Once upon a time there was an alcohol ordinance. No one liked it very much. Some people ? especially students under the age of 21 ? were even afraid of it.
Since coming to Princeton, I have been impressed by two things: how rich the University is, and how seriously ethics is taken here.
Despite the dismal forecasts for President Clinton's last-ditch efforts at Middle East peace, there was a constructive but little-noted move toward resolution of the conflict recently.
We've all heard the mantra that a Princeton degree is valuable anywhere, and that it's important to take classes that interest you and expand your mind.
When a coalition of liberal groups including People for the American Way and Planned Parenthood unite to declare war on a man, and The New York Times cheers them on, it can mean only one thing: Someone is about to get Borked.To "Bork" someone is to smear him as a racist, misogynistic monster on the fringes of the political spectrum in order to derail a nomination.
University should be more careful when selecting and reporting on speakersThe recent dicussion of race relations in the 'Prince' interested me greatly.
This holiday season, Boy Scout Troop 43 is learning about more than just tying knots and pitching tents.
I would like to quash a perceived campus controversy. Some people at this University think they are engaged in the good fight.
Correcting 'Prince' article on Tuesday's forum on raceAfter reading yesterday's article on the faculty-student race "debate," I decided it was finally time to sit down and send a word or two to my favorite Princeton establishment, The Daily Princetonian.
If you hadn't noticed, there have been a lot of older folks hanging around Frist the past couple of days.
I have a confession to make: I didn't vote in the USG elections. But I take that back ? this article is not a confession because I don't feel any guilt.
As January 2002 drew ever closer to closure, Matt was in a state of utter panic. His final paper for Applied Ethics, which he hoped would be an eloquent defense of the eating of handicapped Irish babies, was still far from completed.
Centuries ago, Christians co-opted a pagan celebration of the winter solstice to commemorate the birth of Jesus, despite the uncertainty of the time of that event.
A Bush presidency may promise to save Americans a few extra dollars each year, but it will also threaten to deprive federal programs of much-needed funds.
We're in the throes of college application season these days. The 'Prince' has been chronicling the plight of several applicants, and at the Frist Welcome Desk where I work, scores of prospective students have appeared looking for the Orange Key tours.At least I think the students have appeared.
"But we're one of the whitest groups on this campus!" protested one incredulous Daily Princetonian writer last September when he first heard of our plans for a series on race at the University.And indeed we are.
Don't worry. So far, no USG candidates are demanding a manual recount in Forbes. But much like the national presidential race, many of last night's USG elections were too close to call.
Today's editorial page is a special all-cartoon page. It is available only in the print edition of The Daily Princetonian.
At first, I was quite skeptical of The Daily Princetonian's plans to cover race relations for two weeks (and I certainly feel no inherent loyalty to the project because of my position as a columnist). I was skeptical that 10 full days of coverage on race would get redundant, and skeptical about what the campus reaction might be.
The problem with Princeton University is not PU itself ? it's the term "P.C." I can't tell you how many times I have sat in a classroom listening to people stumbling and stammering, trying to say the words "African-American." They desperately try to ignore the syllable that mistakenly escapes from their lips: "Bla?." They scan the crowd for a face like mine, before realizing that the escaped "Bla?" might just render them a racist, a non-sympathizer or, God forbid, not "P.C."I sit around and listen to some of the students from the Caribbean distinguish themselves from black Americans.
