Opinion

Watching the baby boomers in action: Do students think?

Watching the baby boomers in action: Do students think?

As I see our students walk across campus, many of them transported worlds away by an iPod plugged into their ears, I wonder what they are thinking about the world their parents' generation, the famous Baby Boomers, is concocting for them now.

OPINION | 03/09/2008

Op Art: Best thesis ever

OPINION | 03/09/2008

Op Art: Freedom of thought

OPINION | 03/06/2008

Drama and rumors in the invisible institution

I got my first lesson on the joys and perils of rumors as a second grader. As we lined up outside the building, preparing for another day of school, I felt an inexplicable impulse take over my entire being, as I blurted to a friend standing next to me, "Did you know that my first-grade teacher is on drugs?" Incredulously, he turned to me in a mixture of awe and disbelief.

OPINION | 03/06/2008

Cheer on every team

On a typical day, the University's website contains announcements of upcoming lectures by important speakers and performances by a variety of culturally diverse arts groups as well as news stories about compelling research and student awards.

OPINION | 03/06/2008

You shouldn't have to bicker your major

"The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs." When we hear that phrase what should come to mind is the embodiment of Princeton's motto to serve this nation and all nations.

OPINION | 03/06/2008

True change from the USG: Yes we can?

During my three semesters at Princeton, I have paid very little attention to the USG.

OPINION | 03/05/2008

Op Art: Money in the bank

OPINION | 03/05/2008

Letters to the Editor: March 6, 2008

?Thesis buddies' not about hazing freshmen

OPINION | 03/05/2008

Stranger in my own political land

"Ouch! Sorry, Hillary!" my neighbor's message board declared sarcastically after Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.)'s losses in Maryland and Virginia last month.

OPINION | 03/05/2008

The 40-year residential college

I'm not very good at staying informed about current events. For example, only recently did I learn that "Super Tuesday" is not, in fact, a limited-time special at Taco Bell.

OPINION | 03/04/2008

Op Art: Whitman's volunteer program

OPINION | 03/04/2008

Let's talk about sex ed

Between Jamie Lynn Spears and "Juno," teen pregnancy gets a lot of press these days. The discussion - or really, gossip - that stems from this tends to focus on the future: Will she keep the baby?

OPINION | 03/04/2008

Voting for a smile

In the past few days, posters have appeared around campus with pictures of this year's candidates for Young Alumni Trustee (YAT).

OPINION | 03/04/2008

Op Art: Lab Partners

OPINION | 03/03/2008

Slouching toward Whitmania

My grandfather has a neat reformulation of Lord Acton's dictum that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." His idea is that power does not corrupt but instead reveals; having power doesn't make you evil as much as having power gives you the ability to do what you want and therefore reveals your true feelings.

OPINION | 03/03/2008

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