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First Mid-Autumn in the Orange Bubble

How do you celebrate family when your family is across the globe? #TheProspect contributing writer Annie Wang tries to answer that question as she recounts her first Mid Autumn away from home.

How do you celebrate family when your family is across the globe? #TheProspect contributing writer Annie Wang tries to answer that question as she recounts her first Mid Autumn away from home.

THE PROSPECT | 10/08/2023

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The 5 things all first-years should know

“‘Rigor’ has just gone from a vague notion to a veritable challenge and has met you for a one-on-one fight on the ground floor of Firestone. Naturally, it’s going to be disorienting. That’s okay.”

“‘Rigor’ has just gone from a vague notion to a veritable challenge and has met you for a one-on-one fight on the ground floor of Firestone. Naturally, it’s going to be disorienting. That’s okay.”

CARTOON | 09/13/2023

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Pain au Princeton: To be someone's chocolate croissant

“Princetonians are chocolate croissants: even before you meet them, you know they’ll be great, but they will go above and beyond your expectations in their sweetness and the rich depth of their consideration for a fellow community member.”

"Princetonians are chocolate croissants: even before you meet them, you know they’ll be great, but they will go above and beyond your expectations in their sweetness and the rich depth of their consideration for a fellow community member."

THE PROSPECT | 09/07/2023

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DISPATCH | What they never tell you about Alaska

“What I try to tell them is that Alaska is beautiful — but they ‘mmhmm’ and move on, since I can’t really express in words these sentiments in a way to get them to pay attention to what I’m saying, because for me, Alaska is more than just beautiful, and it just can’t be summarized in whatever picture I try to show them.”

“What I try to tell them is that Alaska is beautiful — but they ‘mmhmm’ and move on, since I can’t really express in words these sentiments in a way to get them to pay attention to what I’m saying, because for me, Alaska is more than just beautiful, and it just can’t be summarized in whatever picture I try to show them.”

THE PROSPECT | 08/09/2023

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DISPATCH | The heartbreak city

“It turns out Hong Kong has a way of breaking your heart — but I didn’t know that until it was too late, far too late, for me to do anything about it.”

“It turns out Hong Kong has a way of breaking your heart — but I didn’t know that until it was too late, far too late, for me to do anything about it.”

THE PROSPECT | 08/09/2023

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DISPATCH | Memories of last summer

“Places turned into ideas, people into images, and I felt the months pass by me as if I’d fallen asleep during a movie only to wake up at the end credits. Maybe I was dreaming the entire time.”

 “Places turned into ideas, people into images, and I felt the months pass by me as if I’d fallen asleep during a movie only to wake up at the end credits. Maybe I was dreaming the entire time.”

THE PROSPECT | 08/09/2023