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Let's be honest: The Panera shooting was a tragedy

Let's be honest: The Panera shooting was a tragedy

Nicholas Wu

So, what we’re left with is simply more questions, and it’s incumbent on good journalists to dig further, and for the State Attorney Generals’ office to release more information on the exact circumstances of the shooting on March 20. For our community’s part, Princeton seems to want to sweep the memory of the shooting away. A window was shot out in the Panera on the day of the shooting; it was replaced by evening the next day, as I walked by. And then a week later, Panera reopened, as if nothing had ever happened. “We remodeled,” read a cheery sign outside the storefront.

OPINION | 04/12/2018

[APPLY NOW!] Waste(Land) of Opportunity

[APPLY NOW!] Waste(Land) of Opportunity

Jinn Park

The University should have more consistent institutional guidance for underclassmen, who are still confused as to where they see themselves in the near future.

OPINION | 04/11/2018

Fighting fire with fire: Campus carry

Maya Eashwaran

It is imperative, in today’s environment, to seriously view campus carry as a burden in an intellectual sense, as Makalani writes, and in a physical safety sense.

OPINION | 04/11/2018

Alliance of Jewish Progressives: Open letter to Eric Fingerhut

Guest Contributor

We join our peers on campuses across the country in imploring you to revoke your endorsement of Kenneth Marcus and ensure our safety and the safety of all students.

OPINION | 04/10/2018

The rigor that Princeton students take for granted

Jessica Nyquist

When course selection comes out right after the grind and frustration of midterms, it's tempting to seek out the classes whose course evaluations promise an “easy A.” Another semester of all-nighters in Sherrerd Hall sounds less appealing than two hours of lecture a week, one hour of reading, and an in-class midterm plus final. But, as we plan for our limited semesters here, we should keep in mind that it is this academic rigor — the constantly challenging material and ambitious curriculum — that drove us to Princeton in the first place.

OPINION | 04/10/2018

Never too Late

Guest Contributor

On April 12, 2011 — seven years ago today — a much-loved senior Spanish lecturer at the University killed himself. The University had suspended him without due process, and in seeming violation of its own procedures. In the time since, there has never been an independent investigation of what the University did. Whenever I think of my Princeton experience, the University’s actions around the death of a beloved community member is what I remember most of all.

OPINION | 04/10/2018

Finding flowers in a snowstorm

Leora Eisenberg

But more than anything, my professor’s ability to find beauty on that seemingly forsaken day left me speechless. I was prepared to let the afternoon go to waste, just as I was ready to declare my day earlier this week a total failure. But my beloved professor wasn’t. Instead of seeing the obvious ugliness that sometimes surrounds us, she chose, instead, to see something beautiful. She saw blossoms in the midst of a snowstorm.

OPINION | 04/10/2018

Modest and radical proposals

Modest and radical proposals

Sinan Ozbay

I disagree. While these people do hold severely and deeply incorrect views, I don’t think they are, for the most part, stupid, deranged, or vicious people. If the Republican thinks, for instance, that the U.S. government has a primary obligation to its citizens and that immigrants are bad for the country, then his conclusion about DACA would follow from his beliefs.

OPINION | 04/09/2018

In defense of architectural modernism: The School of Architecture

Gabe Lipkowitz

I hope to show that many of the qualities that some deride in fact possess tremendous value. When we critique other modernist buildings on campus like it, we should be careful not to overlook their perhaps subtle beauty.

OPINION | 04/09/2018

Friends, professors, students: How do we make lectures better?

Ryan Born

The unfortunate truth is, for most undergraduates, the majority of their time spent “learning” at Princeton is occupied by lectures. Last spring, I argued that professors should stop lecturing us; in other words, Princeton should get rid of lectures completely. Sadly, though unsurprisingly, the University has not ended lectures since the publication of my article.

OPINION | 04/08/2018

Mercy should be the guiding principle of Honor Code reform

Samuel Aftel

Compassion, reason, and mercy should be synthesized with a promotion of total academic integrity as core principles of the University’s Honor Code. In addition, faculty alone should not be the ones to establish the University’s principles — especially pertaining to the Honor Code, which has a direct and disproportionately substantial impact on student life.

OPINION | 04/08/2018

Straight Outta Asia

Dora Zhao

Asian Americans have a wide range of unique stories—stemming from their background, family, identity—that have been largely ignored by mass media. Instead, they are portrayed as one-dimensional tropes, creating the illusion that the Asian American experience is monolithic.

OPINION | 04/08/2018

Who holds the power?

Who holds the power?

Maya Eashwaran

Princeton students, between classes and clubs, must find time to educate themselves on what happens outside the Orange Bubble.

OPINION | 04/05/2018

The Glee concert that I both loved and rejected and other thoughts

The Glee concert that I both loved and rejected and other thoughts

Allison Huang

In that moment, I turned my friend into the enemy because of the color of her skin.

OPINION | 04/05/2018

Moving past Parkland

Moving past Parkland

Cy Watsky

We need to stop only reacting to situations like Parkland.

OPINION | 04/05/2018

Students: Let’s heal political discourse

Guest Contributor

Political divisions are higher than ever in our country. A recent Pew Research Survey found that 44% of each party’s membership almost never agrees with their opposition—that’s close to half of both parties. Twenty years ago, the number was less than 20%. Congressional gridlock is extremely high: both parties are obsessed with political survival. We’ve already seen the government shut down once this year. If we can’t work together, we all lose.

OPINION | 04/05/2018

Why men are almost always wrong

Bhaamati Borkhetaria

The message that women have a high capacity for irrationality is repeated over and over again across the internet and on television. It is no wonder that this characterization of women as mad has slipped into our private lives.

OPINION | 04/04/2018

From one lacrosse player to another

Winnie Brandfield-Harvey

Every collegiate lacrosse team cannot be implicated as racist and un-diverse just because of Virginia Tech’s bad decisions.

OPINION | 04/04/2018

Would it kill you to say hello?

Leora Eisenberg

Making greetings a part of Princeton’s personality would encourage interaction between individuals who don’t normally feel as if they have anything to say to one another simply because they’ve never tried.

OPINION | 04/04/2018

Don’t be afraid to cancel class

Don’t be afraid to cancel class

Hunter Campbell

The University needs to be more willing to cancel classes in the event of inclement weather. Waiting until the weather is so bad that it is dangerous to navigate campus poses a great risk to the safety of students and faculty alike. The University’s Emergency Management website tells students to stay indoors during a winter storm, but we cannot do that if it means missing mandatory classes, nor should we need to choose between attending non-mandatory lectures and our safety.

OPINION | 04/03/2018

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