Opinion

Toward inclusive, international scholarship

Toward inclusive, international scholarship

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Fifty years ago, the Association of Black Collegians occupied New South to protest the University’s investments in apartheid South Africa. Those students examined South African history and contemporary affairs beyond the constraints of traditional Western scholarship. They pursued an expansive, provocative understanding of the human experience, one that transcended geographic and racial boundaries. We should heed their example.

OPINION | 03/08/2019

The death of neutrality: Princeton’s investments in a politicized era

Claire Wayner

Across the country, 48 U.S. universities have either partially or fully divested from fossil fuels. So, why does Princeton consistently avoid shifting its investments?

OPINION | 03/07/2019

Lessons from a Black History Month for the Ages

Julia Chaffers

Each of the controversies of this Black History Month reflects a persistent and fundamental misunderstanding of racial politics and the definition of racism.

OPINION | 03/06/2019

Conquering the fear of loneliness through independence

Conquering the fear of loneliness through independence

Brigitte Harbers

To be confident in your independence is to understand that your existence and success is not dependent on other people.

OPINION | 03/06/2019

The omnipresent electronic screen

The omnipresent electronic screen

Claire Wayner

Since arriving at Princeton, I have witnessed isolation through technology when walking around campus.

OPINION | 03/05/2019

Putting Princeton in perspective

Putting Princeton in perspective

Thomas Johnson

While I’m not suggesting everyone should go out and get themselves a baby, regardless of how fun I think campus would become, becoming a father has made me believe that we all need to live in the present more.

OPINION | 03/05/2019

Her body, his choice?

Her body, his choice?

Winnie Brandfield-Harvey

For many women, Title X providers such as Planned Parenthood are their only source for adequate health care, and the loss of funds will leave a significant number of women, especially minority women, without basic care. While Trump’s views may be malleable (often in pursuit of political gain), women’s bodies are not, and they should not be subject to the wishy-washy nature of his presidency.

OPINION | 03/04/2019

Men explain things to me at Princeton

Madeleine Marr

While comments sections are never hospitable places, there is a visible difference in the way the male writers are treated versus the female writers. While harassing female columnists is the extreme, it is a point on a spectrum that includes the abysmally small number of female faculty at Princeton, the underreporting of college sexual assaults, and the chronic interruption of female students in precepts and seminars.

OPINION | 03/04/2019

From solidarity with Ressa ’86 to debunking Marcos, stand for human rights in the Philippines

From Maria Ressa ’86 to Imee Marcos, Princeton University has been making headlines lately in the Philippines.

OPINION | 03/03/2019

Move to placement-only auditions

Move to placement-only auditions

If we have something like a “Varsity” and “Junior Varsity” section of each group, we can avoid many of the harms caused by the audition process — like social exclusion — while still protecting the desire for talented members.

OPINION | 03/03/2019

The cruelty and tragedy of Michael Jackson

The cruelty and tragedy of Michael Jackson

Samuel Aftel

In retrospect, Jackson always seemed to exist in a curious moral, cultural, and even existential liminal space. He straddled blackness and whiteness, femininity and masculinity, queerness and straightness, decency and brutality. The duality of Jackson’s identity is, in part, what made him great. But this duality was also a mechanism of deception.

OPINION | 02/28/2019

Jussie Smollett’s debacle takes us backwards

Jussie Smollett’s debacle takes us backwards

Jasman Singh

Our actions impact the people we look like, the area code we live in, the religion we belong to, and the sexual orientation we identify with. Smollett ’s incident has already undermined people that will come after him and people that have come before him.

OPINION | 02/27/2019

The Oscars’ erasure of racism in America

Kaveh Badrei

“Green Book” and “BlacKkKlansman” offer two vastly different narratives surrounding race in America, and their contrasting messages put forth two diverging paths for our modern America. These two movies both ostensibly deal with the issue of race in America, look to our past as a nation, and have strong thematic messages running through their narratives. But the two films are anything but similar.

OPINION | 02/27/2019

Digitality versus physicality in the campus environment

Gabe Lipkowitz

How does personal digital technology affect how we interact within our campus environment?

OPINION | 02/26/2019

Don't take learning for granted

Morgan Lucey

I hope that students at the University take their last classes at Princeton as opportunities to challenge themselves and learn something new, not just opportunities to boost one’s GPA.

OPINION | 02/26/2019

Nuke the filibuster

Zachariah Sippy

The current rules of the Senate enable tyranny of the minority. As 2020 Democratic primary candidates outline their plans to tackle these issues, it is important to keep in mind that no ambitious course of action can be adopted — even with Democratic majorities in the House and Senate — if the filibuster remains.

OPINION | 02/25/2019

Liberian labor: confronting Firestone's historical complexity

Liberian labor: confronting Firestone's historical complexity

Jon Ort

If the University wishes to make good on its words, it must examine Firestone’s enduring presence on our campus.

OPINION | 02/25/2019

Why everyone should have a job in retail

Why everyone should have a job in retail

Katie Goldman

If you take up the challenge and work in either the retail industry, suddenly “their job” will become “your job.”

OPINION | 02/25/2019

Tiger Confessions and our desperation for connection

Samuel Aftel

While it’s a blessing that Tiger Confessions allows us to share these experiences and receive some level of peer empathy, the fact that the platform is seemingly the only outlet some students have to express what’s on their mind is disconcerting.

OPINION | 02/24/2019

Please respond to their texts

Please respond to their texts

Jae-Kyung Sim

As I now try to stay connected to friends from vastly different locations, I regret not investing time into the simple act of texting to keep up some of those friendships that I valued highly.

OPINION | 02/21/2019

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