Opinion

The new deafening activism

College students in the United States are involved in political activism now more than any other time in the last 50 years.According to a recent survey conducted by UCLA, more students are committed to social justice now than since the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

Mad foodie man: Donut

Princeton’s Dangerous Play with Sprint Football

On April 11, President Eisgruber announced that the University has decided to discontinue the sprint football program.Princeton sprint football, until two weeks ago, was mostly notable for its comically tragic win-loss record: in 18 consecutive seasons, it has had no wins.

Letter to the Editor: Improve correspondence with Graduate students

The National Labor Relations Board is currently considering a petitionfrom the Graduate Workers of Columbia University (GWC), a graduate student union, to be officially recognized as a collective bargaining unit, legally entitled to negotiate with Columbia on behalf of graduate students.

Lamentations

Letter to the Editor: In response to “Against Divestment from Private Prisons”

The Editorial Board recently published an editorial opposing SPEAR’s referendum calling on the University to divest from private prisons.

Letter to the editor: Rebranding is not enough

Dear Daily Princetonian, I must take issue with Newby Parton’s column from April 13, specifically his call to “strengthen [Princeton’s] brand and reputation, provided we do not compromise our commitment to undergraduate education.” Mr. Parton has evidently failed to consider that fully one-third of Princeton's student community is made up of graduate students, who are consistently marginalized by University institutions.

To read or to discard

What do modern evangelical Christians and animal cruelty groups have in common? They both pass out a great number of leaflets in hopes of persuading people to adopt a different way of thinking.

Editorial: Reform USG referendum policies

Last week, USG held its spring elections. They gave students the opportunity to vote on U-Councilors, class government positions and referenda on divesting from private prisons and creating a task force on disciplinary reforms.

Observe! The Princeton student in its natural habitat

The sneezing trees

Editorial: Against Divestment from Private Prisons

During the Spring Undergraduate Student Government elections this week, students voted on, among other ballot items, a referendum calling on the University and the Princeton Investment Corporation to “divest from corporations that draw profit from incarceration, drug control and immigrant deportation policies.” The Board has consistently argued against divestment of the University’s endowment. Although the referendum did not meet the minimum voting requirement of one-third the student body,the Board urges the University to reject future petitions to divest unless there is substantial consensus and more conclusive evidence.

Letter to the Editor: L'Chaim! To Life - Celebrating 100 Years of Jewish Life at Princeton

This past weekend, I was one of 850 plus alums to attend a conference on campus titled “L’Chaim!: Celebrating 100 Years of Jewish Life at Princeton.” For myself, and for many other attendees, this conference was healing, therapeutic and the antidote to what we experienced as students.

How should we measure success?

Two of my girlfriends and I often tease our other friends in the economics and ORFE departments, letting them know that they may have to take us in in the future.

Excuses

Expand WWS Study Abroad

The Woodrow Wilson School prides itself on being an internationally renowned and globally-oriented public policy school, one that aims to train its students to bring a “global perspective” to its curriculum.

Remembering the people in politics

Last week, I was able to attend a lecture by Jose Antonio Vargas, an immigration rights activist and journalist.

The power of context

A few weeks ago, Jesse Watters of Fox News stoked the embers of the “offensive speech” debate with largely inflammatory interviews of Princeton students on campus. Watters asked students how they felt about certain trigger words, among them “ghetto,” “white privilege,” “black crime” and “Islamic terrorism.” The video aired on The O’Reilly Factor and was preceded by a brief description of how “sensitive” college students are to “offensive words.” The video failed on almost all fronts.

Modern art

Letter to the Editor: Personhood must take precedence over profit - Vote yes to divest from private prisons

By guest contributor Alice Mar-Abe ’18On April 24th, 2014, 26-year-old Madaline Pitkin died alone on the floor of her solitary cell at the Washington County Jail in Oregon.