Jessica Woods



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PUP's Into The Woods

Jessica Woods

Russian Issue — Nov 11, 2004

Something about last week—Tuesday night, Wednesday noon—made me want to see the Princeton University Players' production of Into the Woods.

Swimming Upstream

Jessica Woods

Jesus is my coach — Mar 24, 2005

I think I was the first person unassociated with Swimming Upstream to see the production. Ever. This seems like pretty heady stuff as I sit in warm darkness waiting for the cast's final run-through to begin. I feel like an insider: I watch volunteers scurry behind the set with ...

The RIAA Took My Baby Away

Jessica Woods

Fear and Loathing — Apr 7, 2005

Last week, Princeton was subpoenaed for the names and information of almost forty students, in preparation for lawsuits the RIAA is bringing against them against them. On Monday, the Nassau Weekly's Jessica Woods sat down with one of the accused to find out the real story.

Operation Vile?

Jessica Woods

N A S S — Apr 21, 2005

Operation Style put on their annual charity fashion show on Friday on the Frist South Lawn. It looked like a benefit in a second-rate but affluent suburb, or a production at a private school looking to increase its endowment.

October 31, 2005

Jessica Woods

Unlikely Hellfellows — Sep 28, 2006

Halloween makes me sad now, too. It used to just be Christmas. Which at least makes sense because I’m Jewish.
Halloween. I am walking around, checkbook in hand, begging doctors to see me. This is the Upper East Side: there are a lot of doors to knock on. I ...

Donde Esta Journalism?

Jacob Savage, Jessica Woods

The Religion Issue — Nov 10, 2005

Dear Readers,
Last month, to the consternation of our “reporter” friends upstairs, we inaugurated the Princewatch column. This new feature severely weakened the Daily Princetonian’s morale; we received several outraged emails to that effect. To right their sinking ship, in an October 14 editorial, the Prince demanded that the ...

The Cock (and Bull) Market

Jessica Woods

The Sex Issue — Mar 9, 2006

A slinky pack of Ivy League homos tricked me into a gay bar one early morning in the city. Instead of a name this establishment had a neon rooster above the door. By way of an explanation, one might call that rooster a ‘cock.’
Inside it was so dark that ...

Don't Sign Until I Say So

Jessica Woods

The "vaginal yet phallic" issue — Apr 6, 2006

The Frist package guy keeps a mini-fridge among his personal effects behind the desk at his eponymous office.  Exactly two bumper stickers decorate that fridge.  One says SOUTH OF THE BORDER and the other says NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS: WITHOUT 'EM IT WOULD JUST BE SLEEP.

Preppies-on-a-Rampage

Jessica Woods

the apologist issue — Apr 13, 2006

We’re no longer collectively, psychically compelled to impose the old narrative on our news stories. Instead, in our state of informed, liberal, post-Katrina injustice-seeking, we’re reading for the other story. We’re reading for the story that shows our sensitivity and also reveals the depravity of the privileged classes, and maybe also diagnoses a generalized ‘what’s wrong with America’.

Republicans Behaving Badly

Better Spirits of Journalistic Integrity, Jessica Woods, Other

Atonement — Oct 5, 2006

The Nassau Weekly was unprepared; it was eating a snack and catching up on its current events when it stumbled upon a news story about a friendly-looking member of the United States Congress.
At first the Nassau Weekly had trouble articulating what was so damn skin-crawlingly abhorrent about the exchange. Perhaps it was the Congressman’s not-quite-fluent online colloquialisms, or his persistent, lame attempts at turning the conversation toward sexy feelings.