“I’m just as capable of appreciating, loving, and being thankful for my family while at Princeton as I am when I’m sitting at the table with them. In fact, I think being away from them physically makes me appreciate them more.”
“I’m just as capable of appreciating, loving, and being thankful for my family while at Princeton as I am when I’m sitting at the table with them. In fact, I think being away from them physically makes me appreciate them more.”
Reminiscing about her small Kentuckian hometown, The Prospect Contributing Writer Mackenzie Hollingsworth draws the parallels between it and the Orange Bubble.
Happy Mid-Autumn! Happy Chuseok! This year, we asked editors and staffers to see what this time looks like for Princeton students and their families.
Happy Mid-Autumn! Happy Chuseok! This year, we asked editors and staffers to see what this time looks like for students on Princeton’s campus.
"The prospect that opportunities to connect with my grandparents are withering away as their memory fades, amplifies my regret for being unable to speak the language of my ancestors."
“I had some vague idea about using my degree to make the world a better place, as cliché as that sounds. The question was how.”
"I had some vague idea about using my degree to make the world a better place, as cliché as that sounds. The question was how."
“The general sentiment remains the same: How do you figure out who you are without Princeton?”
“The general sentiment remains the same: How do you figure out who you are without Princeton?”
“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."
“No one’s told you that this moment you’ve been anticipating for 12 years entailed as much heartache as fulfillment.”
“No one’s told you that this moment you’ve been anticipating for 12 years entailed as much heartache as fulfillment.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Nothing about my habits improved because I didn't work to change them. I just hoped that using a more restrictive phone would do the hard part for me.”
“Nothing about my habits improved because I didn't work to change them. I just hoped that using a more restrictive phone would do the hard part for me.”
“...there is nothing I can do but be swept along and attempt to fit in as much as possible before my short stint is up.”
“...there is nothing I can do but be swept along and attempt to fit in as much as possible before my short stint is up.”
“As a result of this new adaptation to adult life, I have learned a few important lessons. For instance, did you know in order to make dinner, you have to predict when you will be hungry an hour in advance?”
“As a result of this new adaptation to adult life, I have learned a few important lessons. For instance, did you know in order to make dinner, you have to predict when you will be hungry an hour in advance?”
“Upon arriving in Aix, however, a different type of déjà vu set in. It was the familiarity of home, which was strange considering this was my first time in Europe.”
“Upon arriving in Aix, however, a different type of déjà vu set in. It was the familiarity of home, which was strange considering this was my first time in Europe.”