Opinion

On exclusive clubs: compete to get in, not to participate

If a greater number of competitive clubs on campus held open educational workshops and opportunities for students to explore the field and develop their skills, perhaps students would not feel so stressed about gaining admission from one of them.

If a greater number of competitive clubs on campus held open educational workshops and opportunities for students to explore the field and develop their skills, perhaps students would not feel so stressed about gaining admission from one of them.

From ChatGPT to hamburgers, reject climate individualism

Nothing we can do as individuals — or even in aggregate as an entire campus community — can make a real dent in emissions or water usage beyond Princeton’s gates. But coming to understand individual responsibility for the climate crisis as a calculated distraction doesn’t absolve us of the responsibility to do something.

Nothing we can do as individuals — or even in aggregate as an entire campus community — can make a real dent in emissions or water usage beyond Princeton’s gates. But coming to understand individual responsibility for the climate crisis as a calculated distraction doesn’t absolve us of the responsibility to do something.

The University is selling the dining changes as a win. Don’t fall for it.

The revision serves as a distraction from the concerns of independents. Worse, it demonstrates that the University is content to ignore student voices.

The revision serves as a distraction from the concerns of independents. Worse, it demonstrates that the University is content to ignore student voices.

Reactions: First impressions on the Princeton University Art Museum

On Oct. 31, the Princeton University Art Museum will be open to the public after nearly half a decade of remodeling. Our columnists who attended the Museum Student Preview event on Oct. 25 give us their first impressions. 

On Oct. 31, the Princeton University Art Museum will be open to the public after nearly half a decade of remodeling. Our columnists who attended the Museum Student Preview event on Oct. 25 give us their first impressions. 

Guilty about your ChatGPT environmental impact? Eat one less burger instead.

Persuading a single friend to eat one fewer hamburger will do orders of magnitude more good than eliminating all their college AI use. The fact of the matter is that ChatGPT isn’t nearly the environmental catastrophe that some make it out to be.

Persuading a single friend to eat one fewer hamburger will do orders of magnitude more good than eliminating all their college AI use. The fact of the matter is that ChatGPT isn’t nearly the environmental catastrophe that some make it out to be.

Dr. Bill Frist ’74, environmentalist?

While the HMEI website notes that “sponsorship of any event does not constitute departmental or institutional endorsement of the specific program, speakers, or views presented”, we should note and discuss Frist’s voting record and the whole of his legacy on human and planetary health.

While the HMEI website notes that “sponsorship of any event does not constitute departmental or institutional endorsement of the specific program, speakers, or views presented”, we should note and discuss Frist’s voting record and the whole of his legacy on human and planetary health.

Princeton, serve the state by taking public transportation

As Princeton students, we have the duty to support public transportation both in practice and in principle. Using transit creates a culture of using transit, and the more people who use it, the more money NJ Transit can generate. 

As Princeton students, we have the duty to support public transportation both in practice and in principle. Using transit creates a culture of using transit, and the more people who use it, the more money NJ Transit can generate. 

What Atatürk stood for

The hurt that retiring the Atatürk Professorship would inflict on Princeton’s Turkish professors, students, and alumni would be immeasurable, as Atatürk’s principles have been instrumental in shaping us.

The hurt that retiring the Atatürk Professorship would inflict on Princeton’s Turkish professors, students, and alumni would be immeasurable, as Atatürk’s principles have been instrumental in shaping us.

On dining, don’t Whitman our Spelman

The fight to save the eating clubs is certainly relevant, and deserves attention, but is not nearly as urgent as the abolition of an entire dining option. Eighteen percent of Princeton upperclassmen, or hundreds of people, have just lost their autonomy over where and how they eat. 

The fight to save the eating clubs is certainly relevant, and deserves attention, but is not nearly as urgent as the abolition of an entire dining option. Eighteen percent of Princeton upperclassmen, or hundreds of people, have just lost their autonomy over where and how they eat. 

USG cares about making good policy. We need you to care, too.

In a climate of political uncertainty, it is now more important than ever for students to be engaged with university policymaking — and USG is the most direct avenue to engage with administrative decision makers. While USG’s social events — including Lawnparties — are important, especially in times of stress and division, we also represent you. We don’t just plan parties.

In a climate of political uncertainty, it is now more important than ever for students to be engaged with university policymaking — and USG is the most direct avenue to engage with administrative decision makers. While USG’s social events — including Lawnparties — are important, especially in times of stress and division, we also represent you. We don’t just plan parties.

