The new Dean of Admission is a woman. Thirty years ago, when Princeton first adopted a system of coeducation, Halsie Bowen, a former law enforcement official, was the only female in the administration.
Valuing war debate"Undecided's [sic] are the only ones really wise enough to know that they have no good way of evaluating the truthfulness of either side's claims," writes Aileen Nielsen about the war in Iraq in her editorial.
Grades at Princeton are too high. According to a recent report by Dean of the College Nancy Weiss Malkiel, the median grade point average for the Class of 2002 was 3.46, or midway between an A- and a B+. That means half of all graduating seniors had a cumulative GPA in the A-range.With so many students clustered near the top of the scale, it's often hard for an individual student to truly gauge the quality of his or her work.
Two thousand years ago, a group of driven, self-absorbed men conspired to rid the world of one of the most megalomaniacal figures in history.
Media coverage of Israel-Palestine conflict 'limited,' 'evasive'Nicholas Guyatt's column (April 7, 2003) on the endless Israeli-Palestinian conflict is more candid, cogent and responsible than the limited, evasive recent reporting and commentary by the New York Times, Washington Post and TV pundits.
The war on drugs is one of the most morally corrupt and counterproductive institutions in the United States.
A couple of weeks into the war against Iraq, it's already clear that some of the promises made by the Bush administration ? that ordinary Iraqis would welcome American troops as liberators, and that Saddam Hussein's regime would quickly fall ? haven't materialized.
The cover of Friday's 'Prince' featured a picture of Wilson School seniors taking part in the traditional post-thesis dip in the Scudder Plaza fountain.
I live on the edge of the "Gray Farm," just across the street from the "Butler Tract." If you were to walk up from the Boat House past Jadwin you would find me quite soon after Faculty Road changes its name to Hartley Avenue.
Last night, we learned that several of the biggest record labels in America have joined together to sue a single Princeton student, seeking millions of dollars in damages.
While no Princeton students are actually serving in Iraq (as the Times pointed out last weekend, Ivy Leaguers are following the Commander-in-Chief's example and avoiding combat duty), a good number of them have joined the political battle here on campus.
It's sad when someone who's only 24 years old spends most of his day drowning in intense nostalgia.
Well, my friends, despite the freak snow flurries and cool breezes of late, I think it is safe to say that spring has finally sprung at Princeton University!
Since the start of the war in Iraq, the U.S. led coalition forces have advanced on Baghdad at a speed unparalleled in military history.
Last Friday, I followed my dream of writing into what I thought would be the hardest hour of my life: the internship interview.
Recently, there has been fervent discussion of the possibility of the USG taking political or partisan stands.
I've started several different versions of this editorial ? well, not so much versions as introductory paragraphs for editorials on all sorts of issues not relating to the war.
LeMenager decision shows integrityI am writing to stongly disagree with your editorial regarding Steve LeMenager's appointment.
Those of us who questioned the administration's rationale for this war and opposed the manner in which it came about must now reckon with the awful truth that soldiers fighting in our stead are being tortured and killed ? and we must answer a hard question: how can we support the troops and stay faithful to our own beliefs about the wrongheadedness of the Bush approach to world affairs?Young men and women overseas, many of them younger than I, have decided to risk their lives for my safety ? and yours.
With last Friday's announcement that Janet Rapelye will serve as Princeton's new dean of admission, positive attention has been focused on the office's future.
