“...there is nothing I can do but be swept along and attempt to fit in as much as possible before my short stint is up.”
“...there is nothing I can do but be swept along and attempt to fit in as much as possible before my short stint is up.”
“...there is nothing I can do but be swept along and attempt to fit in as much as possible before my short stint is up.”
“...there is nothing I can do but be swept along and attempt to fit in as much as possible before my short stint is up.”
“But could it be that literature is all there is — not just as in poems and novels, but as in expression by means of language?”
“But could it be that literature is all there is — not just as in poems and novels, but as in expression by means of language?”
“I’m trying to describe it with words, but I would have to be an Impressionist essayist to truly write the light in Paris and Princeton.” Head Editor José Pablo Fernández García chronicles his summer learning and taking in the sights of Paris.
“I’m trying to describe it with words, but I would have to be an Impressionist essayist to truly write the light in Paris and Princeton.” Head Editor José Pablo Fernández García chronicles his summer learning and taking in the sights of Paris.
“For my entire life, I have lived by the saying, ‘Don’t speak unless spoken to.’ But the past two months of talking to strangers have allowed me to learn, empathize, and connect with others in a way that I would never have experienced otherwise.”
“For my entire life, I have lived by the saying, ‘Don’t speak unless spoken to.’ But the past two months of talking to strangers have allowed me to learn, empathize, and connect with others in a way that I would never have experienced otherwise.”
“A lot has changed since those nights. I’ve grown, my mom’s grown, and our relationship has grown more complicated, as mother-daughter relationships often do.”
“A lot has changed since those nights. I’ve grown, my mom’s grown, and our relationship has grown more complicated, as mother-daughter relationships often do.”
“Princeton, in many different ways, both mentally and physically, changed me.”
“Princeton, in many different ways, both mentally and physically, changed me.”
“This summer was filled with things I was uncomfortable doing, some of which I went into willingly and some I didn’t, but, regardless, I don’t regret taking the 2789-mile leap from home to the unknown.”
“This summer was filled with things I was uncomfortable doing, some of which I went into willingly and some I didn’t, but, regardless, I don’t regret taking the 2789-mile leap from home to the unknown.”
“SOPHIE’s music has allowed me to connect with this city and remind myself that it will be worth it.”
“SOPHIE’s music has allowed me to connect with this city and remind myself that it will be worth it.”
“I know I have people in my life that I can share silence with, but I realized that I was not one of them.”
“I know I have people in my life that I can share silence with, but I realized that I was not one of them.”
“There are few better feelings than making good food for those you care about.”
“There are few better feelings than making good food for those you care about.”
Are you looking for somewhere to visit over fall break? We would highly recommend the SoHo area in New York City. Here’s a few spots that we checked out there over the past summer.
Are you looking for somewhere to visit over fall break? We would highly recommend the SoHo area in New York City. Here’s a few spots that we checked out there over the past summer.
Reflecting on a summer spent working as a camp counselor in Kentucky, Managing Editor AG McGee writes about coming to terms with grief and how to move on after a major loss.
Reflecting on a summer spent working as a camp counselor in Kentucky, Managing Editor AG McGee writes about coming to terms with grief and how to move on after a major loss.
The sun sets later day by day in the southern hemisphere. By an unfortunate combination of Princeton’s academic calendar and the onset of COVID-19, I have lived through three consecutive autumn/winter cycles, so it’s a refreshing change of scenery to finally roll into summer. This also happens to be the first summer that I will spend on a gap year.
I had decided to sublet an apartment a mere five-minute walk away from the University of Chicago (UChicago) campus for the fall and live with a stranger, rather than stay at home in New York, a decision that often warranted some explaining. The short answer is that I wanted to spend time near my older sister, who’s currently living in Chicago.
It sounds strange when I explain it. Why Boston? Why these girls, who I barely knew before we signed the lease? I still have trouble picturing the series of events that led me here; the days after Princeton announced that fall semester would be online are a blur.
