USG open to ideas on social alternativesI am writing in response to Dana Pasternak '03's April 13 article in the 'Prince' regarding the Trustee Initiative Funding Committee, in which I represent the USG.
Thirty years ago, when my father was finishing up his senior year at Princeton, President Nixon announced the United States would extend its war efforts in Southeast Asia into Cambodia.
Australians pride themselves on their multicultural society. It is a nation of immigrants, and ethnic minorities usually find themselves welcomed into Australian life very quickly.The one exception, though, is the Australian Aborigines.
If you think the discoveries and advancements of the last 10 years, including the Human Genome Project and the Internet, have been sufficiently exploited, think again.
Alcohol initiativeSeven months and approximately $75,000 later, the University alcohol initiative has helped fund activities for dozens of student groups and has provided entertainment for hundreds of undergraduates.
Can somebody, please, for the love of whatever God you may choose to worship (or not), just put all of the DJs who play our parties into a room and pick off a couple of them with a sniper rifle?
For the past few years, I thought a job search was only something other people did. During the first three years of my Princeton career, planning for the future consisted of deciding my major, poring over the course catalogue and setting up work or travel for the summer.
The trustees' decision to adopt the recommendations of the Wythes Committee Report will have crucial implications for future generations of Princeton students.
One afternoon last week, I was walking on Washington Road when a bus passed me, slow enough so that I could hear the catcalls from the male high school students inside.
I recently asked one of my friends if he'd show up and support Take Back the Night on Saturday. He declined the invitation with the rationale, "If there were no men in the world, we wouldn't need Take Back the Night."His honest expression of gender guilt regarding sexual assault shows a common male perspective that rape is a women's issue and Take Back the Night is a women's event.
U.S. should support, not criticize Taiwan's democracyThis letter is in response to Melissa Waage '01's April 7 column on Taiwan.
We would like to welcome new Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson to the University community.
Tens of thousands of people ? including a small group from Princeton ? will descend on Washington, D.C., this weekend to protest the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Gonzalez case important gauge of domestic politicsAs Karthick Ramakrishnan GS wrote in the April 6 'Prince,' the Elian Gonzalez case is in the American spotlight ? that fact is non-negotiable.
I was hoping I wouldn't have to face that much discrimination while searching for jobs. Thanks to the women's liberation movement, I have a fair chance of not being discriminated against based on my gender.
Bobby Knight, the embattled head coach of men's basketball at the University of Indiana, has been all over the news recently.
Most academics think they are married to words. They think images should be the beautiful, young secretary: much more fun, but always left untouched.For some reason, academia loves words.
To paraphrase Ben Franklin, in life there are no sure things, aside from death and theses. Writing a thesis is like waiting on death row.
Online registration a matter of effectiveness, not trustI would like to express my agreement with Seth Wikas' April 4 column in the 'Prince' with regard to the need for an online registration system at Princeton.
When I don't return to school next year, it's not because of the tuition increase, the rate of inflation or the resulting economic strain.
