Opinion

SAT facelift

The College Board recently announced that the SAT is getting yet another facelift, the most drastic set of changes since the March 2005 exam debuted with an entirely new writing section.The rise of the ACT has done good things for the college admission process.

Editorial: Address sophomore dues

Every spring, numerous articles about Bicker are written both in this paper and other sources. We discuss whether the system is fair, whether it is outdated and what happens to the people who do not get into or join a club.

Cartoon: Bad conversation starters

The value of not knowing

While at Princeton, students are expected to talk about their experiences struggling to get here, their stories of trying to stay here — and stay sane, for that matter — and most of all, what helped them make it into this institution.

Grade deflation devalues education

On both sides of the grade deflation debate, the most talked-about argument is its effects on postgraduation employment or admission to graduate schools.On one side, the administration allows students applying to jobs or graduate schools to attach a letter from the University explaining its tough grading stance compared to other universities.However,many students remain worried about the effects grade deflation may have on postgraduation plans.

Why Princeton students don’t try new things

There are no introductory courses in Princeton. Of course, there are classes that are given a 100-level designation.

Cartoon: Crazy in love

On transfer student policies

A few weeks ago, The Daily Princetonian reported that the University administration was considering overturning its current policy banning transfer students.

Editorial: Review the Committee on Discipline

The Daily Princetonian recently published a series of three articles documenting various aspects of the operation of the University’s Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline.

Outside the Bubble: An automated world

“A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.” In science fiction writer Isaac Asimov’s "I, Robot" (later turned into a less-than-compelling movie of the same name starring Will Smith) there are four laws that robots must follow, one of which is stated above. While such a world, where upgraded human-like robots exist, is currently only plausible in the realm of our imaginations and science fiction, the threat that automation poses to society — with specific regard to employment — may already appear today. Last week, Bill Gates gave a speech at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

Keystone blight

By Mason Herson-Hord '15, Dayton Martindale '15, Rachel Parks '15, Alvaro Sottil '16, Katie Horvath '15, Damaris Miller '15, Nikolaus Hofer '17, Divya Farias '15, Parth Parihar '15 and Lucie Wright '14. On March 10, guest contributor Duncan Hosie ’16wrote “The Case for Keystone,” a well-articulated yet misleading op-ed in support of completing Keystone XL, a stalled pipeline project intended to transport Alberta’s tar sands oil to the Gulf of Mexico.

Debriefing the meningitis outbreak

By Michael Kochis As chair of the Student Health Advisory Board, and more importantly, one who truly cares about the well-being of everyone on campus, I think it’s crucially important that we don’t just move on from the meningitis outbreak and forget about what occurred these past few months. What happened?

Editorial: Pathway maintenance

The University prides itself on its beautiful campus filled with Gothic towers and buildings that serve as the ideal backdrop for a picturesque postcard.

Cartoon: Identity crisis

The case for Keystone

By Duncan Hosie Last week, nine University students were arrested while protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project.

Where are the student activists?

My underpants are showing. I’m lying on the stairs of Frist Campus Center, during Late Meal, in an intentionally public display, and my underpants are showing.

Letter to the Editor: Questioning the question

I am writing in response to your March 10 editorial “Evaluating the ‘Admission Opportunity Campaign.’ ” In appraising the information and arguments that we as Students for Prison Education and Reform have made available as part of the Admissions Opportunity Campaign, the Editorial Board latched on to one peripheral point of the campaign.

Editorial: Evaluating the “Admission Opportunity Campaign”

Last week, the University’s Students for Prison and Education Reform began circulating a petition, titled the Admission Opportunity Campaign, calling on the University to change its admissions practices.

Letter to the Editor: March 9, 2014

To the Editors: We are writing in response to your March 5editorial, “Transparency regarding mental health forced withdrawals.” University Health Services and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students work closely with campus partners, including residential college staff and the Office of Disability Services, to mitigate student health and safety risks through support services on and off campus.

Outside the Bubble: Questioning the case against marriage equality

Every possible sign points toward the inevitability of gay marriage’s nationwide legalization. A new Washington Post/ABC poll found that 59 percent of Americans supportsame sex marriage, a new record and a complete reversal from a decade earlier.