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Reminding You That Reunions Are Ever-Approaching
Monday, 25 April 2011
by Nathan Serota
Like an atom bomb or the end of the world or the Macy’s Day Parade. Whether or not you knew it, Reunions (i.e. “the perennial Ivy League blowout kegger” referred to in a GQ exposé last year) are coming. Can’t you hear it — the pitter-patter of hundreds of alumni footsteps, canes and wheelchairs, the slurping from
- Published in Alumni, Goings On, History, The INKternet, The Street, Uncategorized
We just don’t do commencement like we used to
Saturday, 15 May 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
We know that there’s still a week of finals, but since the year is almost over, we thought we’d share a silent video of Princeton commencement ca. 1928. Some of it you’ll recognize — like the hand motions to Old Nassau or the P-rade. But apparently there are some traditions we’ve lost in the past
- Published in History, The INKternet
Oh, how the mighty have fallen
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
by Angela Wu
Thought the Holder Howl was something special? It’s not. It’s just a crappier version of the 20th century Poler’s Recess. The Class of 1947 will tell you how it’s really done: In January, 1949, the Daily Princetonian published a letter from an outraged alumnus from the class of 1947, which read: “It has come to
- Published in History