As we venture into the third week of the spring semester, students have finally settled on their classes, their weekly routines, and the most efficient shortcuts through the cold winter weather. Some…

This semester, I have taken to running outside a lot. And I have found that the Princeton area offers many gorgeous paths that both inspire you to run and also pause to let the breathtaking beauty…

Every year, since before I can remember, my parents obsessively watch the Chinese New Year Gala (春节联欢晚会). As a child, I welcomed it, as it gave me an excuse to sit on the couch and watch TV for hours…

Image On New Year's Day 2015, at the height of the Antarctic summer, a helium-filled balloon rose into the air…

Many of you may recall my mentioning that I serve as a student tour guide at the Princeton University Art Museum. I may not have mentioned, though, that I have zero art history background outside of…

Being the aged and nostalgic blogger that I am, I was recently reflecting on my past posts. I realized I've written about many, many fun things I've experienced since starting…

I share a double in Pyne Hall with my wonderful roommate Colleen. Image Every fall, Colleen and I go crazy…

1. Get interested in visual artsGo to museums. New York and Philly are just a train ride away, and the Princeton University Art Museum has an amazing collection in its own right. Take a couple…

Over the years, I’ve had so many people ask me what it’s like to be at Princeton. That’s a huge question, and a terribly complex one, but oftentimes it’s followed up with things like: “Is…

Here we are, a few weeks into the spring semester. Each semester has a rhythm of its own, and it always takes a few weeks to figure out how to dance to the new beat. I love this time because classes…

Image It’s a bit strange, being a Canadian at Princeton. While American culture is in many ways congruent with…

Earlier this month, I stood in front of Frist Campus Center, crying. On any other day I would have been embarrassed. Passersby probably would have been humiliated for me. But on that day, shortly…

Last Tuesday, I turned in my Junior Paper (colloquially known as a JP)—a semester’s worth of work compiled into a 24-page document. You’d think after I pressed submit that all the weight…

Looking for a candidate who enjoys hiking and camping for weeks on end (showers are monthly), who can carry tens of pounds of rocks, and who can cook a dinner resulting in leftovers that are the best…

Less than half a mile south of Princeton’s campus lies the Delaware and Raritan Canal. Stretching dozens of miles through central New Jersey, it serves as an area of respite from the bustle of…

Since I'm a senior this year, I'm spending a lot of time working on a thesis. The exact form of the thesis and the time frame in which students complete it vary a lot between departments,…

Last spring semester, I attended an information session put on by Princeton’s Fellowship Advising about the Rhodes Scholarship. The session described Oxford as a good place for postgraduate study,…

I ended last post about classes with a little illustration of studious note-taking.  Image…

I love languages, and I even went on a Global Seminar through Princeton to Geneva to study how communities respond to linguistic diversity. One of the most surprising pockets of linguistic diversity…

I never realized sticking so staunchly to my major would compel me so strongly to go outside of the box. I can sometimes be a one-track kind of person, and as such every semester I’ve taken a…

One thing I love about Princeton’s campus is its proximity to Nassau Street. Nassau Street is just outside of FitzRandolph Gate, the University’s main gate, and it’s speckled with cute shops and…

The bright hours of a given day is the time when fears are abated, work is done and things illuminated.  Light is the metaphor for intelligibility, knowing and comprehension, though too much…

“As I wandered in this place with fearful wonderment, I said to myself  ‘No human being appears to the eager sight, no forest or woodland creature, no beast, wild or tame, no rustic house or…

To be called “coach” is an opportunity and an even bigger responsibility. The basketball court is my classroom, our student-athletes the front line. They are the ones playing with Princeton across…

The buzzer sounded, and I jumped in the air as my teammates rushed the court. We had just defeated Green Bay for the first NCAA tournament win in the history of our program. A sea of orange clad…