Opinion

For FLI students, Princeton’s rigor works in their favor

As a virtue of attending a rigorous institution, FLI students can both engage in extracurricular opportunities and more readily rely on their grades to make them competitive applicants in the job market or to professional schools.

As a virtue of attending a rigorous institution, FLI students can both engage in extracurricular opportunities and more readily rely on their grades to make them competitive applicants in the job market or to professional schools.

The art museum promised a revolutionary layout. Why didn’t the space deliver?

When we look at the scattered display of African Art across its corridor, and then compare it with the lavish, commanding pavilion that houses European Art, we cannot help but ask: Why does one continent deserve permanence in this museum?

When we look at the scattered display of African Art across its corridor, and then compare it with the lavish, commanding pavilion that houses European Art, we cannot help but ask: Why does one continent deserve permanence in this museum?

What Eisgruber gets wrong about student protest

Eisgruber’s greatest error is his characterization of protest as inherently juvenile and unrefined, an expression of half-baked political consciousness.

Eisgruber’s greatest error is his characterization of protest as inherently juvenile and unrefined, an expression of half-baked political consciousness.

Let’s Zohran our Princeton: the case for organizing that’s fun

Mamdani's victory gives Princeton progressives a replicable model for winning, which they can adapt from New York to this University: a people-centered mass movement that builds real community and seeks to genuinely persuade and excite others.

Mamdani's victory gives Princeton progressives a replicable model for winning, which they can adapt from New York to this University: a people-centered mass movement that builds real community and seeks to genuinely persuade and excite others.

Princeton should put first-year family weekend back where it belongs

But rather than scheduling family weekend before our two fall recesses, the University seems to think that first-year students need to see their families the third Saturday after midterms. Much like the recent dining plan changes, this subpar scheduling is the University failing to coordinate its administrative planning with considerations for student well-being.

But rather than scheduling family weekend before our two fall recesses, the University seems to think that first-year students need to see their families the third Saturday after midterms. Much like the recent dining plan changes, this subpar scheduling is the University failing to coordinate its administrative planning with considerations for student well-being.

Vote, run, and challenge in USG’s upcoming elections

For students to feel represented and for that representation to be genuine, elections must have large-scale, informed student participation. The student body must vote for candidates who reflect their views, hold these candidates accountable to the priorities on which they campaigned, and feel empowered enough to run for office themselves. 

For students to feel represented and for that representation to be genuine, elections must have large-scale, informed student participation. The student body must vote for candidates who reflect their views, hold these candidates accountable to the priorities on which they campaigned, and feel empowered enough to run for office themselves. 

On exclusive clubs: compete to get in, not to participate

If a greater number of competitive clubs on campus held open educational workshops and opportunities for students to explore the field and develop their skills, perhaps students would not feel so stressed about gaining admission from one of them.

If a greater number of competitive clubs on campus held open educational workshops and opportunities for students to explore the field and develop their skills, perhaps students would not feel so stressed about gaining admission from one of them.

From ChatGPT to hamburgers, reject climate individualism

Nothing we can do as individuals — or even in aggregate as an entire campus community — can make a real dent in emissions or water usage beyond Princeton’s gates. But coming to understand individual responsibility for the climate crisis as a calculated distraction doesn’t absolve us of the responsibility to do something.

Nothing we can do as individuals — or even in aggregate as an entire campus community — can make a real dent in emissions or water usage beyond Princeton’s gates. But coming to understand individual responsibility for the climate crisis as a calculated distraction doesn’t absolve us of the responsibility to do something.

The University is selling the dining changes as a win. Don’t fall for it.

The revision serves as a distraction from the concerns of independents. Worse, it demonstrates that the University is content to ignore student voices.

The revision serves as a distraction from the concerns of independents. Worse, it demonstrates that the University is content to ignore student voices.

Reactions: First impressions on the Princeton University Art Museum

On Oct. 31, the Princeton University Art Museum will be open to the public after nearly half a decade of remodeling. Our columnists who attended the Museum Student Preview event on Oct. 25 give us their first impressions. 

On Oct. 31, the Princeton University Art Museum will be open to the public after nearly half a decade of remodeling. Our columnists who attended the Museum Student Preview event on Oct. 25 give us their first impressions. 

Guilty about your ChatGPT environmental impact? Eat one less burger instead.

