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(11/03/21 1:35am)
During the week of Oct. 11, Princeton celebrated the fourth and fifth Nobel prizes won by Princeton affiliates in a single year. This achievement speaks volumes about the quality of a Princeton education — one that fuels passion, celebrates excellence, and promises success no matter what path you take.
(11/02/21 3:02am)
Last Friday, the University announced that the endowment has ballooned to $37.7 billion, an almost 50 percent rate of return. This growth is a significant outlier from previous years which made us in the Opinion section wonder how might Princeton react. Will we see improvements on campus? Can Princeton afford to be more ethical in its investments? Should tuition be abolished?
(11/08/21 4:47am)
In late May 2021, Princeton University’s Board of Trustees announced plans to partially divest from the fossil fuel industry. Many celebrated the news as a historic announcement: the furthest a fossil fuel divestment campaign has ever gotten at Princeton, coming after over a decade of organizing and five different iterations of the campaign.
(11/01/21 2:02am)
“Why should Princeton exist?” That was the question The Atlantic journalist Emma Green asked President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 a few weeks ago. Green framed the question around social mobility: Princeton, after all, doesn’t do much for social mobility compared to the City University of New York (CUNY) system which directly serves the low-income community around them in tangible ways.
(10/29/21 2:10am)
They say life comes full circle, but lately I have been wondering if most of us here at Princeton live our lives on a different, less holistic trajectory.
(10/28/21 12:56am)
Late meal is one of the most beloved features of Princeton student life. So much so that Princeton recently held a special free late meal for seniors to allow them to relive their freshman and sophomore year late meal experience. Princeton’s Campus Dining website explains the rationale behind late meal: “Campus Dining recognizes that students may be unable to dine during regular dining hall hours. Therefore, students with meal plans are entitled to use their plan to purchase late lunches Monday to Friday and late dinner Monday to Thursday at the Food Gallery at Frist. One meal swipe is credited for all late meal purchases. You may only use one meal swipe per period.”
(10/27/21 1:13am)
After almost two years of infrequent trips outside our homes and social distancing, our immune systems are readjusting to pre-pandemic levels of interaction and, by default, to daily pathogen transmission. We’ve all heard of it — the Princeton plague — the scientifically unnamed upper respiratory tract viral infection that has affected a large proportion of people on campus. Symptoms include coughing, runny nose, sore throat, headaches, fatigue, and fever.
(10/27/21 1:24am)
On Sept. 24, one of the tiger statues in front of Nassau Hall was adorned with a sign: “CLIMATE ACTION NOW!” Spilling down the steps and onto the lawn were groups of students, holding signs of their own: “#BREAK UP WITH EXXON.” “DELAY IS DENIAL.” “WAKE UP.” All of them had assembled to urge Princeton to follow in the footsteps of many of its fellow universities and divest from fossil fuels. From those steps, protesting students asked the University a crucial question: “Which side are you on?”
(10/26/21 1:52am)
Last week, the University announced a new Venture Forward program and capital campaign, which attempts to expand alumni engagement and raise funds for upcoming years. President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said that this campaign would put “Princeton’s values into action … [looking] to the future while remaining firmly anchored in the University’s fundamental values, allowing Princeton to move from the present to the possible.” This campaign would largely support future endeavors in the Princeton University Strategic Framework, which will have initiatives in college access, financial aid, data science, climate change studies, and other areas of inquiry.
(10/26/21 2:10am)
On Oct. 2, the home stands for the Princeton football game against Columbia were jam-packed with people. From an amateur’s eye, it looked like what was the most well-attended non-homecoming game football had ever hosted.
(10/25/21 3:01am)
I have had enough negative experiences at McCosh Health Center to write two or three columns. Despite positive and kind interactions with some of the staff, others have made me feel disrespected and dismissed.
(10/15/21 1:14am)
On the day before Lawnparties, I discovered that the theme of the biannual Princeton music festival was “preppy.” Following this theme would mean demonstrating my knowledge of country club etiquette or flaunting my substantial Sperrys collection, neither of which I happened to possess. Thus, I was initially hesitant to adopt the style. But after voicing this concern to my friends, I was informed that I would be lacking in school spirit if I did not choose to sport my “preppiest” articles of clothing that afternoon. Eventually, I conceded. And, as I would discover the next day, so had many of my peers.
(10/25/21 2:52am)
The Supreme Court of the United States began its new term on Monday, Oct. 4 – a term which is guaranteed to be full of provocative cases and rulings. These upcoming cases deal with everything from challenges to Roe v. Wade (1973) to questions regarding the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and whether state aid can go to religious organizations.
(10/15/21 1:51am)
“St. Petersburg is the 2nd most vulnerable city to sea-level rise in the country … My children will not have a future if my city is flooded,” Bryce Springfield ’25 told me as he held a large banner stating “Climate Action Now” at the Divest Princeton sit-in last Friday.
(10/13/21 1:17am)
Princeton is difficult — there’s no doubt about it. In fact, many of us even raved about it when we wrote that we wanted “academic rigor” in our college applications.
(10/11/21 1:46am)
Princeton is an incredibly competitive institution. During its most recent application cycle, the University accepted only 3.98 percent of applicants. But, as most undergraduates come to realize during their time at Princeton, competition does not end with admission.
(10/08/21 2:03am)
“McCosh is a death sentence,” said a student in passing at a party. Shocking as it was to hear, from what I could ascertain after only a few weeks at Princeton, this sentiment appeared to be the general consensus among party-going first-years. Perhaps the dramatic nature of this quote can be attributed to pure hyperbole. Even so, apprehensive and negative rhetoric towards McCosh Health Center can impact student health in serious ways.
(10/11/21 3:56am)
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(10/07/21 2:12am)
Going to office hours was such a simple thing during the online school year.
(10/11/21 1:14am)
We’re living through a technological revolution on Princeton’s campus. A year ago, you’d have to find friends in five other residential colleges to send a message to all the listservs. Today, you can do it with one click using HoagieMail. Need to check the dining hall menus? There are no fewer than three student apps that can tell you what they’re serving side by side (with at least one more on the way, and including one from The Daily Princetonian Business Team). There are now apps to find research opportunities, club data, room draw statistics, graduation requirements, items sold by other Princeton students — the list goes on.