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OWL's incoherent view of campus feminism

OWL's incoherent view of campus feminism

The Organization of Women Leaders (OWL), according to its mission statement, is "dedicated to embracing the diversity, transforming the perceptions, and challenging the conventions of woman's role in our campus, community, and world." Behind such innocuous cliches, however, lies a reductive and incoherent understanding of the female human person.Perhaps it is too much to expect consistency from a "feminist" organization that in the past has sold tight "Hooters" T-shirts and put up posters with pictures of skinny, airbrushed models wearing tiny dresses and thigh-high boots.

OPINION | 02/11/2003

SCOREing at Princeton

Last December I scored for the first time ever. I am, of course, referring to the Student Course Online Registration Engine, the University's attempt to bring course registration into the 21st Century.

OPINION | 02/11/2003

The need for an active defense of abortion

The morning of the thirtieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I stood outside the Supreme Court, freezing cold.

OPINION | 02/11/2003

A personal defense of the bicker process

The eating club system is one unique to Princeton, and one of the most cherished aspects of the University's social life.

OPINION | 02/11/2003

Reconsidering the case for 'tort reform'

The current furor over medical malpractice continues to represent little more than the trite, ineffectual harangues of greedy insurance companies and deceived medical practitioners.

OPINION | 02/11/2003

Alcohol and the 'Street'

In two days the Princeton Borough Council will again vote on a proposed alcohol ordinance that would permit police to enter eating clubs to stop underage drinking.

OPINION | 02/11/2003

Bush's "moral clarity"

Increasingly, the war talk emanating from Washington and in the media has taken on the tone of a moral crusade.

OPINION | 02/10/2003

It's not easy being orange

There are certain questions that we make a habit of asking small children, if only because it is rather difficult to have a sprightly, original conversation with someone who still wets his bed on a regular basis.

OPINION | 02/10/2003

What do you fear?

Why do Democrats (na

OPINION | 02/10/2003

Racism, not diversity, justifies affirmative action

"The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line," wrote W.E.B. DuBois in 1903 with regard to the predominant malady plaguing American society.

OPINION | 02/09/2003

Old Europe versus the Power of 'W'

In what is thus far a vain effort to comprehend the international situation I have recently spent several afternoons in WWS bowls listening to various experts.

OPINION | 02/09/2003

What are we really saying 'Yes' to?

The announcement on the Princeton web page regarding the choice of Dean Hargadon as speaker for the Senior Baccalaureate has angered me and many other Princeton students, contrary to the majority of comments made public in relation to his selection.A general aura of praise and approval toward Hargadon has been imposed on me and on many others who are uncomfortable with the Dean's conduct.

OPINION | 02/09/2003

Rethinking pick-ups

We wrote on Friday that Bicker is a good system, permitting bicker clubs to achieve a unity, enthusiasm, and year-to-year consistency that might not be possible through sign-ins.

OPINION | 02/09/2003

For politicians, integrity must come from within

A week ago yesterday, The New York Times ran a piece by Matthew Purdy that compared political corruption in Connecticut and New Jersey.

OPINION | 02/09/2003

NASA should continue manned flights

In Tuesday's New York Times, Professor Paul Krugman wrote that "manned space flight in general has turned out to be a bust." Reflecting on the costs of the Columbia tragedy, and the greater utility of unmanned probes and satellites, Krug-man calculates that nearly "almost all the payoff from space travel, scientific and practical has come from unmanned vehicles and satellites." He concludes that the United States should stop sending astronauts into space until it becomes "cost-effective."Although there are strong economic arguments in support of manned space flight ? witness the invention of freeze-dried foods and Velcro, products first designed for astronauts ? the economics of the matter are a secondary point.

OPINION | 02/06/2003

In support of Bicker

"Bicker is an intense nightmare. Six days of passing judgment, six days of banality, or flashcards and cute comments, of emotional pleas, and bitterness are over . . . We want to forget, to wash it out of the system."Surprisingly, a disgruntled sophomore did not make this criticism last night or even last year ? it appeared in the 'Prince' in February 1967, a time when many on campus were calling for an end to Bicker entirely.

OPINION | 02/06/2003

'Jahiliya,' fundamentalism characterize Saudi Arabia

On March 11, 2002, flames engulfed a girls' public intermediate school in the holy city of Mecca.

OPINION | 02/06/2003

'Parenting' the University budget: A reform to the process of tuition hikes

Across the United States, business owners observe rising costs and ask "Why?" In the confines of academia, where recessions are studied more than felt, administrators look at unbridled spending and ask "Why not?"Each fall, the Priorities Committee, a group of sixteen faculty, students and administrators, analyzes Princeton's budget and recommends increases in discretionary spending.

OPINION | 02/05/2003

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