Yesterday’s unsigned editorials endorsing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for their respective parties’ nominations for President marked the first editorial decisions written under the 132nd managing board. Our readers may wonder how the Editorial Board arrives at its positions. We would like to take the opportunity to introduce ourselves and invite students to apply to become members of the Editorial Board.
The board’s membership is diverse, allowing its discussions to be informed by many perspectives and ways of thinking. We come to Princeton from across the United States and abroad, major in a variety of departments and participate in a host of extracurricular activities. The common feature of our members is a commitment to being engaged in the life of the University and to articulating our opinions regarding issues about which we care deeply.
The Editorial Board was created five years ago to be the opinionated voice of the ‘Prince’ on issues affecting students, faculty and staff at the University. To insure our independence, we are responsible only to the Executive Editor for Opinion and the Editor-in-Chief. No other member of the ‘Prince’ staff is privy to the Board’s debates.
The Editorial Board meets twice weekly for extensive and often heated debates and then decides its positions by a majority vote. Occasionally, the minority also publishes a dissent. All editorials are drafted by one board member and then reviewed by the rest of the board and the chair of the board.
Our goal is to publicize, provoke, pester, prod and ultimately persuade. We seek to publicize issues of concern to the Princeton community as well as articulate to the larger community those things about which students care passionately. When we believe that those in authority have allowed rhetoric to outpace reality and when words are not matching deeds, we will agitate for action. When we believe that the University has lived up to its highest ideals, we will acknowledge work well done and encourage further progress. Finally, we will strive to persuade all our readers to think about the issues we raise.
As our seniors head into their carrels to finish their theses, we seek engaged students from any background who want to be a part of the Editorial Board. If you want to join us, e-mail opinion@dailyprincetonian.com for an application.
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Why can’t lecturers win the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching?
Jerry ZhuLet’s acknowledge those who make “boutique teaching” possible, those who work tirelessly to make our rigorous curricula more accessible, and those who dedicate their time to advising and guiding us through all the challenges we face at this University. Lecturers should be eligible for the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Let’s acknowledge those who make “boutique teaching” possible, those who work tirelessly to make our rigorous curricula more accessible, and those who dedicate their time to advising and guiding us through all the challenges we face at this University. Lecturers should be eligible for the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Princeton’s administration of justice is Trumpian
Frances BroganThe disparity between the University’s approach to Giberson and its approach to pro-Palestinian protestors reflects a concerning trend of appeasing an increasingly emboldened right rather than resisting the threat it poses to academic freedom and the wellbeing of Princeton students.
Secular Opening Exercises? Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water
Frank StrasburgerThe secular makes no room for the spiritual. What Opening Exercises are meant to convey is the spirit of the institution so that it may be kept alive from generation to generation.
The secular makes no room for the spiritual. What Opening Exercises are meant to convey is the spirit of the institution so that it may be kept alive from generation to generation.
