Opinion

Reactions: Building a better Bicker?

This year, we asked our writers to share more nuanced reflections on what works and doesn’t work about Street Week 2025 – what should be preserved, and what should be reformed. 

Princeton, it’s time to offer a Filipino language program

Like other Ivy League universities, Princeton should implement Filipino language courses to satisfy student demand and reflect the cultural demographics of the United States.

Like other Ivy League universities, Princeton should implement Filipino language courses to satisfy student demand and reflect the cultural demographics of the United States.

Princeton isn’t the problem, elitism is

By putting too much emphasis on Ivy League schools themselves as the proxy for “educated elites," we risk losing sight of the larger systems of elitism that drive the Ivy League and so much more. 

However, by putting too much emphasis on Ivy League schools themselves as the proxy for “educated elites," we risk losing sight of the larger systems of elitism that drive the Ivy League and so much more. 

A ‘climate apocalypse’ is all but inevitable. Why aren’t we planning for it?

Not only must every Princeton student think about what sort of life they can — or should — build in the context of an ever-warming world, but also that the climate activists on campus who intend to spur this sort of thinking often end up discouraging it.

Not only must every Princeton student think about what sort of life they can — or should — build in the context of an ever-warming world, but also that the climate activists on campus who intend to spur this sort of thinking often end up discouraging it.

Princeton, don’t budge on Title IX

Trump’s changes to Title IX signal more dire attacks on education are to come in the future. Princeton has a responsibility to do everything it can to prevent them.

Trump’s changes to Title IX signal more dire attacks on education are to come in the future. Princeton has a responsibility to do everything it can to prevent them.

In case you haven’t noticed, the target is already on our back

If I could say anything to the University about this, here is what it would be: when there is a target on your back, you do not stand still and wait for the arrow to strike. You put on a bulletproof vest, hunker down into a foxhole, and fire back.

If I could say anything to the University about this, here is what it would be: when there is a target on your back, you do not stand still and wait for the arrow to strike. You put on a bulletproof vest, hunker down into a foxhole, and fire back.

Bring back Princeton’s pharmacy

The current prescription solutions available to us as Princeton students do not fully meet our needs. As students, our energy should be dedicated to our academic pursuits, not trying to figure out where you can pick up medicine or filling out paperwork to get it. Princeton is in a position to not only support their students’ physical health at a baseline level, but demonstrate care and respect for their identities and needs as a matter of principle.

New Jersey should tax Princeton’s endowment

“New Jersey could place an annual wealth tax of five percent on Princeton’s endowment without threatening Princeton’s long-term existence.”

“New Jersey could place an annual wealth tax of five percent on Princeton’s endowment without threatening Princeton’s long-term existence.”

There’s something for you here

When we stay up all night to cover a protest or comb through thousands of documents for a data-driven story, we don’t do it because it will generate clicks. We do so because those stories are important to our campus and deserve to be heard by our audience with clarity and complexity.

New pre-draw guidelines reflect a much-needed conversation about community care on campus

Identifying and living alongside pre-drawmates allows students with housing accommodations to engage in community care: finding safety, healing, and support in a circle of close and connected individuals. The University’s failure to model these expectations reflects an inability to prioritize student safety and happiness.

Identifying and living alongside pre-drawmates allows students with housing accommodations to engage in community care: finding safety, healing, and support in a circle of close and connected individuals. The University’s failure to model these expectations reflects an inability to prioritize student safety and happiness.

Disabled students need roommates too

This year, Housing and Real Estate Services quietly removed the option to select a drawmate for students with accommodations without alerting students, leaving them to discover it for themselves at the beginning of the brief pre-draw application window.

This year, Housing and Real Estate Services quietly removed the option to select a drawmate for students with accommodations without alerting students, leaving them to discover it for themselves at the beginning of the brief pre-draw application window.

Why can’t lecturers win the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching?

Let’s acknowledge those who make “boutique teaching” possible, those who work tirelessly to make our rigorous curricula more accessible, and those who dedicate their time to advising and guiding us through all the challenges we face at this University. Lecturers should be eligible for the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Let’s acknowledge those who make “boutique teaching” possible, those who work tirelessly to make our rigorous curricula more accessible, and those who dedicate their time to advising and guiding us through all the challenges we face at this University. Lecturers should be eligible for the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Princeton’s administration of justice is Trumpian

The disparity between the University’s approach to Giberson and its approach to pro-Palestinian protestors reflects a concerning trend of appeasing an increasingly emboldened right rather than resisting the threat it poses to academic freedom and the wellbeing of Princeton students. 

Secular Opening Exercises? Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water

The secular makes no room for the spiritual. What Opening Exercises are meant to convey is the spirit of the institution so that it may be kept alive from generation to generation. 

The secular makes no room for the spiritual. What Opening Exercises are meant to convey is the spirit of the institution so that it may be kept alive from generation to generation. 

Return Pete Hegseth’s educational ideologies “to sender”

Hegseth believes students are being raised to “see America as an evil place” because his confining approach to education leaves no room for admiration and criticism, hope and horror, to coexist. He treats American history, patriotic ideals and the “pillars of Western civilization” as if they were made of glass, as if “cross-cultural encounters” and critical race theory, the “cornucopia of diversity” he criticizes, could shatter them.

Hegseth believes students are being raised to “see America as an evil place” because his confining approach to education leaves no room for admiration and criticism, hope and horror, to coexist. He treats American history, patriotic ideals and the “pillars of Western civilization” as if they were made of glass, as if “cross-cultural encounters” and critical race theory, the “cornucopia of diversity” he criticizes, could shatter them.

To understand America’s future, Princeton must look to Britain

The future of America is mired in uncertainty. But if we want the closest thing to clairvoyance we can get, we must look to our friends across the pond — the British.

The future of America is mired in uncertainty. But if you want the closest thing to clairvoyance you can get, we must look to our friends across the pond — the British.

Princeton, it’s time to implement media literacy training

Social media platforms have failed to curb the exponential rise of online disinformation. To counter this, institutions like Princeton must increase public resilience through mandated media literacy training for its students.

Social media platforms have failed to curb the exponential rise of online disinformation. To counter this, institutions like Princeton must increase public resilience through mandated media literacy training for its students.

It’s time for a civic education requirement at Princeton

Ivy League graduates have lost the trust and confidence of the American people. Princeton should renew its commitment to democratic values through a new civic education requirement.

Ivy League graduates have lost the trust and confidence of the American people. Princeton should renew its commitment to democratic values through a new civic education requirement.

Princeton should make Opening Exercises secular

"Prayers and blessings are not relevant to a mandatory introductory event at a non-religious university. We should focus less on our Latin motto, “Under God’s Power She Flourishes,” and more on our unofficial motto, “In the Service of Humanity.”

"Prayers and blessings are not relevant to a mandatory introductory event at a non-religious university. We should focus less on our Latin motto, “Under God’s Power She Flourishes,” and more on our unofficial motto, “In the Service of Humanity.”

Announcing the ‘Prince’ Opinion section’s Spring 2025 columnists

This semester, we are proud to announce six columns, three from returning columnists and three from new ones. Each columnist will publish every other week or every three weeks.

This semester, we are proud to announce six columns, three from returning columnists and three from new ones. Each columnist will publish every other week or every three weeks.