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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

How safe should I feel on campus?

How safe should I feel on campus?

Rachel Kennedy

Despite reports of bikes and jackets being stolen on campus and the occasional flashing event on the towpath, Princeton feels like the safest place on earth. So safe that laptops and phones are left alone at Frist Campus Center for hours, and 5-foot-2-inch girls like me don’t even think twice about going for a run at night. But should we?

OPINION | 09/27/2018

Out of (Birth) Control

Madeleine Marr

We must face the reality that all women are fighting daily — not for a gun, not even for an abortion, but for a tiny, legal pill.

OPINION | 09/25/2018

My advice to freshmen: Stay late

My advice to freshmen: Stay late

Jessica Nyquist

I promise you study enough. I promise you work hard enough. I promise you deserve more breaks than you would ever give yourself. Stay late. End up wherever the day takes you. Make plans if and only if you are willing to break them.

OPINION | 09/24/2018

Replace the outdoor trashcans

Replace the outdoor trashcans

Hunter Campbell

For the sake of the squirrels, and for our own interests as well, the University should replace all outdoor lidless trash cans with other models that feature a lid or cover.

OPINION | 09/24/2018

There is no art of science

There is no art of science

Gabe Lipkowitz

These pictures are not art. More broadly, there is no “art of science.” And to say there is constitutes an insult to and assault on the special qualities of artistic pursuits.

OPINION | 09/19/2018

Sorry really is the hardest word

Leora Eisenberg

Every year, when Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, rolls around, I find myself staring at a list of people I’ve offended. It takes me hours to put it together; I go through my phone contacts, Facebook, and even class rosters to mark everyone I’ve annoyed, hurt, or disappointed. The process has become automatic at this point, but it’s nonetheless unpleasant. I don’t enjoy being reminded of all the times I’ve screwed up.

OPINION | 09/19/2018

Benefits of doing nothing

Benefits of doing nothing

Dora Zhao

We need to start by prioritizing our own mental health just as much as we prioritize work.

OPINION | 09/18/2018

The unspoken benefits of Greek life

The unspoken benefits of Greek life

Morgan Lucey

For 20 percent of students on campus, next week represents an important time of fall semester: sorority and fraternity recruitment. The students who decide to join a Greek organization at the end of the process will likely find that it offers a much more comprehensive support system on campus than previously expected.

OPINION | 09/17/2018

Campus ‘free speech’ is no excuse for enabling hatred

Campus ‘free speech’ is no excuse for enabling hatred

Samuel Aftel

Free speech is at once a crucial foundation of a liberal-arts, truth-seeking education and a profound moral responsibility. Consequently, I encourage first-year Princetonians to consider this year’s Pre-read and the fundamental importance of free speech on campus — but more importantly, I urge the Class of 2022 to refrain from exploiting free speech as a mechanism of cruelty and hatred.

OPINION | 09/17/2018

Looking past politics: Why can’t we be friends?

Looking past politics: Why can’t we be friends?

Liam O'Connor

Outside of class, I barely notice my friends’ political beliefs. They’re one component of many that makes them unique individuals. If I feel uncomfortable about the direction of our conversations, I switch the subject.

OPINION | 09/16/2018

Be a model advocate against climate change

Guest Contributor

It will fall to our generation to take the action against climate change that we sorely need.

OPINION | 09/11/2018

Brett Kavanaugh’s “pro-women” rhetoric is hollow

Brett Kavanaugh’s “pro-women” rhetoric is hollow

Guest Contributor

Neither Kavanaugh’s vague statements of principles nor his statements about his love for his family should give us reassurance that he would bring any commitment to substantive protections for women and girls to the bench with him.

OPINION | 09/07/2018

Too Asian to be American, but too American to be Asian

Dora Zhao

Like Rachel Chu is in the movie “Crazy Rich Asians,” I have been called a banana: “yellow on the outside, white on the inside.”

OPINION | 08/23/2018

Summer internships and development aid: Why are you in Africa?

Guest Contributor

The deep pockets of development aid organizations guarantee great comfort for employees, while at the same time allowing them to fulfill their altruistic aspirations. As a result, few people question the real impact of this aid in poor societies and often overlook its profound detriments.

OPINION | 08/20/2018

When less is more: Why ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is too Asian for its own good

Hayley Siegel

In lauding “Crazy Rich Asians” as the Holy Grail for Asians in film, we have set the bar too low. By confining its stars to playing people who are, for the most part, just a summation of their racial identities, the film leaves behind a gap in Asian representation that has yet to be bridged.

OPINION | 08/18/2018

Closing the (loop)hole

Samuel Parsons

It disappoints me to see that a fellow Princetonian would fail to empathize with his international peers, or at least to see the nonsense behind the U.S. government’s attempts at “improving” its immigration system.

OPINION | 08/14/2018

The (loop)hole in his argument

Guest Contributor

Managing editor and migrant student Sam Parsons recently offered his perspective on the state of America’s immigration system. In what quickly morphs from an insightful remark on the often untold vocational difficulties faced by international students to a partisan diatribe, Parsons lurches into a clumsy yet familiar attack on Trump and his not-so-recent failure to pass immigration reform.

OPINION | 08/14/2018

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