Princeton University Dining Is Scrumptious & Award Winning …. but that wasn’t always the case! :)
Today, Princeton is known for it’s wide variety of high quality foods offered to staff, faculty and students. (No really, they’ve won all sorts of sustainability awards for moving to majority plant based meals, reduction of packaging, vendor selections and all sorts of categories.) For residents, we’re especially grateful for the School Garden Project, where…
November 19, 2020
In 1880, billiards were outlawed within 3 miles of Nassau Hall?
TRUE! Because the green tables were considered too much a temptation for gambling, billiards were outlawed in the State of New Jersey! The tigers responded in two ways! The famous Eating Clubs, which are private clubs for the students and alumni, started reserving single rooms as billiard rooms. If you are EVER invited into a…
November 19, 2020
Wait … Thomas Edison never attended high school but has a degree from Princeton?
TRUE! Thomas Alva Edison, one of the most famous and influential inventors to walk the earth, never attended high school or college but was awarded an honorary degree from Princeton in 1915! Did you know Edison proposed to his wife in Morse Code? TRUE! (Biographies state that he would say “I love you” throughout…
October 19, 2020