Claude Monet and Andy Warhol
Over intersession this year, I spent five days with artists Claude Monet and Andy Warhol, and the mosaics from Antioch on the Orontes, an ancient Greco-Roman city, to complete training to…
Late to Class
Today, I was late for class: I couldn’t find my second glove, I forgot my computer charger and had to run back to my room to get it, the printer was broken so I had to find another, and it started to…
Winter Break
To an onlooker, it must have looked like I was auditioning for a Life Alert commercial — “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” With a sickening crack, my right foot twisted beneath me, sending…
Open Letter to Princeton Class of 2021
Dear Princeton Class of 2021, Congratulations and WELCOME to Princeton! Get excited. Your next four years at this University will be characterized by opportunity, diversity and…
Club Spotlight: Cheese and Bad Movies
Princeton University boasts nearly 300 student organizations, meaning that there is something for everyone. If poetry was your thing in high school, there’s a poetry and spoken word club…
The Nassau Herald
One of my favorite moments every year in high school was receiving my yearbook and flipping through the pages, remembering all of the fun moments from the year. There was the first Friday celebration…
Liberty, Technology and Spring Break in Berlin
Over spring break, I traveled to Berlin, Germany, to attend my first conference, ever: The Princeton-Fung Global Forum! Image…
The Pursuit of Passion
Last spring, midway through the second lecture of an introductory molecular biology course, I found myself fighting in vain to stifle a smile.No, I had not just been struck by the sudden…
Engineering + Art = Transformations
This semester, I’m enrolled in "Science and Technology Council (STC) 209: Transformations in Engineering and the Arts," and it might be my favorite class I’ve taken at Princeton.The…
What's It Like Being a COS Major?
To answer the most frequently asked question I get from prospective students: It's super cool! Image Basically,…
Bridge Year in Bolivia
Cochabamba is a city in Bolivia known for its water. Ever since the 2001 Water War, the struggle for fair access to water enveloped the city in a brutal back and forth between national police and…
Academic Playground
I like to refer to Princeton as “an academic playground.” Within the confines of the “Orange Bubble,” my responsibilities and obligations are largely limited to my academics and extracurricular…
Just Want to Have Fun
Often times on my Orange Key tours, visitors question me about what Princeton students do for fun. “You don’t study all day, do you?” they ask. To this I laugh and respond that while we do study, we…
Communiversity, TruckFest and Dodgeball
Every year in April the Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton undergraduates and the local Princeton community come together to host Communiversity ArtsFest. This event features more than 200…
Intellectual Roots
I owe my intellectual curiosity to my parents, who patiently waited as I waded through books in the now-defunct Borders bookstore that I considered my own. I owe my intellectual curiosity…
¡Dar gracias!
Sin duda, el Día de Acción de Gracias es mi fiesta favorita. Implica calabazas, otoño, hojas crujientes, y tiempo con la familia. Además de todo esto, me encanta este día porque es el mejor momento…
Our Favorite Classes
Dear Prospective Students,This week, I asked my fellow bloggers to share their favorite classes that they've taken at Princeton, and reading through their responses, I was reminded by the huge…
A Community Like No Other
“Hi, I’m sorry to bother you, but I saw your ‘Princeton Dad’ shirt and I just had to ask, do you currently have a student at Princeton?” This was how I started a conversation with a total stranger…
A Reflection on Study Abroad
If you had told me my first year that I would choose to study abroad, I would have thought you were crazy. Why on earth would I want to leave a place like Princeton? After all, hadn’t I worked…
Bem-vindo a Lisboa!
The school year is finally over and that means it's time for students to disperse and do myriad activities for the summer. Some go home and visit family, some may actually go and take more classes…
Sophomoric
While the first year at Princeton, for most, is characterized by exploration (and, understandably, confusion, disorientation and hyperactivity), sophomore year at Princeton revolves around decision.…
One for the Books
Most children’s first word is “mama”; mine was “book.” In preschool, as other kids scampered around Toys "R" Us, I devoured the shelves of Barnes & Noble. Some go weak in the knees at the scent…
You May Say I'm A Dreamer
For the past three years, I’ve kept the same slip of paper pinned to the bulletin board in my dorm room. It reads:“I think guitar groups are becoming passé.” – Record Company Executive in his…
Service at Princeton
Princeton's informal motto is "Princeton in the Nation's Service and the Service of Humanity." Revised last year to unite part of former President Woodrow Wilson’s “In the Nation’s Service” speech…
Jewish High Holidays at Princeton
When I first came to Princeton, I was nervous about how I would be able to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. During high school, I had always taken the days off from school and attended…