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“We Could Be Killed; or Worse, Expelled!”

“Not only are we compromising and endangering our own health and education by not prioritizing our health in the short-term, but we’re compromising and endangering the health and education of everyone around us.”

by Lara Katz on October 31, 2021October 30, 2021

Telescoping Space

To telescope, we begin with 300 words, then slice the word count in half for each successive section. We stop when the numbers stop dividing evenly. Looking around and beyond us, this week we telescope “space.”

by Lara Katz, Olivia Zhang, Peter Taylor, Sam Bisno, Sierra Stern on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Terrariums, Tolstoy, and Tasty Burgers: What Our Profs Really Think About Us

The candid opinions and hot takes of Princeton faculty members.

by Lara Katz on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022

Proud, Lifeless, And Very Much Clean

“He is desperate for his dinner, too hungry to say hello, … he laments his work, his employer, his cold-footed commute, … he grinds his teeth at our rationed mutton and yet—the frugal bastard—gives me nothing, nothing, not a penny to spare.”

by Lara Katz on October 4, 2020October 3, 2020

“Sweaty, Loud, and Not a Little Tipsy”

Four underclass students reflect on beginning and continuing college.

by Beth Villaruz, Charles Nuermberger, Lara Katz, Sam Bisno on October 10, 2021October 9, 2021

Only Curling, After All

“There are three types of curlers: the competitive, the prepubescent, and the beer-drinking. I have played with all three types in roughly equal measures.”

by Lara Katz on October 10, 2021October 9, 2021

Letter to a Professor (From a Disgruntled Parent-Donor)

Dear Lecherous Lecturer Precious Professor, Happy winter. I heard you’re in Vail? Hope the slopes are not destroying your knees. I’m reeling from the news that you gave a D to my son Robert “Torie” George Junior (I abstain from … Read More

by Braden Flax, Lara Katz on April 16, 2023

All In

“Then she got a glass of water, because really, it was almost 8:45 AM, she must be thirsty by now, and hydration is very important.”

by Lara Katz on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022

The Glass Cracked

When the glass on a train cracks, strange and impossible things reveal themselves to the protagonist in this speculative fiction piece.

by Lara Katz on November 13, 2022

Giving, Going; Living, Loving

“Everyday she grew older. This obvious fact had never seemed obvious before.”

by Lara Katz on April 11, 2021April 10, 2021

Telescoping Rhythm

In the succeeding entries, we telescope “rhythm.” Sonically evocative and personally connotative, we examine the word in its multiplicity of meanings.

by Abigail Glickman, Allie Mangel, BT Hayes, Emma Mohrmann, Lara Katz, Sabrina Kim on November 8, 2020November 8, 2020

Eating Clubs, A’s, and AI: What Profs Really Think About Us

Princeton, from our professors’ point of view.

by Lara Katz on April 23, 2023April 23, 2023


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