Opinion

Letter to the Editor: The ORL is right to recognize Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut

Letter to the Editor: The ORL is right to recognize Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut

Yonah Berenson

“The purpose of the ORL calendar is not to endorse religious holidays. Instead, it is to note holidays that are celebrated by certain students to increase understanding of others’ religious practices. It recognizes reality; it does not create or endorse it.”

OPINION | 02/20/2023

Why is the Office of Religious Life celebrating Israel’s Independence Day?

Why is the Office of Religious Life celebrating Israel’s Independence Day?

Zachariah Sippy

“Judaism is not Zionism. And when campus administrators imply that they are one and the same, it is inaccurate and offensive. The University should not be in the business of declaring new Jewish holidays, especially when such proclamations serve exclusionary and reactionary ends.”

OPINION | 02/19/2023

Reactions: Opinion columnists talk TigerConfessions

Reactions: Opinion columnists talk TigerConfessions

Grace Rosenberg, Christofer Robles, Tara Shukla, and Nate Howard

Opinion columnists respond to TigerConfessions posts and reflect on the platform as a whole.

OPINION | 02/16/2023

Affirmative action doesn’t do enough to diversify elite education

Affirmative action doesn’t do enough to diversify elite education

Christofer Robles

“Although affirmative action has been an important tool for nationally increasing diversity in higher education, it is simply an unsustainable bandage on a defective admissions ethos.”

OPINION | 02/15/2023

Stop blaming students for the mental health crisis: A response to Ethan Hicks '26

Stop blaming students for the mental health crisis: A response to Ethan Hicks '26

Justin Lee

“Academic rigor, including difficult rites of passage such as writing seminars and the senior theses, is not, in my opinion, truly at the heart of Princeton’s mental health problem. Rather, the problem is the lack of accessible mental health resources and our overall attitude towards mental health.”

“Academic rigor, including difficult rites of passage such as writing seminars and the senior theses, is not, in my opinion, truly at the heart of Princeton’s mental health problem. Rather, the problem is the lack of accessible mental health resources and our overall attitude towards mental health”

OPINION | 02/15/2023

Consistency matters in campus free speech debates

Consistency matters in campus free speech debates

Matthew Wilson

“Instead of clamoring for institution-wide censures and official condemnations, we as students are called to vigorously debate and critically engage with those whose opinions we find abhorrent or objectionable.”

OPINION | 02/13/2023

Why Princeton must improve its package delivery system

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Why Princeton must improve its package delivery system

Prince Takano

“The University has seemed to neglect the need to consider other options for improving the University package system, like expanding service hours to include package processing on the weekends or establishing another delivery processing hub to lighten package traffic.”

OPINION | 02/13/2023

Reactions: Princeton faculty discuss ChatGPT in the classroom

Reactions: Princeton faculty discuss ChatGPT in the classroom

Arvind Narayanan, Steven Kelts, Sarah Case, and Matt Weinberg

Princeton faculty members Arvind Narayanan, Sarah Case, Steven Kelts, and Matt Weinberg discuss the utility (and futility) of using ChatGPT in the classroom and on assignments — and what ChatGPT reveals about the value of education.

OPINION | 02/12/2023

This Black History Month, let's push for symbolic and structural change

This Black History Month, let's push for symbolic and structural change

Ndeye Thioubou

“For me, the University still has several steps to take before I can believe that their commitment to Black students is genuine, and not simply lip service.”

OPINION | 02/09/2023

The price of greatness: we should preserve academic rigor at Princeton

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The price of greatness: we should preserve academic rigor at Princeton

Ethan Hicks

“Academic challenges — and the discomforts that arise from those challenges — are part of the Princeton experience.”

OPINION | 02/09/2023

Conservative values can exist within a liberal framework

Conservative values can exist within a liberal framework

Abigail Rabieh

“Conservatives such as Hazony argue that the University should define its own purpose for students, whereas liberals push for students to define the purpose of the University on their own.”

OPINION | 02/09/2023

Letter to the Editor: The CJL’s dining hall is open to all

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Letter to the Editor: The CJL’s dining hall is open to all

Gil Steinlauf

That’s why we welcome all students to CJL, and encourage them to eat with us. We hope they find both great food and a warm community inside our walls.

OPINION | 02/09/2023

Join us at the CJL, but be mindful of Jewish peers

Join us at the CJL, but be mindful of Jewish peers

Myles McKnight, Henry Koffler, and Adam Hoffman

“All we ask is for sensitivity: if you arrive at the CJL to find the lunch line running to the back door, consider eating elsewhere if you can afford to.”

OPINION | 02/07/2023

Princeton’s climate research: In the service of BP

Princeton’s climate research: In the service of BP

Eleanor Clemans-Cope and Alex Norbrook

“BP uses Princeton’s Carbon Mitigation Initiative to launder its image, to ensure a stream of studies that give it legitimacy, and to preserve its business model.”

OPINION | 02/06/2023

Give me Ted Lasso, and don’t make me pay

Give me Ted Lasso, and don’t make me pay

Grace Rosenberg

If the University is to make strides toward supporting students’ mental health, it must encourage and fund not only community events, but also resources for students to spend stress-free time alone.

OPINION | 02/05/2023

Rather than skip meals, let's have them delivered

Rather than skip meals, let's have them delivered

Prince Takano

“I propose a solution to improve eating habits and provide more food options for students: TigerEats, a service that would deliver meals from third-party apps, dining halls, and eating clubs directly to a student’s location.”

OPINION | 02/03/2023

The two Princetons

The two Princetons

Rohit Narayanan

When it comes to campus happenings, there’s no story too small.

OPINION | 02/01/2023

If ChatGPT can do our homework, AI isn't the problem

If ChatGPT can do our homework, AI isn't the problem

Christopher Lidard

ChatGPT can be used to help students achieve the bare minimum, but Princeton courses generally have a more ambitious aim: to teach students to think critically, solve problems, and apply what they have learned in new and creative ways.

OPINION | 02/01/2023