The Prox

I see that posting for the Prince blog has become ...

2008-05-12T01:11:00.000-04:00

I see that posting for the Prince blog has become a new favorite procrastination device. Reading and commenting on it has for me.

That's wicked. QC will take the ickle ones forever...

2008-05-11T18:27:00.000-04:00

That's wicked. QC will take the ickle ones forever to read.

@anonymousHmm... or perhaps you could join a circu...

2008-05-11T02:35:00.000-04:00

@anonymous
Hmm... or perhaps you could join a circus with your new elephant and earn your living that way?

@twynne
What a pretty name! Almost like a real English word. Let's see... what's AD? Should I comment just to ask what AD is? Or is this a reference for the more pop culturally aware than I? Maybe I should wikipedia it. Let's see, it's not Anno Domini or Alzheimer's Disease. Probably not "American Dad!" Or maybe it's Academic Dec... ohhhhhhhhhh.

Anyway, to answer your question: no, actually, it doesn't. I was only in Academic Decathlon as an alternate, so I never had any interviews. Were you ever asked about elephants?

Remind you of AD somewhat?

2008-05-10T22:37:00.000-04:00

Remind you of AD somewhat?

If you gave me a pet elephant, I'd threaten to sic...

2008-05-10T22:33:00.000-04:00

If you gave me a pet elephant, I'd threaten to sic it on you unless you give me this position.

Kinda reminds me of how the second narrator in The...

2008-05-08T16:03:00.000-04:00

Kinda reminds me of how the second narrator in The Sound and the Fury waits until the end of the school year to kill himself.

I wonder how many people actually go around worrying about not harming themselves because they owe something to someone...

As did we...

2008-05-07T18:25:00.000-04:00

As did we...

We had AlcoholEdu too!

2008-05-07T17:47:00.000-04:00

We had AlcoholEdu too!

I wouldn't go so far as to suggest that Nass artic...

2008-05-07T07:40:00.000-04:00

I wouldn't go so far as to suggest that Nass articles are "meaningful pieces". They are unnecessarily lengthy, and the style in which they are written can only be described as self-indulgent and masturbatory. Maybe when the Nass is done trying too hard to be like the New Yorker it will be worth reading. The Prince's articles, however, are not meant to be pieces of literature. They are meant to be to-the-point and informative. It's absurd that the Nass wants to hold the Prince to the same standard that it can't even maintain itself.

Procter Hall, the GC dining hall, has been closed ...

2008-05-03T15:50:00.000-04:00

Procter Hall, the GC dining hall, has been closed for events several times this year and we've never gotten any Paw Points either. And we *are* further away from other dining halls.

I mean yes, the type setting doesn't follow the Pr...

2008-05-02T23:16:00.000-04:00

I mean yes, the type setting doesn't follow the Prince's strict rules (or admittedly those of many newspapers) and there are some typos that the writers and their editors should have caught, but ultimately this doesn't seem to address the real issue at hand. The Prince articles this "PrinceWatch" critiques were terrible, as were many others they could have chosen. The Nass on the other hand tends to publish meaningful pieces that are often very well written to boot. They don't pick on you because you have nice margins; they pick on you because your articles are bad.

Let's pretend, just for the weekend, that we are l...

2008-05-02T05:53:00.000-04:00

Let's pretend, just for the weekend, that we are like any other college student outside of Princeton and walk more than a dozen steps to the dining hall.

I am a Wilson resident who actually emailed Laurie...

2008-05-02T02:18:00.000-04:00

I am a Wilson resident who actually emailed Laurie Hebditch back about that- all I received was an invitation to set up a meeting with Master Browning, whose time I wouldn't want to waste with such a seemingly trivial (though fundamentally inequitable) issue.
there are actually two separate issues, one of which is the princeton preview closings- (whitman for eating purposes, wilcox to set up blackbox) for which whitman was compensated, and we were not.
Because of construction, however, wilcox has been closed for the past couple of fridays as well as this whole weekend. It's harder to claim compensation, but some accommodation would be nice- esp. given that butler was really crowded last friday dinner.

I think they're crying tears of blood because they...

2008-05-01T19:18:00.000-04:00

I think they're crying tears of blood because they feel so bad for the wilson students not getting compensated for having to each elsewhere this weekend.

