Author: nassauweekly

Only Fans – Full Design

This week, the Nass ponders anxiety, cuts rocks, and gets really into chess.

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On the Shore of the Amygdala

“It’s not the calm before the storm, but the cohabitation of serenity and calamity. It captures the future’s grasp on the present; anxiety is in the very air.”

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Vines, Pt. 1

“Is it too late to go around asking strangers for tylenol?”

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Zaide’s Office, Embodied

“I wondered what kind of philosopher he might have been, having known him only after his thinking and memory had become impaired.”

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First, Nothing

“Let yourself age. Let time press through your skeleton like water, dribbling through your pores, let it sing right through your bones…”

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Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan

“His favorite food was jellybeans because they helped him fend off the desire to smoke. We eat none and smoke none, and congratulate ourselves.”

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How a Rock Is Cut

“So long as nothing blocks your persistence, / you arrive one day at solution caves and gaping gullies.”

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Lights, Camera…Checkmate

A Nass writer considers Netflix’s miniseries The Queen’s Gambit.

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The Night Before the Semester After – Full Design

This week, the Nass previews the new art museum, visits nearby nature, and ruminates on the mysteries of love.

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Letter from the Editor

The Editor-in-Chief ushers in the Nass’s forty-third volume.

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Envisioning a New Museum for Princeton

Where a Nass writer considers how a new art museum might reconsider values of equity and inclusion.

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Nass Recommends Local Nature Preserves

Where a Nass writer urges us to explore the nearby natural world.

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