philosophy of Art essay, I received a relieving eConnectTrak Receiving Notification. My parcel had arrived. Exam season means one thing more than anything: care packages. Telling my parents I have no time to go to the dining hall always provokes my mother to immediately
IN PRINT: A treasury of French images for youngsters
Monday, 23 November 2009
by Angela Wu
If you only ever venture into Firestone because of an awkwardly-scheduled precept, here’s another reason to visit the library. It might not be as compelling as that participation grade, but the Cotsen Children’s Library at Firestone is currently exhibiting a rare collection of French prints for children from the nineteenth century–before the age of TinTin
- Published in In Print
Legends of the Hidden Library – 2 A.M. in Firestone?
Monday, 28 September 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
I bet you thought we were going to make it all the way to October without a library-related blog post, didn’t you! Psshaw! You’re down in the atrium of Firestone, the sonorous melodies of “Who’s Next” blasting in your headphones as you crank your way through some sweet POL 210 reading. All of a sudden
- Published in Student Guides