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“I want to know how people do it. How do people wake up and put their feet on the ground and do what they do like it’s nothing at all? How are people doing this thing that is living? I look out my window and see.”

THE PROSPECT | 10/26/2022

10 best Halloween movies, shows, and songs to make your week extra spooky

10 best Halloween movies, shows, and songs to make your week extra spooky

Tyler Wilson

“It’s the ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ of Halloween. It’s everything.” Check out these spooky movies, shows, and songs to get in the Halloween spirit.

THE PROSPECT | 10/25/2022

A graduate student’s guide to group fitness

Emily Miller

“There are many reasons to attend group fitness classes offered through Campus Rec. Importantly, they are fun and free for students. Because group fitness classes are at a set time, they add some structure to your life, which is especially important in during post-general-exam life.”

THE PROSPECT | 10/23/2022

First-year imposter syndrome, rejection cycles, and living in the moment

Russell Fan

“Success is not limited to current achievements; it also encompasses future endeavors that I can build for myself.” Contributing writer Russell Fan comes to terms with rejection in a self essay about trying to find an extracurricular to join.

THE PROSPECT | 10/13/2022

Student thesis play “Affecting Expression” explores letting go and unearthing identity

Regina Roberts

The play, written by Eliana Cohen-Orth ’21, directed by Eliyana Abraham ’23 for her directing thesis, and featuring Rosemary Paulson ’23 for her acting thesis, was presented in Wallace Theater from Oct. 7 through Oct. 9.

THE PROSPECT | 10/13/2022

Too much Styles, not enough substance: “Don’t Worry Darling” review

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Too much Styles, not enough substance: “Don’t Worry Darling” review

Wilson Conn

“With such a compelling twist and heart-racing finale, simple competency in other aspects of the production would have made for an above-average film. Alas, this was too much to ask,” writes Wilson Conn in a review of the latest USG offering at the Princeton Garden Theatre.

THE PROSPECT | 10/13/2022

In anticipation of love

Kyung Eun Lee

“From the distance we see in each other, love emerges.” Contributing writer Kyung Eun Lee reflects on finding love and community through solitude and struggle.

THE PROSPECT | 10/11/2022

USG Movie Review: ‘See How They Run’

USG Movie Review: ‘See How They Run’

Ella Colby

Contributing writer Ella Colby provides a comprehensive review on ‘See How They Run,’ which was shown during a USG movie showing on Saturday, Oct. 1.

THE PROSPECT | 10/11/2022

In ‘The Wolves,’ adolescence collides with adulthood under the lights and on the field

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In ‘The Wolves,’ adolescence collides with adulthood under the lights and on the field

Clara McWeeny

“‘The Wolves’ — subtly and then all at once — depicts how teenagers come into their own. In a chaotic collision of sports and grief and intense anxieties, viewers watch as these soccer players become who they will be.”

THE PROSPECT | 10/11/2022

Anticipatory articulation: Q&A with curator and artists of “Anticulation”

José Pablo Fernández García

“It is a call back in time to express gratitude and wonder at the foresight of these incredible figures who articulated themselves even when those around them were uninterested because they anticipated me, they anticipated the audience that came out to this show, they anticipated a world that might lend an attentive ear.”

THE PROSPECT | 10/11/2022

The story behind “The Woman King”: an interview with politics professor Leonard Wantchekon

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The story behind “The Woman King”: an interview with politics professor Leonard Wantchekon

Auhjanae McGee

The Daily Princetonian spoke with economics professor Leonard Wantchekon about his involvement with “The Woman King,“ a new film about a group of all-female warriors from the West African kingdom of Dahomey.

THE PROSPECT | 10/09/2022

Tierra y memoria

Rodrigo Córdova Rosado

“To see land and memory intertwined, the physical world and our experience of it, is perhaps one of the greatest lessons my communities have taught me.”

THE PROSPECT | 10/09/2022

‘What is America? Who is America?’: Q&A with Art Museum curator Mitra Abbaspour

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‘What is America? Who is America?’: Q&A with Art Museum curator Mitra Abbaspour

Kerrie Liang

“In collecting contemporary Indigenous art, I may have set out to complicate the definition of what America is, but I certainly have learned and continue to learn the ways that my own identity and education as a US citizen has structured a worldview that is only one way of seeing history.”

THE PROSPECT | 10/09/2022

Marianne Nicolson on Indigenous art, community, and visibility

Marianne Nicolson on Indigenous art, community, and visibility

Isabella Dail

“Nicolson’s art questions the material emphasis of a capitalist society. She explained that Indigenous artists have been pushed to commodify sacred and culturally significant art to satisfy consumer markets.” Contributing writer Isabella Dail reports on the art and archeology department’s artist conversation with Marianne Nicolson of Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations.

THE PROSPECT | 10/09/2022

Back to the B floor

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Back to the B floor

José Pablo Fernández García

Head Prospect Editor José Pablo Fernández García reflects on the calm and stability that Firestone Library’s B floor brings him, after all these years.

THE PROSPECT | 10/06/2022

Existence, in theory and in practice

Existence, in theory and in practice

Joshua Yang

“What I do on my Fridays has little bearing on my Tuesdays, and vice versa, yet I’ve found that it’s only through the dichotomy of these dual existences that I can be all of myself.” Contributing Prospect writer Joshua Yang reflects on balancing the theoretical, abstract world of philosophy and the concreteness of reality.

“What I do on my Fridays has little bearing on my Tuesdays, and vice versa, yet I’ve found that it’s only through the dichotomy of these dual existences that I can be all of myself.” Contributing Prospect writer Joshua Yang reflects on balancing the theoretical, abstract world of philosophy and concreteness of reality.

THE PROSPECT | 10/06/2022

Sexpert: Managing expectations of doing well in bed

The Sexpert

In this month’s column, the Sexpert discuss how to manage the stress you might experience if you and your partner have had different levels of experience with sex.

THE PROSPECT | 10/05/2022

Graduate student in an undergraduate world

Emily Miller

“We straddle a line between being an employee and a student. We are independent adults, but also part of a residential community and subject to the whims of university policy.”

THE PROSPECT | 10/04/2022

Tápies: The aging body, death, and spirituality in postwar European art

Jaden Sharp

Contributing Writer Jaden Sharp forays into the work of Antoni Tápies.

THE PROSPECT | 10/03/2022

An ode to Dunkin’

An ode to Dunkin’

Lauren Fromkin

“For the first-years who never even knew this Dunkin’ once existed, let me enlighten you: This Dunkin’ did not have particularly good coffee or stellar customer service. It wasn’t always tasty or pleasant. It didn’t have the local charm of Small World or the customizability of Starbucks. But it was always there for you. And it was always the cheapest option.”

“For those first-years who never even knew this Dunkin’ existed, let me enlighten you: This Dunkin’ did not have particularly good coffee or stellar customer service. It wasn’t always tasty or pleasant. It didn’t have the local charm of Small World or the customizability of Starbucks. But it was always there for you. And it was always the cheapest option.”

THE PROSPECT | 10/03/2022

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