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Occupy Hong Kong
I moved to Hong Kong when I was one, and by the time I was six it became a fact of life that the most important accessory in the hot humid month of a Hong Kong summer is an umbrella. Chinese 格格 (housewives) would never be caught without one, to shield them from the brutal…
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The Ravings of a Pinochet Junkie
It’s fairly rare, in this day and age, and on the continental landmass of the Americas, to be present at the official End Of An Era: the death of an ex-tyrant. Especially when, as was the case with former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, that death occurs at 2:15 PM on a sweltering, feet-dragging dog…
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Is Assange Strange?
Julian Assange views the world through the prism of mathematical metaphor, one might gather from his article “State and Terrorist Conspiracies.” In this article, Assange describes terrorist networks as connected graphs, a mathematical concept involving nodes and connections between them. In Assange’s words, “take some nails and nail them into a board at random .…
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The 2016 Election According to Some People in Your Precept
Jen is president of Princeton Young Democrats and Woody Woo Major, ’18. She interned for an assistant to the assistant of a staffer in Elizabeth Warren’s Massachusetts office, is “with her,” metaphorically and literally; she wears a locket with Hilary’s face in it at all times.
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Princewatch 2005
Dear Readers, As we all know, for many years the Daily Princetonian has wallowed in a sea somewhere below mediocrity. Whether book reports masquerading as cultural reviews, Captain Obvious news articles pretending to be incisive, or just plain bad writing, we can always count on our favorite daily to drop the ball.
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Of Turks and Laurels in Stockholm
Perhaps to the slight disappointment of the Princetonians hoping to make the University home to a second Nobel Laureate in literature, this year’s Nobel Prize in literature went to Orhan Pamuk, one of Turkey’s most critically acclaimed novelists. The Swedish Academy commented when announcing the award that the 54-year-old author introduced readers to “new symbols…
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“I Find Writing Very Painful”: An Interview with Nathan J. Robinson
A Nass writer sits down with Nathan J. Robinson, Editor of ‘Current Affairs’.
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Mr. Gates Comes to Call
Bill Gates descended on campus last Friday, and everyone in Richardson Auditorium had Microsoft founder’s rock star status impressed upon them. Audience members were greeted by a 21st century audio-visual display: two high-definition monitors and a gigantic projector screen, all of which prominently displayed Microsoft and Princeton logos along with the sounds of U2, Jet,…
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Week in Review
It came to (and, it should be noted, faded from) the national attention that San Diego resident John Corcoran taught high school in California for 17 years without being able to read, write, or spell. A college graduate, Corcoran’s secret illiteracy began in grade school and lasted for almost five decades. “I can remember when…
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Week in Review
The man many angry Democrats credit for putting George W. Bush in the Oval Office is fired up, and ready to spoil. Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate meets perennial third party candidate, announced this past Sunday that he is running for president once again. “When you see the paralysis of the government, when you see…