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The merits of being a moderate

Daehee Lee

However, being a moderate is the best way to be objective and fair, especially as a student, with political matters to which we are exposed everyday at Princeton. Although it may be tempting to get washed up in the fires of polarized, divisive thought, being a moderate and being able to think across the political spectrum without prejudice allows us to decide what really is the best course of action.

OPINION | 10/10/2018

Living in the age of accountability

Ethan Thai

The time when simple memories would be lost to time or the details of a party might be blurred by the wash of an alcohol-infused night have been replaced by an era in which each moment we live and each interaction we share is captured and cataloged with a digital trace.

OPINION | 10/10/2018

The ‘She Roars’ case for blind grading

The ‘She Roars’ case for blind grading

Ryan Born

While I cannot offer a solution to solve gross inequalities and biases, I can offer a solution to solve inequalities of grading that result from gross inequalities and bias — blind grading. The administration, students, and professors should mandate, advocate, and adopt blind grading as a general “best practices” solution to help deal with bias in the classroom.

OPINION | 10/09/2018

You can flip an election all by yourself

Guest Contributor

So the question is: How do you convince young people that their vote matters? How do I convince you all, my fellow Princetonians, that your vote matters?

OPINION | 10/09/2018

Hate speech deserves a second look

Emma Treadway

In order to target hate speech effectively, we must understand its origins and why it continues to exist.

OPINION | 10/09/2018

Reintroducing individualism to populist politics

Reintroducing individualism to populist politics

Hunter Sieben

I would like to again be able to stand as an ideological intermediary. I would like to have the freedom to flesh out ideas without political disagreement degrading into a form of moral resentment.

OPINION | 10/08/2018

Why we should care about politics

Why we should care about politics

Anika Yardi

It is a very fine line between these two states, but the most important thing that you can do is pick your battles. It can be hard to be outraged about everything.

OPINION | 10/08/2018

The no-good reality of acne: a new conversation

Hayley Siegel

I do not believe there will ever be a mythical “silver lining” to a condition that is asphysically, emotionally, mentally, and financially draining as acne.

OPINION | 10/07/2018

‘She Roars’: Expanding Empowerment

‘She Roars’: Expanding Empowerment

Rachel Kennedy

Hundreds of female alumni returned to campus this weekend for the three-day “She Roars” conference to celebrate women. This celebration would only have been more rewarding if trailblazing alumni could meet those they blazed the trail for.

OPINION | 10/06/2018

Why we’re watching Brett

Why we’re watching Brett

Jessica Nyquist

Of course, this trial is a monumental and impactful and semi-permanent decision of one of our nation’s highest positions. But why are we, Princeton students, really watching?

OPINION | 10/05/2018

She speaks

Winnie Brandfield-Harvey

You can call yourself a feminist, participate in marches, wear ribbons for awareness, and stand up for women in every way possible. Yet you can’t understand the gravity of sexual assault until a survivor is sitting in front of you, waiting for an answer. Waiting for you to tell her she can forgive herself. Waiting for your reaction, if any, which may well tell her everything she needs to know. And even then, you can only fathom a fraction of the suffering.

OPINION | 10/04/2018

Would you let me finish: on being cut off

Leora Eisenberg

It’s also not that I’m not independent or strong: I can guarantee you that I am. I’ve traveled the world alone, proven myself academically, and built incredible relationships. But societal norms of male-female interaction have been drilled into my brain for so long that sometimes they inhibit my independence and strength. So many successful, incredible women are the same. It’s not that we’re inherently afraid of something: it’s that we’ve, in a way, been raised to make ourselves small so that men can be big. We’ve been taught to self-sacrifice, to give ourselves up for the benefit of others.

OPINION | 10/04/2018

Beware: Sleep-deprived zombies

Katie Goldman

Have you seen the zombies walking around campus? My RCA said he went to bed at eight yesterday. I was impressed until he clarified that he went to bed at eight in the morning.

OPINION | 10/03/2018

Treat the hearing as a job interview: Kavanaugh shouldn't get a second round

Treat the hearing as a job interview: Kavanaugh shouldn't get a second round

Morgan Lucey

Ford’s story would not necessarily hold up in a court of law, but this hearing was not a court of law. Rather, it was a job interview, for what might currently be the most important job in the country. Thus, the hearing should have focused on whether Kavanaugh is qualified to serve as a Supreme Court justice, rather than whether he committed the assault. It is clear from his reaction that he is not qualified.

OPINION | 10/03/2018

Texas and the politics of the possible

Texas and the politics of the possible

Kaveh Badrei

Congressman O’Rourke’s campaign has shown me hope, progress, and success that I never believed imaginable. The politics of the possible is alive in Texas, fueled by the people who have come together to realize it.

OPINION | 10/02/2018

Princeton’s case for reparations

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Princeton’s case for reparations

Ryan Born

We, as undergraduates who voluntarily accepted Princeton’s offer of admission, would be bound by its obligations much as we are bound by many other obligations imposed on us once we agree to matriculate ― to write a thesis, to take so many classes a semester, to go on Outdoor Action, to stay out of disciplinary or academic trouble. We all accept admission on the understanding that there are obligations.

OPINION | 10/01/2018

Why we need to know your spirit kitchen utensil

Siyang Liu

The University cares about building friendships and camaraderie, as it works so hard on OA/CA/DDA and ’zee groups for first-year students. Why not go one step further and institute a policy requiring personal introductions in precepts, seminars, and other small classes?

OPINION | 10/01/2018

Brett Kavanaugh: an icon of broken masculinity

Samuel Aftel

Brett Kavanaugh, accordingly, is a product of an elite American subculture that privileges those who can claim a hegemonic, heteronormative masculinity. While we can’t expect the U.S. Senate to hold Kavanaugh and others accountable for their misogyny, we can and must strive to empower women and men to assert their worth and express their identities outside of the imprisoning dictates of our masculine world.

OPINION | 09/30/2018

The U.S. Government and its growing technological illiteracy

The U.S. Government and its growing technological illiteracy

Hunter Sieben

Technology has accelerated at a faster rate than the understanding of those who constitute the legislative branch of the United States Federal Government.

OPINION | 09/30/2018

The war on women escalates

Madeleine Marr

The implications of failing to fully re-authorize this bill extend past current and future victims of domestic violence — although, according to the CDC, this category encompasses a staggering one in three U.S. women. Violence against women acts in deeper ways, as it systematically denies women equal participation in society through fear and pseudo-protective measures that continue to push them into the private sphere.

OPINION | 09/27/2018

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