Opinion

Shopping seminars

udents have spent the past two weeks shopping classes to determine their final schedules for the rest of the spring. This shopping process is an important one because it enables students to try many classes and ultimately enroll only in those that best suit their interests. This flexibility leads students to try courses in disciplines they might not otherwise explore with the assurance that, if they don’t enjoy the first few lectures, they can always revert to their more established academic interests. However, allowing students to shop classes yields a more interested and invested group of students. Furthermore, the University administration also acknowledges the importance of this period by lifting the fees for adding or dropping a course during these first two weeks.

Yellow ribbons and tiger stripes

I’m sure that any veteran who gains admission to Princeton will receive plenty of aid — enough to make it possible for him or her to study here. But that’s not the point. Establishing a Yellow Ribbon program at a top college means more than taking advantage of a government offer. It shows that the university actively encourages veterans to apply.

Cartoon: Triple 8

Editorial: Expanding Career Services

There are far more organizations doing interesting work in public service than Princeton Internships in Civic Service and the International Internship Program can support. As a result, Career Services and the University administration should expand these programs or create new programs like them. Otherwise, the opportunities available to Princeton students in public service provided by the University will fail to match the wide variety of opportunities that could be available to them in this field.

A modest proposal for Princeton

What better way to educate oneself about the harsh reality of life than by incorporating it into our sports?

Mindful eating

In the hectic world of Princeton, full of school work, extracurricular activities and parties, mindful eating could be the reflective moment we all need to feel restored and in tune with ourselves.

Letters to the Editor: Feb. 16, 2012

Brad Corrodi explains the IAS's planning application. Kip Cherry and Bill Spadea write about the historical importance of the battlefield. 

Cartoon: With and without you

The case of expanding gender-neutral housing

While we applaud the 2012-13 GNH expansions to additional double rooms in the upperclassmen dorms of Scully Hall, 1901-Laughlin Hall and Foulke Hall, we continue to advocate for the expansion of GNH options to all members of the undergraduate community.

Letters to the Editor: Feb. 15, 2012

As both a Princeton graduate and former elected member of Princeton Township Committee, I find it unfortunate that the relationship between the University and the community has become more strained than at any time in memory.

Money and sounds bites

Ninety-four percent of the time in American politics, the candidate who raises the most cash wins. Writing in Rolling Stone magazine, Matt Taibbi argues that the presidential race has become a ritualistic contest between “1 percent-approved,” corporate-funded candidates, who aren’t necessarily right for the job. And this time, he thinks the public might just not let it “fly.” I don’t share his optimism. Money is not the only problem. Partisanship and meaningless rhetoric plague the American political system. The crowds have been duped before. And they probably will be again.

A tip to all gamers

In support of the new WWS

The past two years have been a period of change for the Wilson School?s undergraduate program.

Messy Beginnings

The first week of classes is ceremoniously dubbed “syllabus week” at many other schools. Simply go to class, pick up an unnecessarily printed copy of the syllabus, hear a few words from the professor and leave before the hour is up. Then, drink all week long. We can’t exactly afford such a leisurely transition back, particularly as our semester is only 12 weeks long as opposed to the typical 16-week schedule. Material starts right away, and reading and problem sets are assigned, some of it already due by the end of the week.

This page: Missing you

We draw our content from a wide spectrum of interests; in the past week alone we have published articles on topics ranging from cyber-bullying to healthy eating to funding for clubs. Furthermore, commentary need not manifest itself in five-paragraph essay form. This semester we hope to include more creative commentary as well, whether through satire or generally less-argumentative prose. We want to encourage dialogue, whether about our generation’s use of social media or mental health concerns on campus. You can do more than contribute to the conversation; you can start it.

Cartoon: Heart failure

Interfaith at Princeton

I have just made a politically incorrect joke about being Jewish, and the person on the receiving end is uncomfortable. It’s a moment I’m familiar with, being both a person of the type who makes politically incorrect jokes and not a person that “looks” Jewish or has a Jewish name. So I do damage control: “It’s okay,” I say. “My mom’s Jewish.” To which the response is usually, “I didn’t know you were Jewish!”

Improving the Bicker process

Members of the Class of 2014 and 2013 who joined Princeton’s five sign-in and six bicker clubs saw multiple changes in the eating club selection process this year.  Many of the clubs overhauled some of their long-standing policies in an effort to improve the sign-in and Bicker process. The clubs hoped to attract more members and make the process less stressful with friendlier and more efficient policies.

Cartoon: Advisor Scoop

The future of education

Imagine one destination where every Princetonian’s research was accessible. Imagine a news feed for the published work of Princetonians. Imagine every syllabus, every document of lecture notes for all of our classes accessible in one place, with links to their resources available to everyone in the University community. And beyond that, a place where students can publish class work that is deemed exemplary. It would be an intranet for our collective scholarly products.