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The phrase “bring back manly men” sets our society back years. Men, no matter their assigned sex, should be able to dress how they want. But this is an issue that is bigger than wardrobe. Society perpetuates the idea that men have to be strong or “manly” all the time. The term “manly” already confines men into a box, but this idea actually creates more harm for men themselves.

OPINION | 12/06/2020

Forged by fire, our generation faces its defining crucible

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Forged by fire, our generation faces its defining crucible

David Palomino

And when we push — with peaceful movements or record-breaking youth turnout in elections — we decide.

OPINION | 12/04/2020

As a non-citizen, I can’t vote. I still care about U.S. elections.

As a non-citizen, I can’t vote. I still care about U.S. elections.

Alaina Joby

While voting might be the highest point in the perceived hierarchy of political participation, we can make our concerns and needs heard.

OPINION | 12/03/2020

Housing must revise and clarify its disability accommodations process for on-campus spring

Housing must revise and clarify its disability accommodations process for on-campus spring

Disability Collective guest contributors

Allowing disabled students control over their roommates and implementing a reasonable, transparent, and well-advertised appeals process are absolutely non-negotiable for the University to truly attend to the needs of its disabled student community. This is especially true because the Housing Accommodations process has been historically unreliable, and in particular, explicitly discriminatory against students with mental and invisible disabilities.

OPINION | 12/03/2020

Amid COVID-19, we stand to benefit from interfaith dialogue

Amid COVID-19, we stand to benefit from interfaith dialogue

Genrietta Churbanova

Although the opportunities for interfaith interactions afforded by Princeton’s campus are impossible to recreate, I urge us all to make room for interfaith dialogue in our lives.

OPINION | 12/01/2020

‘Speak Freely,’ except on fossil fuel divestment

‘Speak Freely,’ except on fossil fuel divestment

Hannah Reynolds

It’s time to question Princeton’s romanticized view of free speech.

OPINION | 11/25/2020

Something about scandal

Something about scandal

Ethan Magistro

The news is a town hall of ideas and should encourage an intellectualism that supports that, not a critique of character based on isolated instances of wrongdoing.

OPINION | 11/22/2020

Beyond the language requirement: Allow ASL its rightful place at Princeton

Beyond the language requirement: Allow ASL its rightful place at Princeton

Elaine Wright

ASL can and does belong at the University, which needs to demonstrate that it respects ASL’s status as a natural language and recognize ASL’s contributions to scholarship by securing a place for the language and its culture on campus without further delay.

OPINION | 11/19/2020

Amid uncertainty, an opportunity for growth

Amid uncertainty, an opportunity for growth

Remy Reya

Over the last several months, something new has taken hold within and around us. It’s not just uncertainty about what lies ahead. It’s a sort of meta-uncertainty: an unstable framework of constantly shifting time horizons that offers a poor foundation for decision-making. A long and uncomfortable silence in response to the question, “when do we finally get to know again?”

OPINION | 11/19/2020

Competitive strugglers: Why we need to stop the contest for misery

Competitive strugglers: Why we need to stop the contest for misery

Won-Jae Chang

The solution is simple but requires deep introspection: In order to prevent such divisions in our own community, we need empathy and understanding. We must simply be willing to acknowledge the problems that the other faces. Mutual recognition of one another’s difficulties will help advance understanding in a divided environment; it can help create a dialogue and a discussion, rather than a competition.

OPINION | 11/19/2020

Unpacking ‘the leaders of the Black community’

Unpacking ‘the leaders of the Black community’

Brittani Telfair

We can acknowledge that systemic racism has unique and severe impacts on the lives of Black Americans without mandating that they speak with one voice.

OPINION | 11/17/2020

Amid asymmetric appeals for unity, we must hold Republicans accountable

Amid asymmetric appeals for unity, we must hold Republicans accountable

Julia Chaffers

Unifying cannot mean forgetting about those wounds, and it cannot mean asking the people who are most harmed to continue conceding their humanity in the name of hollow reconciliation.

OPINION | 11/16/2020

Single-use plastic has surged during COVID-19. Here’s why we must cut back.

Single-use plastic has surged during COVID-19. Here’s why we must cut back.

Kelsey Ji

Until a successful vaccine is developed and life returns back to normal enough for people to feel safe using communal eating utensils, plastic will remain the cheapest and most convenient material to use.

OPINION | 11/16/2020

Trump’s Chinese nickname fulfilled its promise — and international students suffered

David Palomino

The President has lived up to his name until the very end, finding new ways every day to tear down the United States’ international presence.

OPINION | 11/15/2020

If the divestment movement were so foolish, congressmen wouldn’t pay it any attention

If the divestment movement were so foolish, congressmen wouldn’t pay it any attention

Hannah Reynolds

Although it can be demoralizing to realize that there remain leaders of our country who continue to dismiss the growing climate crisis, the very fact that leaders of this country are aware of Divest Princeton’s campaign demonstrates how far-reaching the movement has become.

OPINION | 11/12/2020

It’s past time for Princeton to advocate for Native students

It’s past time for Princeton to advocate for Native students

Jessica Lambert

Standing up for Native students does not just mean rhetoric or symbolic representation. Princeton students and faculty yearn for a dedicated space to come together and develop our growing and vibrant community. Princeton needs to dedicate institutional support, specifically funding, physical space, staff, and faculty, to ensure that this community and this field flourish.

OPINION | 11/12/2020

Making the vote count: the case for ranked choice

Ethan Magistro

Even if RCV is not the option the United States ultimately chooses to use, the political division that pervades the country, the soreness about vote distribution, and the want for a thriving third party all indicate that something has to change in the electoral formulas we use to elect citizens into office.

OPINION | 11/11/2020

We need to get to know our country

Andi Grene

I cannot call myself an American unless I recognize that I am not the only face of America.

OPINION | 11/11/2020

Forget mindfulness, practice uselessness

Forget mindfulness, practice uselessness

Dillion Gallagher

If we feel control over how we use our gifts, we will find it easier to come together.

OPINION | 11/10/2020

Stop telling women how to conduct their sex lives

Stop telling women how to conduct their sex lives

Brittani Telfair

Women shouldn’t be expected to engage in sexual activity any more than they should be shamed for it. We should have a society that encourages women to make their own individual choices that suit their needs and wants.

OPINION | 11/10/2020

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