Opinion

Princeton needs to be a climate justice leader — emphasis on the ‘climate,’ emphasis on the ‘justice’

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Princeton needs to be a climate justice leader — emphasis on the ‘climate,’ emphasis on the ‘justice’

Alex Norbrook and Eleanor Clemans-Cope

“Princeton must not only withdraw its support from injustices, but also positively re-invest in sustainable and community-informed initiatives.”

OPINION | April 24

Princeton must move toward a world-changing curriculum

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Princeton must move toward a world-changing curriculum

Luqmaan Bamba

“If we in the Orange Bubble are supposed to be taught how to be changemakers, our education should not just stop at learning about change but also extend to the tangible application of it.”

OPINION | April 22

Statement of solidarity with Columbia University students from Princeton faculty and staff

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Statement of solidarity with Columbia University students from Princeton faculty and staff

Guest Contributors

In an open letter, Princeton University faculty and staff express solidarity with Columbia University and Barnard College student protestors by boycotting the universities until their demands are met.

OPINION | April 22

Princetonians want political change. Why don’t more of us take action?

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Princetonians want political change. Why don’t more of us take action?

Frances Brogan

“Understanding that this is how activism works — collectively — can empower people to go to protests and meetings because it undermines the stereotype that being an “activist” is an undesirable individual identity and the misconception that only people with that “identity” label can contribute.”

OPINION | April 21

Progressives failed a lesson in free speech

Progressives failed a lesson in free speech

Anais Mobarak

“The recent controversy surrounding Charter Club has demonstrated that progressive voices on campus have failed to recognize the value of free speech beyond its usefulness as a political instrument. Thus, as a community, we must work to foster an ideologically-free understanding of free speech.”

OPINION | April 19

Campus through a lens: Announcing the ‘Prince’s inaugural columnists

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Campus through a lens: Announcing the ‘Prince’s inaugural columnists

Eleanor Clemans-Cope

Reading a series of columns by the same author is seeing things through the writer’s lens — it’s looking at campus through the ‘Christofer glasses’ or the ‘Eleanor specs.’ This is the thinking behind having named columns.

OPINION | April 18

Bring back the course packet

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Bring back the course packet

Abigail Rabieh

“With the recent news that Labyrinth Books will no longer supply the coursebooks for Princeton classes, we are facing a new era in which all readings will only be accessible by some digital medium, whether that be via Course Reserves or online ordering from faraway publishers. While some may see this as a step in the right direction of modernity, the increasing digitalization of our scholarship hurts our learning.”

OPINION | April 16

Community is built on empathy; stop politicizing it

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Community is built on empathy; stop politicizing it

Ava Johnson

“The idea of creating “safe spaces” has been politicized and weaponized as part of a culture war when in reality it is merely a precursor to being in community with others.”

OPINION | April 16

Princeton must center more Black stories through expanding Black theater

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Princeton must center more Black stories through expanding Black theater

Jewel Justice

“Why don’t shows like this happen more often? There is so much communal and cultural importance in centering Black voices through Black theater — and Princeton’s theater department must do more to create spaces to center Black voices, beyond stereotypical archetypes and traditional modes of theater-making it has adhered to.”

OPINION | April 14

Reactions: Who would you pick for Class Day speaker?

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Reactions: Who would you pick for Class Day speaker?

Alex Norbrook, Vincent Jiang, Preston Ferraiuolo, Davis Hobley, Eleanor Clemans-Cope, and Wynne Conger

As we near Class Day, we asked our columnists: Who would you choose as the Class Day speaker?

OPINION | April 12

Black Princeton is fragmented. Let’s consolidate.

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Black Princeton is fragmented. Let’s consolidate.

Luqmaan Bamba

“Black student organizations and affinity groups divide the Black community at Princeton. The consortium model can serve to foster greater connection. Centralizing into a single organization with subsidiaries will bolster Black unity, financial power, and institutional influence.”

OPINION | April 11

Allowing YAT candidates to campaign is essential to preserving Princeton's values

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Allowing YAT candidates to campaign is essential to preserving Princeton's values

Thomas Buckley

"Disallowing the YAT candidates from campaigning on issues abridges their freedom of speech and stifles campus discourse, issues that President Christopher Eisgruber and the University care a lot about in every other context — just not this one."

OPINION | April 11

Keep it under the Bubble

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Keep it under the Bubble

Abigail Rabieh

“If the ‘Prince’ wants to cover issues beyond the Orange Bubble, it must make clear to its audience why these issues belong in the paper. Otherwise, its journalistic standards regarding its editorial scope must be called into question.”

OPINION | April 10

Under a new motto, she flourishes

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Under a new motto, she flourishes

Christofer Robles

“Like the lions that preceded the tigers outside Nassau Hall, the time to keep ‘In the Nation’s Service’ has passed. Princeton should pick humanity. Our new official motto should be: ‘In the Service of Humanity.’”

OPINION | April 9

Reimagining writing seminar for all writers

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Reimagining writing seminar for all writers

Anna Ferris

However, while writing seminars teach helpful research and argumentation tactics, they often ultimately fall short of helping students with their titular skill: writing.

While writing seminars teach helpful research and argumentation tactics, they often ultimately fall short of providing students with the very skill that their name suggests.

OPINION | April 8

Make FGLI resources available to all FGLI students

Make FGLI resources available to all FGLI students

Lizbeth Reyes

With recent goals to improve socioeconomic diversity on campus, Princeton must be able to offer resources to students who identify as either first generation, low-income, or both, in a way that is accessible to them.

OPINION | April 4

Make civil service plan A

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Make civil service plan A

Eleanor Clemans-Cope

"Yet at Princeton’s career fairs and in the coursework, civil service opportunities are marginalized. At the last career fair, only seven of the 99 employers fell into the government category and most of these were from state agencies in New Jersey... Where are the federal scientific agencies? The economic policymakers? The communicators of our shared history?"

OPINION | April 3

Hitch yourself to service, not just a man

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Hitch yourself to service, not just a man

Abigail Rabieh

“While this personal essay can be read as just another silly example of a writer unintentionally revealing their delirious worldview, her message to female Ivy League readers reflects an unconscionable acceptance of status-quo sexism and a serious lack of accountability for our duty to use our educational privilege productively and selflessly.”

OPINION | April 3

Room draw for students with housing accommodations is actually unaccommodating

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Room draw for students with housing accommodations is actually unaccommodating

Reed Marthers

“I, or any student, should not have to choose between accepting what room I have been offered or losing my accommodations.”

OPINION | April 2

We must not let eating clubs be ideological safe spaces

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We must not let eating clubs be ideological safe spaces

Matthew Wilson

"The notion that merely being in the vicinity of someone whose views you find objectionable qualifies as a legitimate threat to your safety, health, or well-being is patently absurd — and should not be validated by any authority, Charter’s leadership included."

OPINION | April 1

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