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'UGK 4 Life' does not suffer from the death of its creator

UGK may well be the most influential hip-hop group you've never heard of. Long before Dirty South became rap's most successful sub-genre, UGK had laid the template: gooey bass-lines, honey-coated guitars and sugar-sweet soul samples, matched to deliriously violent and misogynistic raps.

Refreshingly down-to-earth

Like every other dance show on campus, this semester's eXpressions show comes tagged with a pretentious concept.

Street's Top Ten — April 16, 2009

1. Show him or her a senior in a Firestone carrel.

Campus Picks — April 16, 2009

Party: Astrobiology Club Star Party

There's a whole lot to observe and nothing much to report

Remember when it was cool to go to the mall? Yeah. That time has passed, but you still know what malls mean: fat people sitting on benches, greasy food courts, noisy arcades and an abundance of high school couples' PDA.

Ask The Sexpert — April 16, 2009

Dear Sexpert,

Frosty food fight: Answers to our screams for ice cream

Ah! The glorious dog days of summer are fast approaching. What better way to ward off potential heat stroke than with a cool and refreshing bowl of ice cream?

Filling in gaps

Colm Toibin is a visiting lecturer in creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts. Toibin is an award-winning author and critic.

'Model' citizens sport trends for charity in Fashion Speaks

It's a series of small disasters," Victoria Lewis '10 said as she looked on at the practicing models and working volunteers in a mostly empty Dillon Gymnasium last Friday afternoon. "But it all comes together in the end."

Ask a Grad Student — April 9, 2009

Prince's new triple album: more is much, much, much less

The artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince is at it again. Clearly unsatisfied with the controversy surrounding his last release, which was distributed for free in the United Kingdom, the Purple One has decided to one-up himself: His latest release is a whopping three albums in one.

'Tragedy of King Lear' prompts laughs, not tears

Sitting before Theater Intime's production of "King Lear," directed by Laura Fletcher '10, one needed only to listen to the response of the audience to gather that something was amiss: For what is perhaps Shakespeare's darkest play, there was a surprising - even disturbing - amount of laughter.

Ask The Sexpert — April 9, 2009

Dear Sexpert,

Street's Top Ten — April 9, 2009

1. Sleep. 2. Go to lecture for the first time in 2009. 3. Rediscover the wonders of personal hygiene. 4.

Campus Picks — April 9, 2009

Theater: Lorenzaccio L'Avant-Scene, the French Theater Workshop directed by Florent Masse, continues its wildly eclectic season this weekend with "Lorenzaccio," a classic of 19th-century French theater based in Renaissance Florence.

Not just trees

Natasha Lavdovsky '09 is a visual arts concentrator through Program 2 in the Department of Art and Archaeology.

The self-thesis

The senior thesis, as we are frequently reminded, is a quintessentially Princeton experience - the culmination of four years of scholarly pursuit. But for some upperclassmen finishing their independent work, the process can be a bit more personal.

Campus Picks — April 2, 2009

ON CAMPUS

Game On

While most Princeton students play games like Madden, Guitar Hero, Halo, and Fifa alone or with friends in their rooms, the Smashcraft Heroes take their videogaming more seriously. 

In a perfect world, pop albums wouldn’t be this lazy

You may not know it, but you’ve heard Keri Hilson before. Sure, “In a Perfect World” may be the 26-year-old R&B singer’s debut album, but it’s far from her first contribution to the pop charts.