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Authenticity, spirituality, and identity in art: an open conversation with Lauren Olson

Authenticity, spirituality, and identity in art: an open conversation with Lauren Olson

Cameron Lee

In my conversation with Lauren, we discuss the motivations behind her work, which really means exploring confidence, authenticity, light-dark dichotomies, and spirituality — concepts essential to understanding the human experience.

THE PROSPECT | 19 hours ago

‘Decolonizing your bookshelf’: students, alumni, and local businesses turn to books — and buying practices — to combat racism

Patrice McKinney, co-owner of Source of Knowledge, and Nabate George, a Source of Knowledge employee, stand in the store framed by books, many of which are featured in Turn The Page’s Black Liberation Literature Collections. 
Courtesy of Maal Imani West

‘Decolonizing your bookshelf’: students, alumni, and local businesses turn to books — and buying practices — to combat racism

Hannah Smalley

As the pandemic keeps many from attending in-person protests, many in the University community are incorporating reading into their activism.

THE PROSPECT | 3 days ago

Anti-Racist Reading Review: Between the World and Me

“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests,” he says. “The library was open, unending, free.” Graphic by Harsimran Makkad / Daily Princetonian

Anti-Racist Reading Review: Between the World and Me

Alex Gjaja

In the first installment of The Prospect's Anti-Racist Reading Reviews, Alex Gjaja reads Ta-Nehisi Coates’s profound work Between the World and Me in the context of 2020, reflecting on the visceral violence of racism and the lessons Coates's text offers to universities and university students.

THE PROSPECT | July 30

DISPATCH | The deer have taken over

DISPATCH | The deer have taken over

Dennis Schaefer

Graduate student Dennis Schaefer shares what it’s like to live on campus in a summer unlike any other.

THE PROSPECT | July 22

Making peace with senior year

Siyang Liu

Though I can’t change the fact that senior year won’t play out how I wanted it to, for every memory I looked forward to creating, I have many more which I am fortunate to have already experienced.

THE PROSPECT | July 21

DISPATCH | Eight minutes and 46 seconds

Julia Chaffers

White Americans have participated in protests more than previous uprisings in response to police violence. In big cities and small towns across the nation, this movement has grown into perhaps the largest in U.S. history. Wellesley exemplifies this change.

THE PROSPECT | July 16

How lucky we are to be alive right now: Reflections on “Hamilton,” grief, and 2020

Anna McGee

Maybe the reason watching the filmed version of “Hamilton” brought to mind so many memories of James Luke was because he, too, is now part of history. And I guess I’m just here, listening to the songs that remind me of my brother and writing down old memories of us as if telling them again could change how they ended.

THE PROSPECT | July 15

DISPATCH | Great American road trip

A view from Trail Ridge Road, at over 10,000 feet, of the sun sinking low behind the mountains in Rocky Mountain National Park.

DISPATCH | Great American road trip

Carter Gipson

It would be so satisfying to offer some kind of grand insight into the American people and all the places they inhabit, but my only conclusion is that America defies facile generalization.

THE PROSPECT | July 12

Did Princeton make the best decision? A guide for those grieving, considering gap years, and (for the first time) wishing they could transfer to Cornell

Photo Credit: Jon Ort / The Daily Princetonian

Did Princeton make the best decision? A guide for those grieving, considering gap years, and (for the first time) wishing they could transfer to Cornell

Lillian Chen

Grief does not end in a day. Sometimes it doesn’t ever go away. I know it will surface again sometime in late August, and October during Halloween, and November in the weeks leading up to and during Thanksgiving. What will I be thankful for then?

THE PROSPECT | July 12

The two faces of Dayton police

Katie Heinzer

But in the face of peaceful Black protesters, officers took their Blackness as a signal of violence, disrespect, and “thuggishness.”

THE PROSPECT | June 30

Lewis Center awards Hodder Fund grants to 10 artists for the 2020-21 academic year

Lewis Center awards Hodder Fund grants to 10 artists for the 2020-21 academic year

Cameron Lee

Recipients of Hodder grants must continue to produce work, “making the most of their creative potential.”

