Opinion

Attackers not motivated by anti-consumerismI would like to point out that in Mike Long's September 14 letter about American consumerism and his inferences that the Americans' wealth was cause of the terrorism in the World Trade Center, that the people being suspected of this atrocity are not the poor, oppressed people under the yoke of Western capitalism, but rather the suspects are well-financed zealots waging war under the banner of a religious Jihad.I truly doubt that the "oppression of capitalism and Western consumerism" was a motive in this case, and it was more a case of a severe misinterpretation of a religious text.

OPINION | 09/16/2001

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Religious leaders encourage goodwill toward all innocentsWe are appalled and saddened by the events of September 11 as all people of good will are.

OPINION | 09/13/2001

Reaching across boundaries the whole year through

Coming back to campus in the fall is a surreal ? and somewhat disheartening ? experience.

OPINION | 09/13/2001

Letters to the Editor

Horrible attack calls for compassion instead of hatredAs a concerned Muslim and Arab-American student, I stand in deepest sympathy with the students and other members of the campus community who have relatives and friends who have suffered in the senseless attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.As an anti-racist student at Princeton University, I call on all members of this diverse and multicultural community to oppose and stand against anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hysteria in response to the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.Remembering the attacks on Arab Americans in the wake of the Oklahoma city bombing, I urge all of us not to resort to anger or hatred in this time of crisis.

OPINION | 09/12/2001

The European Precedent

The contemporary landscape of most European cities is shaped as much by what is gone as by what remains.

OPINION | 09/12/2001

At the pinnacle

Every year, the publication of U.S. News and World Report's top college rankings never goes unnoticed.

OPINION | 09/12/2001

Orientation can begin in the woods

After all of the cardboard boxes are thrown away and the Public Safety officers end their week-long hiatus from ticketing cars parked on campus, much of Freshman Week and the activities associated with it will be long forgotten.

OPINION | 09/11/2001

Looking forward after a horrific day

Many of us awoke yesterday to see an image stranger than many dreams and more horrific than any nightmare.

OPINION | 09/11/2001

Mountains become molehills

I cried on the first day of my Outdoor Action trip freshman year. But you couldn't tell because it was raining so hard.

OPINION | 07/15/2001

Does our educational system make the grade?

"Save America ? Abolish Government Schools." That's the latest conservative-activist slogan I came across the other day while perusing one of my favorite Internet forums.

OPINION | 07/15/2001

Won't the real Britney Spears fans please stand up?

On the night of Saturday, April 22, thanks in part to the Trustees Alcohol Initiative, I had a transcendent experience staring at a seventeen-year-old's perfect navel.

OPINION | 07/15/2001

Just like peas and carrots

For the Supremely Motivated Self-Starting Student, the senior thesis is an opportunity to shine ? a chance to show the world what comes of four years of training at Princeton University, a chance to contribute to the academic body of knowledge, a chance to learn something about life.For me, it has been an intimidating and lethal obstacle that has shown me how to empathize with Dubya.I have to say, this is a slightly uncomfortable feeling for me, as I'm not especially a fan of Dubya.

OPINION | 07/15/2001

Where is this lofty education really taking us?

Our days are just packed with serious stuff. Independent research, the pressure of upholding the reputation of a long standing academic institution, the dilemma of whether to pursue our happiness or our duties.Doesn't it look boring even just reading it?

OPINION | 07/15/2001

Some Princely Advice

...So you decided to come to Princeton. It's a decision that will change the rest of your life. And one that will change Princeton, too....With the choice to attend Old Nassau comes the chance to challenge previous conceptions you have had about yourself, and about the University.

OPINION | 07/15/2001

Letters to the Editor

The spirit of honorThe word "honor" occasionally floats down into everyday speech like the ghost that someone saw on the staircase.

OPINION | 05/17/2001

Bush's chance with children's rights

What would you do if you could not remember the last time your country was at peace? Would you start an international movement for peace?

OPINION | 05/17/2001

The Joys of Fellowship

The Princeton Evangelical Fellowship was the reason I came to Princeton. When researching colleges as an anxious high school senior, I'd come across its website, and, once admitted, I came down to Princeton to check out the campus as a bona fide pre-frosh.

OPINION | 05/15/2001

Letters to the Editor

PRIDE Alliance encourages campus to ignore Fred PhelpsOn Monday morning the campus will receive a visit from members of the Westboro Baptist Church and their leader Fred Phelps.

OPINION | 05/15/2001

The importance of stepping into another's shoes

Crossing Nassau Street tonight in a crosswalk, I was shouted at by an undergraduate in an SUV, whom I had the misfortune of stepping in front of and causing to slow down ever so slightly: "Out of the way, fat-ass!"I wonder if he gave it a second thought.

OPINION | 05/15/2001

New leaders can link graduate community to main campus Campus

Like any celebration, the true success of the Graduate School Centennial will be gauged by the work of its participants ? Princeton's current Master's and Ph.D.

OPINION | 05/13/2001

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