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(10/07/15 9:58pm)
Last week, “Bombay Velvet” showed at Princeton Garden Theatre as a Prof Picks movie. Street went behind the scenes with Gyan Prakash, a history professor as well as the film's screenwriter and the author of the book “Mumbai Fables.” In this interview, he shares his inspiration for the book, discusses his thoughts on the film and takes us through the screenwriting process.
(05/29/15 11:21am)
A musical that reimagines romantic tropes as age-old as Pyramus and Thisbe with the music of the 1960s and runs almost uninterruptedly for over 50 years is, quite literally, timeless. In this sense, Princeton University Players’ Reunions show “The Fantasticks” could not be more fitting for the occasion.
(05/29/15 11:20am)
In Theatre Intime’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1969 play “How the Other Half Loves,” the stage is literally divided in two halves.
(04/01/15 10:10pm)
Founded in November 1992, Quipfire!, Princeton'soldest improv comedy group, has developed its particular style of improv over the past two decades.
(02/18/15 10:20pm)
In some ways, Princeton Latinos y Amigos can trace its roots back to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Acción Puertorriqueña, the group she co-chaired while a student at the University. After numerous national origin-specific groups such as Acción Latina, Acción Puertorriqueña’s successor; the Cuban American Undergraduate Students Association; Chicano Caucus; and Colombian Students Association and Friends faded into obscurity, PLA was officially recognized in spring 2013 as a pan-Latino organization for undergraduates on campus.
(02/18/15 10:05pm)
“Pehchaan” means “identity” in Urdu, and an on-campus sense of Pakistani and Pakistani-American identity is precisely what the student group Pehchaan seeks to build.
(02/11/15 11:07pm)
Last summer, African American ballet dancer Misty Copeland starred in an Under Armour commercial that stunned the athletic clothing industry. In the ad, Copeland performs ballet while a narrator reads a letter of rejection from a dance company. The ad was seen as a symbol of empowerment for women and minorities.
(02/11/15 11:05pm)
The Princeton Footnotes are one of Princeton’s four all-male a cappella groups. Their YouTube music video for their rendition of “Uptown Funk” has reached over 25,000 views in the first week after its release. Street sat down with Footnotes president Peter Xing ’16, filming director Nonny Okwelogu ’15 of Princeton Film Productions, music director Casey Kolb ’15 and member Jacob Schatz ’15 to get the stories behind the making of this video.
(02/04/15 10:59pm)
Three years ago, I sat on a bus watching cars, exit signs and trees flash by while my mind was racing. I was sure that one of my frosh had forgotten their boots. Or the tarp. Or maybe a stove. Or could one have forgotten their entire pack? The list grew longer and longer as I remembered each vital piece of gear that might have been forgotten. After I checked for the third time to make sure the med kit was at my feet, I realized that I needed to take a breath. I was one of about 200 leaders that venture into the great outdoors with incoming freshmen before school begins in September. Princeton’s Outdoor Action program is part orientation, part adventuring and part personal journey. The orientation and adventuring are perhaps the most obvious, but it is the personal journey that has been the most unexpected takeaway in my time as an OA leader. Each year, I expect to have a different group of frosh, different co-leaders and a different route, but it is only in reflection that I can really see myself changing over the course of those trips as well.
(02/04/15 10:38pm)
With a firm handshake and a welcoming smile, professor German Labrador Mendez brings comforting warmth to his classroom. A native of Vigo, Spain, Mendez earned a B.A. in Romance Philology and Hispanic Philology from the Universidad de Salamanca, as well as a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from a joint program between Salamanca and Paris’ Sorbonne.
(02/04/15 10:38pm)
What are the markers of New York City modernism at the turn of the twentiethcentury? What would they look like placed on a map? Part of it could follow the A train on its route through Manhattan. Another part could stretch from Harlem in the bloom of its Renaissance down to the Greenwich Village haunts of artist John Sloan. Maybe some parts of it have yet to be imagined.
(02/04/15 10:38pm)
Ever wanted a glimpse into the writers’ room of a critically acclaimed television series? This spring, Professor Lawrence Konner is teaching “CWR 345: The Writer's Room: Creating a Dramatic Series for the New Television,” which will offer exactly that. Students will pretend to be members of the writing staff for a television series and produce the framework for the subsequent episodes. The class will focus heavily on the writing process in an effort to create an effective script and show that would captivate viewers. Konner hopes the students will learn crucial writing techniques from this course.
(12/10/14 11:06pm)
I love the holiday season. As soon as Dec. 1hits, I break out my festive sweaters (all two of them), blast Michael Bublé’s “Christmas” album on repeat and replace note-taking in class with intense Pinterest stalking. However, as much as I love these holiday rituals, none of them can compete with the best one of them all: food.
(12/10/14 11:06pm)
On Dec. 21, 1918, when Princeton hockey star and Baker Rink namesake, Hobey Baker, Class of 1914, was killed in action, he was part of a longtime warrior tradition at Princeton. The warrior ethos was integral to Princeton culture in the 19thand early 20thcenturies. According to Princeton historian and lecturer W. Barksdale Maynard ’88, Princeton students petitioned the federal government for the draft in 1917.
(12/10/14 11:05pm)
The use of lowercase lettering in regards to the posters and associated statements of the Women*s Center throughout this articleare intentional, as it is a part of the organization's recent rebranding publicity campaign.
(12/03/14 11:01pm)
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(11/19/14 11:08pm)
Victoria Chung ’14, Miriam Holmes ’15, Kathleen Newman ’15, and Edwin Rosales ’17 all havesomething in common: They plan to become teachers after they finish their Princeton education.To help them fulfill that goal, they are all currently working toward certificates in teacher preparation, a program that gives students the training and support they need to become state-licensed teachers. Senior Writer Jennifer Shyue spoke with these students in the Teacher Prep program to learn more about their personal motivations and views on teaching.
(11/12/14 11:06pm)
Over the past week, USG has turned many heads — quite literally — with its latest campus movement: the Princeton Perspective Project. The project was organized by members of the USG, the Office of the Dean of the College and the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life. In support of the project’s campaign, many students have changed their Facebook profiles pictures to its trademark black-and-white, rotated photos that symbolize one of the project’s missions: to encourage students to look at themselves and others with a new “perspective.”
(10/08/14 10:05pm)
The Writers Studio is a mysterious piece of Princetoniana about which most students have never heard. No one seems to quite know what it is, but it has quietly served as a secluded nook for those in the know to study and work quietly, with a cozier atmosphere than a typical library. Hidden away on the third floor of Blair Hall, the Writers Studio serves as an enclave for writers and poets, as well as any student seeking an alternative study space.
(09/24/14 10:06pm)
Princeton Battlefield is one of the most dramatic sites in the town, serving as a critical location during the Revolutionary War. However, in recent years, various performance groups have harnessed the drama ingrained into the grounds by using the battlefield as the location for their shows. This weekend, the Cradle Theatre Company plans do the same with their production of Shakespeare’s “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” on Saturday, September 27 at 6 p.m.