Undercover Prince

February 21, 2015

Sankofa

On Friday, February 20, a group of students transformed the Mathey common room into a catwalk for Sankofa, Princeton’s 2nd annual African fashion show that highlights African clothing and many of Princeton’s performing arts groups, such as Black Arts Company: Dance, Ellipses, Hibir, Umqombothi, and more.

by Nick Sexton on February 23, 2015February 28, 2015

To Maybe Fall in Love, Try This

This isn’t an interview, but it feels like one. There are exactly 36 questions and I am stuck at the top of the list.
“It can be anyone,” he says. “Really.”

by Alice Mar-Abe on February 21, 2015February 22, 2015

Sisterhood of the Caliphate

Glory is hard to find. In a world of left swipes and back seat dates, in a world where we derive self importance from the attention our statuses get, where political messages are reduced to 140 characters, it can be easy to get lost in the quay.

by Erin O'Brien on February 21, 2015February 28, 2015

Feelies

My mother and I returned to the Tucson art museum because Rose Cabat’s daughter told us over the phone that the museum was selling Feelies not featured in the retrospective.

by Lydia Weintraub on February 21, 2015June 10, 2015

The Scooter Speaks

“What’s wrong?”

The train conductor had his face right up next to mine. I was sitting down, and he was leaning over, hands on his knees.

“Nothing,” I sniffled.

by Shannon Osaka on February 21, 2015February 22, 2015

Princeton’s Forgotten Primates

According to a March 30, 2012 inventory, there were six labs at Princeton University that held nonhuman animals for experimentation. Between them, they contained over 10,000 mice, nearly 2,000 fish, nearly 1,000 larval salamanders, and a smattering of rats and frogs.

by Dayton Martindale on February 21, 2015August 16, 2015

A Prince at Princeton

In September 1940, Japan’s prime minister, Konoe Fumimaro, concluded the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, committing the three countries to support each other against the United States in the event of American entry into World War II.

by Alex Costin on February 21, 2015March 16, 2017

Jewish Wisdom

Love, lust and etsah in the bubble.

by Aron Wander, Joshua Leifer on February 21, 2015February 22, 2015

Heroin and Hilfiger

The suburban resurgence of a lethal and addictive drug.

by Kat Kulke on February 21, 2015June 10, 2015

Verbatim

Overheard in TI

Sorority sister, wistfully: I wish Theta would haze more.

Overheard at Mamoun’s

Girl, to friend: I only get passive-aggresively sexiled.

Overheard in Terrace

Radio maven: If the club goes up on a Tuesday, according to Newton it must come down...Maybe the laws of physics just don’t apply to Tuesday.

Overheard in Frist

Sexually frustrated Theta: Ugh, I haven’t had sex in a year.
Compassionate friend: You can always just do it yourself.
Theta: Yeah, but I’m getting carpal tunnel.

Overheard in Bloomberg

Nass freshman: So I got roped into doing tech for the juggling show...

Overheard in Dodge-Osborne

Aesthete, on middle school dances: If you’re already rubbing your genitals against someone’s ass, you might as well do it with fervor.

Overheard after econ lecture

Bro at a urinal, to adjacent bro: Peeing feels amazing when you’re on Adderall.

Overheard in Terrace

Artist: Just from looking at her LinkedIn profile I thought I would never be close friends with her.

Overheard near Little

St. A’s senior: Should we uber to my car?

Overheard at breakfast

Concerned kid: The package said ‘Don’t put it on your balls’; I put it on my balls and it almost killed me.

Overheard on the way to yoga

AEPi senior: I can recommend a pretty good beach read on mergers and acquisitions if you’re interested.

Overheard in McDonnell

Celebrated German physicist: When I vas at University, I put all my extracurricular balls into one basket, my work. (Student giggles.) Oh, well zat was the only thing I vas putting my balls into.”

Overheard in Ivy

Senior Pi Phi, on Kim Jong-un: He’s a fucking loser and I hate him.

Overheard in Terrace

Artist: Just from looking at her LinkedIn profile I thought I would never be close friends with her.

Overheard in Terrace

Girl 1: There’s a fitness class called No Judgement Club?
Girl 2: It got cancelled.

Overheard in Frist

Leftist Jew, to Nass meeting: Do people here even watch TV?

Overheard in TI

Disturbed Theta: Last night, he and I were role-playing that he was 15.

Overheard in the Prince

This is genuine diversity: the nurturing of underprivileged minorities so that they can become successful and well-endowed.

Overheard on Washington Road

Junior: That was a lot of good people who left to go do whippets.