Revisiting childhood media in the transition to adulthood
The day I got my acceptance letter from Princeton, I spent the rest of the night making my way through “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.”
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The day I got my acceptance letter from Princeton, I spent the rest of the night making my way through “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.”
The day I went to see “The French Dispatch,” it was raining hard in Portland — more than the usual misty drizzle — but a long queue had already formed outside the theater more than 30 minutes before showtime. The date was Thursday, Oct. 21; the time — 7 p.m. PST, marking the first showing of the night at The Hollywood Theatre and one of the first public screenings of “The French Dispatch” anywhere. After several COVID-related delays, the film’s release was much anticipated by critics and cinephiles alike. Originally meant to hit theaters July 24, 2020, the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on July 12, 2021, and was officially released in the United States and the United Kingdom on Oct. 22, 2021.
With its colorful cover art and magical orchestral interludes, Coldplay’s ninth studio album “Music of the Spheres” greatly piqued my interest when it was first announced. Between the early announcements of the explosive single “My Universe” featuring K-pop sensation BTS and the album’s use of emojis as song titles, it had been established for a while that this album would be Coldplay’s take on grandiose themes like space and humanity. Now that it’s finally arrived this month, let’s take a closer look at each track:
Just south of Prospect Garden and just north of First College, around the art museum construction site, there’s a beautiful phenomenon of the human condition.
Among the many losses of the past 18 months, the loss of international travel opportunities through the University is often forgotten. Many students traveled independently this summer or during gap years, and Princeton students were more than happy to take internships domestically in the absence of viable programs abroad. As ever, Princeton students adapted creatively and constructively to the loss of typical study-abroad activities, but this does not mean we should not reflect on this loss.
Editor's Note: On June 30, 2022, Technoblade passed away due to cancer. His family announced it in a video titled, in pure Technoblade fashion, “so long nerds.” He was 23 years old. The author’s reflections on the passing were appended to this essay on July 7, 2022. The original essay appears below, as published on Oct. 24, 2021.
Sō is back! On Sept. 18, the percussion quartet and Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence at Princeton University performed their season opener in Princeton with a program featuring works from the late 20th and 21st centuries. From cymbals to voice to custom-made string instruments, the repertoire consisted of a diverse range of instrumentation that explored various textural sounds and experimental tones.
After my first month at Princeton, I’ve learned that time is one of the most valuable things a student has — it is more elusive than we’d like. Looking back at my first month at Princeton, amid tedious days that ran together, there were several memorable experiences that broke up the monotony of coursework. With this in mind, I asked several first-years about experiences that were particularly memorable during their start at Princeton.
Welcome to another installment of Tiger Town Treats, a series from The Prospect where we compare different snacks from local establishments and bring our reviews to you. Past Tiger Town Treats articles can be found here and here.
I was recently at a small party when I found myself rushing to the bathroom, sensing that the tear in the corner of my eye was ready to burst. I shut and locked the door as fast as I could, and after a single deep breath I felt myself cry in a way I hadn’t in a long time. But then, I took another deep breath, wiped everything away with a few squares of toilet paper, and returned to my friends to say, “I’m all good” when asked how my night was going.
Content Warning: The following article contains descriptions of gun violence.
As a Chinese American who grew up in a household eating rice and homemade Chinese food every day, it was definitely a tough adjustment to dining hall food. So, I wanted to create a restaurant guide for those of you looking for good Chinese spots in Princeton.
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Comedian John Hodgman has written on many occasions that nostalgia is a “toxic impulse.” And while I am, by nature, a deeply sentimental person prone to intense bouts of reminiscence, I’ve always tended to agree with him, at least theoretically. The urge to look only to the past for comfort seems troubling and isolating, and even threatening in a political context. So, I surprised myself recently by discovering how important revisiting — rewatching, rereading, re-listening to — art and media has become to me.
Are you looking for somewhere to visit over fall break? We would highly recommend the SoHo area in New York City. Here are a few spots that we’ve checked out over the past summer.
My Humanities sequence mentors had warned me to bring a friend to pick up my course books, and, like most of their endlessly helpful yet panic-inducing advice, they were correct. I found the 25 books lined up for the fall semester in the dimly lit basement of Labyrinth Books — a far cry from the bright upstairs I now yearned for.
Naaji Hylton ’22, known professionally as J. Paris, is the opener for Lawnparties. Hylton is a rapper influenced by hip-hop and pop from Tampa, Fla. He studies neuroscience and is an Assistant Residential College Adviser (ARCA) in Butler College. The Daily Princetonian sat down with Hylton to discuss the event and his music. The following was edited lightly for clarity and brevity.
Kacey Musgraves released her fifth studio album, “star-crossed,” on Sept. 10, which explored her mixed emotions as her marriage to fellow country musician Ruston Kelly fell apart. This highly-anticipated album can be seen as the flip side to her 2019 Grammy Album of the Year-winning record “Golden Hour,” which chronicled Musgraves’ experience falling in love with her now ex-husband.