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The higher your tuition, the hornier you are. At least, that’s what our friends over at OkCupid concluded after studying the activity of nearly 20,000 of their users. Among their most interesting claims?

Given a 36-week school year and the average partner, every $2,000 spent on your college tuition is an extra time you could be having sex that year.

Yalies desire the most sex at 5.4 times a week, while the more reserved Harvard and UPenn students clock in at 5.1 and 4.9 times a week. Princeton is noticeably missing from the chart, perhaps because of this or, more likely, maybe we just don’t use dating sites all that much.

And … cue next poll.

That red dot at the top? Sarah Lawrence. Think about it.

Apr 19, 2011

Study: Ivy Leaguers Want More Sex

By Shirley Gao

Also posted in In the news Tagged Dating, entitlement claims, love shack, OkCupid, sexytime Leave a comment

For those who don’t take the time to pore over the details of Yaro’s emails, his latest introduced a new initiative that may be the most astute campus project that the USG has ever undertaken: a FREE FOOD listserv. The email blurb reads:

Do you like free food? Then you’ll love our new FreeFood listserv. It’s a spam-free listserv intended to let students know where the free food is (e.g. “Free pizza in 20 minutes” or “Excess Indian Food in Frist 302″). To sign up, simply send “subscribe freefood” to listserv@princeton.edu in the body of the message (remember to take out any email signature). Thanks to Rodrigo Menezes and Dylan Ackerman for setting this up.

This is the one listserv I will never get annoyed at.

And it’s already working! I got my first [FreeFood] email 35 minutes ago:

Free Turkish Food in the main lobby of Murray Dodge. It’s all vegetarian. There’s hummus, pita, grilled veggies, stuffed grape leaves, and almond rice.

And another one just now:

free cookies and water at J.Crew. no purchase necessary

This should be a godsend to all independent upperclassmen, expert scavengers and generally hungry Princetonians (read: the majority of our student population). Kudos to USG for being so attuned to the masses’ desires.

Apr 18, 2011

USG Knows What We Want

By Alice Su

Also posted in Goings On Tagged because I'm always hungry, free food, frosh-soph-junior-senior 15, I love Princeton because it feeds me, listservs, Michael Yaroshevsky, non-annoying spam for once, spam, USG Leave a comment

If you are anything like a certain Ink blogger who will remain unnamed, you spend your computing hours (known colloquially around campus as “lectures”) playing Dog Fight 2 and checking if your favorite web comics have updated yet today. In which case, we heard some very exciting news!

Randall Munroe, creator of xkcd, will be giving a public lecture Monday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in New Frick (full details here). And to prove Mr. Munroe has some insight into the world of higher education and standardized tests, here are some classic xkcd comics:

Mar 31, 2011

xkcd Guy to Speak at Princeton April 11

By Spencer Gaffney

Also posted in Goings On Tagged comix, Princeton, web comics, xkcd Leave a comment

Check out all that cretin ivy (image source: ee.princeton.edu)

Oh, sorry, that’s “New Ways to Procrastinate.” In case you were running out of brief (?) diversions to get you through the upcoming week, or simply looking for new websites to add to your Self Control app, here’s a good one that can keep you going for a while. (If you don’t believe me, just check out today’s Tower Talk e-mails — 49 e-mails later, it’s still funny. Sort of.)

Just type in your name, a friend’s name, perhaps a mortal enemy’s name, and let the little website do its work. What you get out? Hilarious – and often terrifyingly accurate – anagrams of what you put in.

Take, for example, a small controlled experiment done on the site to elicit its true feelings about the Ivies. Inputs of each university’s name yielded the following:

Princeton University: “I spurn cretin ivy” (Possibly Princeton students’ favorite activity…)

Harvard University: “Try hard an’ survive” (At least that’s what “The Social Network” would have us believe.)

Columbia University: “Evil scum in obituary” (Really? I’ll have to start reading the obits more often.)

Mar 7, 2011

Weepy Castrations Rat Now

By Abby Greene

Also posted in Musings Tagged anagrams, Ivy League drama, names, procrastination, self-control Leave a comment

He is The One.

Don’t scorch the skies yet — New Jersey Congressman (and former Assistant Director of Princeton’s Physics Lab) Rush Holt may just become this century’s Neo from the Matrix.

