Opinion

Living in the age of accountability

The time when simple memories would be lost to time or the details of a party might be blurred by the wash of an alcohol-infused night have been replaced by an era in which each moment we live and each interaction we share is captured and cataloged with a digital trace.

The ‘She Roars’ case for blind grading

While I cannot offer a solution to solve gross inequalities and biases, I can offer a solution to solve inequalities of grading that result from gross inequalities and bias — blind grading. The administration, students, and professors should mandate, advocate, and adopt blind grading as a general “best practices” solution to help deal with bias in the classroom. 

You can flip an election all by yourself

So the question is: How do you convince young people that their vote matters? How do I convince you all, my fellow Princetonians, that your vote matters?

Hate speech deserves a second look

In order to target hate speech effectively, we must understand its origins and why it continues to exist. 

Reintroducing individualism to populist politics

I would like to again be able to stand as an ideological intermediary. I would like to have the freedom to flesh out ideas without political disagreement degrading into a form of moral resentment. 

Why we should care about politics

It is a very fine line between these two states, but the most important thing that you can do is pick your battles. It can be hard to be outraged about everything.

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The no-good reality of acne: a new conversation

I do not believe there will ever be a mythical “silver lining” to a condition that is asphysically, emotionally, mentally, and financially draining as acne. 

Freshman during Orientation vs Freshman during Frosh Week

‘She Roars’: Expanding Empowerment

Hundreds of female alumni returned to campus this weekend for the three-day “She Roars” conference to celebrate women. This celebration would only have been more rewarding if trailblazing alumni could meet those they blazed the trail for. 

Why we’re watching Brett

Of course, this trial is a monumental and impactful and semi-permanent decision of one of our nation’s highest positions. But why are we, Princeton students, really watching?

Letter from the Editor: Not a whisper but a roar

Yet across the country women refuse to be silenced. The event with Sotomayor and Kagan today is billed as a conversation, but it is more than a casual exchange or a play on our Orange and Black heritage.

She speaks

You can call yourself a feminist, participate in marches, wear ribbons for awareness, and stand up for women in every way possible. Yet you can’t understand the gravity of sexual assault until a survivor is sitting in front of you, waiting for an answer. Waiting for you to tell her she can forgive herself. Waiting for your reaction, if any, which may well tell her everything she needs to know. And even then, you can only fathom a fraction of the suffering.

Would you let me finish: on being cut off

It’s also not that I’m not independent or strong: I can guarantee you that I am. I’ve traveled the world alone, proven myself academically, and built incredible relationships. But societal norms of male-female interaction have been drilled into my brain for so long that sometimes they inhibit my independence and strength. So many successful, incredible women are the same. It’s not that we’re inherently afraid of something: it’s that we’ve, in a way, been raised to make ourselves small so that men can be big. We’ve been taught to self-sacrifice, to give ourselves up for the benefit of others. 

Workout Routine for Freshman Fifteen

Beware: Sleep-deprived zombies

Have you seen the zombies walking around campus? My RCA said he went to bed at eight yesterday. I was impressed until he clarified that he went to bed at eight in the morning.

Treat the hearing as a job interview: Kavanaugh shouldn't get a second round

Ford’s story would not necessarily hold up in a court of law, but this hearing was not a court of law. Rather, it was a job interview, for what might currently be the most important job in the country. Thus, the hearing should have focused on whether Kavanaugh is qualified to serve as a Supreme Court justice, rather than whether he committed the assault. It is clear from his reaction that he is not qualified.

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Texas and the politics of the possible

Congressman O’Rourke’s campaign has shown me hope, progress, and success that I never believed imaginable. The politics of the possible is alive in Texas, fueled by the people who have come together to realize it.

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