Princeton’s meat eaters should embrace the reducetarian solution

As the reducetarian maxim describes, small measures, when taken on a campus-wide scale, can yield tremendous results.

As the reducetarian maxim describes, small measures, when taken on a campus-wide scale, can yield tremendous results.

In a moment of budgetary crisis, don’t waste funds on ChatGPT Plus

Social responsibility extends beyond the Orange Bubble. While generative AI will be part of our future one way or another, its excessive use is also wasteful, and Princeton students have a responsibility to use our privilege to be conscientious and informed critical thinkers — which means being mindful of AI’s environmental impact and resisting the temptation to overuse it.

Social responsibility extends beyond the Orange Bubble. While generative AI will be part of our future one way or another, its excessive use is also wasteful, and Princeton students have a responsibility to use our privilege to be conscientious and informed critical thinkers — which means being mindful of AI’s environmental impact and resisting the temptation to overuse it.

On dining, don’t Harvard our Princeton

We urge the University to stop imposing its vision of an idealized dining experience on students who are already happy. If it keeps going down this path, then its Harvard-like centralization of dining will asphyxiate these great institutions, and we will quickly find that its one-size-fits-all solution is actually one-size-fits-no-one.

If you’re going to save anything from budget cuts, save climate research

By devoting itself to saving GFDL’s research once again, with both financial and political capital, the University has the opportunity to truly Stand Up for Princeton — and more importantly, lifesaving research. If Princeton wants to save lives and money and world-class climate research.

"By devoting itself to saving GFDL’s research once again, with both financial and political capital, the University has the opportunity to truly Stand Up for Princeton — and more importantly, lifesaving research. If Princeton wants to save lives and money and world-class climate research."

Letter from the Editor: Why we have signed an amicus brief in Stanford Daily v. Rubio

It is rare for the ‘Prince’ to take such a step, and we have not done so lightly. We believe this brief, filed by the Student Press Law Center, persuasively conveys the extraordinary challenges that student newspapers across the country have faced since January — and that the brief benefits from the support of a diversity of student media organizations, including our own.

It is rare for the ‘Prince’ to take such a step, and we have not done so lightly. We believe this brief, filed by the Student Press Law Center, persuasively conveys the extraordinary challenges that student newspapers across the country have faced since January — and that the brief benefits from the support of a diversity of student media organizations, including our own.

Class Council can’t fix Late Meal

Ambition and enthusiasm can easily transform modest responsibilities into a stage for self-promotion, and in the end, it is those they represent — us, the first-year class — that suffer. 

Ambition and enthusiasm can easily transform modest responsibilities into a stage for self-promotion, and in the end, it is those they represent — us, the first-year class — that suffer. 

Princeton should provide universal access to ChatGPT Plus

If the University acknowledges the near-universal usage of ChatGPT among students, it can become an equitable learning tool, better acquainting all of us with the potential for advanced AI to enhance our learning.

If the University acknowledges the near-universal usage of ChatGPT among students, it can become an equitable learning tool, better acquainting all of us with the potential for advanced AI to enhance our learning.

USG failed to sit at the dining table

Where was the Undergraduate Student Government?

Where was the Undergraduate Student Government?

Reactions: What first years care (and don’t care) about at Princeton

The ‘Prince’ recently published its Class of 2029 Frosh Survey, featuring data on everything from the incoming class’s familiarity with AI Models to its knowledge of prominent Princeton alumni to its past sexual experiences. Here, five of our Opinion editors identify and tackle key takeaways about Princeton’s newest class. 

The ‘Prince’ recently published its Class of 2029 Frosh Survey, featuring data on everything from the incoming class’s familiarity with AI Models to its knowledge of prominent Princeton alumni to its past sexual experiences. Here, five of our Opinion editors identify and tackle key takeaways about Princeton’s newest class. 

Independent dining brought me community, not isolation

Nostalgia has its place, yet adulthood means accepting that our experiences don’t have to be replicated. The world moves on. But I will pause. For the budding chefs, the quirky palates, the ones who find peace and meaning in preparing food alone or in small gatherings, I mourn the loss of home-cooked meals by the people who appreciate them most.

Nostalgia has its place, yet adulthood means accepting that our experiences don’t have to be replicated. The world moves on. But I will pause. For the budding chefs, the quirky palates, the ones who find peace and meaning in preparing food alone or in small gatherings, I mourn the loss of home-cooked meals by the people who appreciate them most.