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(02/03/22 2:06am)
In a 2021 study by the Financial Times, 16 to 24 year-olds were the least likely to be financially adept of all age groups surveyed. Yet, in a survey conducted by D. A. Davidson & co., “more than 70% of Gen Z respondents said that having greater financial literacy would have helped them better manage their finances,” especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Why does our generation miss out on developing a skill set that could make or break our financial stability?
(12/10/21 3:02am)
All around us, there is catastrophe: We are living in the second, almost third year of a global pandemic, and the death count continues to tick up every day. We see the consequences of the continued climate disaster: Fires engulf more land than we can remember, while natural disasters lead to death and panic even here in Princeton. Racism continues to claim the lives of countless people of color across the country. Every day seems to bring more bad news; every day feels one step closer to the apocalypse.
(12/10/21 4:59am)
Content Warning: The following piece mentions instances of police brutality, gun violence, false conviction, unlawful imprisonment, and the use of racial slurs.
(12/23/21 11:41pm)
Content Warning: The following column contains descriptions of gun violence in a school setting. Resources can be found at the Everytown Support Fund, which provides support for victims and survivors of gun violence. To speak with Counseling and Psychological Services, please call (609) 258-3141.
(12/24/21 4:17am)
Following the release of spring courses, I looked at the courses in the African Studies program for this upcoming semester. My face became crestfallen with disappointment: there were only seven courses to choose from, which paled in comparison to many other departments.
(12/17/21 3:18am)
Content Warning: The following narrative contains mentions of mental ill-health and grief caused by sudden loss.
(12/24/21 12:25am)
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, college enrollment, defined as students actively taking classes as opposed to including those on gap years, has declined. Yet the different patterns of enrollment across the United States versus at Princeton demonstrate a significant disparity in the value students place on a college degree and speak to the greater inequalities in education across America. Overall in the U.S., college enrollment exhibited a 3.4 percent drop last fall and a 3.2 percent drop this fall. These statistics are significant, representing the absence of nearly 240,000 college students when compared to previous years.
(12/17/21 2:30am)
As I scrolled through my daily flood of emails, one stood out to me: “Vaccine Volunteer Opportunity.” I clicked on the email and located the Google form, hoping to add my name to a list of people willing to volunteer at Princeton’s vaccine clinic. Yet as I opened the form, I saw a number of application questions. The form required me to write nearly 750 words. I don’t have time for this right now, I thought. I’ll fill it out later. I never did.
(12/17/21 2:42am)
It often feels that to be a good Princeton student is to be a 24/7 productivity machine. Whether it comes from our own attitudes, expectations from the University, or conversations with peers, we feel our identities as students, specifically maximally productive students, are the only identities that matter. If every moment of our day isn’t allocated towards something perceived as productive, that means we’re wasting time that could be better spent. We dehumanize ourselves in the service of humanity.
(12/08/21 2:18am)
This past Friday, all international students on campus were sent an email with the subject: “Important: Winter Break Travel and Continuous Housing.” The email sent by the Davis International Center (IC) reads like a threat: If you don’t stay on campus over winter Break and the United States closes its borders, you will not be allowed to return to campus until Spring 2023.
(12/08/21 5:19am)
One morning in September, I woke up with a fever and a sore throat. After almost two hours of being sent in circles on the phone, I was asked to come to McCosh for a COVID-19 test. I was told, “Bring everything you might need for 10 days of isolation. If you test positive, you can’t go back to your room.”
(12/08/21 2:52am)
This week, Princetonians will vote in the winter Undergraduate Student Government (USG) elections. The Daily Princetonian Editorial Board endorses Mayu Takeuchi ’23 for USG president and supports the one referendum on the ballot.
(12/06/21 3:37am)
Until the past couple of weeks, Princeton largely felt like an Orange Bubble in terms of protection from the coronavirus. In October there were several days where no new cases of COVID-19 were detected among faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students.
(12/03/21 2:59am)
During my short-lived stint as a staff writer for a literary magazine on campus, I went to a meeting to decide which pieces would be published in the fall issue. I was mildly surprised to find that most of the decisions had already been made by pre-appointed staff readers. I wondered about the pieces that were declined before most of the staff saw them. I ended up leaving the meeting early after raising a point about a story’s uncritical inclusion of a character that replicated the Mammy stereotype. The room went silent for a moment before someone asked if anyone had any “positive” comments about the story.
(12/02/21 2:39am)
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(12/01/21 4:23am)
Sorry, Witherspoon, you need to go
(11/30/21 2:39am)
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(11/30/21 2:36am)
As a first-year student, one of the trends at Princeton you quickly pick up on is the widespread distaste for writing seminars, an integral part of one’s academic journey here. While there are a handful of students who have enjoyed their writing seminars, there are undoubtedly a significant number of people who have not had such positive experiences.
(11/29/21 3:21am)
In recent months, I developed a weekly ritual. As the clock struck midnight, and Sunday turned to Monday, I would complete and scan my COVID-19 test. On my way to class in the morning, I would toss my biohazard baggie into the testing dropbox and go about my day. After my seminar, I would check the TigerSafe app and do a little jump for joy: another week with no COVID-19 detected.
(11/23/21 3:04am)
If you have never locked yourself out of your dorm during your Princeton career, congratulations: you have been very on top of things. For those of us who have, we can all agree that making the hike to New South under all sorts of crazy weather conditions or, if the Service Point is closed, waiting for Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers to unlock your door while you stand outside it wrapped in a towel after showering is not a great experience.