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Opinion

The Daily Princetonian

Expanding civic service

As graduating seniors, we have been repeatedly told the University’s unofficial motto over four years: “In the Nation’s Service and in the Service of All Nations.” Before we walk through the FitzRandolph Gate, we wanted to reflect on why service is such a valuable part of a University education.

OPINION | 05/07/2015

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The Daily Princetonian

Open letter: abolish the box

To University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 Dean of the College Valerie Smith Dean of AdmissionJanet Rapelye Provost David Lee GS ’99 Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and DiversityMichele Minter Executive Vice PresidentTreby Williams ’84 Vice President for Campus LifeCynthia Cherrey Over the past three semesters, members of the University community have come together in support of a simple yet important step that the University can take to further its commitment to institutional equality and social justice.

OPINION | 04/30/2015

The Daily Princetonian

Letter to the editor

To the Editor:As an alumna, I was extremely disappointed to read two recent guest columns (“Princeton's Laboratory Animal Research Program,” published on April 22, and “Misleading and Factually Incorrect Coverage of Animal Research at the University,” April 28), which mislead readers through fear-mongering and a broad mischaracterization of the treatment of animals in laboratories.

OPINION | 04/30/2015

The Daily Princetonian

Looking back

By YoniBenyamini It’s been a wild and often difficult year. Since September, we’ve complied with Title IX, defeated grade deflation and given the Wawa an impressive makeover.

OPINION | 04/29/2015

The Daily Princetonian

Are we there yet?

I can summarize campus politics in two words: Yik Yak. Yik Yak has become the primary platform for debate about issues facing our campus, since the app’s anonymity not only facilitates conversation and ardent debate but alsopersonal attacks, as chronicled in several Buzzfeed articles over the “Urban Congo” controversy. But as heartening as it may be to see students tackling these issues on a variety of social media platforms, these issues must come out of Yik Yak and onto our actual campus and into our dialogue, hopefully without an abundance of ad hominem attacks. And they have, to some degree.

OPINION | 04/29/2015