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E-PrinceThe Daily Princetonian should have a weekly section for foreign dispatches.
While America was going nuts over Susan Patton’s letter published in The Daily Princetonian last week, I was interviewing refugees in northern Syria.
“ ‘My wife will die if ...
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Leave it to the Prince to illustrate its ostensible consistency by pointing to a mere two columns that it happened to publish during the past five years, all the while boasting that its "excellence" and "integrity" are matters of fact.
get over yourself, ben taub..
Ben Taub! I was just thinking about you the other day. So this is what you've been up to. good shit
I didn't think it was possible to make a somewhat good idea seem so unappealing, or to make the Prince staff seem reasonable, but you managed to pull it off. Well done, Ben Taub.
If you've actually managed to get that kind of access in Syria, why not pitch to a real newspaper or magazine?
The Prince has done an excellent job of publishing guest columns and letters from alums. Current students can benefit greatly from hearing what alums have to say about a wide range of subjects. Luc is right and has done a great job as editor-in-chief. Alums should continue to submit letters and guest columns. Mr. Taub's idea is not feasible, however that doesn't prevent him from submitting and getting his point across in the Prince.
Clearly the Prince is not going to send journalists across the world, but there would be no issue at all reserving weekly slots for comment on national and international affairs. The Prince's format of local news articles and then three usually shitty opinion columns a day is so tired. I hope that a future editorial board sees the desperate need for reform - more investigative pieces, more "features" articles, more innovation, in general a freer and less prescriptive format. The paper is atrophying - it should be seeking out pitches like Taub's, trying different things out, seeing what works, not just grimly insisting that a student newspaper consists of regurgitated university press releases and three - no more no less - 500 word opinion pieces per day, and 'twill ever be thus.
Hey, it WOULD make the Daily Princetonian a helluva lot more interesting... Honestly, if your sole impression of Princeton was formed by reading an issue of the Prince, you would think that we were all sex-starved, athletics-obsessed administration-lovers, when in reality there are Princetonians doing FAR more interesting things than about 100 percent of the editorial board.
I like how Luc argues that the Prince cannot do anything outside of the bubble because that would be beyond its capacity to maintain credibility.
This despite the fact that he continues to publish articles that are often as inaccurate as they are accurate and opinion columns that are utterly disgraceful. I see no hypocrisy there, Luc, none at all.
kid's got a point, but the prince can't help him if he got into deep shit over there, post-publication.