Opinion

Competitive strugglers: Why we need to stop the contest for misery

Competitive strugglers: Why we need to stop the contest for misery

Won-Jae Chang

The solution is simple but requires deep introspection: In order to prevent such divisions in our own community, we need empathy and understanding. We must simply be willing to acknowledge the problems that the other faces. Mutual recognition of one another’s difficulties will help advance understanding in a divided environment; it can help create a dialogue and a discussion, rather than a competition.

OPINION | 11/19/2020

Unpacking ‘the leaders of the Black community’

Unpacking ‘the leaders of the Black community’

Brittani Telfair

We can acknowledge that systemic racism has unique and severe impacts on the lives of Black Americans without mandating that they speak with one voice.

OPINION | 11/17/2020

Amid asymmetric appeals for unity, we must hold Republicans accountable

Amid asymmetric appeals for unity, we must hold Republicans accountable

Julia Chaffers

Unifying cannot mean forgetting about those wounds, and it cannot mean asking the people who are most harmed to continue conceding their humanity in the name of hollow reconciliation.

OPINION | 11/16/2020

Single-use plastic has surged during COVID-19. Here’s why we must cut back.

Single-use plastic has surged during COVID-19. Here’s why we must cut back.

Kelsey Ji

Until a successful vaccine is developed and life returns back to normal enough for people to feel safe using communal eating utensils, plastic will remain the cheapest and most convenient material to use.

OPINION | 11/16/2020

Trump’s Chinese nickname fulfilled its promise — and international students suffered

David Palomino

The President has lived up to his name until the very end, finding new ways every day to tear down the United States’ international presence.

OPINION | 11/15/2020

If the divestment movement were so foolish, congressmen wouldn’t pay it any attention

If the divestment movement were so foolish, congressmen wouldn’t pay it any attention

Hannah Reynolds

Although it can be demoralizing to realize that there remain leaders of our country who continue to dismiss the growing climate crisis, the very fact that leaders of this country are aware of Divest Princeton’s campaign demonstrates how far-reaching the movement has become.

OPINION | 11/12/2020

It’s past time for Princeton to advocate for Native students

It’s past time for Princeton to advocate for Native students

Jessica Lambert

Standing up for Native students does not just mean rhetoric or symbolic representation. Princeton students and faculty yearn for a dedicated space to come together and develop our growing and vibrant community. Princeton needs to dedicate institutional support, specifically funding, physical space, staff, and faculty, to ensure that this community and this field flourish.

OPINION | 11/12/2020

Making the vote count: the case for ranked choice

Making the vote count: the case for ranked choice

Ethan Magistro

Even if RCV is not the option the United States ultimately chooses to use, the political division that pervades the country, the soreness about vote distribution, and the want for a thriving third party all indicate that something has to change in the electoral formulas we use to elect citizens into office.

OPINION | 11/11/2020

We need to get to know our country

Andi Grene

I cannot call myself an American unless I recognize that I am not the only face of America.

OPINION | 11/11/2020

Letter from the Editor: Navigating the nation’s crosshairs

Jon Ort

As students who attend an institution trapped in the nation’s crosshairs, how are we to respond?

OPINION | 11/11/2020

Forget mindfulness, practice uselessness

Forget mindfulness, practice uselessness

Dillion Gallagher

If we feel control over how we use our gifts, we will find it easier to come together.

OPINION | 11/10/2020

Stop telling women how to conduct their sex lives

Stop telling women how to conduct their sex lives

Brittani Telfair

Women shouldn’t be expected to engage in sexual activity any more than they should be shamed for it. We should have a society that encourages women to make their own individual choices that suit their needs and wants.

OPINION | 11/10/2020

What Princeton can learn from the #EndSARS movement and Nigeria’s brave youth

What Princeton can learn from the #EndSARS movement and Nigeria’s brave youth

Tomisin Fasawe and Nosakhare Eghe-Abe

Just as Princetonians stood up to rewrite history, youth in Nigeria have also taken to the streets to peacefully protest against injustice in their local communities.

OPINION | 11/09/2020

A new Street: a suggestion for expanding the Carl A. Fields Center

Elijah Benson

With esteemed alumna Mellody Hobson ’91 giving the University a major gift, there will be a new residential college built where First College (formerly known as Wilson College) stands. The next steps to this process, however, should include changes that affect the dynamics of the University on both a micro and macro level. One step that can be taken from here is to focus on creating more spaces on campus that highlight diversity.

OPINION | 11/09/2020

To create a more inclusive campus, Princeton must act against racist speech

To create a more inclusive campus, Princeton must act against racist speech

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Until Nassau Hall decides to prevent the most obvious forms of racism from festering on campus, its commitment to uprooting systemic racism will ring hollow.

OPINION | 11/08/2020

This is America, but it doesn’t have to be

This is America, but it doesn’t have to be

Dillion Gallagher

Young people like us can be that hope. We can do this by creating a cooperative, principled, inclusive, and free politics we can be proud of and with which we can lead the world.

OPINION | 11/08/2020

When sport meets silence: the unraveling of collegiate athletics

When sport meets silence: the unraveling of collegiate athletics

Claudia Frykberg

During this time, coaches and athletes are especially in need of reassurance and guidance, yet the administration seems reluctant to offer a single word as to what we can expect in the spring, or even an inclination that they are attempting to find creative solutions to address the challenges we face.

OPINION | 11/08/2020

As the people of Artsakh face grave threats, we must act now

As the people of Artsakh face grave threats, we must act now

Arthur Sirkejyan

Knowing the steep cost of silence in these times, we believe it to be our responsibility to spread awareness about this conflict, and we urge others to raise their voices as well.

OPINION | 11/05/2020

So long as ASL does not fulfill language requirement, Princeton perpetuates linguistic ableism

So long as ASL does not fulfill language requirement, Princeton perpetuates linguistic ableism

Genrietta Churbanova

By failing to allow ASL to satisfy its language requirement, Princeton is inadvertently making a statement about the language’s worth and relevance, as well as the worth and relevance of the people who speak it.

OPINION | 11/05/2020

More than just a time difference: Reflections of an international student

Won-Jae Chang

Yes, we are international: that’s the label that we’re given for coming from opposite ends of the world. But before that, we’re simply students. Our passports might say South Korea, Brazil, or Kenya, but we all, including American students, applied to Princeton and rejoiced when we got in. We went through the same standardized exams and teenage melodrama, and still struggle through the same problem sets and cry through our papers. We are no different, and we deserve to be prioritized in the same way that students are.

OPINION | 11/05/2020

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