After IBM supercomputer Watson trounced all-time champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a game of man vs. machine Jeopardy! a few weeks ago, it looked as if the world was doomed to artificial intelligence supremacy. (Especially after Jennings revealed himself to be a traitorous robot sympathizer, writing “I for one welcome our new computer overlords” on his Final Jeopardy answer.)

Benedict Arnold [Schwarzenegger]. (source: ABC)

pictured: Benedict Arnold (Schwarzenegger)

But hope is not lost. Yesterday, our 12th district representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) beat the supercomputer Watson 8,600 points to 6,200 in a “Congress vs. Computer” Jeopardy tournament on Capitol Hill.

Holt was a former nuclear physicist and five-time champion on Jeopardy! over 30 years ago, making him a seasoned contender against the supercomputer.

According to the L.A. Times, Holt kicked Watson’s hard drive in categories like “Presidential Rhyme Time” and “Also a Laundry Detergent.” (Whitman College residents who watched the fateful Jennings v. Watson episode in February noticed the computer isn’t very good at wordplay. Are puns the last refuge of humanity?)

Despite Holt’s redeeming victory, I still don’t trust robotic technology. It’s not too long before a couple of THESE buggers get a mind of their own and begin attacking us like a swarm of killer bees.

Mar 1, 2011

Rush Holt: humanity’s last hope against the machines

By Vivienne Chen

Also posted in Politics Tagged artificial intelligence, computer, Congress, IBM, Jeopardy, Ken Jennings, New Jersey, Rage against the Machine, robot apocalypse, Rush Holt, Watson Leave a comment

Looking for a trip to San Francisco? Have experience in information technology and database management and still looking for a summer internship? Most importantly, does your personality scream, “I’M WONDERFUL, TERRIFIC, AND AWESOME?!”

Yesterday, while combing through the reams of recently added internships on Tiger Tracks, I came upon the most brag-worthy position title of all. Nestled between jobs like “Software and Hardware Development Internship,” “Application Development and Management Adviser,” and “Real Estate Capital Advisory Summer Analyst” was the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it listing from Rapleaf, a private start up company:

“Amazing Engineer.”

Makes you wonder what qualifies one as ‘amazing,’ right? Well, according to the sparse job description:

“We need people who can deal with any challenge thrown their way. We only employ engineers who are incredibly hard working, extremely intelligent, and passionate about solving problems. If this sounds like you, or someone you know, we would love to hear from you.”

I’m still not quite sure what they’re looking for, but then again, I’m not an engineer so that’s pretty irrelevant. So for the non-engineers out there, keep your heads up high and repeat to yourself: “I’m amazing, and amazing I’ll be!”

Well, my mom tells me I'm pretty amazing...

Feb 25, 2011

Proof that job-hunting can be fun

By Shirley Gao

Also posted in Fun Tagged internships, Rapleaf, snazziest resume builder ever!, summer in CA Leave a comment

TGG Certain books lend themselves to video game adaptation. (Lord of the Rings? Hell yes! Who doesn’t want to tromp around Middle Earth slaying orcs and what not?)

Other literary classics? Like, say, The Great Gatsby? Not so much.

Or so we thought.

Turns out someone decided F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tale of high society in the Roaring Twenties would also make a passable platformer. Not the decision we would have made, but still. Check the game out in all its 16-bit glory !

(Could a This Side of Paradise MMO RPG be far behind? Stay tuned …)

Feb 16, 2011

The Great Gatsby – the Video Game?

By Spencer Gaffney

Posted in Internet Tagged F. Scott Fitzgerald, Huh?, The Great Gatsby, Video Games Leave a comment

The holidays may have come and gone, but the USG is still taking votes on what Princetonians are wishing for. While the USG hasn’t officially commented on the results, voting information from the “Which do you want more?” survey that’s been available on Point for the past month is available at the USG’s All Our Ideas page.

Bet you can't guess who sent in the one on the left ...

As always, there are two things on our collective mind: food, and grades.

While the number one pick was making the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week a holiday, Friday night late meal and letting juniors and seniors use their two free meals a week at late meal rounded out the top three. Seven of the top 25 picks were food-related, from to-go boxes in the dining halls (#7) to an email or SMS roundup of free food options on campus (#25).

