This Week's Verbatim

Overheard at Princeton...

Hot or Not?

Emily Levy

It’s time for a game of “Hot or Not.” Rompers: Hot or Not? Two-finger rings: Hot or Not? Denim button-down shirts: Hot or Not? Boyfriend jeans: Hot or Not?

God's Gift to Us All

Stephanie Velazquez

Ryan Gosling is the greatest thing that ever happened to this world.

Mafia Rules

Patience Haggin

Mafia--the ultimate pre-orientation/term break trip game. There’s no better way to bond as a group than killing and turning on each other.
In the game, a team of killers strikes secretly at night, then try to conceal themselves as an angry mob decides whom to kill (Historically, it ...

The Purpler

Gavin Schlissel

It could be a small fold in his shirt, making an indentation that the light can’t reach which could make that one small spot in the lower third of his back stand out just a little purpler than the rest of his already-quite-purple shirt.

Just Say No

Dan Abromowitz

The philosophers tell us that everyone has, at some point in their life, given or received a handjob*. Science bears this out. Thing is, though, that handjobs just aren’t that great. Nobody really likes giving them, and, save for a pretty good half-second towards the end, nobody really likes ...

Doing Less

David Drew

There is a War on Doing Less going on in this campus. And, not unlike many great wars before it (Second Punic, Cold, Fox television’s “The War at Home”, etc.), you may not realize which side you should be on until it’s too late. The war is fueled ...

Eternal Cool

Tom Markham

Every self-respecting college student music snob wants to be that guy who listens to the really cool, trendy music. From the obscure, underground bands from your hometown to any hipster-ish band with the word “Crystal” in its title, there is a sense of self worth that comes with finding that ...

Cole's World

Trap Yates

Since J. Cole already has two signature songs entitled “Dollar and a Dream,” on one level it makes sense that the first real song on his debut album is called “Dollar and a Dream III.” On another, it introduces an immediate existential crisis for any mathematically inclined listener: by this ...