LIVEBLOG: Dean's Date, Fall 2018

4:56 PM - Cuyler HallHere's our way of saying goodbye to Dean's Date - with a tribute to the most liked egg in the world and Kylie Jenner:[embed]https://youtu.be/XSTSZEw-8W4[/embed]s/o to SK '20 for filming and helping end Dean's Date by cracking it up.-MG3:30 PM — A Liminal SpaceNORMAN DOORS: A MANIFESTOPart I: Doors and HumanityThe design theorist and cognitive scientist Don Norman begins his book The Design of Everyday Things by reflecting on his by-then well-known frustration with doors:If I were placed in the cockpit of a modern jet airliner, my inability to perform well would neither surprise nor bother me. But why should I have trouble with doors and light switches, water faucets and stoves? “Doors?” I can hear the reader saying. “You have trouble opening doors?” Yes. I push doors that are meant to be pulled, pull doors that should be pushed, and walk into doors that neither pull nor push, but slide. Moreover, I see others having the same troubles—unnecessary troubles.Tucked away in the Orange Bubble, we may be far from many troubles, both necessary and not, but we are not far from the phenomenon of what has come to be known as the “Norman Door”— push doors that look as if they should be pulled, sliding doors that look as if they should be pushed, any door whose form disguises its function. Many of us confront these puzzles every day on this campus. Approaching these liminal spaces with confidence, we are presented with a small “F You” each time our gentle pushes or pulls are met with resistance, as if the doors themselves are alive, tauntingly asking us to imagine the hours, days, weeks of free time that, if added up, our collective moments of frustration would amount to.In fact, Don Norman has been a touchstone for many thinkers who now ask us to reconsider what we mean by terms like “alive” or “agency”: they would argue that, in a sense, these doors are alive. If, as Harvard professor David Alworth describes Norman’s key insight, “the world is filled with information about how to interact with it,” does this not present a stern challenge to the notion that we act as entirely free, rational, discrete beings? This is the notion that political theorist Jane Bennett rejects in her seminal book Vibrant Matter, which calls for a renewed attentiveness to the nonhuman forces at play in nature and society. In this vein, philosopher Bruno Latour, another figure associated with the rise of New Materialism, suggests that agency is not concentrated in individuals but is distributed throughout networks comprised of both humans and things.Where are these doors on our campus? Like a lengthy chunk of Bourdieu, how do we deal with them? Why do they exist in the form that they do? Can we imagine a better world? What follows is an investigation of these questions — indeed, some of the most pressing of our time. Part II: Dunkin’ Donuts and DoorsThough perhaps not the most darkened doorway on campus, the mind-bogglingly unintuitive entrance to the Nassau Street Dunkin’ Donuts is sure to leave even the most sound of mind Princeton student a bit unhinged. In the absurdist style of late capitalist baroque, these doors so blindly prioritize their pursuit of “the brand” so as to entirely relegate their function. However lighthearted the “double D’s” that greet customers, they come at a steep price. As Dr. Norman himself wouldn’t hesitate to point out, if these handles surely are not “easily read.”These doors are emblazoned with the surest mark of a Norman Door: instructions. In fact this door bears not one “Push” sign, but two. And rightly so, since no one could be expected to intuit the correct use of this object.Any door that needs to be explained could never be called “user friendly.”We would also like to enter the conversation surrounding “Girl Scout Cookies Inspired Coffee Flavors,” as advertises in the window above the door in the photo above. Just today, the Girl Scouts of America announced a new cookie flavor to be released — the gluten-free nut-free Caramel Chip cookie. Will Dunkin’ Donuts accommodate celiacs nationwide? Do Girl Scouts find trouble maneuvering the misleading DD doors to taste how their cookies have been translated into beverage form?“Girls are always welcome to join Girl Scouts and if you're an adult wishing to be involved we welcome you too,” Rebecca Perkins said in an interview with local Wisconsin press. “We have an awesome volunteer group and love watching it grow because that's what gives the girls the best experience possible, so check out our website Girl Scout of Northwestern Great Lakes!”We demand that the misanthropes who designed Dunkin’ Donuts repent for their sins against humanity. Part III: Marquand and DoorsYou’re looking for a leisurely daytime date at the museum, or you’re getting ready to lock up your water bottle for a dry night of studying. In any case, you will  come face to face with this door. Take a closer look, however, to notice that the door is deeply set within its stunning frame, suggesting that “pushing” might actually make more sense. Wrong. “Push,” it commands. “Fine,” you mutter. JCW '19 was not so easy to comply. Museum-goers, who did not consent for this photo opportunity, were worried his skeptical hand would not understand this Norman Door. This photo was taken moments before he “pulled” and successfully made it inside.Although the door's directions are correct, directions point to design flaw (refer to Dunkin' Donuts chapter for further explanation). Got 'em. Part IV: A Call To Action and Doors This discussion does not begin, nor end, with us. Tumblr user, “normandoors,” has been tackling the cultural phenomenon for some amount of time. His blog operates as “a window into the door,” if you will. Submit your own Norman Door discovery photos — like this one at