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THE WEEKLY BLOG
Good reads: Engineer Michael G. Littman
Looking for a good read? PAW asked some professors for their recommendations. Michael G. Littman Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering FAVORITE BOOK TO TEACH: The Innovators, by David Billington ’50. Billington and I co-teach CEE 102, “Engineering and the Modern World.” This is the first of two Billington... READ MORE
Looking for a good read? PAW asked some professors for their recommendations. Michael G. Littman Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering FAVORITE BOOK TO TEACH: The Innovators, by David Billington ’50. Billington and I co-teach CEE 102, “Engineering and the Modern World.” This is the first of two Billington... READ MORE
Top Stories:
Tiger of the Week:
Paul Volcker ’49
Paul Volcker ’49
Humor me
Satirist Jeff Kreisler ’95 aims to be the thinking person’s comic
Published in the Jan. 19, 2011, issue
Telling Sarah Palin jokes at a comedy show in Washington, D.C.’s Adams-Morgan section the night before the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert rally last October is like shooting fish in a barrel. With a bazooka. The targets are at point-blank range and...Read moreAnatomy of the funny bone
The psychology of humor
Published in the Jan. 19, 2011, issue
We don’t tend to remember poor old Sigmund Freud as a barrel of laughs. All that talk of anxiety and hysteria and neuroses is a bit of a downer (though you probably agree that Freudian slips can be hilarious – if you’re not the one making them). But...Read moreLast academic standing
My search for Princeton’s funniest professor
Published in the Jan. 19, 2011, issue
Sideshow Bob: “Oh, come now! You wanted to be Krusty’s sidekick since you were 5! What about the buffoon lessons? The four years at Clown College?” Cecil: “I’ll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way!” “Brother from Another Series,” The Simpsons,...Read moreBehind the scenes with Triangle
What it takes for Princeton’s famed musical-comedy troupe to mount its show
Published in the Jan. 19, 2011, issue
With its new show, “Family Feudalism,” Triangle Club is celebrating its 120th anniversary – 118 years after it was officially founded. Precision, perhaps, is not Triangle’s most notable hallmark. No matter. Whatever its age, Triangle is exceptional: No...Read morePranks for the memories
The very best of student escapades
Published in the Jan. 19, 2011, issue
Take an environment that can generate the Triangle kickline, Cane Spree, and the Nude Olympics, let it percolate for 250 years or so, add a pile of 18-year-olds and The Daily Princetonian’s annual joke issue, and you would expect some pretty spiffy...Read moreImagining Class Notes
A look at classmates’ lives (and our world) in the distant future
Published in the Jan. 19, 2011, issue
March 6, 2023 | Class of 2021 It’s been quite a year for BRAYDEN CARTER LOGAN, and it’s only March! On Jan. 14, he married Madison Mackenzie Addison ’22 — “who I guess you should call Madison Mackenzie Addison-Logan,” Brayden retina-twexts — in the...Read more
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Web Bonus Links
PAW invites alumni to share memories of their funniest Princeton professor, and to compose a personal tribute to the Wawa. For details, click here
An inside look at how the troupe's latest show, "Family Feudalism," came together.
Videos: What's so funny?
Experts in the psychology of humor select film and audio clips that make them laugh.
Experts in the psychology of humor select film and audio clips that make them laugh.
Watch comedy sketches, routines, and monologues performed and/or written by alumni humorists.
Video: Tiger magazine, online
The humor magazine has turned to a new medium: Check out a pair of video clips.
The humor magazine has turned to a new medium: Check out a pair of video clips.
Video: Humor, Phnom-Penh-style
Watch sketches written by Jacob Gold '06 and James O'Toole '08 for Cambodia's first sketch-comedy TV show, "Upside Down."
Watch sketches written by Jacob Gold '06 and James O'Toole '08 for Cambodia's first sketch-comedy TV show, "Upside Down."
Web Exclusives
The story of a memorable PAW cover: a Princetonian's view of the world, circa 1981.
Video: Want a fruitcake?
A robot designed by Princeton engineering students tries to spread some holiday cheer around campus.
A robot designed by Princeton engineering students tries to spread some holiday cheer around campus.
Recent alumni deaths
A list of alumni whose deaths recently have been reported to the University.
A list of alumni whose deaths recently have been reported to the University.
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