Here's what Ralph Nader '55 is concerned about these days: Bottled water. Hard-to-read phone bills.
Last year, when the board of trustees was crafting its alcohol initiative, it must have been working off the assumption that "more non-alcoholic events = less drinking = healthier students." Surprisingly enough, that equation doesn't hold true on the Princeton campus.Consider the Feb.
Defending Public SafetyI am a freshman this year, and my roommate is African American.
Last week, 50 graduate students marched on Nassau Hall to make sure the D-Bar would remain open to all graduate students.
After graduation, most of my classmates will enter the labor force with an advantage over our peers.
Public Safety regrets wording of flyerI appreciate that the incident reported in the March 6 issue of the 'Prince' has raised concerns about the treatment of African-American students by Public Safety.
Shame on all of us for not giving Mason Rocca '00 a better send-off in his last game at Jadwin Gym.
Two weeks ago, I visited a friend at the University of Chicago. A renowned research institution, Chicago's undergraduate program is better known as the school "where fun goes to die." With a quarter system, Chicago students endure three sets of finals per year.
It's second semester senior year. I have no job prospects. I am not going to graduate school. I don't even know what country I'm going to be in.
All I can say is that if this were the Middle Ages and a pack of unkempt Germans had their sights on us, we'd be screwed.
Diallo verdict newsworthyOn Feb. 25, the American judicial system acquitted the police officers allegedly involved in the killing of African immigrant, Amadou Diallo.
Last week's fatal shooting in a first-grade classroom in Mount Morris, Mich., should be a wakeup call for law enforcers and lawmakers alike.
At about 1:30 a.m., we both looked at our watches and said, "Whoa" almost simultaneously.
The world is not, in general, a comfortable place. So why does it seem that people around here, including myself, are always trying to pretend that it is?
Students, not professors, balance workloadJeff Wolf '02's column in yesterday's 'Prince' left much to be desired.
If you take a lot of humanities classes like me, the following will be a familiar scenario: After reading over your syllabi, you realize your professors want you to read four books this week, among other assignments.
The University witnessed something unprecedented this week, something that should make it pause in concern.
The R-word ? religion ? can be a very dirty word on our nation's college campuses. The end of any kind of religious schooling for many, the absence of parents and a seemingly consequence-free environment can lead many students who were brought up with any sort of religious background to cast it off.
USG already seeks student opinions onlineI'm writing in response to the suggestion made by Joe Dague '01 in the Feb.
Raising the standard for English proficiency among graduate students is a good first step in raising the overall quality of teaching and learning ? but there are many important steps that must follow.