the Mercure Sheffield St. Paul’s Hotel and Spa, where hotel services include online check-in, parking, 100% non-smoking facilities, reception open 24 hours a day, dry cleaning/ laundry, beauty staton, and Wifi/ Internet Access. Every bedroom is in line with 4-star standards but some suites offer particularly inspiring views over the city, designed with panoramic windows so guests can enjoy and absorb every detail. Restrictions may apply. Use referral code UPCyeah! for 10% off.On behalf of the University Press Club, advocates, and correctly designed doors far and wide, we call upon the Daily Princetonian Opinion section to formally denounce all Norman Doors in an op-ed or editorial. As we all know, nothing incites action like a Prince op-ed. Headlines we suggest for this piece include: “Norman Doors: Fact or fiction,” “Norman Doors ruined my Ivy League education: Now What?” and “What Norman Doors reveal about Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential elections.” In these trying times, we might do good to recall the last of Marx’s theses on Feuerbach: philosophers have interpreted the world for long enough--now it is time to change it.          These are not necessarily Norman Doors. We just question their structural and emotional integrity. Disclaimer: President Christopher Eisgruber declined to comment for this story; we did not reach out.-JCW & FRB2:35 PM – Witherspoon BasementLast night, after being semi-productive (Yay!), yours truly attended the Rocky Breakfast for Dinner to reward myself for not procrastinating.Naturally, my initial plan to quickly grab food and depart was foiled. An episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine led to an in-depth discussion of Hulu.“I work during the ads,” JP ’22 said. Granted, the ads range from 30 to 90 seconds, so that might not be the most efficient idea.Yours truly, on the other hand, feels that Hulu’s ads provide perfect pauses for a well-deserved, but capped break after some amount of work.“Another one?” MH ’22 asks. KI ’22, the only one of the group with the majority of a paper to write, of course acquiesces.Pro tip: save your Hulu adventures for 2.5 hours from now. Almost there!-VP2:20 PM - The Web Back with another installment of "Safari through campus," a deep look into the minds of students 2.5 hours before Dean's Date. I asked people to check their most tabs on the Safari apps on their phones. Here is what we're thinking about: Mikhail Bakhtin and Waltern Benjamin: Experience and FormPotential breakup song lyrics Foucault's Wikipedia pageThe history of writing Wikipedia page9 strange side effects of pumpkin seedsBlack amex imagesCredit score monitoringKate Middleton isn't always camera ready (tough)Travel to PortugalMcKensize Bezos imagesTrack marks for shooting up heroin imagesGood scotch brandGender studies in post-soviet society90s outfitsKetogenic-diet-resources.com Scholarship thrives under time pressure. Keep it up, Princeton.-FRB 1:13 PM - TowerAnother person reported hearing the gong outside Dod this morning!DN '20 lives in Little but walks between Dod and Brown every day where she has regularly heard the gong."If I'm thinking about it, it never plays," she said. "It's always a surprise."She heard it at 9:30 this morning--whoever has the gong was playing it on Dean's Date. DN lived in Little last year, but she did not hear the sound until this fall.Until recently, she did know that anyone else had heard the gong--it never plays when she's walking by Dod with friends--and she started to think it was aimed at her."I thought it only rang for me for a while," DN said.-EDS12:16 PM - Firestone, C floorWere you so busy with papers last night that you missed The Bachelor?That's okay, because someone on Prospect was watching. Here's a reaction to the episode:https://twitter.com/TowerBachelors/status/1085005223633059840If you've been writing papers for all of Reading Period, you also might have missed last week's episode:https://twitter.com/TowerBachelors/status/1082486406692438019-EDS9:03 am - Little HallRise n' shine! If this five year old kid can make it through the show, you can finish your papers![embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUeockQWNtI[/embed]-ME8:24AM - Witherspoon... Hall... Good morning all ye hardworking Princetonians! Hope you're all looking fresh-faced for this 5PM deadline. Your correspondent, having gone to bed at 1AM, received an email at 2AM from a professor that has essentially changed what was supposed to be a chill day.Anyways, last night your correspondent made the devastating revelation that one of her neighbours has essentially left the light on non-stop for several days, if not weeks (and potentially months).Given the state of climate change,@all of you—please don't do this. Make sure your friends don't do it. Turning off the lights, especially in your own dorm room, is so easy, and just because we don't have to pay $$$ for electricity doesn't mean it's free!Anyhow, check out TigerEnergy—this app measures, in live time, energy usage across campus. Unsurprisingly, more electricity was being used throughout the wee hours of night and dawn last night / this morning than in the previous few days.Coincidence? Probably not.Res college wise, everyone's, uh, not doing so well. But Mathey truly takes the cake for most all-nighters (or irresponsible room owners) by at least 83.2% it seems.The Earth, in response:Self-care is important, we know, but planet-care is important too! Don't forget that JuSt BeCaUsE iT's DeAn's DaTe. (Did I use that meme correctly?)-JK4:32 AM - The Motherland"When they play national anthems at the Olympics, why aren't there any lyrics?" - IA '20Her current motivation: the Russian national anthem and the YouTube comments section. Here are some of our favorite comments, edited for readability:

