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February 23, 2006

Date Movie

Last week a movie called Date Movie, presumably because it concerns dating or perhaps one particular date, was released nationwide. It is the brainchild of the same team of writers behind Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2. This is also … Read More

by Chris Arp on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

Sprint Finish

Humorous entertainment doesn’t come to campus often enough. The Triangle Show plays twice a year, while Quipfire! improvises three times a semester. Aside from that, there’s not much else. Enter “The Princeton Sprint,” a weekly comedy that will debut on … Read More

by Sadye Teiser on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

Using Your Salive as Lube

In December, Zachary Woolfe ’06 wrote a very personal review of “Rent,” the movie adapted from the hit Broadway musical, in these pages. When I read Woolfe’s review, I was struck by his honesty about his sexuality insofar as it … Read More

by Eric Herschthal on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

Justin’s Reasons Why Not

Since Amazon failed to deliver the Jack Abramoff-penned action catastrophe “Red Scorpion” on Friday, as they had promised, I needed to pass some time before going out. After careful deliberation, I decided I would see if those rapscallions at “Dateline” … Read More

by Justin P.B. Gerald on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

The Sheffield Invasion

Hype is an interesting phenomenon. Advertisers try to create it. Any product, ranging from an eight-dollar movie ticket to the five-bladed razor, hopes to have it.

by Peter Landwehr on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

An Anthem for the Ages

Europe’s “The Final Countdown” has undergone a renaissance in the past seven years. The current wave of enthusiasm over the song began with the 1999 release of The Final Countdown 2000, a CD single featuring original 1986 versions of the … Read More

by Freddie Lafemina on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

The End of Neo-Conservativism?

Francis Fukuyama, the most thoughtful of the neo-conservatives, announced in the Sunday NYTimes Magazine that he is no longer a neo-con. This turn of events is no opportunistic team-switching on his part, but an inevitable result of the neo-conservatives’ Middle East agenda.

by Elliot Ratzman on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

Thank You for Smoking

The first time I smoked a cigarette, I was sardined with six other middle-school aged girls in a shower of my boarding school dorm. The logic was that if Matron caught us lighting up we would hastily strip down, turn on the faucet, and pretend that we were just casually showering together in the middle of the night.

by Liz Abernethy on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

The Mirror and the Lamp and the ViewMaster

Back in Chicago over intersession, doing a stint at home, I had the opportunity to visit the fall-term Student Projects Exhibition at the Institute for Design. One of the leading design schools in the nation, the Institute grew out of … Read More

by Jacob O. Gold on February 22, 2006March 17, 2013

Verbatim

Overheard on exclusive Fox News interview

Vice President: Well, true, it was unprecedented. I've been in the business for a long time and never seen a situation quite like this. We've had experiences where the President has been shot; we've never had a situation where the Vice President shot somebody.
Astute Reporter: Not since Aaron Burr...
VP: Not since Aaron Burr.
AP: Different circumstances.
VP: Different circumstances.