The challenge for 21st century student activists is to define their role in a time of peace and prosperity.
As the first semester broke for intersession last Saturday morning, Princeton's Board of Trustees, bolstered by a record capital campaign and an ever-growing endowment, made an unprecedented series of changes to the financial aid program.
A few days ago, I was thinking of a metaphor for the way the University has regarded its service-related staff during the past decade, and the following image popped into my head: the three monkeys, with their eyes, ears and mouths covered.However, the message for Princeton workers is not that of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." What it indicates instead is the inability of the University to open its eyes and ears to the needs of its lowest-paid workers, as well as its unwillingness to speak about improving wages and benefits.Even as the endowment soars to over $8 billion, the University has remained myopic to the needs of its human capital ? the hundreds of Princetonians who work for this University.
"Are you a vegetarian?" the person across the table asks, eyeing my garden burger, rice and beans, and salad topped with a mountain of cottage cheese."How'd you guess?" I answer with a smile.I've had countless conversations that began like this.
It was a Wednesday afternoon, the last day of February, 1900, when Walter Ewing Hope 1901 walked into The Daily Princetonian offices for the first time as the paper's 25th Editor-in-Chief.
One year ago, as my board took the helm of The Daily Princetonian, I wrote that I hoped during the coming year to fulfill the promise of J.F.
Alumnus finds students' lack of civility at basketball games dishearteningA lot has changed at Princeton since I played and was a fan during basketball games when fans on both sides kept quiet for foul shooters.
One of the most notable things about Princeton, especially to outsiders, is the tradition associated with the school's name.
Borough Police arrested three members of The Princeton Tory yesterday for allegedly exposing themselves behind the First Campus Center.
University officials' top choice for the location of the sixth residential college is now the Airport Hilton in Newark, trustee Paul Wythes '55 said yesterday."We've been having a lot of trouble finding a place in Princeton where we can construct a full-sized residential college without impacting the aesthetic of the University campus," Wythes said.
Following an overwhelming response to a Daily Princetonian online poll, newly admitted member of the Class of 2005 Tarleton Cowen's acceptance has been rescinded, Acting Dean of Admission Stephen LeMenager said yesterday.Approximately 87 percent of University students responded negatively to the poll question: "Should Tarleton Cowen have been admitted to Princeton?"LeMenager explained his office's decision in an interview conducted via e-mail.
Sources close to Business Today said yesterday that though the publication has an enormous staff and a significant endowment, it also finds itself lacking a point."Putting out a magazine twice a year is a lot of hard work, so it's understandable that they need a staff of about 50 people to work for them," the student, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.
It was a crisp, clear Monday morning. A glint of sun spiraled through the West College window of Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel and landed on her desk.It was the beginning of another fortnight.
Dude, where's my 'Prince'? Seriously!I subscribe to the 'Prince' ? not once, not twice ? but five days per week.
When 'Prince' Editor 'n Chief Richard Just '01 declared a war on complacency at the beginning of this semester, we knew there would be casualties, grotesque disfigurations of the truth.
The Daily Princetonian's editor-in-chief, Richard Just '01, and its co-managing editor, Rich Tucker '01, are, in fact, two different people, sources close to the newspaper said last week.
The Random Acts of Kindness club is at it again, this time setting up a make-shift opium den in the soon-to-be-closed Chancellor Green cafe."Opium addiction is a horrible thing," said one club member, smiling inanely.
Sunday is National Hugging Day, a day for everyone throughout this great nation to lock in one collective platonic embrace.
Most Princeton students cannot gamble in Atlantic City because of the over-21 age restriction (in theory, at least). But the University's pass/D/fail system forces all undergraduates to play a game that's riskier and more potentially damaging than any at Caesar's Palace.Here's how the p/D/f system currently works.
I've always preferred hypocrisy to radical evil. At least a hypocrite understands what he's doing is wrong.
