Discerning mentor: You should be thankful if you get someone that is 5’6 on Princeton Campus.
Needs help: I can’t tell how tall he actually is because he wears Doc Martens.
Overheard while scoping in Frist
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Capri-Sun: Full Design
This week, in the annual Summer Issue, the Nass reflects on nostalgia for the iPhone 6, bends like a blade of grass, and writes poems from a Costco gas station.
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The Blades
“The body politic existed as it should; the blade grew to join the body as it should; the body bowed to the wind — all as it should.”
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Short Guide for Running
Twenty satirical directives for running in the city.
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from a costco gas station in california
“but roots are live wires, and you never saw / that I’m more brick than concrete…”
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White Supremacy and the “Cancel Culture” Backlash
An opinion piece exploring the ideological basis of vocal pushback against “wokeism” on campus.
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iPhone Reflections
“Looking back at it now, it feels like that iPhone 6s was like an omnipresent eye throughout my adolescence, there to capture and see it all, completely unfiltered.”
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Nass Recommends: Derek Thompson’s Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction.
A Nass writer dives into the stories and science behind pop culture icons.
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The Apotheosis of Washington
his brush-stroked / countenance / and plaster-backed / powder blue / dress coat / dragged down / into the crypt
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Will Toledo, Roberto Bolaño, and Some Notes on Growing Up
A senior looks back on his time at Princeton, as it comes to an end.
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ElonParties: Full Design
In the final issue of the semester, the Nass telescopes “echo,” critiques optimism, and considers what it means to leave this place.