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Volume 41, Number 7 In Print since 1979 April 14, 2019 Online at nassauweekly.com The Nassau Weekly Nassau Weekly alumni. alumni. Weekly Nassau in print by showcasing the reflections of reflections the showcasing in print by This week, the Nass celebrates 40 years 40 years celebrates Nass the This week, 2 April 14, 2019 Celebrating 40 Years Masthead Editor-in-Chief Serena Alagappan Dear Readers, It’s hard to believe the Nassau Weekly has been in print for 40 Publisher years. Caroline Castleman An Interview With Nass Co-Founder, Robert Faggen ‘82 But to make progress in print journalism over four decades 4 By Katie Duggan comes at a cost, which is why we need your help to keep the Nass Managing Editors in print. Faith Emba My Recollections of the Founding of Nassau Weekly As print ads become a tougher sell -- on campus and beyond Tess Solomon 5 Andrew C. Rose ‘82 -- we’ve found that despite our business team’s best efforts, we continually struggle to come up with the funding we need to put Design Editor Nassau’s Birth the Nass in print on a weekly cycle. In recent years, we have been Young Kyung Grace Lee 6 By Marc Fisher ‘81 immensely grateful to have been funded by WPRB 103.3 FM, op- erated by the Princeton Broadcasting Service. WPRB has been in- Assistant Design Editor One of the first Nass writers, on the importance of the credibly supportive of our content and our commitment to remain Mika Hyman 7 paper and its unique vision at Princeton. in print in an increasingly online-only journalistic landscape. Alexander Wolff ‘80 The print issue of the Nass is extremely important to many Senior Editors who have worked on the paper in the past, and especially those Tom Hoopes Sold on the Nass who have been involved with layout and design. While a move to Alex Jacobson Donnica Moore ‘81 online-only publication would eliminate the bulk of our expenses, Michael Milam it would deem unimportant the weekly labor of love that puts the An exhortation to “make something out of nothing” treasured words of our writers into a tangible, beautiful form every Junior Editors Jayme Koszyn ‘81 Sunday morning. The thrill of opening up the issue and seeing your Sarah Deneher own work featured in the center spread, or awarded the prime real Joshua Judd Porter The First Days of the Nassau Weekly estate of page 20, would be lost without a print issue. The cam- Juju Lane 8 By Richard Brody ‘80 pus-wide flipping of the cover page to get to the freshly printed Pat MacDonald Verbatims, or the breakfast-table conversations around the newest Violet Marmur Early Days of the Nass crossword, would happen behind individual screens. Of course, Tara Shirazi 9 By Davis Galef ‘81 the Nass’s online form -- and the work of our wonderful web team -- is something we take pride in as well, but we believe strongly Art Directors A reflection by Todd Purdum ‘82 that print and web components should exist side by side, com- Alice Maiden Todd Purdum ‘82 plementing each other in the celebration of the words and artwork Nora Wildberg we publish each week. The Compugraphic EditWriter 7500 This year, we are asking for your help in restating our com- Copy Editors 14 By Scott Oran ‘83 mitment to print journalism. To operate at a yearly loss, straining Max McGougan WPRB’s budget, is not sustainable, nor is it realistic to sell print ads Michael Yeung Remarks by the designers of the satiric science fiction at the same rate as our founders did in 1979. With our first-ever Andrew White 15 comic strip of the Nass in 1979 fundraising drive, we want to help WPRB help us, and keep the By James Goldin ‘80 and Don Storm ‘80 Nass free and in print for decades to come. Events Editor We thank you for your continued engagement with the Nass Mia Salas Secretly Sexy: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? and your support as we celebrate four decades of this amazing 16 A Follow-Up Top Forty List, 15 Years Later publication. During our month-long 40th anniversary drive, run- Business Manager Rachel Lyon ‘05 and Adam Nemett ‘04 ning now through May 10, we encourage you to make a tax-de- Lauren Johnston ductible donation by visiting the “Donate” tab on our website, Reflections on the Nass by the 2013 Editor-in-Chief nassauweekly.com. An extended version of this special anniver- Web Editor 18 Giri Nathan ‘13 sary issue is online as well. Stay tuned for our Reunions 2019 event Richard Yang schedule! Nass Memories All the best, Historian 20 Susannah Sharpless ‘15 Caroline Castleman, Publisher Dylan Fox Serena Alagappan, Editor-in-Chief Cover Social Chair Attribution First cover of the Nassau Weekly