A Slightly Smaller Than Large Glove

March 26, 2016

Dining Hall Work

This struggle to connect is one reason why students can feel disconnected from their university jobs and exclude them from their campus identities, preferring to invest their personal and social lives in the voluntary activities that better represent their interests.

by Carolyn Kelly on March 27, 2016

Two Voices in the Night

And as the yelling continued, it became clear to me that we had done nothing — nothing, that is, except for being female and alone on a Saturday night.

by Kat Kulke on March 27, 2016December 9, 2017

Nominal Inheritance

I hate the thought of someday passing down the name Mahoney to my kids, and explaining to them that their name deprives them of a history.

by Oscar Mahoney on March 27, 2016March 27, 2016

Tanar, Tamar

Tamar also happens to be a character in the Bible known for being a prostitute — undoubtedly a solid legacy I have inherited.

by Tamar Willis on March 27, 2016

Stories From My Grandfather

Prince Faisal kissed him, reached into his robe, and pulled out a revolver. Three shots rang out in the hall.

by Hetty Yejae Lee on March 27, 2016

Dangerous Liaisons

I personally didn’t confess to myself that I had an impossible crush on my RCA until about a month in, impossible because of my sexual ineptitude, and impossible because so far, his role had been less disciplinary and more parental.

by Audrey Cooper-Schultz on March 27, 2016April 3, 2016

Wittgenstein in Shadow

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy’s most misunderstood philosopher.

by Geoff Sinclair on March 26, 2016March 27, 2016

Odi et amo

Constellations of pale paned light

lapse across shadowed walls

as the din of street stragglers

dissipates in the slums,

appetites for fucking or for food

finally mollified.

by Anonymous on March 26, 2016March 27, 2016

Saturday Nights at the Marquis

After the show, we sit crosslegged in the theatre and smoke long thin cigarettes

and watch the smoke drift among the rafters, the tattered red velvet of the curtains

by Christian Bischoff on March 26, 2016April 9, 2016

The daylily, Hemerocallis, continues to bloom for days after its scapes are cut

for L. When you left me here to rot aboveground—preferring a disintegration undersoil, solo—they did not publish the story in the paper, this being in poor taste, your being far too young to die, the Star-Ledger style guide answering the … Read More

by Isabel Henderson on March 26, 2016February 15, 2018

Verbatim

Overheard in Rocky dining hall

Rumpled looking COS student, while pouring cornflakes: Most people at Princeton consider a good night’s sleep like 6-7 hours. If I get seven hours I’m, like, a straight-up diva.

Overheard on Facebook

Nass Mom: THEY ARE JUST WAITING FOR NEXT PERSON TO TAKE OVER-..OR THE GOVERNMENT! -WHERE DID THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES GO WITH AMERICANS-- iF WE GIVE “IT” AWAY WE MAY NEVER GET IT BACK-- i AM TALKING ABOUT OUR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. SHAME ON THEM!