1915 Hall has to deal with the construction, Wu/Wi...

2008-05-01T19:09:00.000-04:00

1915 Hall has to deal with the construction, Wu/Wilcox loading dock, and has no AC either...

Hmmm. While I'm not going to complain about my $15...

2008-05-01T18:07:00.000-04:00

Hmmm. While I'm not going to complain about my $15 latte subsidy from the Admissions office, I have to say I was very surprised that we were given any compensation at all. Now, Whitman is slightly different from Wu in the sense that we don't have a twin dinning hall...

However, I expect that the real reason Whitman students were given $15 while the Butler students got nada, had mostly to do with who was responsible--Admissions office v. AC...

Wu Dining Hall was closed for 2 different Fridays ...

2008-05-01T16:43:00.000-04:00

Wu Dining Hall was closed for 2 different Fridays due to Alcohol Coalition discussions. We never received and compensation. The bias towards Whitman is unbelievable, and completely unjustified. $15 for not being able to eat dinner at your dining hall?! Give me a break.

I don't think that making Wilcox as good as the ot...

2008-05-01T13:21:00.000-04:00

I don't think that making Wilcox as good as the other dining halls should be considered a "favor" so much as what we expect. (I don't expect amazing dining, but I do expect dining to be equal on campus.) Additionally, pre-frosh as "outsiders"? How about "guests on campus"?

Perhaps because your dining hall is being closed f...

2008-05-01T11:17:00.000-04:00

Perhaps because your dining hall is being closed for improvements that will ultimately provide a better dining space for you, so they're doing you a favor? Whereas ours were closed to allow outsiders to eat there. Don't automatically jump to conclusions and take the easy way out by blaming all your problems on Whitman.

Not a surprising trend. Older students have a long...

2008-04-30T23:14:00.000-04:00

Not a surprising trend. Older students have a longer institutional memory. For instance: freshmen get here and they see late meal and they take it as it. '08 and '09 still remember that Frist used to offer late meal after breakfast. We also are probably more attached to the old U-Store than newer classes; we care more about grade deflation because it was newer and less established when we got here. We've also just had the experience of the administration consistently ignoring student concerns and failing to effect change. We've seen the failure of calendar reform...

I actually don't think the administration is doing a particularly terrible job, but I probably am significantly more cynical than your average freshman.

Post more about admissions. The Prince traditional...

2008-04-30T18:11:00.000-04:00

Post more about admissions. The Prince traditionally does a very poor job of covering admissions issues.

As a graduate student, this blog, like the Prince,...

2008-04-29T23:40:00.000-04:00

As a graduate student, this blog, like the Prince, has little relevance for me. But I did really enjoy the link to the story about the Dartmouth story about Priya Venkatesan. That was bizarre.

The first anonymous commentator should get his own...

2008-04-29T00:37:00.000-04:00

The first anonymous commentator should get his own facts straight before making snide remarks that are trivial and completely secondary to the actual events thsemselves. Little's free ride was sponsored not by the University but by an organization which doles out scholarships to low-income students. Stop nitpicking and see that we have a sad, classic case of abuse here.

Well Lillian, what we're really trying to do entai...

2008-04-28T19:01:00.000-04:00

Well Lillian, what we're really trying to do entails a long process, which ideally culminates in the full acceptance of LGBT people. Given that in this corner of the world the suffering of LGBT people is often more existential than physical (although LGBT people are and have been physically persecuted around the world), it seems that a symbolic show of solidarity is a potent tool in the long march towards that ultimate goal.

By being physically silent for the day, non-straight people and allies can not only call attention to the issue, but also show people living in silence that they have friends. Additionally, it shows intolerant people (dare I call them bigots?) that their views are not universally shared.

I agree with you that in the grand scheme of things, many shows of solidarity through depravation, especially things like the Oxfam dinner, are ultimately little more than self-indulgent token gestures. I don't agree with you that the Day of Silence is one of them.

I'm fairly certain that a class action lawsuit is ...

2008-04-28T18:30:00.000-04:00

I'm fairly certain that a class action lawsuit is not applicable to a class of defendants, only of plaintiffs.
But seriously, WTF??? On what grounds can she sue her students?