The Loudest Voice You’ve Never Heard

“because of its distance from the more populous undergraduate portion of the University, many students today are unaware of the carillon’s existence. ‘I’m the loudest voice you’ve never heard,’ Lisa laments.”

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The Anonymous Tastemakers

by on · Business, Campus

“During a discussion of symbols in my writing seminar, a classmate referred to the sweatshirt, which they were wearing, as ‘a semiotic wonder.'”

A review of the Death of Stalin

by on · Film, Reviews

“To convert political horror into comedy might only be possible at the risk of transposing the profundity of mass death, racism, greed and systemic terror into something as trivial as quibbles over funeral decorations.”

A review of You Were Never Really Here

by on · Film, Reviews

Both squarely within and bushing the boundaries of Lynne Ramsey’s heralded artistries.

The Nass Recommends!

by , on · The Nass Recommends

A controversial experimental film and a streaming service you might know about but is being recommended for those that don’t.

LEGS.

by on · Poetry

“Green grass./Blue skies./A faint haze distorting the figures”

Peer Review

by , on · Humor, Reflections

“Since the beginning of time, editors at The Nassau Weekly have taken their pens to each other’s Common Application Essays. And yes, The Nassau Weekly has been around since the beginning of time.”

Bleak Dorm

by on · Campus, Reflections

Princeton’s degree of social exclusivity is abnormal. Whether compared to colleges whose social lives are dominated by bar culture, or colleges with extensive Greek life, Princeton stands out in the extent of its social hierarchy and in the lack of truly inclusive late-night social spaces.

Princeton Student Climate Initiative’s Plan for Action

by on · Campus, Current Events

The stories of people of color are consistently excluded from environmentalist narratives because they require consideration of our environment not in isolation, but as an intersectional struggle with racial and economic justice.

Isle of Dogs review

by on · Film, Reviews

“In any case, it is left up to the viewer to not get too lost in the dazzling visual spectacle of the film, and be sure to consider that despite the immaculate attention to detail, some details might still have been rendered invisible.”

Ethical Engineers

by on · Campus, Interviews, Technology

“Overturning decades and decades of conduct of computer scientists is a Herculean effort, but it’s one that is perhaps long overdue.”

The Nass Recommends!

by , on · Reviews, The Nass Recommends

A dream-pop mirage and a volcanic short film about death — an ideal Sunday?

incandescence / fluorescence

by on · Poetry

“She had written,/I can feel the little vibrations of the bus up and down.
/A silent fleshy hum, a reminder of discontent and inadequacy.”

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Overhead in Roma

Social media editor: Hey, want to see this crazy bug bite on my ass?
Web editor: Sure.
Former web editor: I guess?
Social media editor: *lowers pants and underwear in the middle of rocky dhall*

Overheard in the Nass office

Editor: I saw Kendall Jenner outside a sweetgreen in TriBeCa... what’s your favorite sweetgreen?

Overheard in TI

Senior man: Are you drunk? You smell like beer.
Senior female: That does not us drunk make.

Overheard in a newsroom

Neurotic copy editor, on the death of print journalism: Do you hear me in the distance, screaming? Cause I’M DOING IT!!

Overheard in Wilson

Canada Goose-wearing Nass editor: I honestly can't think of a better 20th-century leader than Fidel.

Overheard en route to Funday

Sophomore Theta 1: My biggest fear is failure.
Sophomore Theta 2: Mine is chlamydia.

Overheard in precept

"Cool Kid" preceptor: They see everyone else doing binge drinking… wait. "Doing binge drinking." I promise I'm a cool kid!

Overheard in Cuyler

Press Club Co-President: I don't think I ever really learned how to write an essay.

Overhead at Terrace

Overachieving sophomore: Academic Masochism. . . that's my kink.

Overheard in Terrace

Manic pixie dream girl: Everyone knew the code so it was basically unlocked. The code was 42069.