My mom cried when I showed her that I had a bed of my own in my dorm room. She cried because I spent almost my entire life sleeping on either the floor or the living room couch.
Community is a big deal at Princeton. From the proud alumni who flock back to campus each June for Reunions to the thousands of enthusiastic students at athletic events, to the townies and tourists who stroll through campus and attend our events, Princeton is not complete without the community that surrounds it. Despite coming from around the world and having varied backgrounds and interests, we all contribute to our Princeton community, even if we do so in different ways.Princeton would not be what it is today without the numerous academics, activists, actors, artists and athletes. Among these roles is that of the archivist, which is whereThe Daily Princetonian comes in.
By Paul Chin ’06 Last spring, I skipped Reunions and attended a different kind of celebration.
GirlCode was a bad idea. For readers who missed the extensive coverage, on Jan. 7, three University freshmen released GirlCode, a mobile app containing the codes required to get into every Princeton women’s bathroom.
It’s hard being a student journalist at Princeton these days.I started my tenure as Editor-in-Chief a year ago discussing the University’s massive communications efforts to craft an ever-positive image of itself.
I believe in unconditional freedom of speech and I condemn the attack on the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, that occurred in Paris.
All great writers who have thoughts begin their pieces with quotes from others. So, too, will I quote the timeless classic "High School Musical":“If you wanna be cool/Follow one simple rule/Don’t mess with the flow, no, no/Stick to the status quo!”This sentiment is most applicable to our school calendar, particularly regarding final exams.
A study published on Thursday in the Journal of Basic Anthropology found that 70 percent of individuals who are popularly branded as “basic white chicks,” more colloquially known as “bwbs,” are not white.
For my friends, the process of choosing a movie involves nearly half an hour of deliberation, weighing individual preferences and moods (and the availability of certain titles on Netflix or quasi-reputable streaming sites). We float suggestions as disparate as Silence of the Lambs and Shakespeare in Love, and sometimes the whole endeavor is too fraught with conflict that we end up giving up altogether. The other night, however, we were all able to settle on Snowpiercer, the premise of which is a train that holds the survivors of a new Ice Age caused by scientists trying to combat global warming and succeeding all too well.
Privilege can isolate us from our responsibilities. For example, many Congressmen are privileged: their average net worth is over $1 million.
Princetonians, mark your calendars. Our 2015 winter break has been reduced to two weeks. The debate on the length of winter break is annual; the Editorial Board and many opinion columnists have argued for an adjusted calendar during years when the winter break was three weeks long.
Here’s a riddle: What is meant to make but never to keep?Answer: A New Year’s resolution.
I love puns. My ninth grade classmates can attest to this, for I would begin each day with my corniest new discovery.
On Nov. 19, Rolling Stone published “A Rape on Campus,” anow-notorious storyabout the alleged gang rape of University of Virginia junior “Jackie” at a fraternity formal event her freshman year. On Dec.
Twenty-two years ago, thousands of protestors flooded the streets of South Central Los Angeles, Calif.
There’s a poem I always turn to before taking a trip somewhere: "Ithaka" by Constantine P. Cavafy.
At the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83led a conversation on the measures that the University can take to curb the racism experienced by students of color on a daily basis.
On Dec. 5, a few Princeton students revived an old Facebook page that started last semester called “Tiger Microaggressions.” The purpose of the page is to call out the microaggressions Princeton students face on a daily basis in an anonymous and safe way.
African-Americans suffer severe discrimination from policemen and prosecutors, and I believe more University students should take an active role in fighting it.
Christian conservatives on the far right from the late Baptist minister Jerry Falwell to Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, have been working to curtail sex on college campuses since the 1960s, with few results.
