USG referendum author asks: Is the administration committed to student input?Regarding ?Putting Humpty Dumpty together again,' (Monday, May 5, 2008):
I have tried to avoid writing columns complaining about things at this university. I live in Wilson College.
In the coming days, members of the University community will be finding ways to celebrate the end of the academic year, be it at an eating club, a restaurant, a bar or a dorm room.
Dean's Date is over. Woohoo. Now all I have to do is get through two more finals, and I'm home free.
Over the past several years, we have seen the sexualization of gender expectations in both pop culture and academia.
When you live in a city as large and overpopulated as Cairo, as I have this past semester, you see signs of poverty everywhere.
Last spring, the USG's Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO) did a survey to measure the impact of students' socioeconomic backgrounds on their experiences at Princeton.
Time: 2 a.m. Status: 17 pages to go, four in French. Location: Forbes kitchen. It's a faceoff. The unwashed coffee thermos stares up at me from the bottom of the sink.
I have heard it said that people at Princeton don't make friends; we make connections. This is a harsh mischaracterization.
Facts may be stubborn things, but opinions are more stubborn still. This is especially true of personal judgments.
The University's plan to distribute diplomas in the residential colleges this year reflects the importance it attaches to the communities that students and staff form in these colleges.
Walking to the Street a few weekends ago, you may have noticed a gigantic screen listing the names of people who are committed to owning what they think. A crusade against "character assassination" and "acts of ethical and intellectual cowardice," ownwhatyouthink.com is a petition created in response to the gossip site juicycampus.com. Since its launch on March 31, more than a thousand people have signed.
The Whitman dining hall was members only once again last Tuesday evening, but it was no ordinary College Night.
On the most superficial level, the democratic primary is about whether we'd rather have a female president or a black president.
U. should do more than pay lip service to grad housing needsRegarding "Cost, space issues burden GS housing," (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)Speculation about how the Housing Master Plan will affect graduate students has been widespread.
