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.
It's the first weekend in May and I'm in Philadelphia, doing one of the things professors do when not in class (rumors that we live in our offices are greatly exaggerated). Four times a year, the University of Pennsylvania Press publishes "The Journal of the History of Ideas" - a scholarly journal that draws contributions from classicists, historians, historians of science, literary scholars and philosophers.
The highlight of our spring has come and gone. I'm talking about Lawnparties: I Pledge Allegiance to the Preppiness Spring '08.
After a long summer away from Princeton, many students are eager to return to school. This year, they will have to wait an extra three days.
As an alumna, a former Orange Key chair and now, a University employee, I read Adam Bradlow '11's column on the names of Princeton buildings ("What's in a Name?", April 17) with some interest.
The campus elections these past two weeks have been quite an eye-opener. At times, I've wondered whether the national campaign and international scene were being played out on smaller scale within the Orange Bubble.
Princeton is renowned as a research university that is also committed to educating undergraduates. The University demonstrates this commitment by requiring all professors to teach and partially basing tenure decisions on teaching ability.
You know how I know that Princeton students are actually as dorky as our reputation suggests? The only thing that can rouse us from our sleep at 7 a.m.
I?m a big fan of words. I mean, that?s kind of obvious; I?m about to write 800 of them right here.
The student-initiated referendum on the USG 2008 spring elections ballot addressed several key issues: student approval of the administration, the effects of key initiatives on student life and the role of student input.
