Opinion

Far from perfection, but the 'Prince' race series gives us a good place to start

At first, I was quite skeptical of The Daily Princetonian's plans to cover race relations for two weeks (and I certainly feel no inherent loyalty to the project because of my position as a columnist). I was skeptical that 10 full days of coverage on race would get redundant, and skeptical about what the campus reaction might be.

OPINION | 12/05/2000

Endorsements for USG

The U.S. presidential election continues to drag on and on and on ? relentlessly, endlessly, mercilessly ? consuming what seems like more on-air time than O.J.

OPINION | 12/04/2000

Born in the U.S.A.

The primary reason I chose to study abroad in Hong Kong was that I wanted to live in a place with as different a culture from the United States as possible.

OPINION | 12/04/2000

Letters to the Editor

Series on race raises issues of equity, equality and definitions of minority statusWe compliment the work of the reporters at The Daily Princetonian for pursuing the goal of chronicling the way race is lived at Princeton.

OPINION | 12/03/2000

Equality and the E-quad

Fifty years ago, I arrived in America as an Asian undergraduate student, speaking very little English.

OPINION | 12/03/2000

Endorsements for USG

This isn't Palm Beach or Miami-Dade. It's Princeton. As students go to the polls today ? their laptops ? to vote for their USG representatives, they have the luxury of using some of the nation's most high-tech voting equipment.

OPINION | 12/03/2000

An Affirmative Answer

Fifty years into the aftermath of the civil rights movement, and less than a decade since the start of the dismantling of affirmative action, race is still the central motif in the American drama.

OPINION | 11/30/2000

More to individuals' idiosyncracies than just ethnic background

I am white ? pale, pasty, milky, translucent, whatever you want to call it. My heritage goes back to some of Europe's most pallid fathers.

OPINION | 11/30/2000

Letters to the Editor

Articles on race should tackle systems, not individualsLet me preface this letter with a little background information about myself.

OPINION | 11/29/2000

Faces of faith

Of interest to the study of race relations is the decision of a Christian minority group to segregate itself from other Christian associations by creating a separate student organization.It all began during the spring semester of 1999 when several members of the Gospel Choir decided to found a chapter of Impact ? a national Christian organization geared toward blacks ? at Princeton.

OPINION | 11/29/2000

Black or White?

I am multiracial. Or rather, I have no race. My father is a black immigrant ? his family is originally from Jamaica ? and my mother is a white native-born American.

OPINION | 11/28/2000

Letters to the Editor

Clarifying letter on how Israel should approach negotiationsThe following is a revised version of Matt Frazier '02's letter that appeared in the Nov.

OPINION | 11/28/2000

Entire community must contribute to improving Princeton's racial climate

Is there a race problem on this campus? At first glance, the answer seems to be no. Enrollment of minority students is on par with other Ivy League institutions, and members of different ethnic groups have created various organizations for cultural identification and self-expression on campus.

OPINION | 11/27/2000

Complexities of complexion

As the academic dean for the junior class, my conversations with students can be wide-ranging. Distress, however, is a common theme.

OPINION | 11/27/2000

A discussion long overdue

Why devote two weeks to the subject of race?Because it is one of the most difficult issues we face as a society, and as a university.

OPINION | 11/26/2000

Who is Racist?

I have this amazing gift. I have the ability to tell if someone is racist. It's just something that I stumbled upon when I arrived on campus three years ago.

OPINION | 11/26/2000

Letters to the Editor

Ostrow's Israeli strategy reminiscent of 1930s fascist tacticsI was bemused and bewildered by Dan Ostrow '02's editorial in the Nov.

OPINION | 11/21/2000

Happy recounting

I didn't want to write about the Florida recount. Really, I didn't. In an ideal world, I would be regaling all of you right now with my take on the true spirit of Thanksgiving ? a spirit that calls, curiously enough, for the giving of thanks.

OPINION | 11/21/2000

When bad weeks happen to good people: Some sanity-saving tips

Last week was, to say the least, a very rough week for me. The running and planning of Senior Week, not to mention that whole "academics" thing that keeps getting in my way, have very nearly killed me and the other class officers.

OPINION | 11/21/2000

Inaccessible is Unacceptable

My freshman year, I stepped foot on the Princeton campus prepared to encounter a sea of Caucasian, upper-class, preppy faces only to be pleasantly surprised by students from many ethnic, racial and financial backgrounds.The University continuously works on eliminating its non-diverse stereotype, and most members of the community applaud moves in this direction.

OPINION | 11/20/2000

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