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My first memories of Princeton are the awe and pride I felt when I first gazed up at the Hogwarts-style turrets flanking Blair Arch; the muggy, swamp-like air of the final days of summer that made walking feel like wading through a swamp; the utter fear and excitement of entering the Rocky dining hall with a plate of D-hall food for the first time, alone.

THE PROSPECT | 02/08/2019

Why you should start following European soccer

Why you should start following European soccer

Shannon Chaffers

The Super Bowl is over, basketball and hockey are in their mid-season lulls, and baseball has yet to begin. You might now find yourself lamenting the temporary lack of excitement in your sporting world. Well, if you shift your attention across the Atlantic, you can plunge yourself into a sports world so intense, captivating, and all-encompassing you’ll wonder how you spent your whole life until that point oblivious to its existence.

THE PROSPECT | 02/08/2019

Coffee Club is on the grind

Jack Allen

Dean’s Date woes seem not to have dampened the brisk business of the Princeton Coffee Club’s latest venture — a pilot for a student-run coffee shop in the heart of central campus.

THE PROSPECT | 02/04/2019

Food to get you through finals

Shira Moolten

No matter how many exams you have left, I urge you to take the time to savor something delicious. It might not be the most exquisite croissant in the world. It might not even be on on this list. Life is too short, and finals period is too long.

THE PROSPECT | 01/23/2019

Review: BodyHype turns up the heat

Isabel Griffith-Gorgati

This fall show was the type of performance that makes you want to dance in your seat and forget where you are entirely. This dance company was not afraid to take unexpected risks and fully realize them. BodyHype was doing its own thing, but with such an eclectic show also managed to do practically everything in “Fahrenheit.”

THE PROSPECT | 01/23/2019

Sexpert: Princeton Plays

The Sexpert

In this edition of the Ask the Sexpert Column, we’ll be the ones asking the questions. On Dec. 1, we had the privilege of interviewing Jaspreet Kalsi ’20 , board member and co-founder of the student group Princeton Plays, the only kink and BDSM community on campus.

THE PROSPECT | 01/10/2019

What to do in Princeton this week

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What to do in Princeton this week

THE PROSPECT | 01/06/2019

On aesthetics and açaí bowls

Shira Moolten

Appreciating beauty, from a bowl of blended fruit to the Big Dipper on a walk back to my dorm at night, has allowed me to escape from the constant pressures of a success-oriented culture. It has taught me that there is more to life than charging towards achievement after achievement, that I should take time to smell the flowers, or order the açaí bowl.

THE PROSPECT | 12/13/2018

Sexpert: Testicularly Concerned

A man looking at his laptop while sitting on a couch, top view

Sexpert: Testicularly Concerned

sexpert

Dear Sexpert, Like most college students, I spend most of my day on my laptop, working on assignments or watching Netflix in bed. I recently read on a men’s health website that using your laptop on your lap can damage sperm production in the future. I’m obviously not planning on having kids now, but if I keep using my laptop on my lap, will there be any long-term damage down there? Sincerely, Testicularly Concerned

THE PROSPECT | 12/12/2018

How to: Get into the holiday spirit

Samantha Liu

Before you lock yourself in Firestone for the rest of the week, take some time to add a little holiday cheer to your routine and you might just find yourself cranking out that p-set to some Michael Bublé “Christmas.”

THE PROSPECT | 12/11/2018

The masculine brutality and tragedy of XXXTentacion

Samuel Aftel

Despite X’s brutality, for a generation of young people who have experienced debilitating levels of depression and anxiety as well as a staggering, increasing suicide rate, X was a disturbingly fitting generational spokesmen.

THE PROSPECT | 12/10/2018

It’s okay to be mediocre

It’s okay to be mediocre

Leora Eisenberg

The fact is that, even after many hours of dance class, I’m still not a particularly good dancer. And I’m okay with that.

THE PROSPECT | 12/10/2018

What to do in Princeton this week

The Prospect

With winter break coming up this week, why not take Friday as a chance to take the train to New York City? The Whitney Museum of American Art has free Friday evenings (or pay what you wish) from 7 to 10 P.M.

THE PROSPECT | 12/09/2018

The old, the new, the strange: Christmas tunes from the past, present, and future

The old, the new, the strange: Christmas tunes from the past, present, and future

Cameron Lee

Of course, not everyone has these same associations, but in hopes of spreading some of my holiday cheer with others, I’ve created a playlist packed with fresh Christmas-and-winter-related jams. Well-aware of how annoying Christmas music gets after hearing the same songs over and over again, there also are songs by lesser-known and non-Christmassy artists as well.

THE PROSPECT | 12/06/2018

Review: The raw intimacy and tragedy of ‘A Star is Born’

Samuel Aftel

“A Star Is Born” is an emotional masterpiece. The film documents the tragic love story of Ally and Jack, two musicians played astoundingly by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Jack — an aging, severely depressed, hearing-impaired, washed-up, alcoholic rock star who dabbles in coke and pills when the booze can’t get the job done — meets Ally, a slightly younger, existentially restless waitress.

THE PROSPECT | 12/06/2018

Happiness, politics, and stories with Arthur C. Brooks

Francesca Walton

Arthur C. Brooks, the 10-year president of the American Enterprise Institute, one of the world’s leading conservative think-tanks, is a frequent lecturer. On campus last spring, he talked about “The Art of Happiness.”

THE PROSPECT | 12/05/2018

Hamentaschens victorious in most important debate of the year

Noa Wollstein

Originating at the University of Chicago in 1946, this illustrious dispute pits two popular Jewish holiday foods, the latke and the hamentaschen, against one another.

THE PROSPECT | 12/05/2018

Attention: Lifeguard needed ASAP

Ashley Nurse

Princeton: We need more breaks. The drive to be the best can become very taxing on a student’s mental health, and the last thing any student wants is to crash.

THE PROSPECT | 12/04/2018

Mousey musings

Priya Vulchi

Because whether it’s for something as small as mice in my room, to a professor saying something offensive in class, I don’t want my gratitude to hold me back — especially regarding injustices on campus because, unlike the mice, I can control my choice to confront them.

THE PROSPECT | 12/03/2018

Review: The exuberance and excitement of BAC’s ‘Stranded’

Isabel Griffith-Gorgati

BAC’s fall show “Stranded” combined technical precision in their dancing with sheer exuberance in their dancing that kept the audience entertained and excited throughout the night.

THE PROSPECT | 12/03/2018

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