Yo, Band!

Alumni may squirm at its antics, but the Princeton University Band plays on

Published in the Nov. 4, 2009, issue

Two marching bands gather in the bleachers before halftime of the Princeton-Lehigh football game — two distinctly different marching bands.   Lehigh’s “Marching 97” practice precision, moving like a Big-Ten band in miniature. Members wear white tunics, brown...Read more

Professor Happiness

Daniel Gilbert *85 explains why we seek satisfaction in all the wrong places

Published in the Nov. 4, 2009, issue

Fifteen years ago, you’d have thought that Daniel Gilbert *85 would have been disconsolate. Daniel Gilbert certainly did. In the mid-1990s, Gilbert experienced a confluence of endings. Both his mother and his mentor passed away. He and his wife got divorced....Read more