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Opinion

The Daily Princetonian

In defense of dilettantism

Much more than interdisciplinarity, however, is lost — I’ll risk incurring the wrath of some by calling it culture — when students of physics and literature consider each other to be fools because the former don’t care what century Chaucer lived in and the latter have never heard of Boyle’s law.

OPINION | 01/09/2011

The Daily Princetonian

Outdated stereotypes

After being here at Princeton for almost a whole semester, I can testify that Princeton has created an environment where not only is it easy to remain a religious Jew, but it is possible to get exposure to Judaism even when one does not seek it out.

OPINION | 01/09/2011

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The Daily Princetonian

A lack of creativity

When it comes to unique thinking and creativity, it really is a matter of “use it or lose it.” Many students — and I count myself as one of their number — have all but lost the ability to express themselves creatively.

OPINION | 01/04/2011

The Daily Princetonian

Separate but unequal

Buildings are now efficiently protected from nonresident interlopers by the prox system, which has enabled dorms to be locked 24 hours a day since the fall of 1999. Therefore, the locks are not fulfilling the role for which they were originally intended, but rather an entirely different role: protecting women from other students.

OPINION | 01/04/2011

The Daily Princetonian

10 years in America

The 21st century did not start 10 years ago. History regularly fails to line up with the arbitrary lines we draw, marking off measures in time from the birth of Christ.This column provides a look at the most recent era. 

OPINION | 12/16/2010

The Daily Princetonian

The royal 'we'

Though my conception of life here is biased by some of my own experiences, I still like to think of this second home as a cohesive unit, a “we,” a network of people who have the feeling that we are all on the same team.

OPINION | 12/16/2010