“Princeton, in many different ways, both mentally and physically, changed me.”
“Princeton, in many different ways, both mentally and physically, changed me.”
“This summer was filled with things I was uncomfortable doing, some of which I went into willingly and some I didn’t, but, regardless, I don’t regret taking the 2789-mile leap from home to the unknown.”
“This summer was filled with things I was uncomfortable doing, some of which I went into willingly and some I didn’t, but, regardless, I don’t regret taking the 2789-mile leap from home to the unknown.”
“SOPHIE’s music has allowed me to connect with this city and remind myself that it will be worth it.”
“SOPHIE’s music has allowed me to connect with this city and remind myself that it will be worth it.”
“I know I have people in my life that I can share silence with, but I realized that I was not one of them.”
“I know I have people in my life that I can share silence with, but I realized that I was not one of them.”
“There are few better feelings than making good food for those you care about.”
“There are few better feelings than making good food for those you care about.”
“Class of 2022, we indeed moved mountains throughout our time here.” News editor emerita Naomi Hess reflects on her four years at Princeton and extends gratitude to her fellow members of the Class of 2022 as they prepare for commencement.
“Class of 2022, we indeed moved mountains throughout our time here.” News editor emerita Naomi Hess reflects on her four years at Princeton and extends gratitude to her fellow members of the Class of 2022 as they prepare for commencement.
“The times when I feel like I have grown to understand music more are often times of difficulty that push me to hear a little bit deeper.” Michael Pratt sits down with Assistant Prospect Editor Kerrie Liang to discuss music during the pandemic and the return to live performance.
“The times when I feel like I have grown to understand music more are often times of difficulty that push me to hear a little bit deeper.” Michael Pratt sits down with Assistant Prospect Editor Kerrie Liang to discuss music during the pandemic and PUO’s return to live performance.
“At times, due to its vast range of applications and correspondents, learning the craft of email often feels like learning how to code switch online, perhaps more so than any other form of digital communication.” For The Prospect, Head Editor Emerita Cameron Lee examines her professors’ use of monograms in their email signatures.
“At times, due to its vast range of applications and correspondents, learning the craft of email often feels like learning how to code switch online, perhaps more so than any other form of digital communication.” For The Prospect, Head Editor Emerita Cameron Lee examines her professors’ use of monograms in their email signatures.
“Especially in a society that hinges itself on celebrity, does it matter whether I associate myself with Didion because I enjoy reading Didion, or whether I associate myself with Didion because I perceive myself as a girl who would read Didion?”
“Especially in a society that hinges itself on celebrity, does it matter whether I associate myself with Didion because I enjoy reading Didion, or whether I associate myself with Didion because I perceive myself as a girl who would read Didion?”
“Those costs are themselves almost an open secret — something you recognize, but don’t fully appreciate until you’ve been through it.” Guest Contributor Chris Leahy ’22 reflects on the toll of four years at Princeton and what it means to achieve “Post-Thesis Life” in a Self essay for The Prospect.
“Those costs are themselves almost an open secret — something you recognize, but don’t fully appreciate until you’ve been through it.” Guest Contributor Chris Leahy ’22 reflects on the toll of four years at Princeton and what it means to achieve “Post-Thesis Life” in a Self essay for The Prospect.
“Trees, to me, are one of those things that a residual childhood naiveté believes to be permanent.” After hearing the tree outside his dorm cut down, Head Editor José Pablo Fernández García reflects on change and the comfort of permanence, even if illusory.
“Trees, to me, are one of those things that a residual childhood naiveté believes to be permanent.” After hearing the tree outside his dorm cut down, Head Editor José Pablo Fernández García reflects on change and the comfort of permanence, even if illusory.
“There is a famous proverb in Islam that says, ‘A lot of different flowers make a bouquet.’ Well, a lot of different buildings make a campus. A lot of different people make a community.” Just before graduation, Managing Editor Emerita Harsimran Makkad reflects on her four years at Princeton in The Prospect.
“There is a famous proverb in Islam that says, ‘A lot of different flowers make a bouquet.’ Well, a lot of different buildings make a campus. A lot of different people make a community.” Just before graduation, Managing Editor Emerita Harsimran Makkad reflects on her four years at Princeton in The Prospect.
Head Editor for The Prospect José Pablo Fernández García looks back on a year full of friendship and reflects on seeing his senior friends getting ready to move on as they graduate in a couple weeks.
Head Editor for The Prospect José Pablo Fernández García looks back on a year full of friendship and reflects on seeing his senior friends getting ready to move on as they graduate in a couple weeks.
Contributing Writer for The Prospect Joshua Yang speaks with novelist and Princeton faculty member Joyce Carol Oates about her perspective on her own writing and her experiences working with undergraduate writers in Princeton’s creative writing program.
Contributing Writer for The Prospect Joshua Yang speaks with novelist and Princeton faculty member Joyce Carol Oates about her perspective on her own writing and her experiences working with undergraduate writers in Princeton’s creative writing program.
“I feel grossly under-qualified to give this advice, but these reflections are more for myself than for anyone else — to remind myself that these past eight months have been more than just a fever dream.”
“I feel grossly under-qualified to give this advice, but these reflections are more for myself than for anyone else — to remind myself that these past eight months have been more than just a fever dream.”
In anticipation of her new collection of essays, “Translating Myself and Others,” Jhumpa Lahiri sat down with Staff Writer for The Prospect Maria Khartchenko for an interview with The Daily Princetonian.
In anticipation of her new collection of essays, “Translating Myself and Others,” Jhumpa Lahiri sat down with Staff Writer for The Prospect Maria Khartchenko for an interview with The Daily Princetonian.
“I’ve started lingering more, pausing to watch a bird poking at the ground or a butterfly fluttering past. Because of these moments of stillness, I’ve started paying more attention to the flowers that make my run so colorful.”
“I’ve started lingering more, pausing to watch a bird poking at the ground or a butterfly fluttering past. Because of these moments of stillness, I’ve started paying more attention to the flowers that make my run so colorful.”
“There’s something truly beautiful in how my friends have worked with so much care and compassion to tell the story of this part of the Princeton community.”
“There’s something truly beautiful in how my friends have worked with so much care and compassion to tell the story of this part of the Princeton community.”
“That local gay bar was a big and noisy tent. There was room there for anyone who was “Queer”, though we didn’t use that word back then,” writes English Professor Jeff Nunokawa in a guest Self essay for The Prospect.
“That local gay bar was a big and noisy tent. There was room there for anyone who was “Queer”, though we didn’t use that word back then,” writes English Professor Jeff Nunokawa in a guest Self essay for The Prospect.
“Maybe not everyone I pass on the way to class knows that I’m a lesbian, but looking at me, it’s pretty easy to figure out that I’m queer.”
“Maybe not everyone I pass on the way to class knows that I’m a lesbian, but looking at me, it’s pretty easy to figure out that I’m queer.”
