Fear and Loathing

April 7, 2005

The Essential College Movies

At some point (or at several points) in your college career, you will find yourself half-passed-out on your neighbor’s couch arguing violently with them about movies. You aren’t quite sure how you ended up on your neighbor’s couch or how the bent of your conversation even turned to film in the first place, but it has.

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Fear and Loathing at the Freshman Formal

When I heard about the Freshman Formal my mind immediately flipped to “Prom: The College Edition.” At first I didn’t even plan on going to the Formal.

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I Just Can’t Stop Loving You…

When I was five years old, I loved to think. Other kids had G.I. Joes, Barbie dolls, and cartoons, but I absolutely loved to stimulate my imagination. The way I usually did this was to skip in circles on my living room rug while listening to Michael Jackson. And so for years I associated happiness with listening to MJ.

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Mr. Strangeemail

I want
to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this funds quitely. [They always pretend to be letting you in on a big secret to start things off]

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Love in the time of Internet

Are you tired of watching people sleep? Getting bored of collecting fingernail clippings and used tissues? Is it too much of a hassle to leave threatening notes on that special someone’s front porch? Sounds like you need to grab a webcam and e-stalk from the comfort of your own home.

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The RIAA Took My Baby Away

Last week, Princeton was subpoenaed for the names and information of almost forty students, in preparation for lawsuits the RIAA is bringing against them against them. On Monday, the Nassau Weekly’s Jessica Woods sat down with one of the accused to find out the real story.

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Celebrity and Anonymity

On February sixteenth, at author and professor Joyce Carol Oates’ reading in McCormick Hall, the front rows of the auditorium are filled with a veritable Who’s Who of campus luminaries.

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Top Ten Leslie Bernard-Joseph Pick-up Lines:

1. I don’t know about Princeton in the Nation’s Service, but I’m at your service anytime. 2. Did you know I was president of the BSU? As in, I’m black and single, you? 3. Step into the ex-com office and … Read More

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Verbatim

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Overheard outside Robertson

Girl on Cell Phone: And then my dad got on the phone and he was like "Did you make out with her?" and I was like "Eww Dad, that's gross."

Overheard in the Terrace computer room

Girl #1: Sometimes I fast for theological reasons.
Guy: Yeah, sometimes I fast because I'm too lazy to leave the house.
Girl #2: [Points to crotch] Sometimes I realize that I have a hole in the crotch of my pants and I can't stop touching it.

Overheard in Lourie Love

Girl #1: I think I should start going to Manna.
Girl #2: But you're JEWISH.
Girl #1: I know, but I think it'd be a good place to meet guys.

Overheard in the Mathey Courtyard on a Sunny Day

Ditzy Chick #1: Why're you sitting in the shade?
Ditzy Chick #2: It's not shade, asshole, the the sun is covered by clouds.
Ditzy Chick #1: Oh, sorry.
Ditzy Chick #2: I love it when it's sunny outside. Just not right now.