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Each time I am faced with a roadblock, I feel barraged with this sentiment: “Well at least you go to Princeton”. On the surface level, this remark alone sounds rather extraordinary, especially this week, as high school students around the world learn if they’ve been accepted to Princeton. Striding the same halls that world leaders (and Ted Cruz '92) walked years ago, we too have obtained the chance to do remarkable things — and that is an incredible privilege.

OPINION | 03/31/2015

The decision to vote for divestment

The decision to vote for divestment

Guest Contributor

In the recent Israeli elections, hope for productive negotiations with Palestinians was dealt a serious blow.

OPINION | 03/31/2015

A most relevant monk

Azza Cohen

It’s a weekly event: a world leader is coming to Princeton’s campus! Insert illustrious title, sponsoring department, a moderator with a doctorate and a time and place to be there.

OPINION | 03/30/2015

The Call

Colter Smith

This January, Duke University had planned to begin broadcasting the Adhan, a traditional Muslim call to prayer, from the top of their chapel on Fridays in an effort to help create a more welcoming environment for Muslim students and foster community unity.

OPINION | 03/30/2015

Keep OA/CA voluntary

Lavinia Liang

My gals and I went down to Florida two weeks ago to escape cloudy New Jersey. These were all friends that I had made on Community Action, the pre-orientation program that, along with Outdoor Action, is designed to help freshmen transition more easily into their first year.

OPINION | 03/30/2015

Endowment spending

Ryan Dukeman

Several reports in the past year have rightfully pointed out that Princeton (along with Stanford, Yale and Harvard) earns enough in investment returns on its endowment each year to more than cover annual operating expenses (with significant amounts of money left over to spend on capital projects or put back into the endowment) and that the University could therefore make tuition 100 percent free for everyone and still make a massive profit. By the numbers, Princeton’s annual rate of return on endowment investment has been between 15 and 20 percent for the past few years, and has averaged, 10.5 percent per year over the last 10 years (a period that includes the worst financial crisis in modern times). Last year, the 19.6 percent return equated to $2.8 billion, and in future years a similar rate would yield an even higher absolute number.

OPINION | 03/29/2015

Does the P/D/F option dissuade learning and exploration?

Avaneesh Narla

On Sunday, the Editorial Board wrote an editorial encouraging the University to adopt measures relating to the current pass/D/fail policy.

OPINION | 03/26/2015

On complaining

Julia Case-Levine

In the midst of a frazzled rant, a friend interrupted me to ask, “Is this making you feel any better?” Walking through campus, I had been poring over a seemingly endless list of upcoming projects, assignments and other miscellaneous problems I proclaimed simply could not be solved.

OPINION | 03/26/2015

Immigrant parents

Matthew Choi Taitano

Walking through Frist during midterms, I could not help overhearing multiple students on the phone with their parents.

OPINION | 03/25/2015

Dining halls: the present and the future

Erica Choi

In his recent column, “Run Dining Halls like a Business,” fellow opinion columnist Newby Parton argues that University meal plans are a “horrible and scandalous” deal that would “bankrupt a real restaurant in a week.” His strong assessment leads him to a simple conclusion: “Find the waste.

OPINION | 03/25/2015

The missing piece at the ‘Best Darn Place of All’

Guest Contributor

By Eileen Torrez ’13 Princeton is an amazing place. The beautiful campus, gifted professors and all-star students make for an incredible four-year experience.

OPINION | 03/24/2015

Don’t be a trafficker

Isabella Gomes

Do you remember that film “Good Will Hunting”? Where Matt Damon’s character calls out this guy in a Harvard bar for regurgitating some advanced textbook just to impress a girl?

OPINION | 03/24/2015

Under the protection of the Fire Code she flourishes

Newby Parton

When the day comes that the stones of Whitman College combust spontaneously, I will be ready. I will know where my door is because no posters obscure it.

OPINION | 03/23/2015

The last column about the commenters (hopefully)

Zeena Mubarak

This year, as I entered my second year writing for the ‘Prince,’ I have noticed a lot of articles discussing and criticizing the comments section below our articles.

OPINION | 03/23/2015

Paying attention to women’s sports

Marni Morse

If you had asked me a month ago if our women’s basketball team was any good, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you.

OPINION | 03/23/2015

Thoughts on the value of free time

Jessica N Li

Having lived in Arizona my entire life before coming to Princeton, this past March 8 was my first year experiencing the magic of daylight saving time.

OPINION | 03/22/2015

Empower the future through teaching

Guest Contributor

By Nikki Bowen "08 This February, my students joined their peers across the country to celebrate Black History Month.

OPINION | 03/22/2015

A better Princeton for graduate students, a better Princeton for everyone

Guest Contributor

We, the Graduate Student Government Executive Committee, have completed our year at the helm of the University’s graduate representative body.

OPINION | 03/12/2015

Reclaiming our humanity

Bennett McIntosh

We (or, at least, I) entered Princeton ready to immerse ourselves in the life of the mind.

OPINION | 03/12/2015

Disparate impact, disparate treatment and multiculturalism

Steve Swanson

What exactly does “discrimination” mean? Considering how prominently it features in American history and modern social policy, you might imagine the definition to be fairly well-settled.

OPINION | 03/10/2015

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