Professors Crack Down on Laptops in Class

Midway though my ENG205 lecture yesterday, Professor Arnold gave one student (among the dozens or so using laptops) a stern look and said, “can you please close your computer for me?” Perplexed, the student complied as the other laptop users tried to figure out if Arnold had x-ray vision that could detect an open facebook window, if the student’s vacant facial expression toward Edmund Spenser was a giveaway, or if that day's Prince article was starting, rather than reporting, this trend in laptop policing.

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Nothing ever happens in Princeton, or, the time the Prince covered suckling pigs

A short and sweet summary of one of today's Prince news articles, "Whitman celebrates College Night with suckling pigs":

Whitman's Tuesday night College Night dinners serve suckling pigs, sometimes with accessories.

Some people are offended.
Some people are not offended.

We appreciate the quotes though.

Offended!

Vegetarian Whitmanite Katie Rodriguez ’11 said she was “appalled” that the Whitman College Night dinners were “centered around an animal product.”

Not offended

Vegetarian Niklas Peters ’11, however, said the pig did not upset him. “The first time I saw it, I wasn’t shocked like I thought it was offensive. I was shocked like I thought, ‘That dead pig has glasses on,’ ” he explained. “It was a very surprising thing.”

Offended!

PAWS member Maya Goodwin ’12, however, said she was not amused by the dining staff’s decision to accessorize the pigs.

“I just don’t think that’s funny. I don’t know who thinks it’s funny. Do you think it’s funny?” she said of the pig sporting sunglasses.

Not offended

Roast suckling pig was already a familiar dish for Mark Lock ’11. “I’m Chinese, so that’s not something that’s foreign to me,” he said of the pig at Whitman. “I think it was cool.”

(image source: dailyprincetonian.com)

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