Opinion

The unfortunate, overlooked significance of Yik Yak

I hate to do this, but let's talk about Yik Yak for a moment.As many of us have seen over the past few weeks, Princeton’s local Yik Yak has exploded with denouncements of the Black Justice League’s peaceful protest outside and inside of Nassau Hall.

It's not about Woodrow Wilson

I grew up in Colorado. When I tell people this, they usually make some reference to its natural beauty, its ski resorts, or the possibility of legally purchasing marijuana there for recreational purposes.

Editorial: Woodrow Wilson and the Black Justice League

The Black Justice League’s sit-in in the office of University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 has reignited an important discussion on race and inclusion at the University.

How to fight the Islamic State

On Nov. 16, Luke Gamble wrote an opinion article titled “Mr. Hollande, No new wars”. In the article, Gamble cautioned France against making the same mistakes the US did after 9/11 by creating a “broad and blind war on terror.” While I agree with the sentiment of restraint shown in the article, I believe that such absolute pacifism is not the answer.

On speech and talking, protest and possibility

Here’s the thing: Ours is a campus with a long history and an infinite future that’s wrestling with the currents of the roiling present.

A plea for moderation and inclusivity

Intrigued by rumors about inflammatory posts about the protests in Nassau Hall, I made the mistake of downloading YikYak again last week.

Open letter to protesters at Princeton

Dear Princeton Student Protesters: I hear congratulations are in order. They’re not coming from me, but a part of me respects what you did.

Letter to the Editor: On behalf of several graduate organizations

Dear Students,On Nov. 18 Princeton University undergraduates, spearheaded by members of the Black Justice League, staged a walkout and a sit-in at Nassau Hall.

Cartoon: Happy Tiger Thanksgiving!

Tabula Rasa

I am pleased to hear that students finally decided it was time for Woodrow Wilson’s name to be expunged from our campus.

Letters to the Editor: In response to the protests

To the Editor:In my cinema course, I teach how Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, premiered the film “Birth of a Nation” in the White House and approved its racist view of Reconstruction.

Cartoon: Lonely planarian

Editorial: Czulak for USG president and Burton for USG vice president

Beginning at noon on Monday, Princeton’s Undergraduate Student Government will be holding elections through Wednesday in order to elect its leadership for the coming calendar year.

We can do better

I sat with the Black Justice League for over six hours during Wednesday’s sit-in protest in the office of University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83.

Cartoon: Friendsgiving

Editorial: Expand Summer Savings Replacement Grants in Financial Aid Packages

Since the University pioneered a loan-free financial aid program in 2001, the University has acquired a reputation for its generous financial aid program that now includes approximately 60 percent of undergraduates.

Responsible Free Speech in Positions of Power

By now there has been a lot written about the recent activism at Yale and Mizzou both within and outside the Orange Bubble.

ISIS, the BJL and humanity

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, in their novel “Good Omens,”wrote “most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.” I remembered these words this month as I watched the world bleed, this week as campus tore itself apart over race, and this year as dear friends, despite (or because of) their senses of justice, loyalty and love, hurt each other and me.

When bombs go off

When bombs went off this weekend in the Paris, I was sitting in a workshop discussing the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.

Someone not paying attention?