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Guest library and Princeton's eating clubs.
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48:09 - 50:07 (01:58)

The speaker talks about their time working at the guest library in the East Asian Studies Department and discovering sketches from Jim Lee, one of their comic book heroes, who had previously worked there too. They also mention the odd tradition of eating clubs at Princeton.

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