But if being an “ally” has a broader meaning of standing up against oppression — as I believe most of us would believe it should — then can one limit support to LGBT people?
While the current residential college system has contributed to a sense of community on campus, particularly among underclassmen, its effects on upperclassmen are mixed. We believe that there are a few specific problems that should be addressed.
The Board urges students to keep in mind the original purpose of fall break and engage with their local communities during this time.
Non-directed creative production is somewhat like participating in a sport or performing something — it’s a great release from the enormous academic burden on our shoulders. Creative writing is especially useful for those not majoring in English or Comparative Literature, since it not only improves writing ability but critical thinking ability as well.
The University is committed to protecting student data appropriately under existing policies. The integrity of these policies is of great importance, and protection of student privacy is one of the goals of the strict rules governing access to and use of the data.
Even the closest friendships are based partly — maybe a large part, maybe a small one, depending on the context — on what the other person’s effect is on you. Maybe they make you feel smart or funny or popular. Maybe they make you feel loved. I’m not dismissing all friendships as shallow contracts between self-absorbed individuals
Kurz’s article is based upon the assumptions that Princeton women who participate in hookup culture are desperately unhappy and that the men they hook up with are taking advantage of them. His article is focused on heterosexual hookups, and he equates them to a predator-prey situation, explaining that he no longer wants to be “a conqueror looking for a victim.”
We’re all college students. It’s irritating to not be able to go out with a friend because you have a pass and they don’t, or vice versa. It’s irritating that bicker clubs are held to some higher degree simply because of their exclusivity.
At the heart of the matter, “Othello” is kind of a bummer when it comes to female parts. Unless you’re really good at pretending to be smothered, you’re essentially going to find yourself shortchanged when it comes to roles for the neatly-genitaled.
Within the first month of my Princeton experience, though, I realized I had overlooked one of the most obvious forms of diversity I would find at college — intellectual diversity. What sets intellectual diversity apart is that for other forms of diversity, we can claim different backgrounds and orientations; intellectual diversity, though, stems from a few common backgrounds, only different blends and ratios among students.
I can honestly say that, at just about two-and-a-half years in, I don’t really know myself. Not in the way that we all hope to know ourselves. I don’t know who to tell you I am if you were to simply ask. In fact, I might know myself even less than I thought I did when I came to this place.
The problems behind racial inequality are far too complex to solve just by targeting higher education. Using affirmative action in college admissions is simply taking the easy way out. If we are to truly solve this problem, we must overhaul the public education system and give the disadvantaged students the help they need early on.
There’s only so much that stands out in a full hour-and-a-half, and it turns out most of it can be reiterated in 140 characters. I hate to admit it, but my 10 minutes on Twitter and my 90 minutes of TV had left me with uncomfortably similar results.
Princeton’s grade deflation system and Microsoft’s employee evaluation system essentially operate on the same principles.
I have a few friends in the band, and one of them once told me about a strange phenomenon.
