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Kirn ’83: We are stoopid
Thursday, 21 May 2009
by Brian No
Author Walter Kirn ’83 appeared on The Colbert Report Tuesday night to promote his latest book, Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever. While we certainly don’t shy away from poking fun at this goddamn hell hole (sorry, it’s exam week…err, month), Kirn’s criticisms of Princeton at times bordered on delusional and “WTF?”
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
Walter Kirn is Lost in the Meritocracy
Friday, 01 May 2009
by Angela Wu
In his upcoming book Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever, novelist Walter Kirn ’83 writes about his experience at Princeton, where, as he said in an interview with the Chicago Maroon, he felt “alienated among the indoctrinated.” The book description on Amazon describes the university as: an arena for gamesmanship, snobbery, social climbing, ass-kissing,
- Published in Alumni
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