I have heard it said that people at Princeton don't make friends; we make connections. This is a harsh mischaracterization. Like many exaggerations, however, it does contain a grain of truth: People at Princeton are too polite. By this I ...(back to the article)
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I agree with the previous two comments. Also, the suggestion that we should have more clubs themed around superficialities like red hair is one of the more ridiculous propositions I've seen in this opinion section. I mean, should we have a university funded grey's anatomy fan club, red-is-the-new-black club, or chest-waxers anonymous? I forgive you for being absolutely incompetent this week... it is dean's date after all. But please try harder next time.
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yeah i agree with the below the reason why so few people tried out is because debate here is super-competitive and the debate team is one of the top-ranked in the country. why try out, waste one's time and make a fool of yourself just to get trounced by #1 in the us high school circuit debator xyz? very rarely can you "walk on" a varsity sport team debate at pton is no different.
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"Take the recent 1876 Debate Prize tournament as an example. Considering that students can win up to $4,000, it is curious that only 40 students tried out. Most students, even those who will soon be working late nights and weekends just to make a few extra bucks, will not even think about debating another student despite the large cash incentive"... or they just realize that debate is a specialized skill that requires years of practice, and it would be a waste of their time to compete. The winners were already mostly predetermined (similarly, if you had timed tryouts to see who could run in a race for $4k in prize money, you'd still only get track runners trying out in response to the incentive, even though others run non-competitively in their spare time).
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