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Telescoping Morning

“In the succeeding entries, we telescope our mornings by recounting and recasting. Each succeeding morning of a series is composed in exactly half the number of words of the previous. Diminish with us below.”

by Alex Jacobson, Ananya Malhotra, Carolyn Kelly, Christopher Villani, David Exumé, Katie Duggan, Miriam Friedman, Serena Alagappan, Tara Shirazi, Tess Solomon, Tianyi Wang on October 22, 2017October 22, 2017

Peer Review

Since the beginning of time, editors at The Nassau Weekly have taken their pens to each other’s Common Application essays…

by Carolyn Kelly, Katie Duggan on April 30, 2017July 22, 2017

Check Your Spandex

The privilege of flying standby and the cost of ditching leggings

by Carolyn Kelly on April 16, 2017June 29, 2017

All in the Family

My Brother, the Trump Supporter.

by Carolyn Kelly on December 11, 2016

A View of Reunions from Behind the Scenes

Behind the scenes of Princeton’s annual alumni event, a small number of dedicated student trucking teams work tirelessly to keep Reunions running smoothly. Responsible for driving a fleet of large box trucks, crews of student truckers single-handedly transport all of … Read More

by Carolyn Kelly on May 16, 2016May 16, 2016

Work Life Balance

The Yale administration’s insistence on a student income contribution is reinforcing inequality along race and classlines.” So proclaims a new campaign launched at Yale, organized by the group Students Unite Now (SUN), aiming to eliminate the student income contribution for undergrads … Read More

by Carolyn Kelly on April 16, 2016April 23, 2016

Dining Hall Work

This struggle to connect is one reason why students can feel disconnected from their university jobs and exclude them from their campus identities, preferring to invest their personal and social lives in the voluntary activities that better represent their interests.

by Carolyn Kelly on March 27, 2016

My Own Private Princeton

During Reading Period of freshman spring, I developed a strange study habit.

by Carolyn Kelly on October 24, 2015

Traveling While Branded

For as long as I can remember, what people wear when they fly has fascinated me. My mother was a flight attendant, and whenever I saw her in uniform (pale blue blouse, dark navy slacks and vest, blazer with two silver stripes on the sleeves, wings and American flag pin on the breast) I knew she was going to leave.

by Carolyn Kelly on October 17, 2015October 18, 2015

Flying Standby

She said that if she happened to miss her plane, she would be comforted to know that
at least someone else would be able to fly in her place. She would love for her misfortune to become another’s relief. Her space was not wasted.

by Carolyn Kelly on October 11, 2015October 12, 2015

Le Lapin

Ruth is anxious to meet baby sister. Yet a chance encounter with a strange magician and his rabbit render the future anything but predictable.

by Carolyn Kelly on August 11, 2015August 11, 2015

Sis Visit

On the night before Valentine’s Day, I ran to the Dinky in the frigid February air, wondering for the hundredth time how life would be different if my sister had gone to Princeton.

by Carolyn Kelly on April 12, 2015


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