Opinion

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.

The missing dimension: reflections on the divestment from Egypt

Reading through the divestment referendum that the undergraduates have already voted on and the graduate students are due to vote on in the course of this week, I was utterly shocked that Egypt was included in the referendum.

Political Correctness in the Age of the Hipster

Growing up, I was kindly told that there are three things you never discuss inpolite company: religion, money and politics.

Cartoon: A summer's day

Treading new ground

Recently, a “powerful” video highlighting the gender imbalance in the movie industry has been making rounds on social media.

Misleading and factually incorrect coverage of animal research at the University

By Laura Conour and Stuart Leland Two articles published recently in The Daily Princetonian contained factual inaccuracies and misleading information about research conducted with animals at the University.

Cartoon: Cleaning crisis

Bring Back TigerPAWW

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Why body image campaigns get it right (and have room to progress)

On April 23,Colter Smith argued that body image campaignshave frequently erred in their attempts to promote a healthier environment insofar as they only target the conception that one’s body isn’t beautiful, rather than unhealthy attributions of self-worth.

Congratulations, you have been admitted! Now what?

The YouTube channel of Victoria Asbury, who goes by Victoria Shantrell on her channel, was an important part of my college application process.

Cartoon: Yik Yak

A plea for activism

By Matt Beienburg Following recent events, the rightful outrage from our community — including the recent student demonstration in the University Chapel — appropriately galvanizes us to confront racial injustice and shame those who spew hate. That racism should be condemned could not be more true, and it is precisely what is true that we must always challenge ourselves to uphold.

Editorial: Create a Hindu prayer space

Last week, The Daily Princetonian reported on an initiative by Princeton Hindu Satsangam and a number of both Hindu and non-Hindu students to advocate for the creation of a Hindu prayer space on campus.

#modernlove: Acknowledging the importance of Tiger Admirers

My mother told me that she thinks my generation is not serious about love. This was after we had gone to college.

Cartoon: April showers

Why I’m choosing never to see my admissions records

As was widely reported in January, students this year have for the first time figured out en masse how to view their supposedly-confidential admission records, thanks to a loophole in Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act discovered by several students at Stanford.

Why body image campaigns get it wrong

Every once in a while, my Facebook feed becomes flooded with pictures of students holding up signs or changing their profile pictures as part of the newest campaign to encourage acceptance of one’s body.

Editorial: Campus Rec, step up to the plate

Club sports are an integral part of university life for many students. At the University, the more visible varsity sports teams, which accommodate only a small fraction of the student body, are complemented by the large number of club sports.

Reconsidering political correctness

When it came time a few weeks ago for administrators at Kean University to pick a commencement speaker, I imagine that Common seemed like a safe choice.

Cartoon: It all balances out