[In honor of the commencement of final exams, a treatise on the Mecca of Mental Cultivation, the Epicenter of Erudition, the Capital of Cramming: Firestone Library.]8:03 a.m.: Arrive at Firestone Library.
I am not writing this to criticize Katherine Reilly '05's Jan. 8 column nor to respond to it. She was evidently bothered enough by what she saw to write the column and with good reason, but I feel compelled to try and ease her strong reaction.Like Reilly, I recently traveled with my family over the Christmas holiday.
A highly volatile and dangerous situation is shaping up between India and Pakistan, centered around the perennial source of conflict, the Kashmir.
Between December and the New Year we amass presents, vacations, food, alcohol and just plain useless stuff.
Here we are again, another Reading Period ? another eight days when our world consists almost completely of researching papers, writing papers and talking about how many papers we have to write.
A Western-style solution for wildlife managementI find your deer situation almost laughable, except for the fact that nature is suffering once again at the hands of human stupidity.
My grandmother used to say, "When it snows it pours." Then we would call her a Crazy Old Biddy, and she would cry.
Not to sound pompous, but stellar scholarship, astonishing athletics and pleasant performances pervade a place like Princeton.
Flying during the holidays has always been a trial: lost baggage, long delays, expensive tickets and crowded airplanes.
Flying broomsticks. Talking hats. Magical wands. Sounds like a child's magical wonderland. And it is.
It's been three months since Sept. 11, and things seem nearly back to normal. The nation has largely stopped following the war in Afghanistan ? the Taliban have obligingly conceded to American bombing and the ground assault of the northern alliance; Osama bin Laden has been driven deeper into his cave network, apparently surrounded by U.S.
"To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists ? for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve."? John Ashcroft, Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dec.
Forum misrepresented problems at the 'Street'Tuesday's 'Prince' article about the USG's forum on the University's sexual climate notes that the forum was begun by "reading two accounts of date rape and sexual aggression."My first response to hearing this was sympathy for the victims of these two incidents.
It is difficult to explain how I ended up a college professor. I had a perfectly normal, indeed nearly quintessential American boyhood on a farm with real people, real animals and dark, wooded mountains as far as the eye could see.
September attack brings United States to crossroadsThe terrorist attacks against America on Sept.
Last week, I ran into an acquaintance I hadn't seen in a while. After the formulaic pleasantries, he asked me if I was part of the Organization of Women Leaders.
The lines are clearly drawn in the argument over the use of military tribunals against terrorist suspects.
Marshall Plan should be a model for U.S. foreign aidI applaud David Sillers '04's Dec.
I have filed my course card with the registrar. I share this with the Princeton community because it may well be my proudest accomplishment of the four months I have spent here.
With a co-ed membership that numbers more than 600 students, the Organization of Women Leaders has become one of Princeton's more dynamic and visible student organizations during the past year.