"I made my hamster listen to this. Now he’s a bear."

"Thank you to older generation. They were way stronger and tougher in every way possible than today's kids."

"When I listen to this anthem, I feel proud to be Russian even though I’m not Russian! 😍😍"

"Even though I'm American, this is my favorite national anthem ever."

"This is the anthem you want to go into battle with."If you, too, want to go to battle (against your papers?), feel free to jam out with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOAtz8xWM0w-BWB3:57 AM - Palmer SquareIf you think you're losing it in the hours between now and 5 PM, take solace in this junior who posted accidentally posted this finsta on her rinsta: And got called out for it by her best friend in Australia.We're all rooting for you, ESY '20.-MG3:33 AM Rt. 206I learned a lot about how to dress for a run in sub 20 degree weather, and it’s not what you think. (Hint: you warm up). But you also cool down VERY quickly. Some parts quicker than others. So be sure to empty your bladder before you begin if you are also need tot stretch out those legs.My other takeaway is that long socks are good glove substitutes, so I will leave you with a video about how rubber gloves are made. CW: it is creepy-SMChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-uH0KmgU_o3:06 AM - Deep in the World Wide WebJeff Bezos, who is probably one of Princeton's most famous alumni, is now the latest casualty of a presidential tweet. In the aftermath, only one question remains: who was Jeff Bezos before he became Jeff Bozo?A deep dive in the Prince archives reveals only a sliver of information:1987: You could have worked for him.January 2004: Bezos pledges $8 million to help build Whitman College.  Of the building’s layout, Bezos said, “I do support Meg in the idea of having many singles. I’m sure juniors and seniors in the college will appreciate it.” Fun(?) fact: Bezos likes bay windows, which could have contributed to the large number of them in Whitman.May 2009: The University announces a pilot project to provide a select number of classes with Kindles as part of a sustainability initiative to conserve paper. But according to an article in the Daily Princetonian just a few weeks into the fall semester, students and faculty “found the Kindles disappointing and difficult to use.” Pilot participants were allowed to keep the e-readers for free upon completion of the course. The plan was good in theory — aside from the fact that it assumes that Princeton students finish their readings.December 2011: Bezos and his ex-wife donate $15 million to the Princeton Neuroscience Institute to establish the Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics. At Princeton, Bezos was an electrical engineering and computer science major, while MacKenzie was an English major with a certificate in creative writing. Bezos’ independent work focused on building a special purpose computer for high-speed calculations of DNA edit distances. During his free time, he spent countless hours working with the University’s Vax computers and playing pool and beer pong at Quad.Here are a few things you might have in common with Jeff:

1. He struggled with algebra at Princeton. This is when he decided he would never become a great theoretical physicist.
2. He can wash dishes after dinner.
3. He used to not read nutrition labels. (Actual fun fact: In the years leading up to Amazon's launch, Bezos ate an entire can of Pillsbury biscuits for breakfast each morning.)
4. He's not working on his Dean's Date assignments right now.

