Opinion

SAT: Numerical value with no value at all

SAT: Numerical value with no value at all

An article in the Feb. 26, 2001 issue of Time magazine reported an interesting development in the area of university education: Richard Atkinson, testing expert and president of the University of California, recommended that the UC system drop the SAT in its admission process, saying, "America's emphasis on the SAT is compromising our educational system." He noted the vast sums of money that parents spend on test-prep programs ? some starting from the age of 12 ? and that some parents even try to find psychologists to certify their children as "disabled" so they will qualify for extra test time.So, if the University of California can do it, why can't Princeton?

OPINION | 02/27/2001

Keeping an ear to the ground

The Trustees' incredible boost to student funding demonstrated the University's capacity to exceed expectations and proactively address the needs of this community.

OPINION | 02/26/2001

Scaling down Scalia

When I took my seat in McCosh 50 last Friday night to hear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, I knew that he has become the most prominent symbol of an increasingly conservative Court, but I knew very little about what he actually believes.

OPINION | 02/26/2001

Letters to the Editor

Student workers can ease situation of casualsI found it somewhat ironic that in a publication presumably distributed by the WROC, the organization articulated that the terrible working conditions faced by Princeton's casual dining hall workers were due to a shortage of student workers.

OPINION | 02/26/2001

Class interaction can be vital part of Princeton experience

I read with interest and bemusement that the University is planning a four-year college that in a newspaper report Anne Gordon '01 observes, "brings together graduate students and undergraduates in the same living space" and is "a very positive thing." University Vice-President Thomas Wright '62 commented, "We heard voices that one of the problems in undergraduate life is that they don't have ways to interact with one another."This is, in part, coming full circle, for that's the way it was.

OPINION | 02/25/2001

Tax-payers should not have to support degrading art

Dan Wachtell can support any type of "challenging," "difficult" or "offensive" art he wants; he can spend his $5.50 at the Hamilton Multiplex, his $15.50 at the Sam Goody or his $25.50 at the local XXX video store.

OPINION | 02/25/2001

Spies glosses over labor problems that are obvious to many

As one of the members of the Workers' Rights Organizing Committee who met with Vice-President Richard Spies GS '72 on Feb.

OPINION | 02/25/2001

'Prince' fails to accurately cover student-initiated events

I appreciate the concern Student Volunteers Council alumna Melissa Schettini '96 expressed about the content of recent SVC Hunger Awareness Weeks in a letter to the editor last Thursday.

OPINION | 02/25/2001

Gimme a Break

"Well, looks like you just messed up Princeton's four-year graduation rate," my dad sarcastically quipped to me when I decided to take a year off last spring.

OPINION | 02/25/2001

Letters to the Editor

Race, gender committees will seek diverse viewpointsIt has been very exciting over the past few days to hear both in person and via e-mail just how important many undergraduates believe that my proposed initiatives on race and gender will be.

OPINION | 02/22/2001

Striving to treat workers fairly

Princeton is a multi-faceted institution, but more than anything else it is a very human community in which students, faculty and members of the staff work together to pursue the University's missions of teaching, learning and service to others.

OPINION | 02/22/2001

A proposal for protecting the creative process from prudish sensibilities

It all started Saturday night when we arrived at the Hamilton Multi-Plex to find that "O Brother, Where Art Thou" was sold out and the only movie with tickets available was "Requiem for a Dream," of which we knew only two things: one of us had a friend from home who said it was good ? and that it was rated NC-17.What followed was possibly the most intense two hours I have ever spent in a movie theater: a cross between "Snatch," "The Cell," "Kids" and the most upsetting parts of "Traffic." I left feeling drained, a bit disturbed ? but not offended or angry ? and convinced that the NC-17 rating was well-deserved.It's not every day that one sees an NC-17 rated movie, so I got to thinking.

OPINION | 02/22/2001

Letters to the Editor

New faces needed on race, gender committeesDiscussion of the human environment at Princeton sounds like a good idea.

OPINION | 02/21/2001

Charities will lose out in Bush's tax proposal

Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday we celebrated last weekend, loved telling stories ? but even he could not have conceived a story as fanciful as the Bush tax plan.

OPINION | 02/21/2001

University administrators oppose labor reforms proposed by the WROC

On Feb. 15, members of the Workers' Rights Organizing Committee met with Vice President of Finance and Administration Richard Spies GS '75 and other administrators who manage Princeton's lowest-paid workers.

OPINION | 02/21/2001

Letters to the Editor

Students need passion and the will to act against povertyOn Feb. 11, Peter Bell GS '64 gave an insightful and important lecture to the Princeton community entitled "Affirming Dignity and Ending Poverty: The Search for a Better World." Calling on his experience from his days at Princeton to his days as the president of CARE (one of the world's largest private international relief and development organizations, which has received two Nobel Peace Prize nominations), he spoke of the ongoing fight to end poverty throughout the world.

OPINION | 02/20/2001

In the eye of the beholder

Hollywood invaded Jersey last week, and ? like the eager natives of 1492 that I was taught about in my pre-PC elementary school ? many of us couldn't wait to be discovered.

OPINION | 02/20/2001

Prospects on the 'Street'

I must admit I am somewhat perplexed by the recent controversy about our 'Street.' As an avowed fan of the eating clubs, I cannot understand why anyone would propose bulldozing them, or even weakening their position as Princeton's primary source of entertainment.

OPINION | 02/19/2001

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