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Night of the Assassins: A Review

If a really good play goes up in a forest, does anyone care? I stumbled into Matthews Acting Studio last Thursday in my usual state— disheveled, confused, busily muttering banalities to imaginary socialites while bundled in my button-less vintage coat.

by Patrick Cunningham on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

Erotomania and Castration Anxiety in USG President M. Margolin

Although I will perhaps be labeled as crude and sensational, I should like to turn the light of psychoanalysis on Mr. M. Margolin, the president of the Undergraduate Student Government.

by Ari Samsky on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

July 11, 2003: Ballymacash Burning

The night is an exercise in harmony, a lesson in primary colors: Billy, ten, clutches a bottle of WKD blue, rubs his fast-ruddying face. When he lifts his arm for posterity, the salute calls the flame to crawl down the … Read More

by Maggie Dillon on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

No Refunds after Fifteen Minutes

I. Barrage of right-handed hooks: Jesus Christ is Lord over Greater Orlando paints diamond fence; tee-shirt on man with bulge reads God is Good; top of tower, a neon cross – God is Love intersects Christ is Savior at the … Read More

by Maggie Dillon on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

Taqueek’s Big Secret

Taqueek Runyan was an angry black youth in a town full of them. He was raised in a very religious household by “working class” parents, who—like most of the adults in the northern New Jersey area—were unemployed.

by Justin Gerald on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

10 Political Tidbits

Let’s hope there’s no blue dress (and if there is, that Kerry at least has better taste than Clinton).
John Kerry is accused of having an affair with an intern working in his campaign office. Both News Editor Izzie Lerer and the Nassau Weekly deny the allegations.

by Izzie Lerer on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

When Bad Guys Get Websites, Bad Guys Get Goofy

Everyone is by now familiar with the fact that hate groups, terror organizations, and rogue states have their own official websites, websites that offer “alternate” versions of history and the truth. It’s already been said.

by Jacob O. Gold on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

How to Become Political

Realize the President has done something that makes you angry. Very angry. Read what a lot of other angry people have written, mostly from websites and blogs. Quickly formulate your own voice and opinions.

by Rob Buerki on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

Arrivederci, Baby

The last episode of Sex and the City was totally awesome, and I should know because I watched it.

by Ari Samsky on February 25, 2004March 17, 2013

Clouds

The crowd at Theatre Intime on the opening night of Clouds was definitely “intime”. The number of people on stage was roughly mirrored by the number of people in the audience, which incidentally consisted of close friends (read: relatives) of … Read More

by Nicki Chandris on February 25, 2004March 17, 2013

An Italian in Princeton

Every so often, perhaps on mornings that are either particularly busy or particularly still, I get the feeling that I am walking through the Princeton campus like a zombie, my face whitened by the seemingly eternal winter, sub-ocular scrota pronounced … Read More

by Nicole Oncina (aka “The Coed”) on February 25, 2004March 17, 2013

In Defense of Cigarettes and Smokers

There is something intimately sensual about it, and I’m sure many smokers will agree with me. The elegant dance of fresh hot tobacco smoke rising into the transparent expanse, traversing only for a moment the contours of moving air and then diffusing casually into its surroundings, leaving behind only the stale scent of a bowling alley late at night.

by Benjy Gerut on February 25, 2004March 17, 2013


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