In 1865, Princeton upperclassmen declared that freshmen at the school were no longer allowed to carry canes on campus. This class-wide hazing ultimately led to a physical altercation on Nassau Street between a group of freshmen and sophomores when the latter attempted to “enforce” the rule.

Since that historic brawl, representatives of the fre...

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Meet Robby the Wonder Bot, a candy-vending machine that sits comfortably in the lower levels of Columbia’s legendary Hamilton Hall.

Apparently, poor Robby is riddled with bugs and technical malfunctions that cause the candy to get stuck and – on occasion – the coils to come loose and fall off.

As a result of these quirks, a group of Columbia...

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