Opinion

Editorial: Reform Princeton’s academic calendar

Earlier this month, almost 40 percent of Princeton undergraduates voted in an Undergraduate Student Government-sponsored referendum to “call on the faculty and administration to provide for a three-week winter recess during the 2015-16 academic year and future academic years.” Predictably, it passed, with over 96 percent of students voting in favor.

Cartoon: Tiger Comic No. 6

Turning the tables on Susan Patton '77

In what I can only interpret as a consequence of near-total obliviousness to any sort of criticism provided to her, Susan Patton '77, in an attempt to reassert her relevancy to current discussions on romance and sex, has inserted herself yet again into the national spotlight.

Cartoon: Happy Valentine's Day

On Ivy League elitism

By Theodore FurchtgottLast weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a Model UN conference at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

On measles

The latest victims of the California measles outbreak are college students.As of Feb.

Editorial: Join the Editorial Board

Last semester, the unsigned editorials featured on this page have discussed issues such as the construction of a campus pub, increasing the number of beginner-level precepts offered in introduction courses and encouraging activism at the University.

The equality problem in entertainment award-granting

First things first, I’m not afraid to admit I like Iggy Azalea’s music. I jam to her aggressive lyrics about pageantry (see “Murda Bizness” music video), female empowerment (note the “Kill Bill”allusions in her “Black Widow” video), and her rise against poverty (see “Work”). But when it comes to questions of how her identity affects the entire rap industry as a genre, I am less certain.

To flee or not to flee

The world has been watching Paris, and when Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu told the Jews of France “the state of Israel is your home,” the world understood what he implied: Flee, for you know you are not welcome in France.

Tigers don't bow: how the archery team came on target

When I first came to Princeton, I was convinced there must be a secret underground archery team. I had talked to numerous campus officials, administrators and even students who told me “It sounds familiar” or “I think I’ve heard of them”, and foolish pre-frosh me was too naïve to realize that admissions officers were simply telling me what I wanted to hear.

Cartoon: Ice rink

Cartoon: Week 2

On expanding internship funding

As University students, we are given access to a wide array of summer internship opportunities. It’s true — we have the International Internship Program, Keller Center internships, Princeton Internships in Civic Service, and several career fairs to help students find external internships independent of these programs.

Cartoon: Bear accessible

Pledge of allegiance

Why do public school children pledge their allegiance to “one nation under God” every morning despite America’s separation of church and state?

Teachers who look like us

Most of my professors have been women. It’s not a large majority —I have had roughly 8 female professors for every 7 male ones, but that ratio is the highest I’ve heard of among my peers.

The value of faith and reflection

If you know me, then you know there are few things in life that make me more uncomfortable than the prospect of singing in public.

The age of the hermit

It turns out that college students are becoming hermits, particularly freshmen. But seriously, what with only 18 percent spending at least two to three hours per day with friends, their lives have become increasingly hermitic, according to a recent study from the University of California, Los Angeles’s Higher Education Research Institute.

Cartoon: Bicker Woes

Editorial: Providing gender-neutral bathrooms

From supporting a gender binary to inconvenient bathroom codes, Princeton’s bathroom system has long been criticized by students.