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The way we speak

The Daily Princetonian

The way we speak

Sarah Sakha

I’ve found myself frantically looking up slang terms in Urban Dictionary mid-conversation — discreetly on my phone — more frequently than I’ve had to look up a word in the Oxford English Dictionary. Though, it makes sense to refer to Urban Dictionary, which was started back in 1999 by none other than a college freshman.

OPINION | 04/01/2015

A vicious cycle of weak civic engagement

The Daily Princetonian

A vicious cycle of weak civic engagement

Reva Abrol

Last week, out of the hundreds of surveys for senior theses and university-sponsored initiatives that flooded my inbox (already filled with 1,915 unread messages and counting), I chose to complete the Pace Center Survey. Having participated in a student organization under the Pace Center for Civic Engagement last semester, I felt some small inclination to voice my grievances regarding the systematic lack of organization and general communal apathy toward strengthening Pace programs.

OPINION | 03/31/2015

At least we go to Princeton

The Daily Princetonian

At least we go to Princeton

Imani Thornton

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
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The Call

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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

The Daily Princetonian

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

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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

On complaining

The Daily Princetonian

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

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