Cruzing Away

February 28, 2021

Cruzing Away – Full Design

This week, the Nass gets creative with our culinary adventures, meditates on the significance of trains, and memorializes Fine Hall.

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Saturday Afternoon

“We stood, then sat, like that for a while: just ourselves, so small. It made us feel so together and so apart, as if it were the first day we met.”

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Letter from the Editor on Fossil Fuel Divestment

“In the interest of ensuring a livable future for all generations after us, we at the Nass call on the University by way of its resource committee, its Board of Trustees, and our University President to conduct an immediate and complete divestment from all fossil fuels.”

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On Trains

A Nass writer tackles trains, Monet, and a haunting feeling of passivity.

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Vines, Pt. 2

The dramatic conclusion to a serialized tale of owlery.

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Nass Recommends Dining Hall Snack Hacks

A member of the Nass gets creative with Princeton’s Covid-era dining hall food.

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My Fair Math Tower

“A brutalist chic makes my heart quite weak / Dare I describe the wonders of Fine Hall?”

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Verbatim

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Overheard in lecture

Tech-Savvy Professor: There’s one "Power Point" in my classroom and that would be ME.

Overhead in a philosophy discussion

Future professional philosopher: My nuts are in a dialectical relationship with Hegel’s mouth..

Overheard in a Meeting

RCA Cos Major: It's always nice to have a rubber ducky.

Overheard on a Call

Former Nass EIC: Everyone always thinks the Nass used to be edgier.

Overheard in theatre class

Theatre director/Guest Professor: The internet tells me I'm unstable, but it doesn't know me.

Overheard in Text

Anthro major: Anthro be like: Everything is bullshit. Every attempt to understand anything is bullshit. Every explanation is bullshit.

Overheard in Creative Writing Class

Student: In this story, there's a poet who gets mad when someone doesn't like his poems.

Professor: Yeah… no poet has ever done that.

Overheard in Japanese Lecture

Speaker on Grad School: Isn't it obvious that everyone here is depressed?

Overheard in Lecture

Lively English Prof: And my friend told me, who's really a snob, 'You're not a foodie. You're a glutton.'

Overheard in seminar Zoom chat

Student: Capitalism critique!

Professor, also in chat: Isn't every day capitalism critique?

Overheard while discussing American Politics

Concerned citizen: I want to pee on The Oval Office.

Overheard in Seminar

Student: That didn't happen to me when I went to Delphi.

Professor: What, you didn't get shat on?

Overheard in Class

Literature Professor: What's more approachable than a Platonic dialogue?