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Spotlight on ... Roger Q. Mason, "Flyin' West" Director

In the middle of a hectic tech rehearsal two days before opening night of Pearl Cleage's "Flyin West," I sat down with the director, Roger Mason, to talk about this Black Arts Company production that explores issues of identity and race."This is a piece about four black women who journeyed west during the Post-Reconstruction to find the freedom that was promised them after slavery," Mason explained.

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Ask the Sexpert...

Dear Sexpert,I hear there are changes happening with birth control at University Health Services.

And the Oscar goes to ...

It's that time of year again. While New Jersey shivers from the bitter cold, Tinseltown is heating up in anticipation of the biggest, most heavily publicized event of the year: the 79th Annual Academy Awards.

Tiger Talk

Frankly, my dear, we Princetonians do give a damn about our favorite movies. Though, apparently, none of them are quite as old or iconic as Gone With the Wind.

Best supporting

A train of soft pink satin brushes against the crimson plush of the carpet, but nobody can hear its whisper.

In a square

At Christmas, they string up lights. Although, in the city, it is never dark. Rittenhouse lights hold kidskin mittens down the wire and form Rittenhouse dogs in action.I didn't even notice them.

Spanish success at the Guggenheim

Filling all six levels of the spiraling Guggenheim Museum, "Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth and History" takes the viewer on a breathtaking journey through five centuries of Spanish art.

A week without ... a laptop

On an ordinary Wednesday, I was sitting in a lecture hall, minding my own business, when suddenly the girl in front of me drove a stake through my heart.

A week without ... a prox

I've just spent a harrowing week without the quintessential Princeton accessory most of us pithily refer to as a "prox," and the trials I encountered have convinced me that my flimsy proximity card is the most important thing I own.

Ask the Sexpert

Dear Sexpert,What's the best type of condom to use? Is there any difference between the different brands?

Making the most of next semester: a freshman perspective

I began this year, as I have begun so many others, believing fervently in the illusion of an imminent reformation in the conduct of my life.

A clean slate

After last semester's exams and Intersession adventures, we were all a little burnt out. This week, in the spirit of starting over, 'Street' presents the "Fresh Start" issue.

Making the most of next semester: a senior perspective

We all procrastinate. But there are certain things that, entering my last semester at Princeton, I have to confess I have put off for much longer than I should have.First, there is the coffee date that never seems to happen.

A week without ... jeans

"That girl over there, she's going to hook up with me tonight," I overheard an upperclassman say to a friend last Saturday, while he looked lecherously at me.

Games and Gravel

I visited a friend at Middlebury College in Vermont over Intersession. More than a dozen of us made the short trip to my friend's nearby lake home where, turning on the heat, we established our base camp.

Red letter day for 'Iwo Jima'

War is hell." That's the beat Hollywood has been drumming for almost eight decades. From its earliest conception in 1930 with the remarkable adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front," through Steven Spielberg's 1998 blockbuster "Saving Private Ryan" and beyond, Tinseltown has delivered many convincing and harrowing depictions of combat.

A week without ... facebook.com

I am a Facebook stalker. I am not really proud of it, but I admit my Facebook addiction flies right past the normal obsession level and lands itself in the middle of the sketch zone.

Homme-femme, schoolgirl chic at Fashion Week

It's that time of year again, when hundreds of fashionistas descend on Manhattan and clog its crowded streets with their Manolos, Fiji water bottles and Blackberries.

Princeton in numbers, Part 2