Revolutionary: “I truly want to fuck the framework.”
Ally: “I thought you were ace, bro.”
Revolutionary: “I meant fuck UP the framework!”
Overheard while studying
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Nass Recommends Dining Hall Snack Hacks
A member of the Nass gets creative with Princeton’s Covid-era dining hall food.
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My Fair Math Tower
“A brutalist chic makes my heart quite weak / Dare I describe the wonders of Fine Hall?”
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Nass-strology: SCOR-A-HOPE (if you’re lucky) Edition
“Most people claim they don’t believe in horoscopes. But admit it. Some days even the best of us take two minutes of our lives to check what information the movements of celestial objects will divine.”
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Only Fans – Full Design
This week, the Nass ponders anxiety, cuts rocks, and gets really into chess.
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On the Shore of the Amygdala
“It’s not the calm before the storm, but the cohabitation of serenity and calamity. It captures the future’s grasp on the present; anxiety is in the very air.”
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Zaide’s Office, Embodied
“I wondered what kind of philosopher he might have been, having known him only after his thinking and memory had become impaired.”
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First, Nothing
“Let yourself age. Let time press through your skeleton like water, dribbling through your pores, let it sing right through your bones…”
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Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan
“His favorite food was jellybeans because they helped him fend off the desire to smoke. We eat none and smoke none, and congratulate ourselves.”
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How a Rock Is Cut
“So long as nothing blocks your persistence, / you arrive one day at solution caves and gaping gullies.”
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Lights, Camera…Checkmate
A Nass writer considers Netflix’s miniseries The Queen’s Gambit.
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The Night Before the Semester After – Full Design
This week, the Nass previews the new art museum, visits nearby nature, and ruminates on the mysteries of love.
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Envisioning a New Museum for Princeton
Where a Nass writer considers how a new art museum might reconsider values of equity and inclusion.