-BWB2:15 AM - Nassau StreetI bumped into JR delivering supplies to Qdoba. He was wondering where everyone is.Every Tuesday and Friday, he makes eight delivery stops in Princeton, Hillsborough, and Mercerville"I come to Princeton at this same time every week. Usually, there's just a million kids walking up and down, up and down at this time. They are out and about, coming from wherever. But nobody's here today, so I figured something was up."We wishes us the best of luck on our papers and looks forward to when we will be back to walking up and down Nassau. Please say hello if you ever see him!-SMC1:52 AM - 48 Uni, but really drifting between the Press Clause and Takings ClauseExcalibur! The sledgehammer of truth protects everything on this blog.I've reached that point of the night (the week?) where nothing productive will come of further work.But someone in the marching band made a cool game:https://twitter.com/PrincetonUBand/status/1084892551012859904-EDS1:19 AM - (Still) Rocky D-HallCourtesy of ihasabucket.com-MG12:45 AM - Rocky D-HallSpeaking of the Holder Howl, here it is:[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiBr0n9e51Y&feature=youtu.be[/embed]"I was disappointed that there wasn't anyone streaking this year." - MM '20-MG12:05 AM - Hargadon HallThis past hour, I walked through six laundry rooms looking for a put together student to ask for advice about how to be put together enough to do laundry on Dean’s Date. Perhaps they are out there, but I did not find any. All the machines were silent. And empty. Just as I settle down to work, THS’ 21 yells at me to take off my headphones. “Do you hear that?”“Yeah, that’s the Holder Howl.”“The what???”“The Holder Howl. A bunch of people screaming in the Holder Courtyard.”“I kind of want to engage in that.”*She proceeds to let out a long deafening screech right then and there, to my dismay*Maybe I should check the laundry rooms again. -SMC12:01 AM - 48 UniCheck it out: http://isitdeansdate.com/Tick, tock.From experience, Dean's Date gets less from now until 5PM. For better or worse, that's not too far away.-EDS11:54 PM - Witherspoon Hall (I promise I have left this room)

Your correspondent made the trek to two separate establishments in order to obtain some free late-night Dean’s Date fuel. However, she was successful at neither, having arrived at Campus Club to find that crepes had run out—oh crepe!—and later arriving at the Rocky-Mathey Dining Hall 3 minutes after the 'Breakfast for Dinner' event had ended. Cereal-sly?

There were other students who were similarly disappointed—some for the same reasons, others for, well, others.

JHN ’21 arrived at Campus Club having already chosen which crepe she wanted to consume on this Dean's Date Eve. Upon realizing that the crepes had gone long before she arrived, she resigned herself to eating “sauce on bread” and muttered: “Princeton has let me down… yet again.”

LS ’21 had ten pages to write by the time he found himself munching on some Papa John’s pizza at Campus Club. When asked how he was feeling, he simply responded: “I’m trying not to feel.”

CW ’21 recounted a special anecdote about missing the deadline for one of his assignments, and requested your correspondent not to reveal the name of the course lest his classmates find out. He told them he’d submitted his work on time.

With breakfast for dinner in the dining halls over, look to the U-Store, WaWa, or the Campus Club in case they have more pizza. According to the Facebook event, food will last until 1AM. Bon appétit! 

-JK11:44 PM - 48 UniHave you heard an unexpected, loud noise coming out of Dod Hall at random intervals this year? Could it be a gong?"Ask not for who the gong gongs," said ZB '20, a literary-minded and procrastination-addicted resident of Dod. "It gongs for you."Since the beginning of the year, he and his roommates have heard what sounds strangely like a gong from somewhere in the building. In recent months, they have found a number of other people who have heard the same sound, always in the southern part of Dod or the northern part of Brown."Some people think it's the boiler room, but that's horseshit," ZB said.ZB and co. have made halfhearted attempts to locate the source of the noise (to no avail), but they have created a persona: Gong Bob. Gong Bob is described as a free-spirited student, who wants to put some flavor in his Princeton experience—something that many of us would also envy tonight.-EDS11:18 PM - Rockefeller CollegeIt's time for a foodie appreciation post.As I'm munching on the late-night breakfast from Rocky, here's a quick trip through a few of the best restaurants in the world and their mind-blowing dishes:

• Chef Alex Atala of São Paulo spends his free time trekking through the Amazon and putting Brazilian gastronomy on the map. His main restaurant, D.O.M, uses ingredients ranging from Amazonian ants to tapioca. Here's Vieira com leite de coco e castanha do Pará: chilled scallop, coconut milk, shaved Brazil nut, dried mango.