The other recurring theme, unsurprisingly, was grades. “Less mystery around grading” came in eighth, with “exam database” right behind in ninth. A deadline for returning final and midterm grades, asking professors to post previous exams, and compulsory midterm evaluations were also popular picks.

But there were some surprises, too. While we’d love to end our grade deflation angst, improve Wi-Fi quality, and be able to use PawPoints at the Wa and other off-campus spots, we’d be even happier with a couple of staplers.

Feb 16, 2011

Dear Santa, er, USG …

By Lauren Zumbach

Also posted in Goings On Tagged free food, grade angst, Princeton loves staplers, Santa, surveys, USG Leave a comment

Remember GoodCrush? Well, newcomer LikeALittle.com bears a striking resemblance to Princeton’s last “missed connections” website.

Started by students at Stanford and expanding to schools across the country, LikeALittle combines ease of use, anonymity, and mild stalker tendencies into one Internet platform, making compliments to that cute girl in Frist much easier to make. (We all know the community was sorely lacking an outlet for awkward anonymous flirting since GoodCrush was taken down.)

Presumably, LikeALittle could be used as a dating site: there’s a feature that lets you message the author of the flirt post if you think it’s about you. But in reality, this would only work if a substantial percentage of your school’s student body uses the site. Given the number of posts on the site, that’s not entirely true right now.

Feb 4, 2011

Anonymous Internet flirting less awkward again

By Vivienne Chen

Also posted in Fun Tagged Dating, F. Scott Fitzgerald, flirting, Princeton One comment

Mediterra sponsored the evening's multi-course dinner

Last Friday, nearly 170 people gathered at Princeton’s Trinity Church for the inaugural dinner of its new restaurant, One Table Café.

The One Table Café is a once-a-month fine dining experience for working class individuals who cannot afford to frequent fancy restaurants.

The dinner is completely free– sponsored by local restaurants who volunteer their chefs to provide guests with a high-quality, healthy meal. The January 21 dinner was sponsored by Mediterra.

The event also featured speaker Dr. Cornel West, Princeton professor of religion, who commemorated the Café’s outreach and community-building goals.

Registration for upcoming meals can be found here.

Jan 23, 2011

IN PRINT: One Table Café offers free community dinners

By Vivienne Chen

Also posted in Goings On, In Print One comment

Recently, bloggers have gotten ahold of President John F. Kennedy’s old college application essays, and boy, were standards different back then.

EDIT: JFK’s Harvard essay reads like this: (Source)

“The reasons that I have for wishing to go to Harvard are several. I felt that Harvard can give me a better background and a better liberal education than any other university. I have always wanted to go there, as I have felt that it is not just another college but is a university with something definite to offer. Then too, I would like to go to the same college as my father. To be a “Harvard man” is an enviable distinction, and one that I sincerely hope I shall attain.”

But wait… they found his application essay to Princeton was nearly identical.

Hey now, cut the late Mr. President some slack. It’s not like we all didn’t do a little tweaking on our Common App. (”Sure, Yale’s my top choice…”) On the other hand, he only spent 6 weeks at Princeton before going to Harvard.

Critics argue that if Kennedy applied today, he would not have been admitted to an Ivy League school with these essays. But honestly, if JFK could reapply knowing everything we do today, wouldn’t his essay be entitled “How I’m Going to Become a Pimpin’ Ladykiller/President of the United States Before My Untimely Assassination That Will Go Down in History as a Government Conspiracy”?

That’s what I called mine.

Moral of the story to Princeton students aspiring for elected office: guard your college apps.

Jan 22, 2011

JFK’s Princeton College App: It’s Okay To Copy/Paste

By Vivienne Chen

Also posted in In the news Tagged college admissions, Harvard, John F. Kennedy, President, Princeton University Leave a comment

…is out on the Internet! Posted by photographer Adrian Nina on his Tumblr.

A suitable end to our semester of Jane Randall coverage? We’ll be checking in with Jane throughout the year as she begins her modeling career with IMG.

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Jan 21, 2011

Jane Randall ’12’s first post-ANTM pic

By Angela Wu

Also posted in Goings On Tagged ANTM, Jane Randall Leave a comment

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