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(03/10/16 8:44pm)
“Black liberation” describes a world in which African-Americans can live in peace without the constant threat of social, economic and political woes, Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor said in a discussion on Thursday.
(03/02/16 10:54pm)
'1080p', a visual journalism group that seeks to document campus life through short videos and photo essays, is one of Princeton's newest student organizations. Staff Writer Catherine Wang sat down with Nick Sexton '17, one of the organization's co-founders, to discuss the club's background and goals.
(02/29/16 7:22pm)
We must focus on anticipating zoonotic infection emergence, increasing protection and prevention capabilities and committing to sustained engagement, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Julie Gerberding said in a lecture on Monday.
(02/23/16 9:32pm)
Colombia saw poverty reduction, economic growth and increased protection for liberty during his presidency, said Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Former President of Colombia, in a lecture on Tuesday.
(02/17/16 10:15pm)
“Unfamiliar Street” is a travel series in which we introduce you to streets from all around the world, far from the well-trod gravel of Prospect Avenue.
(02/03/16 10:58pm)
Princeton University Concerts may be soon approaching its 125th anniversary, but its new concert series nicknamed “PUC125” is all about trying something innovative and experimental that breaks away from the traditional classical concert format. PUC is short for Performances Up Close, as the series presents an opportunity for the audience to sit on the stage with the performers.
(12/09/15 10:58pm)
This weekend, the lights on diSiac’s fall-semester show go up in Berlind Theatre. Street got the inside scoop on “Legend” from president Emily Wohl ’16 and publicity chair Alexandra Loh ’17, who came up with the show’s theme.
(12/09/15 10:51pm)
Pride Alliance is a community building organization for LGBTQA+ people on campus. Street spoke to co-president Lily Gellman ’17 about the group’s initiatives and what’s next.Daily Princetonian: Can you describe the Pride Alliance and what it does on Princeton’s campus?Lily Gellman ’17: I would describe it as a community building organization for LGBTQA+ people on campus. We mostly do social events, and we say that we’re not explicitly a political group, but we do take sides on things on campus that are important to our community as long as we discuss them as a board and we agree on them. Right now we’re revising a letter of solidarity we’ve written to the Black Justice League and their actions.DP: What are some of the major events for Pride Alliance?LG: In terms of our own events, some of the regular events we put on are CafeQs, which are just informal gatherings that we put on every two weeks with a theme, and we have snacks and play games. We put on a faculty dinner series with professors called “Being LGBTQA in Academia,” where we invite professors to have dinner with us in the private dining rooms and have fun conversations with them. This past Friday, we had our second Queer Formal, which was a huge success.The biggest event we do every year is Pride Month, which used to be Pride Week actually, but under the administration of Diana Li ’16 and myself, we’ve expanded that to Pride Month because we found that we jam-packed the week with so many events in the past that people got overwhelmed. Last year’s Pride Month had a Queer Artistry theme, which ran from April 3-25, with events like an exHOTic other Burlesque Workshop and Performance, a Better Than Sex* (*to asexuals) Series and Queer Yoga and Karaoke. One of our more successful Pride Month events was a spoken word performance by Kit Yan, a transgender, queer, Asian American slam poet from Hawaii who explores being transgender and poor in the medical and social services systems and working through heartache in queer identity.DP: Why did you initially decide to join the Pride Alliance?LG: I wanted to get involved ever since I first visited Princeton. Seeing that there was a strong LGBT Center and small surrounding communities was a factor in my coming because I didn’t want to go to a school that had everything almost figured out already, and I did see that there was room for improvement at Princeton. It’s very meaningful to me to make spaces for people where they can be themselves and also talk to a huge diversity of people who identify in similar ways. It’s also just fun to plan the events that I would want to go to, while also redistributing our university’s capital into the hands of guest speakers and performers who are trans, queer, people of color ... who we can invite to spread their knowledge.DP: Is there a particularly memorable or meaningful experience that you have had while in Pride Alliance?LG: For the past couple of years, as part of Pride Month, we have done something called Queer Monologues. It’s not as performative in nature as something that Ellipses does, but in people write and submit their own stories and experiences. They could do it anonymously and have someone else read them, read it themselves or speak more extemporaneously from the heart. We held it in Cafe Vivian last year, and that was a really powerful event that was part of Pride Month. I was proud that we could facilitate that as a group.DP: Is there anything that you would like to say to those who are interested in becoming more involved with Pride Alliance?LG: Regardless of your previous level of involvement, if you have any interest in organizing events for and by the community, then you should apply to be a part of the board. We’re going to have the application out soon through a Google Form, and if you aren’t signed up for the listserv you can always shoot me or Diana an email. We also recently introduced associate membership, so besides the Pride executive board that does stuff, you can sign up to be an associate member to show your support.Ultimately, I think that the more we have student involvement and a robust community through student organizations, the more it will also happen naturally outside of the auspices of those organizations. It’ll just help people feel like they can find affinity and have a sense of place here.
(11/18/15 10:50pm)
For 23 hours between Oct. 22 and 23, many students crowded curiously around the outside of Frist Campus Center, watching a University student sit motionless and alone inside of a 7x9 foot box. Word spread quickly, and many students soon knew about the performance, also known as “7x9”; the box represents the size of cell that prisoners in solitary confinement live in. What some students may not have known was that “7x9” was planned by a student organization called Students for Prison Education and Reform.
(10/21/15 9:48pm)
Wanshou Lu is a street filled with the elderly. Located in Beijing, a city that is the embodiment of rapid modernization, the street retains aspects of a relaxed lifestyle, with grandparents walking leisurely along the storefronts as they barter for fruits and vegetables in the morning.
(10/07/15 9:59pm)
At first glance, Anna Leader ’18 and Alexandra Mendelsohn ’18 might seem like practically the same person. Besides being brunette and around the same height, they were dressed in similar outfits when I met them for the first time. Leader then accidentally introduced herself first as Allie (Mendelsohn) before realizing her mistake, adding to the overall confusion.
(09/30/15 10:20pm)
When October arrives, the seemingly nondescript brick and glass building lying next to Prospect Garden will begin hosting exhibitions of works from the twisting paths of the Chinese Silk Road and 1,000 year-old illuminated manuscripts from the Persian Empire. But before we make the trip into the ancient past, the “Cézanne and the Modern” exhibition takes us on the beginnings of a journey into the modern art world, showing the works of the man who Picasso and Matisse called “the father of us all.”