A young man is speaking in a halting, drowsy monotone. He's reeling off names of songs by bands that he's into.
This month, the 1,175 members of the class of 2008 arrived at Princeton. They have all received their "Congratulations" letters, they are all finally at Princeton and now they have to prove themselves all over again.
For those who might wonder what it takes to become a Princeton professor, one need only look to John Wilmerding, Professor of American Art, to understand that filling such a position requires tremendous proficiency in diverse aspects of one's field.He has served as curator of American art and deputy director of the National Gallery of Art.
Many of us were admitted to Princeton largely based on exceptional analytical skills. Unable to confine these skills to graphs and sonnets, we constantly scrutinize the behavior of our friends and potential love interests.
My most embarrassing moment in college occurred at the beginning of my junior year. I was in charge of freshman orientation and had been so distracted by those activities that I had failed to sign up for a lab section.
In his novel "The Sun Also Rises," Hemingway writes of the large television set at the Frist Campus Center: "It was a fine television, and a very good one.
Athletes graduating without attending class. Hundreds of thousands of dollars bet on single games.
B-actor Zach Braff has finally found his forte. Braff is best known for his starring role in the popular television series "Scrubs." His current film, "Garden State," offered him an exceptional opportunity: rarely do major films feature the same star actor, director and screenwriter; and almost never is such an individual filling the second two roles for the first time in his career.
Besides the fact that Danny and Sandy passed a summer frolicking on a deserted beach, prematurely climaxing from the sexual tension, why did they have such a blast?
One would think that the combination of William Thackeray's classic novel and Mira Nair's ("Monsoon Wedding") directing prowess could hardly fail to make for an excellent end-of-summer extravaganza.
I remember my first audition. I was six years old ? usually soft-spoken. I sat cross-legged in a circle with 30 others, clutching a book and looking quite pale.
Truth is stranger than fiction, the old adage says. Ian Caldwell '98, and Dustin Thomason (Harvard '98), authors of the new novel "The Rule of Four," most certainly know this better than anyone.Set on the Princeton campus in 1999, their book tells the story of four roommates, Gil, Charlie, Paul and Tom, finishing out their final year at Princeton.
If ever there was a Princeton landmark, it's the Dinky. Sure, there may be more noticeable or memorable sights to put on postcards or University stationery, but when it comes to personal experiences, few things beat that single N.J.
Well, here we are at the end of the semester, and my tenure as guest arts columnist with the 'Prince' is about to run out.
Princeton University is widely known as an eclectic school; each class features students ranging from professional violinists to quantum physicists to fly fishermen.
While Princeton students think nothing of balancing an engineering major with a Whig-Clio membership and roles in campus theatre productions, we are somewhat less aware of professors who do more than merely teach and research.
Undergraduates pass through Prospect Gardens every day, but most pay little attention to the distinctive building resembling an Italian villa with a Romeo and Juliet balcony: Prospect House.
"I am an individual part of a group," Rachel Gutwein '04 declares in a statement introducing her exhibit of paintings.
"And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
A glance at the American culinary scene can attest to the presence of the Eastern European Jews who first arrived at Ellis Island between 1881 and 1924, bringing with them a specialty from home.Of course the deli has long been the home of bagels and lox, but the recent rise of chains like Einstein Bagels and Panera Bread ? where bagels and lox (or at least a schmear of cream cheese with minced lox bits) are a mainstay ? has further grafted the fare of the Jewish- American Sunday Brunch on the American table.
