Opinion

This year, Princeton must admit more activists

Eleanor Clemans-Cope

“So Princeton should step up: Admit more activists this year. With more activists in our student body, our campus can move beyond the vacuous goal of discussion for the sake of discussion, and toward a place where our ‘truth-seeking’ is followed by action and positive change.”

OPINION | 11/06/2022

Princeton is, and may forever be, a Predominantly White Institution

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Princeton is, and may forever be, a Predominantly White Institution

Mohan Setty-Charity

“The composition of Princeton’s faculty, the history of the institution, and the culture of the school contribute to the sense that Princeton not only has been, but most certainly still is a PWI.”

OPINION | 11/03/2022

This Election Day, start prioritizing your civic engagement — and vote

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This Election Day, start prioritizing your civic engagement — and vote

Henry Hsiao

“Voting carries weight because it’s your opportunity to directly influence policymaking and pick who policymakers are.”

OPINION | 11/03/2022

The Graduate School and Title IX Office failed to keep me safe

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The Graduate School and Title IX Office failed to keep me safe

Vanessa (Anonymous Student)

"I sought help from the Title IX office. Instead of helping me, the Title IX process ripped my mental, emotional, and physical well-being to shreds."

OPINION | 11/03/2022

Our lives here don't have to feel boring

Our lives here don't have to feel boring

Andi Grene

“At Princeton, it is necessary to experience actively and not — as that visiting friend said — take the positives of campus for granted simply because we know them well. In the two years that my classmates and I have left, we must reacquaint ourselves with our campus and appreciate the old in a new light.”

OPINION | 11/02/2022

Take it from me: No student government experience is necessary to run for USG

Mayu Takeuchi

“If I’ve learned one thing, it’s that every student is qualified to run for a position on USG by virtue of their lived experience of being an undergraduate at Princeton.”

OPINION | 11/01/2022

Letter to the Editor: Princeton’s disproportionate response to PETA’s exhibit shows their culpability

Keith Brown

“Princeton labs kill animals in experiments that do nothing to forward science.”

OPINION | 11/01/2022

How we grieve and remember matters

How we grieve and remember matters

Ben Xinzi Zhang

“Right now, we need a place, centrally located on campus and online, that invites every Princetonian to pause, reflect, and practice listening to each other.”

OPINION | 10/31/2022

Let’s rethink Princeton’s residential college placement

Let’s rethink Princeton’s residential college placement

Prince Takano

“The random nature of residential college placement is one of its greatest flaws. I have yet to meet a person who feels they belong to their residential college as much as they belong to other campus groups.”

OPINION | 10/30/2022

An open letter calling on Princeton to accept the Duolingo English Test as part of international application process

An open letter calling on Princeton to accept the Duolingo English Test as part of international application process

Alexis Sursock

“Princeton has made the application process more just and accessible in many ways, from the new Financial Aid policy to offering application cost waivers to low-income applicants. Yet, it still requires internationals to take extremely overpriced tests to prove their English proficiency.”

OPINION | 10/27/2022

The history of a campus center and the importance of renovations at Princeton

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The history of a campus center and the importance of renovations at Princeton

John Raulston Graham

“Renovation projects are physical manifestations of the relationship between contemporary students and past generations of Princetonians.”

OPINION | 10/27/2022

We have to stop relying on U.S. News and World Report rankings

We have to stop relying on U.S. News and World Report rankings

Eric Xie

“The U.S. News college rankings are easily corruptible, weigh the wrong factors, and privilege older and more established institutions.”

OPINION | 10/26/2022

Princeton does nowhere near enough to help grieving students

Princeton does nowhere near enough to help grieving students

Philip Maruri

“Princeton does nowhere near enough to help the students and community members affected. As I learned in the days following Abe’s death, recovering from such a loss is a long and difficult process and can’t be solved by Princeton’s perfunctory acknowledgements.”

OPINION | 10/26/2022

In Georgia’s moment of vulnerability, the US should step up engagement

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In Georgia’s moment of vulnerability, the US should step up engagement

Sam Harshbarger

“In this moment of vulnerability, Georgians are right to question whether Europe and the United States will really commit to the country’s security and Euro-Atlantic ambitions.”

OPINION | 10/25/2022

Letter to the Editor: Identity politics can't mask the real problems inside the School of Architecture

Alejandro Zaera-Polo

“Even worse than ‘cancellation,’ these accusations of ‘patriarchy’ and ‘bigotry’ are a classic example of witch hunting, a procedure customarily used by authoritarian regimes to suppress dissent and legitimize repression, or worse.”

OPINION | 10/23/2022

Reactions: What would you change about Princeton?

Reactions: What would you change about Princeton?

Opinion Staff

“In 2021, then-Editor-in-Chief Emma Treadway challenged the student body to take the post-pandemic opportunity to change Princeton. As a new school year starts, we asked our columnists one thing they’d want to change, big or small, about Princeton in the coming year.”

OPINION | 10/23/2022