Opinion

Will N.J. follow others in trampling telemarketers?

Will N.J. follow others in trampling telemarketers?

There are few groups of people I rank as abysmally as telemarketers, those incessantly harassing individuals who phone me with a poorly written sales pitch for some product I have no need for.Confronted with the unfortunate reality of being rudely awakened by one of these individuals, I utter a prayer that the conniving businessman who dreamt up the idea of telemarketing spends eternity in the sixth circle of hell ? along with the Baha Men, authors of the current pop song, "Who Let the Dogs Out?"While procrastinating on my JP the other day, I griped to my father about the increasing incidence of these phone calls at Princeton.

OPINION | 11/19/2000

Negotiations having failed, it is time for Israel to act decisively

A grimmer and grimmer reality is taking shape in the Middle East. Every day the body count soars higher and higher, and the chances for a real peace become slimmer and slimmer.

OPINION | 11/19/2000

Letters to the Editor

'Prince' lacks integrity in inappropriate handling of alleged sexual assaultAs much as it is the responsibility of University publications to inform students of daily occurrences on campus, we feel that in certain cases the 'Prince' goes inappropriately beyond the call of duty.

OPINION | 11/19/2000

Controversy in presidential race should not call Electoral College into question

In his Nov. 16 'Prince' editorial, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan GS suggests "modernizing" the United States Constitution, not by pursuing the "minor" change of abolishing the Electoral College, but a "middle-range solution" of changing the internal structure of the United States.

OPINION | 11/16/2000

Certifiable

Meet your average Joe. Joe's a philosophy major. You might not know Joe, but you can safely assume that he wears a lot of black.

OPINION | 11/16/2000

Facing international derision, America gets the last laugh

As this election descends into melodrama, intrigue and sometimes just plain silliness, newspapers and other media outlets in the United States have begun to pick up rumblings across the Atlantic and the Pacific.

OPINION | 11/15/2000

Reforming national electoral system requires thinking outside the lines

In the wake of our ongoing election melee, many international observers are surprised that the United States continues to cling onto a seemingly archaic system such as the Electoral College.

OPINION | 11/15/2000

Writing 101

Words matter. Witness the stupidity attached to George W. Bush after he mispronounced so many simple words and grammatically botched so many basic sentences during the campaign.

OPINION | 11/14/2000

New writing requirement

For all those who have ever struggled to craft the perfect paper only to have it butchered by a professor's pen and bloodied with red ink, it is hard not to envy the Class of 2005.

OPINION | 11/14/2000

Voice of the people should speak louder than electors when it comes to choosing president-elect

There are two problems with the 2000 election: The first is Gov. George W. Bush, the second is the Electoral College.

OPINION | 11/13/2000

Abolishing current system still leaves problem of resolving close future elections

Clearly there is something amiss in our beloved democratic electoral system. If the past week has told us nothing else, it has at least demonstrated that.

OPINION | 11/13/2000

The lesson from Cairo and Palm Beach: Process matters most

Three weeks ago, I came to Egypt to conduct dissertation research on elections under authoritarianism.

OPINION | 11/12/2000

Bypassing the bypass: Too early to celebrate Whitman's postponement

Environmental concerns triumphed over development Nov. 2 when Gov. Christie Whitman ordered the N.J.

OPINION | 11/12/2000

Older and wiser

You know the feeling. You're in precept or seminar, the professor asks a question and the response is silence.

OPINION | 11/09/2000

Letters to the Editor

Members of the Class of 2001 can submit nominations for Pyne Prize until Jan. 3I write to solicit nominations for the Pyne Prize, the highest general distinction the University confers upon an undergraduate, which will be awarded on Alumni Day, Feb.

OPINION | 11/09/2000

Senator-elect Corzine buys N.J.'s seat and Princeton's support

Though I am not surprised by yesterday's 'Prince' survey showing that students voted overwhelmingly Democratic, I am dismayed by the implications surrounding the huge support for New Jersey Senator-elect Jon Corzine.

OPINION | 11/09/2000

Child's play

On Tuesday, hundreds of high school-aged Young Democrats and Young Republicans sat on their couches watching C-Span while the fate of their schools and their right to have an abortion were decided by other people, many of whom don't know a Bush from a tree.No American under 18 is allowed to vote, a law I find offensive.

OPINION | 11/08/2000

My buddy and me: How Princetonians categorize friendships

In my two-year experience at Princeton, I have found that the word "friend" has loose interpretations.

OPINION | 11/08/2000

The other presidential election

Now that we're finally finished with the drawn out and rather distasteful process of selecting the next president of the United States, we can at last turn our attention to something that really matters ? the selection of the next president of Princeton University.While the first and more trivial of these Presidential campaigns was nail-bitingly close to the bitter end, leaving pundits on all the major cable news networks with almost pornographically exposed cuticles, something of a consensus has already emerged with regard to the second and more meaningful decision.Princetonians want Bill.

OPINION | 11/07/2000

'Sex and the City's Sam spearheads pop-culture empowerment of women

Like a little kid giggling when she says penis aloud, pop culture today is basking in its newfound ability to push past the taboos of old.

OPINION | 11/07/2000

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