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New Reading Rooms Open in Firestone Tower
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
by Andrew Sondern
For the first time since Firestone Library opened in 1948, its remote fifth and sixth floors are open to library patrons after renovations added heating, air conditioning, and furniture. The sixth floor reading room is characterized by an opulence foreign to Firestone’s cold attempt at modernity. The floor-to-ceiling lead-paned windows, wood flooring and paneling, and
- Published in Musings
Tagged under:
Firestone Library
A Foolproof Flowchart for Friendless Freshmen
Monday, 17 February 2014
by Matthew Silberman
I know what you’re thinking: your first semester at Princeton is already over, and you still don’t fit in. As various activities have taken over your schedule, you and your fellow freshmen have lost the friendly attitude of your first weeks here. These days, your social circle is limited to the few friends you see
- Published in Fun, Musings, Satire, Student Guides
Tagged under:
being cool, bradley schneider, college is awesome, flowcharts, i <3 flowcharts, social climbing
A Dinky Milestone
Friday, 08 November 2013
by Andrew Sondern
As construction for the Arts & Transit Neighborhood moves the Dinky southward and makes the trek to Forbes College even more inconvenient, it is hard to imagine a time when tracks reached the steps of Blair Hall. The building’s enormous arch served as a grand entrance to campus (pictured left) until 1918, when the station was
Princeton University: Where Every Building Has The Same Name
Friday, 19 October 2012
by Vivienne Chen
Princeton’s known for being a bit confusing for a freshman or any first-time visitor. When you’re at orientation, no one bothers to tell you “Richardson Auditorium” is labeled on a map as “Alexander Hall.”* Can you blame me for also mixing up “Pyne” and “East Pyne”? And who decided it was a good idea to
- Published in Fun, Musings, Princeton in the News
Banana Man in Mathey DHall
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
by Abby Klionsky
Spotted: this little guy, hanging out by the food/non-food/utensils collection bins at the Mathey Dining Hall this morning. Materials used: part of a banana, some Cracklin’ Oats, two Apple Jacks. Unfortunately, he fell down shortly after I saw him, and one of the dining staff came and wiped him into the food collection bin.
Dear Spelman Resident
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
by Abby Klionsky
If this is your life-size inflatable basketball player, you should know that you successfully terrified me last night when I walked past your room. Congratulations. Also, one of your co-Spelman dwellers has a life-size cutout of Justin Bieber. ‘Nuff said.
- Published in Musings
Beautiful Day in the Bubble
Thursday, 08 March 2012
by Abby Klionsky
Disclaimer: this post is intended for people who didn’t make it outside today (read: people who still have gastro, and seniors with looming thesis-draft deadlines). If you did go outside today–and enjoyed it–make sure you go outside tomorrow, too, because it’s supposed to be even nicer. We didn’t have much of a winter to complain
- Published in Goings On, Musings, Student Guides
The End of an Era?
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
by Louise Connelly
You may have noticed some subtle changes around campus recently. The lines in dining halls are growing longer, sushi in Frist is harder to come by, people are becoming less stingy about sharing food. Beds in McCosh are now vacant, and students can once again return freely to the Street without fear of automatic PMC. Talk
Dancers Talking Sh#t
Monday, 13 February 2012
by Nathan Serota
[NOTE TO READER: THIS POST MAKES FREQUENT USE OF EXPLETIVES.] This shit was going to happen eventually. Add it to the list of national trends trickling on to this campus (see Occupy Wall Street). On January 17th, BodyHype unleashed its own spin on “Shit girls say,” a YouTube phenomenon where in dudes in drag make
- Published in Arts, Fun, Internet, Musings, Uncategorized
Wonder What Princeton Thinks About OWS? (Or, “Ask a Freshman” with The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
by Spencer Gaffney
Other than the occasional high-profile arrest of a professor, Princeton hasn’t seemed all that gripped by the “Occupy” movements. In Cambridge, Harvard has restricted access to the Yard over “security concerns” raised by Occupy Harvard; so far no tent cities have sprung up in front of Nassau Hall. There isn’t much immediacy to the movement here on
- Published in Musings, Princeton in the News
Debatable: Top [Hot] Dog
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
by Spencer Gaffney
In today’s inaugural edition of Debatable (name subject to change if we come up with a better name), our man on the street tackles a burning question: what hot dog reigns supreme over Princeton University? The hot dog’s got a lot going for it. No really, it does. It’s portable. Wildly customizable (crazy Chicago with its celery salt and
- Published in Musings
Campus Flashers … or Mountain Lions?
Thursday, 28 April 2011
by Vivienne Chen
Is it just me, or is Princeton the campus of choice for strange lurers and public wankers? From today’s Campus Safety Alert: A graduate student reported late last evening that a man exposed himself while she was running on the tow path between Harrison Street and Washington Road at about 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 27,