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A word of advice: On coursebooks
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
by Will Saborio
Oh hey freshman carrying two very heavy-looking Labyrinth bags. What’s that? Oh, you like playing exorbitant prices for books that you’ll read ten pages of and never look at again? For those of you who don’t wallpaper their rooms with euros or enjoy shilling top-shelf prices for absorbing titles like “Fundamentals of Microeconomics, Fifth Edition,
- Published in Musings, Open Letter, Student Guides
Movin’ on Out: A sign-off from UPC
Saturday, 22 May 2010
by Will Saborio
If you’re wondering where that vague scent of trash is coming from, or why there are so many large people carrying heavy things around campus, you might want to snap out of your post-exam stupor and pack your stuff up: it’s move-out day. Everyone’s leaving! (Unless you have Reunions housing, in which case Angela Hodgeman
- Published in Goings On, Open Letter
Tagged under:
Angela Hodgeman, commencement, Dead Week, Housing, move out, Princeton, reunions, self-referential blogging
So you want to be a Supreme Court justice…
Monday, 26 April 2010
by Brian No
[from left to right: Kagan ’81, Sotomayor ’76, Alito ’72, and Obama ’85] Do you plan on becoming a Supreme Court justice? Do you plan on becoming famous? If so, do yourself a favor: Write your thesis on the most mundane, non-controversial topic possible. Specifically, don’t write about: Scary foreign lands (i.e. Puerto Rico) Last
- Published in Alumni, Open Letter, Politics
Tagged under:
Elena Kagan, First Lady, Michelle Obama, Senior Thesis, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Nominee
PrincetonFML asks “How do you wipe?” and 500 of us respond
Sunday, 25 April 2010
by Brian No
As our own David Walter declared last week, if it’s April, it’s, um, Excretory Month here on The Ink. But, really, we’re just reflecting what seems to be a campus-wide airing of excretory-related issues–it’s not just us! Case in point: the Prince ran an editorial cartoon on the 14th about the cartoonist’s traumatic experience with
- Published in Musings, Open Letter, The INKternet
Princeton 2014!: A word of advice
Friday, 02 April 2010
by Will Saborio
Congratulations, Princeton Class of 2014. You’re better than 91.82% of everyone who decided to apply to Princeton this year! (Makes you sound smarter than you probably are, right? But so does saying we go to Princeton.) Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to navigate and survive this insane place that is exciting
- Published in Goings On, Open Letter
Tagged under:
class of 2014, Harry Potter, onrushing feelings of superiority, stupid things, the internet
A Letter To My Freshman Self
Thursday, 24 September 2009
by Ted Meyer
Hey. Looking good in that American Eagle polo and drawstring cargo shorts. Might want to pick up a deep-V at some point, but the current ensemble probably won’t prevent you from rolling into Quadrangle, six dudes deep. Quadrangle (colloquially “Quad”) is one of ten eating clubs, which are places you’ll go to up to four
- Published in History, Musings, Open Letter, Student Guides
Tagged under:
bacne, booting, Eating Clubs, freshman, ivy, oa, quadrangle, st. a's, sustained dialogue, things you shouldn't do, woody woo
Michelle Obama ’85 hearts UC-Merced :(
Friday, 15 May 2009
by Brian No
Oh, Michelle. How long will you scorn our love? We name drop “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson ’85” in every conversation and press release possible. We’ve enshrined your image in the sacred Yankee Doodle Tap Room. We’ve appointed you to the sociology department’s advisory board. We’ve hired Cornel West and started the Center for African American Studies…
- Published in Alumni, Open Letter, Politics, Princeton in the News
Democracy: It works sometimes
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
by Will Saborio
While USG elections are almost over, I’d like to take the opportunity to urge students to vote for Referenda 4 and 5. Everyone’s heard the all the financial arguments against the proposals, so I won’t waste anyone’s time repeating them. But realize this proposal isn’t a fiscally strategic move, or an administrative plan to end
- Published in Open Letter
Aw come on, or, how I learned to stop believing in the USG
Monday, 27 April 2009
by Will Saborio
The Prince reported today that Gym Class Heroes will grace the Quadrangle Club with their awkward indie-hip hop presence to celebrate Lawnparties this Sunday. Damn it. While a bunch of Princetonians will inevitably be dancing to that kinda goofy song about cookies that’s actually about copulating, USG has once again dropped the proverbial Lawnparties ball.
- Published in Open Letter
Dear Campus Masturbator: Please Stop.
Sunday, 19 April 2009
by Brian No
The Princeton community has received two Campus Safety Alerts from Public Safety since yesterday morning about reports of lewdness and sexual contact. The first report is, well, hilarious. But the second incident, not so much. The first incident: In separate incidents at approximately 2 and 2:39 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2009, two Princeton University
- Published in Open Letter