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Education vs. Athletics: Princeton and the NCAA in 1967

Education vs. Athletics: Princeton and the NCAA in 1967

Miles Hinson

Princeton’s dual history as an athletic as well as academic powerhouse is well-documented. Like its fellow Ivy League schools, Princeton promotes the coupling of these two fields, aiming to foster great minds and physical fitness among its students.

SPORTS | 10/14/2013

The recommendation whisperer

Anthony Grafton

It's fall again. I can tell, even though I'm not in Princeton to see the leaves change color, but on leave in an undisclosed location 50 miles away.

OPINION | 10/13/2013

The seduction of a sweatshirt

Lauren Davis

“Until you conquer the fear of being an outsider, an outsider you will remain.”-C.S. Lewis, “The Inner Ring” Gathering dust in my closet at home is a collection of sweatshirts that I can’t seem to bring myself to throw out.

OPINION | 10/13/2013

More harm than good

Jason Choe

As the Triangle Club song goes, "New Haven has its murders?, Philadelphia decays and in the town that’s home to Brown,? they smoke away the days.

OPINION | 10/10/2013

Rank inflation?

Susannah Sharpless

I have chosen — and it’s sad that this had to be an actual choice — to spend my time as a Princeton student focusing on what I’m actually learning and not on the number of zeroes at the end of my probable starting salary.

OPINION | 10/10/2013

Skip the skimming

Skip the skimming

Prianka Misra

Every semester, as I browse Course Offerings, I go through a phase where all I do is wince. The large numbers stare back at me from the computer, menacing me.

OPINION | 10/09/2013

Living in the world

Bennett McIntosh

You could, I suppose, call me exercise-adverse. You won’t, for instance, find me in Dillon Gymnasium for pursuits more athletic than the Frosh Week activities fair.

OPINION | 10/09/2013

Perchance to be

Ye Eun Charlotte Chun

One of the most terrifying things I’ve had to cope with growing up was being alone. As an only child growing up with a working parent, I always kept to myself at home, picking up various hobbies to keep myself busy until my mother came home.

OPINION | 10/09/2013

You're doing fine

Barbara Zhan

When I was in elementary school, my class always had these timed multiplication tests — Mad Minutes.

OPINION | 10/08/2013

On loving college (or not)

On loving college (or not)

Shruthi Deivasigamani

The summer after freshman year, I reconvened with my friends from home to rehash details of the first year out of what would supposedly be the greatest four in our lives.

OPINION | 10/08/2013

The rush of rushing

Benjamin Dinovelli

Saturday morning, my Facebook feed appeared more like a physics problem set than English, as posts mostly consisted of a wide array of Greek letters.

OPINION | 10/08/2013

Like a rodent

Morgan Jerkins

Several times a week, my inbox is flooded with emails from TigerTracks about new opportunities in consulting, trading and investment banking.

OPINION | 10/07/2013

Finding that special something

Lea Trusty

Before first arriving on Princeton’s campus last fall, I had subconsciously created a checklist with a million and one expectations for my four years here — meeting amazing people that I’d call friends for life, or discussing Thoreau under an oak tree.

OPINION | 10/07/2013

Unless there's consent

Spencer Shen

AlcoholEdu has been part of Princeton’s smorgasbord of freshman orientation activities for several years, but this year the Class of 2017 had an additional online course to take before they set foot on campus.

OPINION | 10/07/2013

Career fair competition

Jason Choe

The two words “career fair” shined in a golden light; they were alluring, magical words that carried the promise of internships and job opportunities galore.

OPINION | 10/06/2013

Weighing your options

James Di Palma-Grisi

One of the stranger things about how students handle course selection is the avoidance of the pass/D/fail option.

OPINION | 10/06/2013

The effects of divestment

Aaron Applbaum

Oil and gas companies are sufficiently large and profitable that Princeton’s individual environmental divestment efforts will not make a monetary difference.

OPINION | 10/03/2013

Don't shut down the student vote

Marni Morse

New Jersey might not hold as much sway as North Carolina in the national electoral balance, but we do have our fair share of interesting elections.

OPINION | 10/03/2013

Open letter of appreciation to Dean Russel

Guest Contributor

The Graduate Student Government was saddened to hear of the upcoming retirement of Dean Russel, who has served as dean of the Graduate School for 11 years.

OPINION | 10/02/2013

Very Princeton

Mitchell Hammer

As I poured myself some water at the reception for President Eisgruber’s installation, the clink of the ice cubes tumbling into my glass vaguely upset me in some unidentifiable way.

OPINION | 10/02/2013

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