Opinion

Women’s Leadership at Princeton: Beyond the Numbers

The 2011 Women’s Leadership Report revealed a disturbing reality — in the “highly visible positions” of major student groups on University campus, women held fewer of the top spots since right after the first decade that the University began accepting women.

Fifty Shades of Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy is a curious human condition, and one that is important both to experience and to take note of, whether in oneself or in others.

The beauty of silence

"What is it about silence that is so unsettling and deeply irksome?" I wonder as I spit out some trite retort to a friend’s comment to avoid having nothing to say. Silence makes me so anxious that I instinctively fill it with some equally meaningless remark.

Cartoon: How hibernation works

Letter to the Editor: March 2, 2015

To the editors: I am writing to clarify some points raised in the March 2, 2015, article about the work of the Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The Task Force is working to identify ways to help Princeton enhance the campus experience of respect and fairness for people of all identities.

More than just a month

Black History Month has just ended, so I believe now is the perfect time to look at the goals and intentions of the month, and how they fit into the history of the University. In honor of the month, Shriya Sekhsaria has been writing a very informative series in The ‘Prince’ about the history of African Americans on this campus, from the very first evidence of an African American student, way back in 1792, to the feelings of current students with regards to race relations at Princeton.

Snark's inefficacy

As I write this, The Daily Princetonian’s editors are concluding the process of selecting new writers to join the ranks of the Opinion section.

Cartoon: Leap Day

Somewhere between confidence and insecurity

Nobody wants life advice from an 18-year-old.

Editorial: Reject divestment

Recently, a group of students began a campaign known as the Princeton Sustainable Investment Initiative (PSII), seeking to implement a series of proposals concerning the University’s management of its endowment and environmental impact.

Adventures of Zed the zombie

Letter to the editor: Concerning the Wendy Davis lecture

Yesterday’s coverage of a lecture given by former Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis was entirely one-sided, recounting only her talking points.

Editorial: Reform the Referendum

Several weeks after its conclusion, Bicker remains the word on the street. Continued campus conversation about Bicker owes much to the recent “Hose Bicker” movement.

On keeping libraries open

There is a special sense of hopelessness that accompanies leaving the Trustee Reading Room in Firestone Library at 2 a.m., paper unfinished and coffee in hand. I’ve spent more nights than I would have liked searching for a quiet study space after the libraries have closed.

Eating Clubs: The Princeton Paradigm

The recent discussion regarding Bicker has attracted much interest and discussion, but as much as I am glad that the dialogue is active, I’d like to present another question to the debate: Why do we still have Bicker?

In loco parentis

Apparently, some 24-hour bug has been going around for the past few weeks. I unfortunately know this firsthand, not because I have the stomach flu (yet), but because I recently had to stomach the effects of someone else’s flu. At the end of my seminar class one recent evening, as I casually started toward the door, I looked up just in time to see one of my classmates lurching towards the landfill section of the classroom garbage bin.

Cartoon: Seasonal hairstyle

Cartoon: With Tentacles Dude!

Cartoon: Small world order

Where we are on sustainability

There really aren’t any shortcuts on Princeton campus. For a student body whose day-to-day activity involves quite a lot of walking and biking, it seems like there’s never enough time for the trek from Frick Chemistry Laboratory to East Pyne.