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USG Candidates on BJL Protest and What They Would Change about Princeton
Monday, 23 November 2015
by Matthew Silberman
The BJL sit-in and the University’s response to it have dominated campus conversation in the last few days. Just in time for the USG Presidential election — beginning at noon today and ending on Wednesday — we asked candidates what they think about the recent protests, what they’d change about Princeton life, and more. Here’s what
Princeton Women Ripped Off by NCAA Selection Committee
Monday, 16 March 2015
by Spencer Parts
The Princeton women’s basketball team received a no. 8 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tournament this year. That means the selection committee thought them to be roughly the 32nd best team overall, and it’s a shock, given the team finished the season ranked no. 13 in the A.P. poll. The team will face off with
Carly Rae Jepsen at Spring Lawnparties?
Saturday, 14 March 2015
by Andrew Sondern
After an extensive analysis of potential acts, we think “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen could be headlining Spring Lawnparties. On Wednesday evening, USG President Ella Cheng ’16 sent an email to all undergraduates with a link to a promotional video for the spring concert that revealed the headliner is Grammy-nominated, won a Billboard
- Published in Goings On
CJL Dining Room Temporarily Closed
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
by admin
The Center for Jewish Life (CJL) dining room will be temporarily closed after a frozen pipe burst in the dining room. On Tuesday, the CJL staff will be serving a limited menu of options with limited spacing available downstairs, according to emails obtained by The University Press Club. It is yet unclear how long the
- Published in Dining, Goings On, Uncategorized
The Princeton Footnotes, BodyHype, and diSiac Drop Some Collaborative Funk
Wednesday, 04 February 2015
by Gabriel Fisher
Princeton University is famous for many reasons, but its funk scene has never been one of them. But today the Princeton Footnotes may have changed that with the release of their music video cover of the hit song Uptown Funk. The video features the singing Footnotes—decked out in colorful, albeit somewhat stereotypically Princeton, outfits—dancing around
- Published in Arts, Fun, Goings On, Internet, Style, The INKternet, Uncategorized
More than 200 student protesters engage in walk-out and die-in
Thursday, 04 December 2014
by Ellis Liang
At 11:30 am Thursday morning, more than 200 students streamed out of their classes chanting “black lives matter” and “no justice, no peace.” They gathered on Frist North Lawn, where they joined faculty and staff in demanding an end to racialized state violence. The protests were a response to the grand jury’s decision to not
- Published in Goings On
Hello, Dalai! Or, how to get college students out of bed before 7 AM on a weekday
Thursday, 30 October 2014
by Matthew Silberman
You’ve seen the speech, heard the laugh, and wondered what that Princeton hat was doing on his head for the whole two hours. But unless you were one of the 4200 students, faculty, or visitors that came to Jadwin Gym last Tuesday for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s speech, titled “Develop the Heart,” there’s
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News, Uncategorized
IN PRINT: Monks create mandala of sand ahead of Dalai Lama’s visit to Princeton
Friday, 24 October 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
In preparation for the visit this coming week of the 14th Dalai Lama to Princeton University, Tibetan monks created a sand mandala in Princeton University this week. Click here to read Spencer Parts’ front page story in the Times of Trenton on the sand mandala and the Dalai Lama’s upcoming visit to The University.
- Published in Goings On, In Print, Princeton in the News, Uncategorized
PETA @ Princeton
Thursday, 25 September 2014
by Louise Connelly
iPhone, iPad, iPod, I…Chicken ? 300 animals die for the purpose of human consumption every second, according to the PETA2 representative who stood ground in Frist today, showcasing the first ever virtual reality machine of its kind: instead of a human body, you’re stuck inside a chicken’s. As claimed on their website, I, Chicken uses the most
- Published in Goings On, Uncategorized
WICK to Launch Kickstarter Campaign This Week
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
by Spencer Parts
The Kickstarter campaign for WICK, the “no-stress black dress” created by Liz Lian ’15, will go live this week. WICK, a clothing line created last year by Lian and Sanibel Chai of UPenn, is designed with the collegiate party scene in mind – the dresses, skirts, and tops have pockets and are made of fabric
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News, Style, The Street
IN PRINT: Tal Fortgang ’17 on Privilege
Saturday, 03 May 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
Princeton’s Tal Fortgang ’17 continues to garner public attention for his controversial opinion piece on privilege published in The Tory this April. What do the rest of Princeton students think? Read more by Press Club’s Gabe Fisher in the New York Times here.
- Published in Goings On, In Print, Princeton in the News
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Sunday Funday, such a #TFM
Monday, 28 April 2014
by Brian Geiger
The Instagram account of Total Frat Move, boasting 214,000+ followers, recently posted a picture of the University Cottage Club’s fourth and final “Sunday Funday” of the year. The caption to the photo read “Sunday Funday #TFM.” According to the top definition on Urban Dictionary, the phrase TFM is “used in response or to describe an
- Published in Fun, Goings On, Princeton in the News, The Street