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Oct. 5, 2011
Vol. 112, No. 2
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2008-2009
Web Exclusive: Having fun on Class Day
By Isia Jasiewicz ’10
Posted on July 13, 2009
“I was told that the purpose of this speech was to be lighthearted,” Jay Katsir ’04 told those attending Class Day his senior year. “But when I looked at the Commencement schedule, I realized … most of the events had so much natural comic...Parting words of advice
By Chip McCorkle ’09
Posted on July 10, 2009
At the Checkout Fair in May, seniors were asked to write six-word memoirs of their Princeton careers. While some took the opportunity to launch a parting shot at the administration (“Grade deflation is the devil, bye”), many chose to pass...An ‘uninvisible’ issue; a glimpse into grad life
By Catherine Mevs ’09
Posted on June 5, 2009
On Thursday night of the first Princeton Preview weekend in April, with the campus crawling with prospective students, about 50 people sat quietly in the usually chatter-filled Café Vivian of Frist Campus Center. A young man was reading...Web Exclusive: Celebrating Asian heritage
By Nikki Leon ’11
Posted on May 8, 2009
At first, it seemed everyone wanted only the food. Although Go and mah-jongg tables were set up outside the Frist convenience store and Wyliena Guan ’11 was emceeing a string of student performances, the crowd gathered around the buffet....Exploring the Zen flute; voting in favor of service
By Jessica Lander ’10
Posted on May 7, 2009
Protruding out of Lauren Ledley ’10’s backpack — crammed with textbooks, papers, pencils — is a flared flute, almost two feet long, with a plastic body resembling bamboo. In classes, Ledley’s peers don’t know what to make of it. The flute...Reacting to a campus alert
By Paavana Kumar ’10
Posted on Apr. 17, 2009
“For there is never trouble within our orange bubble”: So goes the Princeton Triangle Club anthem, reflecting popular sentiment about living on campus as students enjoy the illusion of a secluded, protected community. But in the...Using laptops in lectures; doing physics with the pros
By Catherine Mevs ’09
Posted on Apr. 15, 2009
During a lecture early this semester, English 311 professor Lawrence Danson put aside the dilemma of Prince Hamlet to discuss a topic decidedly not Shakespearean — laptops. “I quite literally thought,” Danson said later, “let’s take the...Gender gap at eating clubs; fewer jobs for grad students
By Chip McCorkle ’09
Posted on Mar. 27, 2009
If you were a visitor to campus a couple of weeks ago and glanced at a copy of The Daily Princetonian, you might have left with the impression that the eating clubs are still male-only. The Prince that day contained a full-page call to...Using hypnosis to relax; a lunchtime literary visit
By Nikki Leon ’11
Posted on Mar. 8, 2009
In the late 1700s Franz A. Mesmer claimed a cure for all ills: Placing his patients around a tub of iron rods and “magnetized” water, Mesmer would play songs on a glass harmonica until one of the patients fell into convulsions — a...Recipes and priorities
By Jessica Lander ’10
Posted on Feb. 23, 2009
In January Paul Nehring ’10 took the oath of office — not on Lincoln’s Bible, but on a dog-eared, sauce-stained Joy of Cooking. Nehring promised to preside faithfully over 26 upper-class omnivores who comprise one of Princeton’s two...Grad students square off in the kitchen
By Melinda Baldwin GS
Posted on Feb. 5, 2009
Call it the graduate-student version of Top Chef. In honor of National Soup Month, Sharon Bzostek and her husband, Mike Nalepa, cooked up the idea for a “soup-off” – a contest designed to crown the Princeton graduate community’s top...Students go unplugged; updating Ulysses’ tale
By Chip McCorkle ’09
Posted on Feb. 4, 2009
Just before winter break, students in Rockefeller and Mathey colleges participated in a new intramural competition that was provocatively dubbed “Do It in the Dark.” The real name of the game, though, was abstention — from leaving lights...Pitches and propositions
By Melinda Baldwin GS
Posted on Jan. 25, 2009
It’s a scenario entrepreneurs dream about: You have a great idea for a business venture, and one morning you find yourself sharing an elevator with a well-known venture capitalist. Can you pitch your idea successfully before you reach the...Web Exclusive: The Chapel celebrates a Hindu holiday
By Jessica Lander ’10
Posted on Dec. 15, 2008
More than 300 diyas, small ceramic lamps, flickered on tables flanking the central alter, one for every member of the audience Nov. 8 in the Princeton Chapel. Golden podiums, draped with shimmering cloth and topped with candles and rose...‘Grinch’ in 31 languages; students behind bars
By Jessica Lander ’10
Posted on Dec. 9, 2008
How do you say “Grinch” in Chinese? Although midterms were coming up, Jonathan Kent ’10 was busy translating a stanza from Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas into Tang Dynasty poetic style. He settled on “lugui,” which means “green...Matching wits at the pub; creating a group identity
By Melinda Baldwin GS
Posted on Nov. 16, 2008
What’s the name of the area of the brain that produces dopamine? How many stars are on the Alaskan flag? Can you name the former teen idol who voiced Captain Shang in Disney’s animated film Mulan? If so, Pub Quiz at the Graduate College...Games with a purpose
By Paavana Kumar ’10
Posted on Nov. 2, 2008
Computer games are often viewed as solitary and addictive. But for Luis von Ahn, a 29-year-old computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, they can be strategic, communal – and useful. The winner of a MacArthur “genius...Seniors face a new reality; Public Safety’s new wheels
By Chip McCorkle ’09
Posted on Nov. 2, 2008
Sometimes accused of living in an “orange bubble,” Princeton students have been following the financial crisis awfully closely. The interest is part academic (economics is one of the most popular majors on campus), but also pragmatic. For...On tour, at home and abroad
By Catherine Mevs ’09
Posted on Oct. 18, 2008
On a clear day last fall, Kejia Tang ’10 arrived at the admission office at Clio Hall with his usual arsenal of tour-guiding tricks: clever jokes, cute anecdotes, and interesting historical facts. In his second year as an Orange Key tour...Making a memorable debut
By Jessica Lander ’10
Posted on Oct. 3, 2008
Patricia Gaspari-Bridges anticipates light-saber fights erupting in the grand reading room, nicknamed the “Treehouse,” of the new Lewis Library. Head of Princeton’s science and technology libraries, Gaspari-Bridges gestured at the...Web exclusive: Interning during Wall Street’s uncertain summer
By Chip McCorkle ’09
Posted on Sept. 19, 2008
As write-downs and layoffs piled up on Wall Street this summer, your first thought probably wasn’t, “…but what of the interns?” And that’s OK – for the most part, they made out just fine. If, like Posie Harwood ’09, you weren’t in one or...Meeting their match
By Isia Jasiewicz ’10
Posted on Sept. 16, 2008
It was well past 11 p.m. July 15. Dozens of members of the Class of 2012 were logged in to Facebook.com, the social networking site, where they had been posting on a discussion board for hours: “I can’t wait to find out,” “I’m so...CURRENT ISSUE: Oct. 5, 2011
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From ‘reclusive scholar’ to advocate: A victory in same-sex marriage debate
By Tara Thean ’13 - Sept. 22, 2011
In hurricane, grad students find a surge of community
By Gregory Rosalsky GS
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