Junior Artshow Issue

October 7, 2004

Thumbs, or Glut Your Soul Upon My Accursed Ugliness

Genetics, via habit, go into greater detail.
Mine are uneven and gnawed, on-again-off-again

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A Belle Epoque for Princeton

Ask the average American boy what he wants to do when he grows up, and you’re likely to get answers such as “I wanna be a firefigher,” “an astronaut,” or “the president.” Spanish boys prefer “bullfighter,” and Italians will likely say “F-1 driver.” Florent Masse, a precocious Frenchman extraordinaire at the tender age of five, confessed that he wanted to be Gerard Depardieu.

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Voices and Vices

Why can’t we all just sing along? Upon closer inspection, it is clear that a performance groups such as a cappella are the first taste—and gateway—of a vice far more addictive to Princetonians than Beast or cocaine…

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That Unique Place

Everyone who spends time as an undergraduate at Princeton inevitably winds up inside Firestone Library at one point or another. Whether it’s for a Writing Seminar, JPs, or theses, Firestone sucks us all in, without fail…

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Internal Memo

Combining Spike and Fox News, once and for all.

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Floating

My father drove the rented Ford the wrong way down a one-way road. It didn’t matter: we seemed to be the only people driving that day anyway.

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Hope

Today we dissect Hope.
Grasp firmly your scalpels
and press with caution against its onionskin surface.

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Artistic License

Perhaps the best word to describe this year’s Junior Independent Work exhibition is “diverse”.

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The Greeks and the Deans

“The administration did not want an event that promoted sorority life, though this was not the intention of the panel,” said Maria Hughes ’06, OWL president and Kappa Kappa Gamma member.

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Verbatim

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Overheard in Prospet Garden

Theta '06: Watch out for those SAE pledges tonight, because you're going to have to make out with all of them.
Theta '08: Oh, okay!

Overheard outside of Dillon

Girl: So, are you really worried about hazing?
KA pledge: No, I won't get hazed. They only do that shit to the kids who need it.
Girl: I get it. Like, the ones who deserve it.
Pledge: Exactly

Overheard in Firestone

Girl: So, yeah apparently there's a castle in Scotland named after my family. I think it's even a pretty decent sized one.
Guy: Oh, cool. I wish I had a family castle.
Girl: Yeah, we have a plaid too, but it's heinous... but wouldn't it be awesome if it were the Burberry one? I mean, how cute is that!

Overheard in Frist

Guy 1: I’m taking my girlfriend camping in Colorado.
Guy 2: One sleeping bag?
Guy 1: Oh yeah.