Opinion

A brief history of Princeton admissions

A brief history of Princeton admissions

Liam O'Connor

While it’s important to celebrate Princeton’s accomplishments in diversifying its student body, recent data shows that there’s still much room for improvement. As was the case 60 years ago, it may be time to rethink the admissions system again. 

OPINION | 06/25/2020

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In response to the Editorial Board’s ‘Reimagining Public Safety at Princeton’

In response to the Editorial Board’s ‘Reimagining Public Safety at Princeton’

Guest Contributors

The Municipality of Princeton firmly believes that Black Lives Matter and that policing here in Princeton is, and should be, a work in progress ... We do, however, want to provide context for two statements that appeared in a recent article in The Daily Princetonian.

OPINION | 06/24/2020

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Princeton, don’t leave us in the dark

Princeton, don’t leave us in the dark

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The University has an obligation to its community to be clear about the options it is considering for the fall semester and beyond. Bringing students into the fold only when a decision is made shirks that obligation.

OPINION | 06/23/2020

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Confronting anti-Blackness at Princeton University’s policy school

Confronting anti-Blackness at Princeton University’s policy school

Guest Contributors

We want to believe that engaging in anti-racism, dismantling structural racism, and achieving racial equity are things a policy school can and must teach us — not just as niche topics, but as core tenets and fundamental practices in our field of public policy. 

OPINION | 06/23/2020

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Pulling back the veil: The truth about Princeton admissions

Pulling back the veil: The truth about Princeton admissions

Liam O'Connor

Before COVID-19 wrecked the spring semester, I set out to pull back the veil on Princeton’s admissions process.

OPINION | 06/23/2020

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Against anti-Black racism in the Woodrow Wilson School

Against anti-Black racism in the Woodrow Wilson School

Guest Contributors

We feel that we have not been prepared by the School to confront the structures of race and power which undergird policy crises.

OPINION | 06/22/2020

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As Maria Ressa ’86 holds the line, we must act now

As Maria Ressa ’86 holds the line, we must act now

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Ressa and her colleagues at Rappler, who have unearthed many such abuses, are guilty only of holding Duterte to account.

OPINION | 06/16/2020

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Protecting Tongass: Environmental justice in a pandemic-stricken world

Protecting Tongass: Environmental justice in a pandemic-stricken world

Hannah Reynolds

We need you to speak up to promote environmental justice and to help preserve the integrity of our democracy.

OPINION | 06/14/2020

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Reimagining Public Safety at Princeton: Reform is insufficient

Reimagining Public Safety at Princeton: Reform is insufficient

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Campus security should not mirror, let alone multiply, policing practices and forces. 

OPINION | 06/11/2020

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Statement from the Interclub Council

Statement from the Interclub Council

Guest Contributors

As some of the oldest and most well-established organizations on campus, we recognize our and Princeton’s complex history with race and our role in directly recognizing and calling out the injustices that have impacted and continue to impact Black students.

OPINION | 06/07/2020

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Letter of solidarity from Princeton students

Letter of solidarity from Princeton students

Guest Contributors

As students, activists, and proponents of a better world, it is our duty to stand up against injustice and fight for the equal treatment of all.

OPINION | 06/07/2020

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U. must drop demand for qualified immunity

U. must drop demand for qualified immunity

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Now more than ever, the University must drop and apologize for its desire to extend qualified immunity to Public Safety officers.

OPINION | 06/01/2020

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The Great Recession strangled the humanities. Will coronavirus deal the last blow?

The Great Recession strangled the humanities. Will coronavirus deal the last blow?

Liam O'Connor

The humanities declined after the last recession. But coronavirus may be the chance to set up their resurgence. 

OPINION | 05/29/2020

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When it comes to shutdown orders, let the counties confront Covid-19

When it comes to shutdown orders, let the counties confront Covid-19

Guest Contributor

Local communities should make their own decisions regarding re-opening.

OPINION | 05/29/2020

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The MAT 202 cheating scandal is a problem of our making

The MAT 202 cheating scandal is a problem of our making

Jon Ort

May we look back at this pandemic as the moment we finally learned to value one another over marks on a transcript.

OPINION | 05/27/2020

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Austerity is not an option

Austerity is not an option

Guest Contributors

The administration is asking graduate students and University workers to bear the brunt of these costs, while shareholders and the endowment are insulated from the restructuring. The University is asking us to make “sacrifices” while it proceeds to sacrifice us.

OPINION | 05/16/2020

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‘Just make sure you get out, okay?’: Queering loneliness in quarantine

‘Just make sure you get out, okay?’: Queering loneliness in quarantine

Samuel Aftel

It did not take a pandemic for queer people, especially those who must conceal their identities to survive, to endure the loneliness of alienation, secrecy, and heterosexist, violent hate. 

OPINION | 05/16/2020

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PIXR: Betsy DeVos has failed survivors. Princeton must do more to protect them.

PIXR: Betsy DeVos has failed survivors. Princeton must do more to protect them.

Guest Contributors

Instead of addressing the inequities and burdens of online learning, the destabilizing effect of lost income or housing, or the trauma of a public health crisis, Betsy DeVos has devoted the Department of Education’s energy to making the Title IX process more difficult for survivors.

OPINION | 05/11/2020

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We cannot be hypocrites on anti-Semitism

We cannot be hypocrites on anti-Semitism

Zachariah Sippy

I agree with Hoffman that normalizing anti-Semitism on campus is tragic. So then why does this same standard not apply to College Republican events?

OPINION | 05/10/2020

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The future of education: A lesson from COVID-19

The future of education: A lesson from COVID-19

Ollie Thakar

The pandemic should not be a farewell to traditional education in favor of innovative alternatives, but rather a temporary turn to the high-tech; from the pandemic, we can garner even more appreciation for the traditional educational methods that we will hopefully be returning to soon.

OPINION | 05/07/2020

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