There's something about air travel that unknots the soul, that approximates the unreality of never-to-be-fulfilled dreams.
'Misstatement'I have appreciated your thoughtful coverage of the grading issue, but I do want to set the record straight on an important misstatement of fact in your story on Feb.
The Princeton Tory is the bastion of conservative thought on campus ? that is, if any bastion can be a ramshackle, ill-defended affair and still be worthy of the name.
Media qualmsWhile 7000 fans watched the Tigers take on the Pennsylvania Quakers at Jadwin Gym, I had to depend on Dan O'Brien and the guy from the Tiger Sports-line for the score and highlights from the game.
Her eyes had seen much in their eighty-odd years, and those eyes were tired. And as I sat in that cold hospital room watching my grandmother, I wished I could see her eyes flicker with excitement once more.
I was pretty excited for Saturday night's men's basketball game against Yale. Not because of Princeton's national ranking.
A few entrepreneurial students smelled profit in the wafting salt-pepper-oregano scents of Hoagie Haven.
Few would agree with the assertion that oppression is wrong and should be stopped. And most, but sadly not all, would agree that it would be oppressive of the United States to first starve and then bomb the people of Iraq in order to twist the arm of one man, Saddam Hussein, into compliance.
On 'honest' USG funding mistakeI am writing to clarify a few facts regarding the USG's budget allocation to the Projects Board for this semester.
An important concept often forgotten in philosophical and policy discussions is the distinction between efficiency and equity.
Women make a differenceSeemingly lost in the debate over grade inflation at Princeton is an examination of the causes of that trend.
The men's basketball team is currently 18-1. The Tigers are first in the Ivy League standings, ranked 10th in the Associated Press Poll and ninth in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll ? their first foray into the nation's top ten since 1967.
Trying to kill time before we headed out to the 'Street,' my friends and I borrowed our neighbor's copy of Jerry Springer's "Too Hot for TV" video special ? a collection of dozens of clips edited from his show because of their graphic nature.
Do you ever think you'll be smarter than you are right now? I suppose the answer depends on how you define "smart," but my answer to the question would be a resounding "no."No matter what I do with the rest of my life, I'll most likely be forced to specialize in a single corporate or academic pursuit.
On changing careersTo the University community:Following your heart's desire is the most important issue in career planning and development in my view.
One never knows when the proctors will show up. We'd decided to have a party to celebrate the new semester, or alternately, the fact that it was Feb.
Bored? Poor? When you talk about "my wheels," are you talking about the training wheels?
On defense, criticismAs I read Mr. Klein's "opinion" piece, entitled "Please, just the facts ma'am" in the Monday issue of the 'Prince,' I was saddened to learn that the current Managing Board had broken their fingers and thus were incapable of composing an editorial response to the recent criticisms aimed at The Daily Princetonian.
Yesterday afternoon the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing presented a report to the Faculty-Student Course of Study Committee that examined trends in grade inflation at the University over the last 24 years.
Found on the floor by an alert member of Congress:Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of the 105th Congress, distinguished guests, my fellow Americans:I would like to start out by thanking America for showering me with a 60-plus percent approval rating, mostly because of an economic boom I had little to do with.
