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University President Christopher Eisgruber speaks at a podium in the Princeton University Art Museum's Grand Hall.

Free speech is more than being spoken to

Free speech is not a vague, philosophical ideal. It governs the way we engage everywhere on campus, from our dining halls to our precepts. Orientation should give these policies the concrete emphasis that Eisgruber claims they receive in practice.

Free speech is not a vague, philosophical ideal. It governs the way we engage everywhere on campus, from our dining halls to our precepts. Orientation should give these policies the concrete emphasis that Eisgruber claims they receive in practice.

OPINION | 4 days ago

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A journey to Antioch over lunch in Princeton

To assist local archaeologists, Princeton should overlay its 1930s excavation plans onto a current map of Antakya. That way, the resources can be utilized by the organizations that need them most, like the Hatay Archaeology Museum, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, and the region’s heritage authorities.

To assist local archaeologists, Princeton should overlay its 1930s excavation plans onto a current map of Antakya. That way, the resources can be utilized by the organizations that need them most, like the Hatay Archaeology Museum, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, and the region’s heritage authorities.

OPINION | 4 days ago

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Princeton isn’t Cornell. The conditions for sexual violence endure nonetheless

The Editorial Board argues that though Princeton’s social life may look different from Cornell’s in important ways, one important commonality remains. The conditions for sexual violence endure and permeate campus life even without the centrality of institutions like fraternity.

The Editorial Board argues that though Princeton’s social life may look different from Cornell’s in important ways, one important commonality remains. The conditions for sexual violence endure and permeate campus life even without the centrality of institutions like fraternity.

OPINION | 5 days ago

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Letter to the Editor: Broadline distributors are not responsible for declining nutrition

While food nutrition is indeed declining, broadline distributors are not the primary culprit — and we should make sure to be honest about that fact.

While food nutrition is indeed declining, broadline distributors are not the primary culprit — and we should make sure to be honest about that fact.

OPINION | 6 days ago

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Princeton University, speak out against the South Brunswick data center

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is currently considering whether to grant an air permit to the data center, which will be located on a site that was owned by Princeton University until 2024.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is currently considering whether to grant an air permit to the data center, which will be located on a site that was owned by Princeton University until 2024.

OPINION | October 5

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Start the conversation

It’s no secret that the United States is, functionally, a gerontocracy. By facilitating the occasional opportunity for national or international leaders to truly listen to young people’s concerns, Princeton will have made a more immediate impact in the service of humanity than most other campus initiatives can claim.

It’s no secret that the United States is, functionally, a gerontocracy. By facilitating the occasional opportunity for national or international leaders to truly listen to young people’s concerns, Princeton will have made a more immediate impact in the service of humanity than most other campus initiatives can claim.

OPINION | October 1

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Make the Pre-read a work of fiction

A story that’s intellectually ambitious and philosophically provocative doesn’t necessarily have to be nonfiction. A fictional text can help us understand political tensions or erosion of autonomy just as much as an explanatory novel can.

A story that’s intellectually ambitious and philosophically provocative doesn’t necessarily have to be nonfiction. A fictional text can help us understand political tensions or erosion of autonomy just as much as an explanatory novel can.

OPINION | September 29

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Bring back Communiversity

From its inception in 1985, when it subsumed the Arts People Party — the Arts Council’s pre-existing festival — Communiversity always aimed to be more than just an arts festival. It was both a physical and symbolic coming-together of the University and the town in a celebration of all that we have in common and all that makes us different.

From its inception in 1985, when it subsumed the Arts People Party — the Arts Council’s pre-existing festival — Communiversity always aimed to be more than just an arts festival. It was both a physical and symbolic coming-together of the University and the town in a celebration of all that we have in common and all that makes us different.

OPINION | September 29

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Who rights our rules?

With fairness for students in mind, the University must require that all changes to RRR go through the Committee on Rights and Rules.

With fairness for students in mind, the University must require that all changes to RRR go through the Committee on Rights and Rules.

OPINION | September 28

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Freedom of speech is a right, not an excuse

Freedom of speech should function to hold us to a high standard of honesty and transparency, not to excuse abuses of power and influence in the country’s most influential institutions.

Freedom of speech should function to hold us to a high standard of honesty and transparency, not to excuse abuses of power and influence in the country’s most influential institutions.

OPINION | September 24

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We know what has changed. How will future classes?

I am by no means the first student to complain about replacing the charm of meandering into Labyrinth on the first day of classes with navigating an e-commerce website, but I might be among the last. When the Class of 2027 graduates, so will the last class of students who remember Princeton before eCampus.

I am by no means the first student to complain about replacing the charm of meandering into Labyrinth on the first day of classes with navigating an e-commerce website, but I might be among the last. When the Class of 2027 graduates, so will the last class of students who remember Princeton before eCampus.

OPINION | September 24

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My class has an AI student

The goal of education should not solely be to make students better at doing everything AI can already do — reading, summarizing, iterating, designing. It should be to give students experiences that make them better thinkers in ways that cannot be reduced to producing the correct answer.

The goal of education should not solely be to make students better at doing everything AI can already do — reading, summarizing, iterating, designing. It should be to give students experiences that make them better thinkers in ways that cannot be reduced to producing the correct answer.

OPINION | September 20

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Read the news for more than just extra credit

Newsletters are everywhere, and they indubitably comprise an important part of the American news diet. So why am I catastrophizing about this one? Is it so wrong that news for college students be a bit more fun or accessible, especially in an era where less and less young people are reading the news at all?  

Newsletters are everywhere, and they indubitably comprise an important part of the American news diet. So why am I catastrophizing about this one? Is it so wrong that news for college students be a bit more fun or accessible, especially in an era where less and less young people are reading the news at all?  

OPINION | September 15

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Keep academic advising human only

When generative AI threatens academia in so many ways, both structurally and symbolically, it’s nonsensical for colleges to encourage its uptake through a tool that doesn’t really work in the first place.

When generative AI threatens academia in so many ways, both structurally and symbolically, it’s nonsensical for colleges to encourage its uptake through a tool that doesn’t really work in the first place.

OPINION | September 14