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Yeezus Fever

Is Kanye West Jesus, a genius, or just a jackass? The rapper-turned-fashion designer-turned entrepreneur has a singular talent for polarizing popular opinion, which seems incapable of finding any sort of middle ground between idolatry and loathing.

by Hannah Hirsh on February 28, 2015March 2, 2015

Sankofa

On Friday, February 20, a group of students transformed the Mathey common room into a catwalk for Sankofa, Princeton’s 2nd annual African fashion show that highlights African clothing and many of Princeton’s performing arts groups, such as Black Arts Company: Dance, Ellipses, Hibir, Umqombothi, and more.

by Nick Sexton on February 23, 2015February 28, 2015

To Maybe Fall in Love, Try This

This isn’t an interview, but it feels like one. There are exactly 36 questions and I am stuck at the top of the list.
“It can be anyone,” he says. “Really.”

by Alice Mar-Abe on February 21, 2015February 22, 2015

Growing Up Ninja

The life and legacy of Naruto.

by Kovey Coles on February 14, 2015

Dadvertising

Sitting down to watch last week’s Super Bowl XLIX, I thought I knew what to expect from an event the 49th of its kind: footballs on the field, fantasies in the commercials. From advertisements aimed at male audiences, I was accustomed to
hot babes, racecars and rock stars. What I found, instead, unsettled me.

by Carolyn Kelly on February 14, 2015February 15, 2015

#yesfilter

It was half past midnight. The snow was soft and crisp from the other side of the glass. The radiator spluttered, rousing from its hour-long slumber. Like adding cotton to an over- stuffed pillow, it seeped a heat into the tired room that stirred our restless desire to descend.

by Alexander Robinson on February 14, 2015February 15, 2015

Sexy Exciting Title

On Monday, December 7th, two seasoned reporters from the Nassau Weekly got the scoop on the Warwick Rowing Team of Warwick Rowers Calendar fame. The rowers release a naked calendar each year to raise money for the team. The proceeds … Read More

by Lydia Weintraub, Rachel Stone on December 11, 2014

Comic Sans Can’t Breathe

On Saturday December 6th, Chicago Bulls player Derrick Rose initiated a particular form of public protest and solidarity when he wore a shirt emblazoned with the phrase “I CAN’T BREATHE” before the Bulls’ game against the Golden State Warriors.

by Ben Denzer on December 11, 2014December 11, 2014

The Personal is the Professional

I joined LinkedIn the summer before sophomore year. I had just started my first “real” internship, a public relations gig at a radio station in Boston, and felt remarkably grown-up sitting in a cubicle in black pumps and a pencil skirt.

by Kat Kulke on December 6, 2014December 7, 2014

Racism as a Cultural Condition

Racism is a problem that we must confront wherever we produce and experience culture.

by Nick Schmidt on December 6, 2014December 7, 2014

Spray It, Don’t Say It

The first graffiti I ever saw were unremarkable messages etched into my middle school’s peeling wooden desks: people’s initials conjoined inside hearts, a mysterious pointy S shape, and invitations to “put an x if youre bored.”

by Emily Lever on December 6, 2014February 7, 2015

Notes on Engaging with Black Thought

I have started this piece many times. Each beginning featured a description of Professor Emeritus of African American Studies Cornel West and his entrance into McCosh 50.

by Lovia Gyarkye on November 23, 2014November 23, 2014


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