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The Ethics of Dodgeball

The annual campus-wide dodgeball tournament dates back to 2005 and has quickly become an exciting Princeton tradition. With four brackets of different sizes, clubs of all kinds can enter the tournament, and the winners get nice cash prizes.

by Ben Jubas on April 25, 2013April 27, 2013

Pitching Princeton

A few months ago, a prospective student from my high school (let’s call her “Susan”) visited Princeton. I did not know her—her interests, her talents, her social proclivities—and yet I found myself on the verge of launching into a speech about how Princeton is the best school—probably in the world—and how she would in all likelihood be denying herself the possibility of self-transcendence if she applied elsewhere early action.

by Ben Jubas on April 11, 2013April 20, 2013

Visualizing God

There is a debate among medieval Jewish philosophers about the permissibility of conceiving of God in physical form. Maimonides, heavily influenced by Aristotelian philosophy, lists the non-corporeality of God as one of the thirteen core principles of faith, and writes in his legal code that anyone who says that God has a body is a heretic with no position in the World to Come.

by Ben Jubas on April 4, 2013April 6, 2013

Remembering Dre

Brian introduced me to rap music on bus #177 in what I think was fourth grade. I know it was 177 and not 181 or 161 because this memory is accompanied by a host of other unique sensory inputs: the … Read More

by Ben Jubas on March 1, 2013March 22, 2013

Princeton FML and Race

A survey on a survey.

by Ben Jubas on November 14, 2012March 22, 2013

The Belt and Its Key

Some of the problems of Sabbath observance.

by Ben Jubas on November 7, 2012September 10, 2013

Ambassadors Speak

One policy lecture, in the context of them all.

by Ben Jubas on September 26, 2012March 22, 2013


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