Anika Khakoo Volume 41, Number 7 3 Mon 4:00p Robertson Hall 7:00p East Pyne Fri 3:00p Ellie’s Studio 7:30p Richardson This “How Democracies Die” Taiwanese American Hearst Choreographer-in- St. John’s Passion with Week: Lecture with Steven Students Association Residence Conversations: the English Concert and Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt annual Night Market Karen Sherman Glee Club Tues 4:30p Louis Simpson 7:30p Garden Theatre, Sat 10:00a Lewis Library 2:00p University Chapel “The Most Dangerous Screening of “We Are the Intercollegiate Literary Memorial Service for Place?” The USA and South Best!” Conference: The Mind Professor Uwe Reinhardt Asia in the 20th C. on the Page Wed 14:30p Wallace Theatre 5:00p Robertson Hall Sun 12:00p 300 Wallace Hall 4:00p Taplin Auditorium Poet Jane Hirshfield ’73 Reception to Celebrate U.S. Engagement on A Masterclass with David and writer Walter Mosley the Naming of the Climate Change: Past, Finckel, Cello read Arthur Lewis Auditorium Present, and Future Thurs 7:00p Art Museum 7:30p Taplin Auditorium Got Email Mia Salas at For advertisements, “Inspiration Night: Concert with the English Events? [email protected] contact Lauren Johnston Migrations” hosted by Concert and members of with your event and why at [email protected]. the SAB Early Music Princeton it should be featured. Verbatim: Overheard in Firestone Overheard in Stone Overheard in Frist Overheard in Small World Woke Bridge Year History major with JP draft Freshman washed-up girl: Basic B: I’m dropping A’s Senior: This shirt is kinda due in several hours: I just Yeah, I mean, I know he does appropriative but I’m out of thought of something to do Liars’ club, but he’s a good Overheard on R Train clean laundry. to procrastinate, but then I guy! 5 year old WASP: Being forgot it. scammed is a preference. Overheard in McDonnell Overheard in Witherspoon NES major: yo, fuck the Overheard in New York Emphatic Brooklynite: You Overheard in McDonnell middle east tho… Gay male: I’m only friends just can’t be Republican on Scientifically-minded premed: with girls on birth control. the subway. I don’t trust polls anymore. Overheard in McDonnell They’ve never asked me. Have Premed, on chem professor: Overheard in Wu Overheard on Ivy patio you ever heard of anyone asked He’s like, actively decomposing. Freshman girl, Junior: I just wanted to take a poll? accusatorially: Do *you* like chocolate sauce and sprinkles Overheard in the darkroom Maria Garlock’s aura? and fuck up her whole life. Overheard in Firestone Freshman girl: What would carrels: the girl version of your name Overheard in an Uber Overheard at Terrace [In Harsh whispers] Doing LSD be? Daniela? Terrace shaman talking Terrace senior, talking is NOT a personality trait! Boyfriend: Uhh I don’t know, about minimalism: It’s all about modern concubines: that’s kinda slutty. about getting rid of things Indentured servitude is that aren’t actually necessary coming back into style. Overheard in the Art in your life. Museum Other Terrace shaman: What Overheard in Stone Nass Editor In Chief: Is there about a pasta maker? English Major: That argument a wholesome phrase with Terrace shaman #1: No -- fucked me; the thrust of it was Submit to Verbatim “ass” in it? that’s necessary. so powerful. Email [email protected] About Nassau Weekly is Princeton University’s weekly newsmaga- Read us: nassauweekly.com us: zine and features news, op-eds, reviews, fiction, poetry and art submitted by students. Nassau Weekly is part of Princeton Contact [email protected] Broadcasting Service, the student-run operator of WPRB us: Instagram & Twitter: @nassauweekly FM, the oldest college FM station in the country. There is no formal membership of the Nassau Weekly and all are encour- Join us: We meet on Mondays at 5pm in Frist 212 and aged to attend meetings and submit their writing and art. Thursdays at 5pm in Bloomberg 044 4 April 14, 2019 PAGE DESIGN BY GRACE LEE Interview with Learning about the origins of the Nassau Weekly and how its first writers carved out a new journalistic space on campus in 1979. Nass Co-founder By KATIE DUGGAN atie Duggan: So can you just tell me a bit more about the Kcircumstances of founding Robert Faggen ‘82 the Nassau Weekly? Robert Faggen: Sure. I had been writing for the Princetonian, and I found that to be a little bit of a straitjacket. It was just very con- fined in the kinds of articles and journalism that you could do. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t that in- teresting. And I was friends with people in the Press Club -- Marc Fisher [‘80], who introduced me to Alex Wolff [‘79] and David Remnick [‘81].