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Libraries, the Princeton campus's unknown repository of sexiness

Libraries, the Princeton campus's unknown repository of sexiness

Eliot got it wrong. Obviously the cruelest month is not April but January, which generally begins with a hangover before descending into protracted slush, sore throats, and a mailbox full of "important tax documents." At Princeton, where with the most foolish of consistencies we persevere in an academic calendar hostile to nearly all our educational aims, January is the month in which we dramatize the harsh victory of the worst that we are about (Examination Period) over the best of what we are about (Reading Period).If January has any redeeming social value, indeed, it is Reading Period.

OPINION | 01/16/2005

Excited for the future

We stayed up late. We forgot our classes. We skipped the Street ? on Thursdays, at least. We ditched our boyfriends and girlfriends too often.

OPINION | 01/16/2005

We've got a long way to go

We're very lucky. Princeton students have the opportunity to learn from some of the world's greatest minds and to be part of a remarkable student body.

OPINION | 01/16/2005

The Grinch who stole Princeton

I'm out of Polo shirts, and I'm OK.Many of you were visited by Santa Claus or SNL's Hanukkah Harry over break.

OPINION | 01/12/2005

My New Year's wish

Kofi Annan and George W. Bush have at least this much in common: they both spent much of 2004 fighting to keep their jobs.

OPINION | 01/12/2005

Winter break workaholics

One night over winter break, a few days after arriving home, I had the privilege of serving as my high school girlfriends' designated driver.

OPINION | 01/12/2005

Grades are only the first step in the anti-deflation war

Friends, Princetonians, money-grubby students, lend me your ears. After last springs PR debacle, I invite you to assent to the next battle in the war on grade deflation before the plebiscite is officially held.I had hoped that the whole deflation scheme would be generously granted to you before you were led astray by such picayune concerns as jobs, grad school and happiness.

OPINION | 01/11/2005

Help make day-long dreams come true for me

Regarding 'Last night' (Jan. 11):Baby, I love you. When I saw you at T.I. . . . uh . . . Cottage, uh . . .Anyway, baby, I love you.

OPINION | 01/11/2005

Eating clubs for Dummies

Attention sophomores: we're here to help. We at the 'Prince' understand that you're a little stressed out these days, what with studying for orgo exams and trying to figure out which collar(s) to pop when simultaneously wearing three polo shirts.

OPINION | 01/11/2005

In tsunami's aftermath, we can say how, but do we know why?

The recent catastrophe in the Indian Ocean has by now been the subject of so much commentary and conversation that I hesitate to approach it.

OPINION | 01/09/2005

The night before Dean's Date

Twas the night before Dean's Date, When throughout every college Students were furiously typing, Spewing late-gotten knowledge. For the previous week, They'd been in trivial pursuit ? A little book learning A lot of Beirut! Computer clusters were packed, The printers were jammed, Eager email-checkers Rifled through spam. Jane from Miami Yearned to be my friend. But could she help write a paper? Make the dread deadline bend? Eight pages by morning On a book I'd not read: A task which produced Well-deserved jolts of dread. At "Grapes of Wrath" I'd not taken one look, The formulaic response: "CliffsNotes" + movie = book. Through my cinder block walls I heard wailing, sensed tears From orgo-crazed premeds And from poor engineers! When what to my wondering eyes Should appear? A forgotten assignment And with it, new fear; A French oral report Had been overlooked. How could this be? My night was well overbooked. Now Bogan!

OPINION | 01/09/2005

NES leaders defend dept. culture

We thank those of our critics on other campuses who spoke on the record ("NES dept. faces warring factions," Dec.

OPINION | 01/06/2005

SHARE's current status needs clarification

We at University Health Services agree with Katherine Reilly ('We need a new Bryant-Davis,' Jan. 5) that the departure of Thema Bryant-Davis from SHARE has left a void this semester, particularly in the area of educational outreach around issues of sexual harassment.

OPINION | 01/06/2005

Letters to the editor

Anonymous professors should pay attention to University regulationsRegarding "NES dept.

OPINION | 01/06/2005

We need another Bryant-Davis

Thema Bryant-Davis is gone. For many students, her name may not mean anything, her absence even less.

OPINION | 01/04/2005

Grappling with tragedy

I am going to be honest. I had a very difficult time writing this column. At this point, the piece has gone through four entirely different drafts in the same number of days.

OPINION | 01/04/2005

Campus must confront anti-Semitism and bigotry

Regarding 'Swastika, broken glass discovered in Dod Hall' (Dec. 8):I am deeply disturbed by this incident, both as a Jew and as a member of the Princeton community.

OPINION | 12/09/2004

The North Korean challenge

As a lieutenant colonel with a car, a chauffeur and access to foreign goods, Yong Kim was a member of North Korea's privileged class.

OPINION | 12/09/2004

We've done well for ourselves

I take issue with all the "work" we are allegedly doing at Princeton. For the physics geeks, no, I'm not talking about force times distance, I'm taking about useful actions taken for reasons other than padding a resume, personal enjoyment or a misplaced sense of pride in being a "hard worker."To refer to some recent commentary on the phenomenon, one need only allude to David Brooks's infamous article on Princeton students, "The Organization Kid," or open the pages of the 'Prince' where you can sometimes find pieces like Kyle Meng's Nov.

OPINION | 12/08/2004

A president's progress

Matt Margolin '05 began his USG term with most students disillusioned with student government. For several years, students had heard big talk and seen little payoff.

OPINION | 12/08/2004

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