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My point in writing this has little to do with telling you about all the different options available to you. I have only been an independent for about three weeks and there is so much more out there for me to discover. I simply want to suggest that being an independent is not only possible, it can be deeply enriching.

OPINION | 09/23/2019

The danger of the Democratic debates

The danger of the Democratic debates

Emma Treadway

Unfortunately, the debates have left most audiences with only the following: fleeting stump speeches, catchy (and ridiculous) slogans, and ill-defined policy proposals.

OPINION | 09/22/2019

California's student-athlete bill is a step in the right direction

California's student-athlete bill is a step in the right direction

Shannon Chaffers

While the main responsibility should still lie with the NCAA to fairly compensate their athletes, this bill acts as a bridge until such a time, and places pressure on the NCAA to take further action.

OPINION | 09/22/2019

The hard stuff

The hard stuff

Samuel Aftel

Existential crises know no boundaries. So many of us are in pain, I can sense it. So many of us are struggling. So many of us need a hug, a shoulder to cry on, someone to talk to, or just someone to hear them.

OPINION | 09/18/2019

The role of corrosive patriotism in the Kashmir lockdown

Khadijah Anwar

Ideally, patriotism is a beautiful notion — a love for one’s homeland and heritage paired with a burning desire to protect those roots. In the real world, however, the idea of “patriotism” devolves into just another weapon used to propel conflicts between nationalist governments. Even more egregiously, it is oftentimes merely a disingenuous rebranding of chauvinism.

OPINION | 09/17/2019

Climate policy is public policy

Climate policy is public policy

Tom Taylor, Sujata Rajpurohit, Molly Brune, Ryan Warsing, and Sagatom Saha

There are few policy problems where the science is so settled, yet our leaders have not faced up to the urgency or significance of the crisis.

OPINION | 09/17/2019

Princeton’s excellence depends on the free exchange of ideas

Princeton’s excellence depends on the free exchange of ideas

Guest Contributor

Free speech at Princeton includes the right to acts of peaceful dissent, protests in peaceable assembly, and orderly demonstrations. Such protests and demonstrations strengthen the fabric of our community by pushing all of us to consider different points of view and reconsider our own ideas.

OPINION | 09/16/2019

It’s time for climate activism to burst the Orange Bubble

It’s time for climate activism to burst the Orange Bubble

Claire Wayner

It is in this space of confusion and social angst, wondering whether we as a species can ever come to grips with the permanent damage that fossil fuels will inflict on our planet, where I have found climate activism, such as the upcoming Global Climate Strike on Friday, to be most compelling and useful.

OPINION | 09/15/2019

It’s just ‘Week’

Siyang Liu

Not only was the ban ineffective at reducing irresponsible drinking, it also produced the negative side effects of encouraging dishonest behavior and supporting an air of elitism.

OPINION | 09/15/2019

Speakers who comfort

Speakers who comfort

Braden Flax

It's all well and good to have a healthy respect for life experience. But which people we choose to listen to most reveals features of the ideological and cultural structures to which we pledge allegiance in our actions, more so than in our words.

OPINION | 09/12/2019

Concentration camps — and numbness — in Donald Trump’s America

Samuel Aftel

The ongoing detention of innumerable migrant children, women, and men has been perhaps the most concrete manifestation of the president’s ruthless disregard of basic human empathy, due process, and the rule of law.

OPINION | 09/12/2019

Princeton should improve students' car accessibility

Princeton should improve students' car accessibility

Elijah Benson

When discussing the $350 parking permit, the accumulated fees don’t contribute much to the University relative to its large endowment. In contrast, however, the price tag is considerably expensive to many individual students.

OPINION | 09/11/2019

How Toni Morrison challenged the cruel fragility of whiteness

Samuel Aftel

Undoubtedly, Toni Morrison’s absence will be felt in this moment of craven moral complacency, political turmoil, and subjugating authoritarianism.

OPINION | 08/20/2019

Activism on Princeton's campus is sorely lacking — and we need your help

Activism on Princeton's campus is sorely lacking — and we need your help

Claire Wayner

And consider this article an exhortation. If you were expecting a robust political activism scene here as I was, given the prowess of the Woodrow Wilson School, think again. It’s up to us — including you, Class of 2023 — to change that.

OPINION | 07/23/2019

A musical Catch-22

A musical Catch-22

Siyang Liu

Under the new system, essentially only music majors, certificate students, and members of faculty-led ensembles are guaranteed financial aid.

OPINION | 05/18/2019

The McCosh Infirmary Redesign: are we incorporating student feedback in the right way?

Gabe Lipkowitz

I do not object to the general idea of incorporating undergraduate feedback into the redesign of McCosh. But we clearly need a more insightful and productive methodology.

OPINION | 05/12/2019

Confront, don't ignore, the far right

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Confront, don't ignore, the far right

Benjamin Gelman

It is essential to push back and appeal for our government to respond to the more serious national security threat: white nationalism. But how can we do so if we ourselves know little about this danger?

OPINION | 05/12/2019

Disrespect is not an ‘honor’

Disrespect is not an ‘honor’

Braden Flax

May there not be, as Michaela Daniel ’21 says, “one more moment of peace” until these grievances are meaningfully redressed in a manner that treats students as the centrality of campus life, and expands justice outward from our university, constituting the “service of humanity.”

OPINION | 05/09/2019

Scholarly work should be more relevant

Scholarly work should be more relevant

Emma Treadway

What is the use of spending years contributing to an ever-growing mountain of scholarly work if it will never be read or used in actual policy? Perhaps one step would be to include more experts in policy-making and in the decision-making of government officials.

OPINION | 05/09/2019

Why is athletics so special?

Why is athletics so special?

Liam O'Connor

What makes athletics so special — more than any other extracurricular activity — that it deserves special admissions procedures?

OPINION | 05/07/2019

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