Opinion

Letter to the Editor: May 12, 2014

We write to clarify statements in a recent Daily Princetonian article titled “U. modifies definitions of sexual assault.” The article reported on revisions to Rights, Rules, Responsibilities that were approved last week by the Council of the Princeton University Community.

Wrongheadedness in Condoleezza Rice fight at Rutgers

Last week, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice decided against speaking at Rutgers University’s commencement ceremony.

Is Princeton a selfish endeavor?

We often speak about the importance of thinking outside the Orange Bubble — what about popping it? Our four years at Princeton produce many memories: lunches with friends, late nights in Firestone Library, learning and growing from different extracurricular activities and sports.

Cartoon: On squirrels

I am not my privilege

Writing this letter took a lot of courage, especially after seeing all of the ad hominem attacks and ridicule directed at Tal Fortgang ‘17 in response to his article in the Princeton Tory.

More than the one percent

Recently, Princeton has been the subject of bad press. Our most noted alumni include a First Lady who refuses to come to campus, a controversial senator who may have led a government shutdown and Susan Patton (whom I have no words to describe). To the media and general public, Princeton University is diseased — and not just by bacterial meningitis.

Cartoon: Gone fishin'

Be brave

I wanted to remain in denial a little while longer, even though I knew this moment had been coming for quite some time.

Letter to the Editor: Why men should talk about sexual assault

Given the recent columns in The Daily Princetonian, “Rape Culture exists here, too” and “Speaking Up,” it is evident that sexual assault is a problem on campus.

In response to Tal Fortgang

Dear Tal Fortgang and the Princeton University Community: Welcome to the fun house world of American mainstream media’s obsession with caricatured versions of campus identity politics.

Editorial: Increasing female leadership on the Street

A recent piecepublished in Nassau Weekly detailed the lack of female officers in the eating clubs.

Princeton is so much more than schooling

I sat to write this column, my final in this paper, and drew blank after blank. There is simultaneously so much to say about my time at the University and no good way of saying it.

Rape by any other name is still rape

“Rapists are here! Stop protecting them!” There were a lot of words written on The Surface, an interactive art project for class VIS 439: Art as Interaction where students could write anything on four panels over the past few weeks, but few phrases lasted very long before the next person came along and painted over them.

Minding your manners

It’s surprisingly easy nottobe a jerk. All it takes is a shred of self-consciousness and a degree of shame and humility.

Speaking up

Editor’s note: The author of this column was granted anonymity due to the intensely personal nature of the events described. Preface: The brave columnist who wrote on April 30 inspired me to be courageous.

Cartoon: Crossing paths with a new-age vampire

On privilege

Around the time when sophomores were supposed to begin declaring their majors, I was talking to a female student at dinner about a friend of mine who was seriously considering Classics as his department of choice.

Keeping busy to ourselves

“You look terrible! How much sleep did you get last night?” This is a weird question to entertain for two reasons.

Cartoon: Goodbye

Editorial: An immediate response to the national attention on campus sexual assault

On April 29, the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault released its inaugural report on sexual assault on college campuses.