 

• If there's one restaurant I'd be willing to walk half way across the world for, it's Gaggan in Bangkok, Thailand. Here, you might be surprised to find that the best Indian food in the world isn't in India. Superstar chef Gaggan Anand, originally from Kolkata, India, is shaking the relatively conservative Indian culinary world by creating stylistically progressive dishes such as Daab Chingri - a dish of two large prawns, sitting on a bed of coconut mousse and shredded tender coconut, topped with a silver leaf:

 

• If you've watched Master of None or ventured anywhere near Chef's Table, you'll have heard of Italian masterchef Massimo Bottura and his restaurant in Modena, Italy (currently ranked #1 in the world by World's 50 Best). One of Bottura's feature dishes is Beautiful Psychedlic Veal, Not Flame-Grilled. It features oak-wood, ash-crusted beef marinated in milk with splashes of color that features arugula, beetroot, orange and red wine reduced veal jus:

 -MG10:10 PM – Firestone LibraryWheeling around a red cart, Rabbi Ariel Fisher, older brother of GSF ’17, strolled into Firestone Library to spread joy on Dean’s Date. The smell of freshly baked cookies and brownies attracted nearby wanderers.Then, the main event began.The Princeton University marching band, making their annual Dean’s Date campus tour, tooted their horns on the way through Firestone Library. Launching into an upbeat rendition of “Shut up and Dance”, the band gathered in the Firestone Lobby and played for about five minutes.[embed]https://youtu.be/7cEb_uXVwDc[/embed]The hardworking Firestone occupants ventured from their hidey-holes to experience a very short study break and appreciate the music. Rabbi Fisher remained a popular stop during the band’s performance. Hopefully the extra sugar provides some much-needed sustenance to the lucky students who snagged a pastry.Moments after the applause for the band concluded, the library lobby was once again deserted. One student only had time to give me an A-Ok sign before he returned to his toil.Ty Ger, on the other hand, rapidly captured a response from “an overly excited frosh about to get hit with a sub-2.0 GPA”.-VP 9:53 pm - Firestone, B floorIf you still have more pages to write than there are hours before the deadline, don't worry, because you're not alone."I've never had a Dean's Date where I've turned everything in on time," RP '20 said in a Firestone cubicle. This is his fifth Dean's Date, and he has 35 pages left.The longest assignment to complete was a 20-page psych paper, which he had already brainstormed for 12 hours today before he finally arrived at a thesis. He was starting to work in theory, but it wasn't going too well."I've started progressively turning off the lights in my booth instead of working," RP said.-EDS9:34 pm - Little HallMy Amazon cart is full, but there's one thing missing.

Amazon Prime, for some reason, won’t ship Cinnamon Toast Crunch to Princeton. There are a few sizes available, but I want the Giant Size. It’s bigger than the family size, and it's probably a few times bigger than the ones they sell at the U-Store. None of the sizes can be shipped to this cursed zip code. I'm crushed.

Is this a warning sign? A conspiracy orchestrated by Bezos to deny me of my fix? Am I eating too much cereal?

Like any other sane person, I googled it and found this.

The fact that I’m not as addicted as Wil Fulton is a small solace. I guess I’ll have to settle for cornflakes.

-ME

8:58 pm - Frist Campus Center

It's that time of night. The Princeton Band stormed Frist, their orange jackets and loud trumpets causing stressed out paper-writers to look up from their screens.

“TEQUILA!” they yelled.

“Tequila,” said the girl next to me, wistfully. “That’s what I need right now. Tequila…and pancakes.”

