Fristy Business

October 20, 2019

Dregs

“But with Mrs. Ashbury, Gregg was different. He showed her a care that she never seemed to reciprocate, even when she paid him.”

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Pete Recommends: A Critical Reappraisal of Stairway to Heaven

“But both in spite and because of this ubiquity, “Stairway to Heaven” gets a little slept on, relegated to the status of “rock classic” and thought of as a song more to be heard than to be enjoyed.”

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Apostasia

“Scramble the words you have been saving / for me”

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On Playing School

A personal reflection on compensating student athletes.

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Climate reporting in the age of “alternative facts”

On the state of environmental reporting under Trump.

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Croc of Gold

“The king of clogs, sultan of slippers, ruler of rubber, the umph in umphibious, the ‘see ya later alligator,’ Guy Fieri’s favorite shoe”

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Nass Recommends: (Sandy) Alex G’s House of Sugar

“House of Sugar takes us to these places, into the real labyrinths of drug addiction, the landscapes and dreamscapes where the whole thing actually goes down.”

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Crossword

10/20 Crossword

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Verbatim

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Overheard in Freshman Seminar

Freshman: He uses the word — wait, can I swear? Ass.

Overheard in East Pyne

ML Catholic, upon hearing about Uber Helicopter: What?! What is this?? Money is the root of all evil.

Overheard in my room

Disgruntled study buddy: If you can’t offer lo-fi sex music, why are we friends?

Overheard in Rocky common room

Freshman boy to girl, romantically: Have you ever been to the towpath? Apparently it's very nice.

Overheard in CJL

Geographically inept freshman: Why don't you have a southern drawl?
South Dakota native: I'm not from the South.

Overheard in Dod

Theta junior: We need to take a moment to talk about Timothée Chalamet – he's so hot!
Theta soph: Wait, let me tigerbook him.

Overheard at the Wilson Blackbox

Frosh starting tech week: Do you ever get blueballed but like emotionally?

Overheard on the Street

Guy walking out of Tower: Fine, go to Charter Friday. Fine, hate yourself. It's fine.

Overheard outside 1879

Non-Catholic: If you get drunk at the Aquinas Center, is it a sin?

Overheard on Prospect

Student: Wait, is Macaulay Culkin in TI??

Overheard on TigerTrek

Blade CEO: Typical Princeton kids... reading without their lips moving.

Overheard at Frist

Frosh to friend, describing problematic male: He just mansplains a lot.
Friend: I kinda like that though.

Overheard in Bloomberg

White girl: This tastes like bug spray.
White boy, matter-of-factly: Yeah, that's just IPAs in general.

Overheard at Frist

Frosh to friend, preparing for their first Princetoween: Nooo, I don't wanna be slutty Harry Potter!

Overheard at Wilcox

Lonely frosh: Tell me why these curly fries are the only constant in my life right now.

Overheard in Whitman

Prospective study abroad student: Does Norway even have religion?
Their friend: Uh, yea. Norse mythology. Thor.

Overhard in POL Precept

Bro: There is a feminist literature on…uh…of peace.