Atonement

October 5, 2006

Taller People Earn More

I did quite a number of less-than-brilliant things this summer. I fell off a treadmill, went running at night alone in the park where Chandra Levy was killed, and scraped my shoulder by falling off a Radio Flyer wagon. Until … Read More

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Nassau Weekly’s Weekly Diet

Oh Gross. We accidentally just looked at you and your fatness grossed us out. Big time. Well, because we here at the Nassau Weekly are bonded together by a spirit of philanthropy and kindness, we are going to give you what you so desperately need: A brand new diet.

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When I was 16, I was Hot

The first months of freshman year went by so quickly. I hooked up with the guy who became my boyfriend within days of arriving on campus, and my friends and I managed to garner the attention of what seemed like … Read More

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Republicans Behaving Badly

The Nassau Weekly was unprepared; it was eating a snack and catching up on its current events when it stumbled upon a news story about a friendly-looking member of the United States Congress.
At first the Nassau Weekly had trouble articulating what was so damn skin-crawlingly abhorrent about the exchange. Perhaps it was the Congressman’s not-quite-fluent online colloquialisms, or his persistent, lame attempts at turning the conversation toward sexy feelings.

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This Just In From Hollywood

When a movie really does what it’s supposed to, when it makes you want to stay in the theater and think about, discuss and absorb what you just saw on the screen, it can be an experience like no other. This is not to say that it is better than reading an excellent book, discovering an extraordinary album, or seeing a breathtaking theatrical production, for each of these things can shake you to your core in their own unique ways. But when you witness the birth of a truly amazing film, when you sit in the dark and realize that what you are seeing has managed to do almost everything right, these moments are ones to be cherished, and Martin Scorsese has given the public more of them than any other American director of his generation.

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Yeats Comes to the Princeton Stage

Get the memo: Yeats isn’t just a poet, as is his overwhelming identity to the intellectual bourgeoisie. Just ask John Raimo ’08 or co-director Courtny Hopen about their Cuchulain Comforted, the name they’ll given for a selection of At the Hawk’s Well, On Baile’s Strand, and The Death of Cuchulain—three plays in a series of five Yeats wrote about the virile Irish mythical hero.

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This Just In From Egypt

But, with the surge in oil prices and the resultant focus on the Middle East, Cairo and Egypt (along with pre-bombed Beirut) became virtual Meccas of Western culture. And, of course, with the Gucci and the McDonald’s came the fitness clubs. Appearing like empty candy wrappers after a night of THC-induced debauchery, these clubs came complete with ellipticals, aerobics classes and muscle-bound personal trainers. Catering to the Cairene elite, the gyms cover all the bases: massage parlors, multiple steam rooms, kickboxing and hip-hop classes and, of course, the smoothie bar

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Overheard in West College

Girl: Isn’t it gross though when you do throw up a little in your mouth?

Overheard at Cottage

Girl: Well, that’s why I got a blackberry: because there are too many germs on the computers at Frist.

Overheard outside Murray-Dodge:

Asian Christian 1: Double, double, toil and trouble…
Asian Christian 2: Fire burn and….cauldron bubble!

Overheard in Frist:

Girl: That Mark Foley is so creepy!
Guy: Mark Foley…is he in Cap?

Overheard in Publisher’s Fortune Cookie

Front: The greatest truths are the simplest; and so are the greatest men. Lucky Numbers: 12, 33, 4, 28, 47, 9
Back: LEARN CHINESE - Store, Shang-dian

Overheard on Trojan Vibrating Ring box

Directions: Be sure the bump is facing forward because it is designed to stimulate a woman's sensitive area.