Persuading a single friend to eat one fewer hamburger will do orders of magnitude more good than eliminating all their college AI use. The fact of the matter is that ChatGPT isn’t nearly the environmental catastrophe that some make it out to be.

Persuading a single friend to eat one fewer hamburger will do orders of magnitude more good than eliminating all their college AI use. The fact of the matter is that ChatGPT isn’t nearly the environmental catastrophe that some make it out to be.

Dr. Bill Frist ’74, environmentalist?

While the HMEI website notes that “sponsorship of any event does not constitute departmental or institutional endorsement of the specific program, speakers, or views presented”, we should note and discuss Frist’s voting record and the whole of his legacy on human and planetary health.

While the HMEI website notes that “sponsorship of any event does not constitute departmental or institutional endorsement of the specific program, speakers, or views presented”, we should note and discuss Frist’s voting record and the whole of his legacy on human and planetary health.

Princeton, serve the state by taking public transportation

As Princeton students, we have the duty to support public transportation both in practice and in principle. Using transit creates a culture of using transit, and the more people who use it, the more money NJ Transit can generate. 

As Princeton students, we have the duty to support public transportation both in practice and in principle. Using transit creates a culture of using transit, and the more people who use it, the more money NJ Transit can generate. 

What Atatürk stood for

The hurt that retiring the Atatürk Professorship would inflict on Princeton’s Turkish professors, students, and alumni would be immeasurable, as Atatürk’s principles have been instrumental in shaping us.

The hurt that retiring the Atatürk Professorship would inflict on Princeton’s Turkish professors, students, and alumni would be immeasurable, as Atatürk’s principles have been instrumental in shaping us.

On dining, don’t Whitman our Spelman

The fight to save the eating clubs is certainly relevant, and deserves attention, but is not nearly as urgent as the abolition of an entire dining option. Eighteen percent of Princeton upperclassmen, or hundreds of people, have just lost their autonomy over where and how they eat. 

The fight to save the eating clubs is certainly relevant, and deserves attention, but is not nearly as urgent as the abolition of an entire dining option. Eighteen percent of Princeton upperclassmen, or hundreds of people, have just lost their autonomy over where and how they eat. 

USG cares about making good policy. We need you to care, too.

In a climate of political uncertainty, it is now more important than ever for students to be engaged with university policymaking — and USG is the most direct avenue to engage with administrative decision makers. While USG’s social events — including Lawnparties — are important, especially in times of stress and division, we also represent you. We don’t just plan parties.

In a climate of political uncertainty, it is now more important than ever for students to be engaged with university policymaking — and USG is the most direct avenue to engage with administrative decision makers. While USG’s social events — including Lawnparties — are important, especially in times of stress and division, we also represent you. We don’t just plan parties.

Princeton’s meat eaters should embrace the reducetarian solution

As the reducetarian maxim describes, small measures, when taken on a campus-wide scale, can yield tremendous results.

As the reducetarian maxim describes, small measures, when taken on a campus-wide scale, can yield tremendous results.

In a moment of budgetary crisis, don’t waste funds on ChatGPT Plus

Social responsibility extends beyond the Orange Bubble. While generative AI will be part of our future one way or another, its excessive use is also wasteful, and Princeton students have a responsibility to use our privilege to be conscientious and informed critical thinkers — which means being mindful of AI’s environmental impact and resisting the temptation to overuse it.

Social responsibility extends beyond the Orange Bubble. While generative AI will be part of our future one way or another, its excessive use is also wasteful, and Princeton students have a responsibility to use our privilege to be conscientious and informed critical thinkers — which means being mindful of AI’s environmental impact and resisting the temptation to overuse it.

On dining, don’t Harvard our Princeton

We urge the University to stop imposing its vision of an idealized dining experience on students who are already happy. If it keeps going down this path, then its Harvard-like centralization of dining will asphyxiate these great institutions, and we will quickly find that its one-size-fits-all solution is actually one-size-fits-no-one.

If you’re going to save anything from budget cuts, save climate research

By devoting itself to saving GFDL’s research once again, with both financial and political capital, the University has the opportunity to truly Stand Up for Princeton — and more importantly, lifesaving research. If Princeton wants to save lives and money and world-class climate research.

"By devoting itself to saving GFDL’s research once again, with both financial and political capital, the University has the opportunity to truly Stand Up for Princeton — and more importantly, lifesaving research. If Princeton wants to save lives and money and world-class climate research."