Do we want a health care system that is a beacon worthy of our great history and power — one that seeks to take care of as many Americans as possible, one that is not afraid to take bold steps to change what must be changed? Or do we want ... the opposite of whatever Barack Obama says?
Instead of recoiling at the looming threat from the East, we ought to recognize the merits present in both paradigms of Eastern and Western schooling and reimagine American institutions with their combined incorporation.
Princeton students should be more cautious in outsourcing their own critical thinking to oversimplified, often biased media analysis. Liberals surely believe that these cuts are justified by the value of the new programs they finance. Conservatives obviously disagree. But let’s not obscure the Obamacare debate by pretending the costs of the law are not real.
I posit that removing grades from those courses will push you to engage further with the material, work harder and stress less, ultimately improving your learning experience and potentially your performance.
The fact of the matter is that when we talk in this way it’s rare we move the political conversation forward. There are intelligent, well-intentioned, reasonable people on both sides of most debates.
One of the many things I love about Princeton is that it trains us to argue ideas. Sharpless wisely emphasizes that our political beliefs are influenced by social and cultural factors. However, she forgets they are also personal and intellectual.
A cheap hookup on a drunken Saturday night often buys us a cheap reward: temporary gratification followed by hollowness and superficiality in our search for intimacy. On the other hand, a slightly heftier investment of time and energy with another person can lead us to the precious reward of a deep relationship built on trust, mutual respect and joy.
It is a blessing to be able to truly know yourself at a young age — to know exactly who you are, who you are willing to be and with whom you choose to associate and identify yourself. This is the job of a writer — to be constantly finding himself in the quest to help others do the same. As Princeton students, we are encouraged to discover something new about ourselves, and whatever may eventually be our “thing,” Princeton assures us that this is the place to find it.
The third week of school is over. Classes have been added, switched, shopped and dropped. By the third week of school we have gotten our Pequods, complained about their prices and gotten over it.
Coming to Princeton, I swore to myself that I would never enroll in a course that I didn’t have to take; I would only enroll in classes that interested me. But now that I’m an upperclassman, worrying about internships and independent research, I caught myself skimming over the course registrar list, struggling to find a politics or economics course to take.
Just because something is deemed legal doesn’t necessarily make it right.
The University has placed emphasis on the sustainability of its on-campus fleet, focusing on TigerTransit. In doing this, the University has missed potential improvements that could be more effective.
I have a modest proposal: Don’t take a party break in New York City or head home to catch up on sleep. Fall break is the perfect time to volunteer to knock on doors for the reelection of President Barack Obama. Princeton in the nation’s service needs you now if we are to confront honestly and intelligently the problems affecting this country.
The first two weeks of classes at Princeton are known as the add/drop period, during which students are free to add or remove classes from their schedule. At Princeton’s peer schools, however, the first few weeks of classes are designated shopping period and offer students a greater degree of freedom in trying out classes. For example, professors hold the shared expectation that students are shopping their classes during this period and refrain from delving deeply into the material and assigning work, and students do not even sign up for classes until the end of this period.
Apocalypse, as a vernacular term, originated from the Greek term "apocalypsis," which literally means “uncovering,” in the sense of revealing something. Until Hollywood filled our heads with images of tidal waves and meteors, the term was popularized through its Biblical use. This use carried a connotation that was subtler: The apocalypse referred to the uncovering of meaning or understanding hidden from mankind in a time or atmosphere dominated by falsehood and misconception.