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Locker Room DJs: What Princeton teams are listening to

Alissa Selover

The Daily Princetonian spoke with members of 10 varsity athletic teams about their music selection during games, warmups, practices, and in the locker room. Whether for a sport played on a field, on a court, on the ice, or in the water, each team follows its own unique traditions and must-play songs.

FEATURES | 12/12/2019

“I just want to wrestle”: meet Demetra Yancopoulos '22

Josephine de La Bruyere

“Honestly,“ said Audrey Pang ’05, “I never thought it would take 15 years for there to be another girl wrestling for Princeton.”

FEATURES | 12/12/2019

Tiger Tots: Annabel and Rosemarie Luijendijk

Tiger Tots: Annabel and Rosemarie Luijendijk

Josephine de La Bruyere and Rachel Sturley

In the first installment of Tiger Tots, the Daily Princetonian interviews Annabel and Rosemarie Luijendijk, the six-year-old twin daughters of Professor of Religion and Head of Wilson College, AnneMarie Luijendijk.

NEWS | 11/25/2019

‘Building Monsters’: Football, food, and fitness at Princeton

Alex Gjaja

On Princeton’s biggest eaters sweatshirts, sweatpants, backpacks, and hats are emblazoned two words: Princeton Football. Football players commit themselves to the team’s grueling practice and game schedule; they are expected as well to change their bodies for the good of the game. How do Princeton’s football players manage to pack on the pounds without sacrificing the fitness and dexterity that allowed them to play at the University in the first place?

FEATURES | 11/21/2019

Sitting down with Sean Ryder, police sergeant and pool god

Patrycja Pajdak

Though many students may know Community Relations Sergeant Sean Ryder by his trademark cape and sparkly pants, he sat down with The Daily Princetonian in full police uniform.

FEATURES | 11/20/2019

Art in the bubble: ‘Abraham and Isaac’

Daniel Burgess

Walk two feet in any direction and you'll see it: Art. Scattered across Princeton's six-hundred acre campus are hundreds of works of all varieties; statues, sculptures, and portraits, a diverse collection spanning centuries and continents. And among the plethora of works, one stands out: George Segal’s Abraham and Isaac.

FEATURES | 11/20/2019

'That's love': Sitting down with Edith from the CJL

'That's love': Sitting down with Edith from the CJL

Ben Angarone

What is it like to be one of the most well-liked employees on Princeton’s campus? Our reporter met with Edith Murray at the Center for Jewish Life at 8 a.m. one Tuesday morning to find out.

NEWS | 11/19/2019

‘Preparing for the battlefield’: Athletics and leadership in ROTC

Samantha Shapiro and Josephine de La Bruyere

They woke up as first-years and seniors, history majors and engineers, Oklahomans and Connecticut natives. They pulled on standard-issue shirts, shorts, socks, strapped on their running watches. Some of them double-checked to make sure their shaves were clean. And somewhere in the walk from each of their dorms to Jadwin Gym, that group of individual students became something else entirely: a platoon of Army cadets.

FEATURES | 11/15/2019

Legacies of Service: Colin Jackson ’92 and Karl Jackson ’22

Josephine de La Bruyere and Elise Hogan

“I think the combination of Princeton and the army uniquely qualifies you to serve the nation and humanity to a greater extent than at another place.”

NEWS | 11/15/2019

Legacies of Service: Jack Bound ’22 and Alex Bound ’23

Josephine de La Bruyere

Cadet Sergeant Jack Bound ’22 is a sophomore and prospective history major enrolled in the Army ROTC program. His younger brother, Alex Bound ’23, is a Midshipman Fourth Ensign enrolled in the BSE program and the Navy ROTC program.

NEWS | 11/15/2019

Legacies of Service: Paul Spiegl ’19, Sterling Spiegl ’21, and Jarrett Spiegl ’21

Josephine de La Bruyere

The Daily Princetonian sat down with three brothers: Atlanta-born Second Lieutenant Paul Spiegl ’19, and twins cadet Sterling Spiegl ’21 and cadet Staff Sergeant Jarrett Spiegl ’21, who are both members of the University’s ROTC program.

NEWS | 11/14/2019

"Brotherhood": Scenes from the stands at Yankee Stadium

Josephine de La Bruyere

If the hundreds of students who flocked to Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium did so to escape the routine of campus life, the hundreds of former football players who made the trip did so to relive it. They brought with them wives, husbands, children, grandchildren, friends — all of whom spent the day celebrating what former captain and nose guard Jeff Urbany ’84 called the “unbelievable brotherhood” that is Princeton football.

FEATURES | 11/11/2019

Once a Tiger: Rob and Ginny Beams ’90

Once a Tiger: Rob and Ginny Beams ’90

Elise Hogan

When I called Ginny Beams ’90 for our first interview, I thanked her for taking the time to talk. “I hope you aren’t disappointed,” she said. “I’m not one of those superstar athletes.” Rob Beams ’90 might disagree.

FEATURES | 10/18/2019

Fields Fellows: Advocates for equity and diversity on campus

Fields Fellows: Advocates for equity and diversity on campus

Rachel Sturley

Twenty undergraduates are working with the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding to engage the University’s student body in critical conversations about equity and inclusion on campus.

NEWS | 10/17/2019

Once A Tiger: Ian Thomson '09

Once A Tiger: Ian Thomson '09

Josephine de La Bruyere

From starring in track at Princeton, to surviving a serious car accident, to making a controversial appearance on The Bachelorette, Ian Thomson ’09’s life has never been dull.

FEATURES | 09/26/2019

Once a Tiger: Margaret Bertasi '14

Josephine de La Bruyere

Margaret Bertasi ’14 doesn’t want to hear about her size. The five-foot-nine, first team All-Ivy League honoree helped Princeton women’s open weight rowing to 2013 and 2014 Ivy League titles. She’s represented the United States as a member of five separate national teams. She just returned from Linz-Ottensheim, Austria a world champion.

FEATURES | 09/19/2019

Morgan Harper GS ’10 brings a progressive platform to Central Ohio, challenging incumbent Congresswoman Beatty

Morgan Harper GS ’10 brings a progressive platform to Central Ohio, challenging incumbent Congresswoman Beatty

Zachary Shevin

Last month, Morgan Harper GS ’10 launched her campaign for Congress, challenging Democratic incumbent Congresswoman Joyce Beatty. Harper’s platform centers around financial stability, including proposals tuition-free public college, a federal minimum wage increase, and Medicare for All.

NEWS | 08/07/2019

No way in: a look into accessibility on campus

No way in: a look into accessibility on campus

Isabel Ting

University students with physical disabilities face a number of unique challenges as they navigate campus and academic and social life.

NEWS | 05/31/2019

All In: Joe Dubuque

Josephine de La Bruyere

Associate head wrestling coach Joe Dubuque was a two-time national champion. He earned All-American status on a torn ACL and has helped oversee Princeton wrestling’s meteoric rise. His motto? All in.

FEATURES | 05/12/2019

Sibley ’19 reflects on eye health, U. accommodations

Sibley ’19 reflects on eye health, U. accommodations

Katie Tam

In February of this year, Sibley sent an email to residential college listservs with the subject line “Don’t Be Me. Graduate on Time!” Sibley warned readers about the dangers of too much screen time and offered suggestions for preserving your vision, including inverting the display colors on your computer and following the 20-20-20 rule: for every twenty minutes of staring at a screen, look twenty feet away for twenty seconds.

NEWS | 04/29/2019

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