Is sustainability simply a fad that’s catching on recently? I used to think so.
Since Princeton promotes a four-way academic culture — I: “The Humanities including Architecture”; II: “The Social Sciences including History and the Woodrow Wilson School”; III: “The Natural Sciences including Mathematics and Psychology”; and IV: “Engineering and Applied Science” — this means that two of the University’s five most senior administrators belong to Division II, two more to Division IV and one to Division III. Where’s Division I?
Rivka Cohen writes that many American Jews and Jewish organizations do grapple with the cognitive dissonance of loving the land of Israel and Tulio Jose Alvarez Burgos urges us to learn the facts behind the news before heading to the polls.
Students would be better served if the University required professors to post their syllabi before students enrolled in courses.
We are in a world where self-misrepresentation is a norm, where affairs, beliefs and insults are swept under the table to avoid conflicts.
In the cocoon of Princeton, the impacts of elections seem negligible. But decisions made by Congress on topics ranging from the economy to health care to climate change will affect us for years to come.
One issue that has not been addressed by University policy is smoking outside University facilities and buildings.
Michael Medeiros and Gregor Schubert sit down to discuss ways in which Princeton students can be helpful to society and the economics involved in being philanthropic.
This recent editorial contained inaccurate information that serves to create misperceptions among students about the resources and services available to them through Career Services.
One may argue that the responsibility for such duties solely lies with the student. However, for individuals who have never lived in the United States, such matters are difficult to navigate.
Sure, we’d like to think that none of us would subject another human being to this kind of treatment. And for the most part we’d be right. But the psychology behind this is something we learned about in third grade: Bullies need audiences.
The University administration and the USG should lobby organizations like LSAC to bring their tests to Princeton and should consider offering incentives for them to do so.
Upperclassmen would feel most connected to their college if they had a single loyalty to it, not a new affiliation in junior year.