Letters to the Editor
Regarding 'Campus Club to reopen as study space' (Tuesday, May 1, 2007):
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Regarding 'Campus Club to reopen as study space' (Tuesday, May 1, 2007):
There can be little doubt that last year, the University's 259th, was also one of its finest — ranking, if not number one, surely somewhere in the first quintile. It was the year we cemented our rightful position atop U.S. News & World Report's annual list as "America's Best College," decisively edging out Harvard in a measurement of climbing wall ivy (gross tonnage).
How appropriate. With reactionary pomp, the White House proclaimed last week "Marriage Protection Week," defining marriage exclusively as a "union between a man and a woman" and calling upon "the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies." Appropriately, the Pride Alliance and LGBT Student Services hosted Awareness Week, and the Princeton Queer Radicals sponsored a love-in at Frist. I do not know if the timing was planned or purely coincidental, but regardless, I found it quite appropriate.
The Bush administration's response to Sept. 11 and the corporate scandals will define its legacy. And the legacy of the Bush administration will be the legacy of missed opportunities.
Cristoval Colon was born to a respectable family in Genoa, Italy in 1451. As the proclaimed father of the New World, he landed in the Americas in 1492. Over half a millennium has passed, but a holiday in his honor is still celebrated, every second Monday in October. The federal holiday is often marked with a parade, as it was in New York City this year. This year, Mayor Bloomberg was embroiled in controversy over this jovial Columbus Day parade because Italian-Americans fumed at Bloomberg for wanting to march with two members of the Sopranos' cast. This story dominated the headlines. Is this all that was wrong with a parade on Columbus Day? In fact, the real question should have been whether there should be a Columbus Day at all.
This week, key officials from John F. Kennedy's White House are gathering in Cuba to celebrate with Fidel Castro the 40th anniversary of the peaceful resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Lest we forget, that crisis occurred in a region of strategic importance to the United States, where there had been placed weapons of mass destruction, and where there was grave concern about the intentions of our adversary. Sound familiar?
Like any celebration, the true success of the Graduate School Centennial will be gauged by the work of its participants — Princeton's current Master's and Ph.D. students — rather than its public fanfare. Alongside extensive research and teaching accomplishments during the Graduate School's 100th year, graduate students have demonstrated a new enthusiasm for participating in University life, ending their outcast status and joining Princeton's mainstream.
The primary reason I chose to study abroad in Hong Kong was that I wanted to live in a place with as different a culture from the United States as possible. At the same time, though, I wanted to still be able to get around speaking English (or my rusty high school Spanish). And though my appearance might cause people to assume otherwise, the idea of getting in touch with my roots was never a factor in my decision.
As Princeton chooses its next president, future challenges replace past accomplishments. President Shapiro's successor will be charged with giving Princeton's "human infrastructure" the focus and attention paid to physical projects, such as the campus center. Today we are visited by one of our nation's best-qualified leaders for this mission. His name is William Jefferson Clinton. And the challenge before Princeton's search committee will be to convince Clinton that Princeton is the perfect post-White House home for him.
In late February, James McCormick, Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, appeared before the state house appropriations committee. During his testimony, Representative Lita Cohen, a Republican from Montgomery County, accused the Chancellor of wasting taxpayer dollars by graduating students who are "not fit for any type of job."
Last fall, the Princeton community learned that plans were underway for a Student Center in the heart of campus, a commons much like those in other colleges where students could buy food, study, check email and real mail, and generally hang out. This project was made possible through a generous donation by a distinguished alum, a gift surpassed in recent years only by Gordon Wu's philanthropy. This alum also happens to be one of the most powerful people in America, but you wouldn't guess that if you met this humble man. Indeed, you'd probably think you were talking to your good-natured family doctor. In the case of Senator Bill Frist '74, that's pretty close.