Opinion

Self-reliance is a sham: the flu will have you bumbling for Mommy

Self-reliance is a sham: the flu will have you bumbling for Mommy

It's Valentine's Day today, but I'm not thinking about romance. Oh here we go, you think, another anti-romantic diatribe against Valentine's Day written by some guy who hasn't gotten any in six months and wants to inflict his deep inner pain upon the rest of the world.

OPINION | 02/13/2000

Don't fault residential advisors for involvement in 'Street' scene

Your Residential Advisor can be one of the most important aspects of your freshman year at Princeton.

OPINION | 02/10/2000

'I got shot:' Even the most barbarian students honor unwritten social code

We are heathens. When looked at from the perspective of an 18th-century musketeer or a valiant prince, or even through the eyes of Genghis Khan and his Mongols, we as college students are a rude, crude, lazy culture.

OPINION | 02/10/2000

Wythes Committee Report

More than 30 years ago, the University implemented coeducation, almost doubling the undergraduate student population.

OPINION | 02/10/2000

Open wide: University health care program clearly needs a checkup

Two weeks ago, the administration conducted a comprehensive survey of health services at Princeton.

OPINION | 02/09/2000

Familiarity makes us numb to campus quirks

A few weekends ago, I was fortunate enough to have a visitor, a friend of mine from high school ? the guy I took to my senior prom four years ago.

OPINION | 02/09/2000

Letters to the Editor

No need for Asian-American StudiesWe were not there for the 1995 ethnic studies sit-in, described in the Feb.

OPINION | 02/09/2000

Furnishing a dream dorm with curbside couches, leftover lamps

When I drew a single last year for the first time, I realized there were a lot of things I'd taken for granted my first three years at Princeton that I would now have to start thinking about.

OPINION | 02/08/2000

McCain's campaign finance reform nothing more than political rhetoric

As presidential candidate Bill Bradley '65's cerebral presidential campaign stumbles toward the South Carolina primary, lagging in polls behind Vice President Al Gore, expect political moderates around Princeton to begin rallying behind the next best alternative to the Class of '65's basketball star ? Republican anti-establishment candidate ? Sen.

OPINION | 02/08/2000

Who wants to be a sourpuss? The Princeton diss is not the final answer

Regis Philbin: All right, if you get this question, you will be going home with one million dollars!

OPINION | 02/07/2000

Letters to the Editor

Network concerns led to CIT 'sweep'This is in response to Jason Brownlee's Feb. 3 column, "CIT's Big Brother Cybersweep Compromises Students' Privacy."I am the employee who said CIT would not seek out unauthorized MP3 files, and I sent the late November messages regarding Napster software.

OPINION | 02/07/2000

Can eating clubs survive?

Many students have been waiting for the Frist Campus Center to open since their tender pre-frosh years.

OPINION | 02/07/2000

Harry Potter: A fantastic escape from academic mumbo-jumbo

I was one of those geeky kids who would stay up late at night reading by flashlight under the covers in case my mother checked in to see if I was staying up past my bedtime.

OPINION | 02/06/2000

Steer clear of high-brow humor by taking the low road to laughter

More than once, I've left a precept wondering how many Princeton students really think of themselves as being "clever" or "witty." I suppose it's natural to try to be imaginative and original.

OPINION | 02/06/2000

Letters to the Editor

Kerr's elitism unsettlingAs a freshman, the entire bicker process is still foreign and seemingly distant.

OPINION | 02/06/2000

Letters to the Editor

Behave cautiously at club initiationsWe are writing to encourage students to be mindful of the risks associated with drinking alcohol during Bicker and sign-ins.

OPINION | 02/03/2000

Let's not make Bicker more burdensome and superficial

This December, a handful of Bicker club presidents and grad boards voiced support for allowing students the option of bickering more than one club.

OPINION | 02/03/2000

An inclusive system that would minimize hosing and hazing

Under the current Bicker system, a person can either win the lottery (obtain acceptance into Cap/Cottage/Ivy/T.I./Tower) or have everything they own, including their self-worth, stripped from them (hosed). So why must our system be so extreme?

OPINION | 02/03/2000

Coming home

"I had a breakdown Sunday night because I was ready to go back [to London]. It seems insular here at Princeton.""The theater in London is cheaper than renting a movie, and four of the seven plays we read in my Shakespeare class at University College showed in the theater.

OPINION | 02/02/2000

Slurp 'n burp: classroom munchies recreate grade school comfort zone

Why does my preceptor eat a croissant every precept? Don't get me wrong, I'm excited that my preceptor never experiences hunger pains in class.

OPINION | 02/02/2000

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