Opinion

Harvard admissions, and the hard truth of acceptance

Chris Murphy

For now, we must recognize that the system is the fairest unfair system currently possible. There will always be winners, and there will always be way more losers. Sometimes, luck works in our favor, while other times it does not. Rather than solely praise a system for its success, or condemn a system for its failures, we should work to try and improve the process no matter what side of the line we fall on.

OPINION | 10/07/2019

Free speech, not free pulpits

Free speech, not free pulpits

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The decision to invite Wax is as myopic as it is dangerous — and we will not stand for it. We urge the leaders of Whig-Clio to reconsider their invitation.

OPINION | 10/06/2019

A tribute to the ‘passionless’

A tribute to the ‘passionless’

Winnie Brandfield-Harvey

It all starts with “What do you want to be when you grow up?” A whole lifetime of ups and downs, twists and turns squeezed tightly into one narrow, simplified box.

OPINION | 10/06/2019

A concrete step backwards

A concrete step backwards

KiKi Gilbert and Nathan Poland

If we do not denounce both white supremacy and white supremacists with clarity and conviction, the University can never hope to uproot and dismantle the racism nestling in its crevices.

OPINION | 10/04/2019

Stop and think before you celebrate the new Woodrow Wilson marker

Stop and think before you celebrate the new Woodrow Wilson marker

Guest Contributor

Tomorrow the University will unveil a new marker on campus about Woodrow Wilson called “Double Sights.” In the meantime, inside the school that bears Wilson’s name, students are waiting for the administration to fulfill its commitment to diversity and inclusion. This is not a time to celebrate; when viewed in the proper context, the marker emerges as a monument to the University’s moral failure in dealing with Wilson’s legacy and should be seen accordingly.

OPINION | 10/03/2019

Bicker, Greek life, and the lonelier side of Princeton

Bicker, Greek life, and the lonelier side of Princeton

Samuel Aftel

At the very least, though, we should acknowledge that the continued practice Bicker and Greek life is a conscious choice we, as a student body, make. There’s nothing from stopping us from imagining, and eventually creating, a social scene without these exclusionary traditions — nothing except our own unwillingness to confront our collective complicity in an inequitable system.

OPINION | 10/02/2019

Remembering what centers you

Remembering what centers you

Richard Ma

It’s important, as you embark on your semester here, whether it be your first or last, to do those things that give you great joy, or rather, great tranquility.

OPINION | 10/02/2019

Compelling conformity

Compelling conformity

Braden Flax

Ironically, children are sometimes better-equipped to exemplify the advocacy and assertiveness that the rest of us might do well to more frequently adopt.

OPINION | 10/01/2019

Number One in what?

Number One in what?

Claire Wayner

In the 21st century, however, with the increasing emphasis on both equitable representation among the undergraduate student body and ethical institutional behavior, there is more to a university than just test scores and salaries post-graduation.

OPINION | 10/01/2019

Regrets from freshman year

Regrets from freshman year

Brigitte Harbers

Becoming aware of these small Princeton quirks wasn’t the only thing I learned as a first-year. Rather, it was a year of learning through mistakes and adjusting expectations of my abilities.

OPINION | 10/01/2019

A call for the drastic refurbishment of student housing

A photo of a gothic building in springtime on an overcast day. The building has a dozen windows, and trees with pink flowers surround the building.

A call for the drastic refurbishment of student housing

Khadijah Anwar

It is problematic that many students feel like their dorms are so uncomfortable that they are forced to spend most of their day away from their room, which is supposed to serve as a private space for students to unwind. The fact that a large chunk of upperclassman housing is called the “slums” is indicative of the dissatisfaction and discomfort that exists among students regarding their housing.

OPINION | 09/30/2019

Friendships: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Leora Eisenberg

As we enter the school year, it might be a good idea to reexamine our friendships and evaluate the purpose of each one. Are we friends with a particular person because of the joy they bring us or because they help our grades stay up? If it’s the latter, ask yourself how you would feel if that’s why someone maintained a friendship with you. Then imagine how your friend would feel if they knew that’s why you maintain a friendship with them.

OPINION | 09/29/2019

Gender-neutral bathrooms should be the norm, not the exception

AG McGee

Often, the push for gender-neutral bathrooms remains labeled as an issue solely for the LGBTQ+ community and their allies — particularly those who are genderqueer, non-binary, trans, or otherwise gender-nonconforming — which places the entire burden of their struggle to safely enter bathrooms that match their identities on actors who have already been systematically, societally disempowered and pushed aside. In reality, however, though gender binary bathrooms directly and aggressively harm members of the LGBTQ+ community, gender binary bathrooms often present a serious nuisance to cis-gendered people as well.

OPINION | 09/29/2019

Where are all the women: A series

Where are all the women: A series

Madeleine Marr

If the University truly valued increasing the number of female professors on its payroll, it would do well to start addressing the actual causes for the dearth of women at the highest ranks. This unequivocally includes sexual harassment.

OPINION | 09/26/2019

America shrugged

America shrugged

Kaveh Badrei

On Monday, Sept. 23, a day before the official commencement of the 74th U.N. General Assembly in New York, the U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres publicly announced the formation of a Syrian constitutional committee to bring together the government of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Syrian Negotiations Commission.

OPINION | 09/26/2019

No further questions

No further questions

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The new requirement will further allow members of CPUC — foremost among them, President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 — to manicure, polish, and calibrate platitudes in advance. Council meetings will degenerate into PR. Worse still, there is no way to ensure that the Council will even address, much less disclose, the questions it receives and chooses not to answer.

OPINION | 09/25/2019

Give us course credit for the junior paper

Give us course credit for the junior paper

Hunter Campbell

In its current state, the junior paper is a time-consuming endeavor for which we are neither properly compensated nor sufficiently empowered to complete to its highest potential.

OPINION | 09/24/2019

Let me major in other things

Let me major in other things

Jae-Kyung Sim

Offering more specific, diverse major options would grant students much more freedom and flexibility in navigating through their academic career at the University.

OPINION | 09/24/2019

What is a belief?

Guest Contributor

We cling tight to the innocence of our beliefs because we think they make us who we are.

OPINION | 09/23/2019

Beyond Soccer: Lessons from the World Cup

Beyond Soccer: Lessons from the World Cup

Julia Chaffers

The team’s commitment to lifting others up as they rise presents an example for each of us, aspiring World Cup winners or otherwise. They show us how to use our reach to fight for equality, for ourselves and for others, in whatever we do.

OPINION | 09/23/2019

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