Loading ...If you’re in a first serious relationship like I am, there are a lot of questions and doubts swirling around. Part of you wants to hold back emotionally because, after all, this is the first time, and it’s rare to strike gold the first time you go digging. But you are so happy […]
Author Archives: Blair H. - Princeton University
Feeling Mannish in the Winter?
December 2, 2008 - 2:00 pm
Ah, fall. With its gorgeous colors, crisp air and back-to-school excitement, it’s undoubtedly my favorite season. The only problem with fall is that it leads into my least favorite season, winter. Being a New England gal, I’ve begrudgingly grown used to braving heavy snow and freezing temperatures, but there’s something else about […]
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Comments (1) On Chesil Beach: What NOT To Do Your First Time
November 4, 2008 - 2:30 pm
I just read the beautifully written (but also mortifying) novella by Ian McKewan, On Chesil Beach. It’s a lovely little book, with well-drawn characters, but I think the main reason it’s been pretty famous this year is because of its infamous sex scene, a scene in which two inexperienced virgins get just about everything […]
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Comments (0) Having It Too Easy as a Girl
October 18, 2008 - 2:30 pm
I tend to think the best of people. Overall, I think strangers are more friendly more often than they’re not, and if you give them a smile, you’ll get one back. I tend to think that with most store employees and the lot, if you’re friendly, they’ll be friendly and helpful in return. […]
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Comments (0) Freshmen: Trying Too Hard
October 9, 2008 - 10:00 am
It’s true that upperclassmen tend to look down their noses at freshmen, particularly early in the year when they’re wet behind the ears and stumbling wide-eyed around campus. We’re not laughing at you because you’re lost, though, or because you brought a ridiculously huge couch for your 90-square-foot room. No, sophomores, juniors, seniors, […]
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Comments (0) Join Me in Rocking the Vote for the First Time
October 6, 2008 - 10:00 am
It’s been a while since a turned 18 and became legal, but I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I have never cast a vote — not for a local, state, or national election. My first opportunity to vote was the midterm elections in 2006, and I just wasn’t informed enough about the House […]
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Comments (4) Don’t Let Slacker Guilt Bring You Down
September 19, 2008 - 10:00 am
As a creative writing major, I’m extremely lucky to have parents who didn’t scoff at getting the arty side of a liberal arts education. My parents are voracious readers who have a high level of respect for the arts, and as a result they can be happy for me, even when my class schedule […]
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Comments (2) The Single (Dormroom) Life
September 13, 2008 - 10:30 am
Part of the excitement of moving up to college is meeting that awesome roommate and becoming BFF for life: you party together, study together, laugh together…stand up at each other’s weddings and throw each other baby showers down the road. It happens for some people.
And it couldn’t be further from reality for many others, which […]
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