Pete Hand '09

Q: How is the Princeton community different from your community at home?

A: It's not, really. There are about 80 kids from my high school here, so I see all of them. It's the same town and the same place.

Q: How is Princeton the same as your hometown?

A: It is my hometown.

Q: How is your community at home affected by your absence?

A:I was the last child to leave home, but I see my parents often enough that I doesn't really matter.

Q: How often do you talk to your family, and how?

A: Mostly on the phone and mostly at night. I get an email from my mom every now and then saying my laundry is done.

Q: Which physical items will you take from Princeton back home with you?

A: My collection of [Princeton T-shirts]. I used to go to all the basketball games when I was small. Now, I don't really[collect them] since I have so much of it already.

Q: How has your view of your home community changed since coming to Princeton?

A: It's like what my guidance counselor in high school said: [Princeton, the town] is really close, but its as far away as you want it to be. I don't go to Nassau Street unless there's something specific I need, whereas in high school that's were I used to go to hang out.