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Spotted: M. Night Shyamalan
Thursday, 09 May 2013
by Andrew Sondern
Director M. Night Shyamalan of The Sixth Sense fame and The Last Airbender infamy, was on campus today to tour the University with his wife and high-school-aged daughter, who was carrying a packet of applicant information. Members of Umqombothi, the African a cappella group, invited the family to their upcoming show when they stopped by the group’s
April Fools’ Day Roundup
Tuesday, 02 April 2013
by Andrew Sondern
Ah, April Fools’ Day. It’s one of two days in the year when all of your friends are suddenly pregnant. You can’t trust anyone or anything, and April 1st is tough for the unsuspecting. Check out some of the highlights of April Fools’ Day on campus. ORFE Paradise The Operational Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE)
- Published in Goings On
Where does your NetID come from?
Tuesday, 05 March 2013
by Oren Fliegelman
Have you ever wondered where your campus netID came from? There are few things on campus that are as ubiquitous as those short strings of letters (and for the unfortunate few, numbers) that make up the e-mails and online identification for all persons associated with the University. Why aren’t netIDs consistent? Who decides this stuff? After
One Last Look at Old Frick
Thursday, 21 February 2013
by University Press Club
It’s been two years since it was closed, but 20 Washington Road is still littered with remnants of what made it the former Frick Laboratory. When the Department of Chemistry moved from 20 Washington to the new Frick Lab, the old building was closed. According to the Campus Plan, the University plans to renovate the building
- Published in Goings On
Harlem Shake: Late Meal Gone Wild
Saturday, 16 February 2013
by Nellie Peyton
If you didn’t happen to be walking through Frist this afternoon, we didn’t want you to miss out on the fact that, well, this happened (without the necessary music, but we figure you’ll be sick of hearing it): Princeton has lost no time in jumping on the bandwagon with this latest internet craze. Since it
The Great Jewish Food Debate: Moderated by Shirley Tilghman
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
by Bina Peltz
The Center for Jewish Life and Whig-Clio hosted the annual Latke-Hamentaschen Debate this afternoon in the quest of answering the noble, eternal question of, you guessed it: Latkes or Hamentaschen? Two traditional Jewish foods: fried potato pancakes vs. triangular pastries made with sweet fillings. Originating in 1946 at UChicago, The Latke-Hamentaschen Debate is an academic, yet
Welcome to Princeton, Baby Tigers
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
by Abby Klionsky
The results are in. The Princeton admission office made 697 students (plus their parents) very happy today. Of the 3,810 students who applied to Princeton for the single-choice early action (SCEA) deadline, 18.3% were accepted–slightly more selective than last year’s 21.1%. You can read more statistics on the Princeton website, but The Ink is here
- Published in Academics, Goings On, Princeton in the News
Princeton’s Creative Writing Really Enjoys Making Students Stand in Line
Saturday, 08 December 2012
by Vivienne Chen
Recently, you may have seen this video of Princeton students waiting in a long line at New South to sign up for Creative Writing sections: According to the official Princeton Facebook PR, this is just another awesome example of how amazingly popular these classes/professors are, and how enthusiastic students at Princeton are! Am I the only one
Pton Compliments Spreads Happiness
Saturday, 17 November 2012
by Dana Bernstein
There’s nothing like a compliment to brighten up your day, right? A new project called Pton Compliments hopes to “spread some love” via Facebook compliments, according to its Facebook page (“Pton Compliments”), which was created on Thursday. Pton Compliments was inspired by a similar project started at Queen’s University, and the phenomenon has spread to
Bonfire In Our Near Future!
Friday, 16 November 2012
by Louise Connelly
Although rumor has it a few Yale pranksters snuck onto campus a week ago to spread some Bulldog mischief the night before the football game (see evidence below), it didn’t stop us from destroying their team 29-7, a victory that secured for the Tigers the almost mythic celebratory Bonfire, unknown to Princeton students of the
Bonfire in our Near Future?
Friday, 09 November 2012
by Dana Bernstein
Whether you’ll be attending the Yale game or not, hopefully you’re excited about the (very real) possibility of having a Bonfire (yes capital b) next week. Here’s a brief history of the Bonfire, according to the Princetoniana website: The Bonfire used to celebrate baseball, not football, victories. And if you were a freshman, well, you
Princeton and the President: Election Day Roundup
Monday, 05 November 2012
by Alice Su
So we’re all back to campus for the post-fall break grind, some of us a little worse for wear. To all who survived for days without electricity or heat, eating ramen and doing thesis reading by candlelight: RESPECT. To all who stayed on campus and experienced a full 3 traumatizing minutes of losing power: get
- Published in Goings On, Politics, Princeton in the News
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