THE PROSPECT | June 25

Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als selected as inaugural Presidential Visiting Scholar for 2020–2021

Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als selected as inaugural Presidential Visiting Scholar for 2020–2021

Paige Allen

The University recently named Pulitzer Prize-winning theater critic and writer Hilton Als an inaugural Presidential Visiting Scholar for the 2020–2021 academic year.

THE PROSPECT | June 23

Members of the Class of 2024 unveil virtual, interactive campus in Roblox

Sreesha Ghosh

Ever since Princeton’s temporary closure in March, each and every student has felt the gaping absence of their campus, but some of that still stands to be recovered. While remaining on campus was impossible, an alternative was unveiled on May 30 via the creation of a virtual campus on Roblox.

THE PROSPECT | June 23

Processing race: navigating social media activism as a NBPOC

Processing race: navigating social media activism as a NBPOC

Cameron Lee

Conceptualizing race and racism inherently creates a set of paradoxes. It asks us to recognize that racism impacts everyone, but that it impacts everyone differently; it asks us to disassociate from our own racial identity/ies to see the human in each other, but to also celebrate the individuality in our human experiences; it both unites and divides us, because the problem is divisive but the solution is unity.

THE PROSPECT | June 14

Students support local businesses with new platform Zage

PJ’s Pancake House, one of the businesses participating in Zage.
Photo credit: Djkeddie / Wikimedia Commons

Students support local businesses with new platform Zage

Jack Allen

After hearing about the struggles faced by a number of these restaurants after students left campus in mid-March, Dilbagi created Zage, an online platform that allows community members to send money to local businesses now to redeem as credits on their purchases in the future.

THE PROSPECT | June 14

Q&A with @lonelycovidtiger: Jeongmin ‘JM’ Cho ’21

As the anonymous @lonelycovidtiger, Jeongmin “JM” Cho ’21 spent the last two months documenting on-campus life amid the pandemic.
Photo by Jeongmin Cho ’21

Q&A with @lonelycovidtiger: Jeongmin ‘JM’ Cho ’21

Sam Kagan

Jeongmin “JM” Cho ’21, the student behind the Instagram account @lonelycovidtiger, opens up about documenting campus life amid COVID-19. “I hope we will be looking back and be able to appreciate the things that we may have otherwise taken for granted — simple things like being able to be with one another, hug your friends, and express appreciation.”

THE PROSPECT | May 15

What to read during reading period: Prospect Recommendations, Week Five [Books]

The Prospect

Living in a pandemic leaves you with little to do to keep yourself entertained. To help combat impending boredom, Prospect has launched a series in which our staff recommend content and creative outlets to keep you occupied while you’re stuck in your home. This week, our writers and editors read books from a multitude of genres that are sure to keep you feeling good with finals looming ahead. Here are the books that we recommend you read during quarantine.

THE PROSPECT | May 8

The STEM School shooting, one year later: a reflection

Rooya Rahin

On May 7, two students went into our high school, STEM School Highlands Ranch, and opened fire at our peers, killing one student, Kendrick Castillo. On May 7, our entire world shattered in mere moments.

THE PROSPECT | May 7

Davis, Smith announced as U. Arts Fellows for 2020-22

Sreesha Ghosh

The Arts Fellows program at the University provides support for early-career artists who have demonstrated both extraordinary promise and a record of achievement in their fields with the opportunity to further their work while teaching within a liberal arts context.

THE PROSPECT | April 30

It’s the last week of classes, so wind back with these classics: Prospect Recommendations, Week Four [Movies to Watch]

It’s the last week of classes, so wind back with these classics: Prospect Recommendations, Week Four [Movies to Watch]

The Prospect

Living in a pandemic leaves you with little to do to keep yourself entertained. To help combat impending boredom, Prospect has launched a series in which our Staff recommend content and creative outlets to keep you occupied while you’re stuck in your home. This week, our writers and editors watched some hilarious and heartwarming movies to round off the final week of classes. Here are the films that we recommend you watch during quarantine.

THE PROSPECT | April 30

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