Opinion

Early Arrival Yet to Feature

On the 12th of September, Princeton opened for the academic year. A huge barrage of loaded Dinky trains, excited hugs, orange carts and the sudden reminder of the doors that are magically open to you with the card with Princeton written on it soon followed.

How to go faster than light

Editorial: Off to a better start - reform the start of fall semester

The start of classes is an exciting time, offering students a chance to meet new people, reconnect with old friends and explore varied interests.

To the class of 2019

By Zach Horton From a recent grad to the incoming Class of 2019: congratulations — and welcome to what may well be the four most formative years of your lives.

Underage drinking as privilege

By now, Lawnparties are over, and only a sea of dust from Quadrangle Club and a few stray plastic cups remain as physical evidence of the crush of people who filled Prospect Avenue over the past day.

The Trump Effect on Congress

The real danger of Trump isn’t that he might win, it’s that — at least for now — he doesn’t have to.It isn’t revolutionary to say that Congress isn’t working right now.

Editorial: Reform start-of-school meal plans

Last Thursday, about 1,000 freshmen returned from Outdoor Action and Community Action and began to settle into their dorms, joining those who chose not to do a pre-orientation program.

The conversation on transferring goes both ways

Princeton is unique among the Ivies for its current policy banning transferring.

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The curse of chasing “well-rounded”

I’m juggling, as we all are, the many different decisions one makes at the beginning of the school year.

Cartoon: Mr. Peanut Meets Mr. Monopoly

Study abroad sucked — you should try it!

Before I left for my semester abroad at the University of Sussex last spring, an older friend who had also spent her junior spring in England gave me advice which would ring truer than she could possibly have expected.

The Wall Street Journal Done Goofed

I was one of the few Asian-Americans in the small suburb of Detroit that I grew up in. I still remember multiple instances in which other little boys would walk up to me and ask, “Your eyes are so small, are you blind or something?” They might as well have been hurling a slur at me – “chink.” Well, that’s just an ugly word.

My Friend the Felon: The St. Paul’s rape trial through the eyes of an insider

On a hot spring day 15 months ago, I sat outside St.

Reaching back

With the start of a new school year, everyone is eager to impart his or her advice on how to face the future.

Cartoon: Back-to-School Fashion

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor: Shame on the University. The prestigious Ivy League university’s policy, found in the “Respect for Others” subsection of “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities,” states: “As an intellectual community, [the University] attaches great value to freedom of expression and vigorous debate, but it also attaches great importance to mutual respect, and it deplores expressions of hatred directed against any individual or group.” However, the University makes an exception to this policy for one of its own: bioethics professor Peter Singer.

How conversation on suicide can lead to silence

Note: This column is not intended as a slur to Madison Holleran, her family, friends and anyone who continues to grieve for her.

Princeton privilege

I complain about Princeton. A lot. Only a week into summer, I still feel like I am mentally recovering from a caffeine-fueled, stress-and-anxiety-filled daze from finals.

The American siege on science

On Fridayafternoon, an Alumni-Faculty Forum titled “Science Under Attack!” convened with a panel of five graduates to discuss the national mood regarding science and science literacy in the country today. Seth Shostak ’65, senior astronomer and director of the Center for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Research, notes that there is a culture of deprioritizing science and scientists as important leaders.