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Mormon Madness

Book of Mormon—the Broadway musical from the creators of South Park—opened to incredible reviews, won nine Tonys, and is so popular these days that its website suggests you should start looking for tickets for February 2012. Scalped tickets for shows … Read More

by Eliot Linton on September 28, 2011March 22, 2013

Group Ecology

Welfome to Princhips, where it’s reproductive season again. A group of horny superorganisms called student groups are vying for your attention and panting for your consent.

by Eliot Linton on October 12, 2013October 12, 2013

A History of A Capella

And the constriction of Song.

by Eliot Linton on September 26, 2012March 22, 2013

Hellas Historic

Picture me this fall break, up on the Athenian acropolis, staring down the Parthenon, trying to figure out anything at all. It’s bright if that helps. I’m up there on a trip with Princeton’s Humanistic Studies Sequence. Written HUM, pronounced … Read More

by Eliot Linton on December 6, 2012March 22, 2013

127 Unclaimed Rap Names

The Crying Game DJ Yung Educated But Unemployed Lil Drummer Boy Sofresh n’ Soclean Dion Adonis Morissette D(ean)J Rapelye Rudeboy Giuliani Duncan Hoy-Z Lil Peni$ Lil Italy Lil Lion Man Lil Caesars Pizza Kings ?uest Missy Eliot Linton Missy Michelle … Read More

by Andrew Sondern, Eliot Linton, Elizabeth Lian, Giri Nathan, Rafael Abrahams, Will Pinke on April 16, 2013March 11, 2018

More Finite Jest

The end of laughter.

by Eliot Linton on October 17, 2012September 7, 2013

Humble Beginnings

Language classes are humbling. Unless you faked your placement test, you are exercising a skill you do not possess for an hour every day. Ninety percent of the thoughts you have during class are impossible to convey. This was my … Read More

by Eliot Linton on March 1, 2013August 15, 2013

Shit People Say

Some soft fiction.

by Eliot Linton on February 22, 2012March 22, 2013

Grind Away

Whenever I’ve been asked how the Orange and Black Ball was for me, I’ve just said “fun.”

by Eliot Linton on November 16, 2011March 22, 2013

Rules of Pool

Here’s a proposal. Next time you play pool, ignore the rule that scratching on the eight-ball makes you lose. Hold on, that’s madness: That’s like the main rule in pool. In my small experience, a frustrating majority of games of … Read More

by Eliot Linton on May 9, 2013May 11, 2013

Hospital Stories

Never before this week had I been hospitalized.

by Eliot Linton on October 19, 2011March 22, 2013

The Nass’s Classes

Real class -> Playful pejorative THR 201 : Beginning Studies/Acting -> “Shows for joes” ENG 206 : Reading Literature: Fiction -> “Plots for twats” POL 210 : Political Theory -> “Rules for tools” EGR 194 : Intro Engineering -> “Screws for Jews” JRN 445 : … Read More

by Eliot Linton on December 6, 2012March 22, 2013


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