This weekend, hundreds of Jewish alumni will gather on campus to celebrate 100 years of Jewish life at Princeton, with panels on topics ranging from Philosophy of Religion and Modern Jewish Thought to Israeli-American Relations.
We all understand that Princeton is an obscenely wealthy institution, steeped in the kind of riches that go back centuries, but after almost three years here, I still don’t understand what rights we as students have to access that money.Recently, columnist Marni Morse ’17 wrote an article suggesting that the University should subsidize student train tickets to New York.
On March 21, President Obama became the first sitting U.S.
Last week, the University Board of Trustees announced its approval of the recommendations made in the Wilson Legacy Committee's report. These recommendations include retaining Wilson’s name at the Woodrow Wilson School and Wilson College, revising Princeton’s unofficial motto, diversifying campus art and establishing a potential graduate school pipeline program for underrepresented groups.
I had thought that the debate about free speech on campus had settled after the protests concluded last fall, but I was proven wrong by the flyer incident in late March.
Princeton University is not like Columbia. We do not have a core curriculum, and all distribution areas cover a large number of classes, creating a good ecosystem of competition. Freshman writing seminars are the exception to this rule, and their quality suffers as a result.
*This piece is satirical. It’s always puzzled me whycommencement speeches are given at graduation.
Last year, when the candidates for president were still beginning to line up, a very popular candidate emerged in the North Carolina, Iowa and Minnesota polls.
Last week, Harvard Collegeannounced the creation of a $2,000 “start-up” grant for incoming members of the Class of 2020 from low-income households.
The Editorial Board “reaffirmed” its support for nearly unlimited freedom of expression last week following the appearance of anti-Semitic flyers streaming from printers across campus, the contents of which the Board unequivocally denounced.
As Marni Morse argued in her most recent column, a substantial barrier to many Princeton students pursuing internships or jobs in the nonprofit sector isn’t a lack of will, but rather a lack of access.
Editor’s Note: This article does not representthe views of the ‘Prince’. There is no denying it – Hillary Clinton is not the candidate of the liberal youth of America.Her monochromatic pantsuits, past affair with the White House and establishment credentials just don’t agree with the exhausted liberal idealists who wait for change.
I wasn’t expecting to agree with much of the talk on pornography and sex trafficking given this past Thursday by University of Pennsylvania psychology professor Dr. Mary Anne Layden at an event sponsored by the Anscombe Society.
This past Thursday, the University Admissions Office announced this year’s admission rate has again dropped, down to 6.46% from last year’s 6.99%. To the students who just received their acceptances, this number affirms a sense of uniqueness among high school seniors.
