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Isaac Barsoum

If you’re going to save anything from budget cuts, save climate research

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If you’re going to save anything from budget cuts, save climate research

Isaac Barsoum
| OPINION | 3 days ago

By devoting itself to saving GFDL’s research once again, with both financial and political capital, the University has the opportunity to truly Stand Up for Princeton — and more importantly, lifesaving research. If Princeton wants to save lives and money and world-class climate research.

"By devoting itself to saving GFDL’s research once again, with both financial and political capital, the University has the opportunity to truly Stand Up for Princeton — and more importantly, lifesaving research. If Princeton wants to save lives and money and world-class climate research."

By the way, Fizz is not real life

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By the way, Fizz is not real life

Isaac Barsoum
| OPINION | October 1

If someone claiming that something is happening in real life cannot point to anything that has actually happened in real life and is instead forced to substantiate that claim with anonymous posts from a social media app, it is probable — likely, even — that nothing of the sort is happening in real life at all.

If someone claiming that something is happening in real life cannot point to anything that has actually happened in real life and is instead forced to substantiate that claim with anonymous posts from a social media app, it is probable — likely, even — that nothing of the sort is happening in real life at all.

BP is out. Here’s what’s next for the climate movement at Princeton

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BP is out. Here’s what’s next for the climate movement at Princeton

Charlie Yale and Isaac Barsoum
| OPINION | September 19

Fossil fuel companies have abandoned their deceptive climate pledges, and the Trump administration is cracking down on climate research. As governments and corporations abandon climate action, Princeton must step up as a leader on the issue.

Fossil fuel companies have abandoned their deceptive climate pledges, and the Trump administration is cracking down on climate research. As governments and corporations abandon climate action, Princeton must step up as a leader on the issue.

Could Princeton avoid the endowment tax by expanding financial aid?

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Could Princeton avoid the endowment tax by expanding financial aid?

Isaac Barsoum
| OPINION | July 15

Institutions will have to pay 8 percent on endowment returns if they have “at least 3,000 tuition-paying students” and “a student adjusted endowment in excess of $2,000,000.” Princeton checks all the boxes. So, we have to pay. Right?

Institutions will have to pay 8 percent on endowment returns if they have “at least 3,000 tuition-paying students” and “a student adjusted endowment in excess of $2,000,000.” Princeton checks all the boxes. So, we have to pay. Right?

Why do two-thirds of your summer research wages go to Princeton, anyway?

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Why do two-thirds of your summer research wages go to Princeton, anyway?

Isaac Barsoum
| OPINION | May 8

The income that students earn from employment is not “miscellaneous.” So Princeton must decide: Does it want its students — all of them, not only those who can afford it — to be able to work on the important research happening at Princeton, or be forced to go home?

The income that students earn from employment is not “miscellaneous.” So Princeton must decide: Does it want its students — all of them, not only those who can afford it — to be able to work on the important research happening at Princeton, or be forced to go home?

Who’s self-censoring at college now?

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Who’s self-censoring at college now?

Isaac Barsoum
| OPINION | April 23

Conservatives today must choose their cause: free speech or authoritarianism? Throughout history, the only leaders who cheered the downfall of universities and intellectualism were authoritarians interested in suppressing political dissent.

Conservatives today must choose their cause: free speech or authoritarianism? Throughout history, the only leaders who cheered the downfall of universities and intellectualism were authoritarians interested in suppressing political dissent.

Trump is bringing authoritarianism to Columbia. Princeton must democratize in response.

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Trump is bringing authoritarianism to Columbia. Princeton must democratize in response.

Isaac Barsoum
| OPINION | March 26

As they have in the past, universities must be the first to resist authoritarianism. By moving in the opposite direction of the Trump administration, we can stand up for our community even as an autocrat attempts to impose his will on our peer institutions.

As they have in the past, universities must be the first to resist authoritarianism. By moving in the opposite direction of the Trump administration, we can stand up for our community even as an autocrat attempts to impose his will on our peer institutions.

Reactions: Which alum would you nominate for the Woodrow Wilson award?

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Reactions: Which alum would you nominate for the Woodrow Wilson award?

Chloe Cresswell, Isaac Barsoum, Thomas Buckley, and Frances Brogan
| OPINION | February 26

We asked our writers to reflect on which alumni are best upholding the informal motto “Princeton in the nation’s service,” and make a case for who deserves to win the Woodrow Wilson Award next year.

We asked our writers to reflect on which alumni are best upholding the informal motto “Princeton in the nation’s service,” and make a case for who deserves to win the Woodrow Wilson Award next year.

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