Failed Experiment?
There’s nothing like a good smoothie. When made the right way, a smoothie is at once sweet and sour, liquid and solid, exciting and relaxing.
The Fristification Kid
In April 2001, David Brooks published “The Organization Kid,” in which he typified Princeton students as absurdly busy with “self-improvement, résumé-building, and enrichment.” Brooks conceived of the whole process by which the students had become hard-working and career-oriented as organization, but this authoress’s significantly more extensive fieldwork reveals the even more interesting process of subjectification through which Organization Kids become fristified.
Fristification
Frist is a place, of course. It is a campus center, opened in 2000 and enthusiastically directed by Paul Breitman, who describes Frist on its website as a “hub of activity and interactive learning at Princeton,” “an inviting, inclusive, and exciting gathering place for the entire campus community” which “takes the concept of community building to the next level.” Well, okay.
What Would Peter Singer Do?
Peter Singer recast in the role of the ethical organization kid.
We Don’t Need No Thought Control
Princeton Atelier creates art for the Frist Digital Display Wall.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Frist…
The Nass unmasks campus center secrets.
Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
The Nass asks Frist administrators why some of the campus center’s recyclables have been going into the trash.
Digital One-Way Mirror
Princeton’s Blackboard website is not just a useful academic tool; it’s also a means of surveillance.