-ME

8:53PM - Witherspoon Hall (again)It truly is an exciting day for BuzzFeed finds. Upon clicking on the mysterious hyperlinked username 'clarelenihan,' your correspondent stumbled across several other quizzes all created within the past three days.Coincidence? You decide.Knock yourselves out:'Answer These 5 Questions And We'll Tell You How Your Dean's Date Ends': https://www.buzzfeed.com/clarelenihan/answer-these-5-questions-and-well-tell-you-you-ho-2qejx'Take This Quiz And Find What Princeton Library You Are!': https://www.buzzfeed.com/clarelenihan/take-this-quiz-and-find-what-princeton-library-you-2qejx -JK8:46PM - Witherspoon Hall

Have you ever wondered which Princeton dining hall you are? Well, now you can find out with a simple quiz from ‘clarelenihan’ (presumably Clare Lenihan ’21) who has created an extensive Community quiz on BuzzFeed to resolve the identity crisis you’ve always had but were too scared to talk about.

“I am procrastinating studying for finals by making this quiz. Pls take it,” reads the caption to the quiz.

In an act of solidarity, your correspondent answered six prompts with agonizing honesty—and some imagination, given that your correspondent has, uh, never watched a Vine video and, uh, has never consumed any of the suggested Late Meal snacks as Late Meal snacks.

In any case, the result was “Whitman”—eerily true, because your correspondent is indeed a homebody (hence why she is holed up in a dorm room on this hallowed Dean's Date eve) and always talks to Dave when swiping in.

Did you know? Dining halls are the horoscopes of the future.

Take the quiz here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/clarelenihan/which-princeton-dining-hall-are-you-2qejx?fbclid=IwAR1NKLds2AFP726WidbFhVJOHC3loarS_56GvDYMnF_02CYcTTJPZFjEadY

-JK

8:25 PM - Small World

1. Going to China this intercession? Try Sunbucks:
2. Or Bucksstar….                                         
3. Or USABucks if you’re really missing home:                                   
4. If you’ll be in LA, don’t miss out on Dumb Starbucks Coffee:
5. And Check out Sattar Bush in Karachi:
6. And don’t forget this Starbox in Iran:    
7. Careful! You won’t find any coffee here:                           
8. Or here:                                                         

Happy sipping!-SMC8:01 PM - Firestone, B floorPapers are not due for 21 hours, but some are already turning to performance enhancers to finish by the deadline.Someone was already snorting a white powder in the Firestone bathroom, according to WG '20."Is it a Saturday night at Ivy or a Dean's Date on the B level?" WG wondered.-EDS7:57 PM - Jadwin A10One of the nine massive blackboards at the front of the room slowly floats upward for the fourth time in two minutes."Why is this board standing up? This classroom is haunted."The students scattered around the hall chuckle dryly as their attention is drawn away from the absolutely riveting math problems.The TA attempts to explain, prompting more laughter: “I think the board is warped and it’s creating an uneven force on the grid.”The board rises up again in the background.The math gods appear to be unhappy with all the focus on papers.-VP6:51 PM - United Methodist Church on Nassau St.HIGHLY recommend you check out theuselessweb.com: You have absolutely no idea where you'll end up. For example, I ended up here: Which took me here:Which led me to ask: Why are 109 people looking at inflatable unicorn horns for cats? Is there some sort of cat-unicorn party I'm not being invited to?These are the questions you need to ask yourself this Dean's Date Eve.So TLDR: visit theuselessweb.com-MG5:53 PM - Outside the d-hallWill the burger and fries that I am about to stress-eat for dinner help me work faster?According to the Harvard Medical School, absolutely not.They list the five "best brain foods":

1. Green, leafy vegetables
2. Fatty fish
3. Berries
4. Tea/coffee
5. Walnuts

-EDS5:37pm - Frist Campus Center

Tag Yourself: Dean’s Date Edition

Are you…

a) The girl doing yoga on the floor in Firestone

b) The stressed out sophomore with her nose deep in a book aptly named “Embracing Defeat”

c) The guy throwing away five empty bottles of Snapple and looking around to see if anyone saw him

Dean’s Date makes the best of us go a little crazy - hang in there!

-ME

 5:00 PM - B-floor cubicle in FirestoneAlmost exactly 50 years ago, the Prince reported that philosophy majors had gone on strike, so their department would not be able to give them grades:The students' strategy to go on strike? Turn in papers without signing the Honor Code.There was probably some higher purpose behind the protest, but that's not important right now. Papers are due in exactly 24 hours, the clock is ticking, and the University Press Club is here to provide jokes, advice, and empathy. Keep checking back, and let us know if you find a way to delay all this work.-EDS