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Billy Collins Reading “The Names” Before Congress (September 6, 2002)

“This snowfall is my final fantasy. Once America the woman was coming on my dick, her flag pin a pinhole to a world without strife. But then—” he sneezes. “Let me begin again. Terrorism. The weeping willow lowers her hair … Read More

by Conor Gannon on March 31, 2010March 17, 2013

Robot Unicorn Attacked

In the last 30 days, the town of Princeton has searched for “robot unicorn attack” on average (that is as percentage of total traffic) 25 times as much as Seattle, 30 times as much as Boston and Los Angeles, and … Read More

by Tom Ledford on March 31, 2010March 17, 2013

Divest now!

Workers’ rights groups around the world celebrated an unprecedented victory last November in what had been an ongoing struggle between the workers of Honduras and Russell Athletics, the largest private employer in the country. Almost a year ago, Russell shut … Read More

by Sierra Gronewold on March 31, 2010March 17, 2013

The True is the Hole

Last year, the unlikely phrase “Hegel’s Bagels” appeared in this newspaper on two separate (although not unrelated) occasions: first, in the cover illustration; and second, as the title of an article. The article reported that the Princeton German Department had … Read More

by Nick Cox on March 31, 2010March 17, 2013

Unaroused and Proud

“In our society, intimacy is strongly equated to sex,” says David Jay, founder of AVEN, creator of asexuality.org, and a self-avowed asexual.

by Alice Zheng on March 31, 2010March 17, 2013

A Day, and a Shura, in Zaywalat hawza

If you haven’t seen _The Hurt Locker_ yet, don’t. Watch _Groundhog Day_ instead; it’s much better, and it will also give you a far better sense of what the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are like. That’s not an original … Read More

by Wes Morgan on March 31, 2010March 17, 2013

Three Cheers for Queering the Census

Next Monday, March 29, Princeton University will begin distributing Census forms to Frist Center mailboxes for students who live on campus. Students will also find another envelope in their mailbox that week, containing a short letter and a pink sticker … Read More

by Brenda Jin on March 24, 2010March 17, 2013

“Never Travel Far, Without a Little Big Star”

Big Star are sacred to me – a summer devotional, everything that John Cusack and Emilio Estevez could never be for me, a holy confessor and mentor. I would be surprised if that other late auteur of American adolescence, John … Read More

by Stephen Martis on March 24, 2010March 17, 2013

Community Service, Reimagined

Our Art Therapy Breakout trip, led by sophomores Arielle Sandor and Sojung Yi, started not in Washington D.C. but along the way in Baltimore. The first day, before our group had even established strong ties, we found ourselves at the … Read More

by Greer Hanshaw on March 24, 2010March 17, 2013

Community Service, Reimagined

Most people think Boulder is a ski-town. They are probably right. But in fifty years, I would not be surprised to hear that most people think Boulder is the Shangri-La of the fifty states. Can you imagine Lhasa transfigured into … Read More

by Minqi Jiang on March 24, 2010March 17, 2013

Human-Bone Scythes, Poleaxes, Death and Boobs

As you might have guessed, the _Nassau Weekly_ is full of a bunch of super-nerds who are really into books and junk. To give you an indication of how into books they are, consider this: Every week, they have their … Read More

by Dan Abromowitz on March 24, 2010March 17, 2013

This Shall Be the Greatest NBA Finals of All Time

Rumor has it that at the Nass, there is a gap in the otherwise omniscient knowledge of the staff, and that that gap is called “sports.” Not so, ladies and gentlemen. Let me tell you a thing or two about … Read More

by Chris Hernandez on March 24, 2010March 17, 2013


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