The Nass 100
1. Graph humor 2. “Does America Have Too Many Nurses or Not Enough?”: _The Slatest_ 3. Visual learners 4. Trail blazers 5. People who are culturally insensitive to my opinions 6. The disgusting cover letter and resume I sent to Secret Necessities, escort service 7. The weird white lady who works at CVS. You know […]
No Direct Speech Allowed
The case for Anne Carson’s _Nox_ might begin with its box (that’s not binding): grey with white binding (that’s not binding) and a single silver sliver, in which stands a boy diver on grass maybe forty summers ago, wearing superhero goggles and flippers. The photo is just offset from a strip of beige paint and […]
Talking the Talk(s)
_On January 26 of this year, Aaron Smargon of WPRB News sat down with Daniel C. Kurtzer, former Ambassador to Israel from 2000 to 2005, to discuss the stalled hopes for peace under President Obama and what shape it might take in the future. With talks resumed this month, their discussion now looks prescient. Whether […]
A Physicist in the Kitchen
Most can agree that eating on a daily basis is pretty damn important. And aside from an ever-growing contingent of foodies who want their leafy greens local, chemical-free, and cooked very slowly, that’s about the extent of the collective awareness (look no further than the recent Double Down from KFC if unconvinced). But a new […]
Wet Hot Hetero Summer
If anybody has ever seen _Wet Hot American Summer_, then ze knows what my camp and most other non-specialized camps are like. Sleepaway camp is a hyper-sexualized environment in which children are encouraged to explore their sexuality beyond the leering gaze of their legal guardians. But my camp differed from Camp Firewood in at least […]
NJ Women’s Health Services are in Trouble
For some college students returning to New Jersey after a summer away, the fall semester will spark a growing wave of protest. After all, how would you feel if you suddenly could not get affordable birth control or basic reproductive check-ups at your university’s health center? At Princeton, where we are so used to free […]
UN Knew Congolese Women Were Raped
From June 30th to August 3rd, over 200 women and baby boys were gang-raped by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After initial reports indicated around 150 women, girls and babies had been raped, by September 4th the number of confirmed cases had risen to 240. It is believed that members of […]
