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FACT: Before the Surface, there was Butler Library
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
by Ellis Liang
Last week, students from “VIS 439: Art as Interaction” installed “The Surface,” a series of wooden boards designed to encourage passerby to scribble whatever they wish. Since then, the project’s incited op-eds, news articles, and even censorship by the University. We here at the University Press Club wonder, what’s the big deal? Long before the
An Introduction to Princeton’s Virtual Bubble
Sunday, 06 April 2014
by Louise Connelly
Are you a post-thesis senior with little to do but scour the Internet for amusing Princeton-related tidbits during your last two months on campus? A recently-admitted pre-frosh who is already running out of online material to fuel your imagination as you dream about your arrival on campus? Don’t worry, we’ve done all the work for
- Published in Fun, Goings On, Internet, The INKternet
Princeton’s 10 Best Perks
Saturday, 05 April 2014
by Dana Bernstein
Congratulations, Class of 2018, on your admittance to Princeton! You cured cancer/scaled Mount Everest/[enter impressive accomplishment here]. Many of you have already wisely chosen to matriculate, but for those of you still on the fence, here is a list of some great Princeton perks – beyond the outstanding academics and beautiful campus (and I won’t
IN PRINT: Student Advocates at Princeton Launch Prison Reform Conference
Friday, 04 April 2014
by Bina Peltz
Students at Princeton University have mentored inmates at New Jersey correctional facilities and worked to advocate prison reform throughout the state. This weekend they are launching their first conference on prison reform. “This is the biggest civil rights issue that I can think of at this time, and we want to give students the tools
- Published in Goings On, In Print, Politics, Princeton in the News
Sound, Fury as James Franco Visits Campus
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
by Matthew Silberman
James Franco, the actor and director known for roles in the Spider-Man trilogy and the TV show Freaks and Geeks, visited campus Monday. Along with 40 or 50 cast and crew members, Franco filmed key scenes from The Sound and Fury, an adaptation of William Faulkner’s 1929 novel in which Franco directs and stars. Franco spent most of
- Published in Fun, Goings On, Princeton in the News, Uncategorized, Week in Review, Weekend Arts Update
Tagged under:
aaah!, celebrity, Daniel Desario, isn't my headline so clever, James Franco, whoa I touched him
Keystone Protests Continue with “Die-in” on Steps at Frist
Friday, 07 March 2014
by Spencer Parts
Roughly thirty-five students simultaneously laid down on the Frist stairs Thursday night, silently protesting the Keystone XL pipeline and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. Led by Mason Herson-Hord and some of the other campus activists who had tied themselves to the White House gates last weekend protesting the pipeline, the students laid on the steps
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Princeton Students Get Arrested Protesting Keystone Pipeline
Monday, 03 March 2014
by Spencer Parts
Twelve Princeton students went to Washington DC this past weekend to join a roughly 1000-strong protest of the Keystone XL pipeline. Seven of those students zip tied themselves to the White House gates, along with roughly 400 other protesters, and were arrested. Nine Princeton students were arrested in total according to Mason Herson-Hord, a leader
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
arrests, climate change, divestment, Energy and Environment, Keystone, Obama, Pipeline, protest, Washington
The Holder Scowl: Rocky’s 4 A.M. wake up
Monday, 17 February 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
Last night, students living in Rocky’s Holder Hall woke up to an unpleasant surprise at approximately 4 A.M. Apparently, someone (rumor has it that there were numerous prankster Harvard students sleeping over after the Princeton-Harvard piano battle) thought it would be hilarious to pull the fire alarm right when people were just starting to fall
A New Frontier? Pluses and Minuses of Flying Out of Trenton
Saturday, 15 February 2014
by Spencer Parts
In November 2012, Frontier Airlines opened up service out of the Trenton-Mercer airport, a mere half hour drive from the Princeton campus. A Midwesterner searching for low airfares, I happened on Frontier’s low fares last month. I knew little about the airport, but I could not resist a $39 flight, so when I needed to
- Published in Goings On, Student Guides
Pub Night Verbatims
Tuesday, 08 October 2013
by Vivienne Chen
Last evening, the senior class of 2014 had their first “Pub Night,” a recurring social event where the class government rents out the local Triumph brewery so that of-age seniors can be fed with an endless amount of free beer and bar snacks (of the crostini, steak cube, chips, and mini pizza variety, which to
- Published in Goings On, Nassau Street
Tagged under:
butt shimmy, class of 2014, finance bros, hook up, meningitis, overheard, pub night, seniors, triumph brewing company, verbatim
Stink bugs are coming!
Friday, 04 October 2013
by Lauren Wyman
You may have seen these pesky critters in past years around Forbes/Whitman. According to Princeton Patch, the climate of New Jersey is the ripe for the invasion of the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), a species originally from Asia. According to a recent report, NJ had “severe agricultural and nuisance problems” due to the stinkbugs. Between
- Published in Goings On
Dean’s Date 2013 Timelapse Video
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
by Vivienne Chen
The last hour of Dean’s Date celebrations, in less than 1/30th the time!
- Published in Goings On