Regarding 'Professor helps draft amendment' (Feb. 18):
Words cannot express how horrified I am that Prof. Robert George and I share an alma mater. If there is anything more surreal than a brute-force, federal-level attempt to deny marriage to same-sex couples, it is that a Swarthmore graduate is intimately involved.
Fortunately, the proposed constitutional amendment represents a larger enterprise that is doomed to failure. American citizens are more and more firmly rejecting the denial of rights solely on the basis of sexual preference. The recent court decisions that Professor George finds so problematic reflect this very real and inexorable societal change. The judges responsible are doing a better job of representing public opinion than a small group of privileged amendment drafters ever will. Jessica Salvatore GS President, Queer Graduate Caucus
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Keep academic authority in human hands
Lily Halbert-AlexanderThe Trump administration’s attacks on research and higher education as well as a blind reliance on AI chatbots are reflective of a societal backslide: a commodification of knowledge that prioritizes “efficiency” over the messy process of getting to an answer, where nuances are flattened and the truth is fungible.
The Trump administration’s attacks on research and higher education as well as a blind reliance on AI chatbots are reflective of a societal backslide: a commodification of knowledge that prioritizes “efficiency” over the messy process of getting to an answer, where nuances are flattened and the truth is fungible.
What do we owe society for a Princeton education?
Jia Cheng ShenThe social and moral responsibility that comes with receiving a degree subsidized by both private generosity and public trust is significant.
The social and moral responsibility that comes with receiving a degree subsidized by both private generosity and public trust is significant.
Notes from a so-called enemy’s classroom
Jennifer JenningsIt wasn’t revolutionary. It was homework. But it was homework that asked: how do we build schools that work for all kids? Inclusion, after all, is the “I” in DEI. That’s what we’re thinking about together. And caring about each other’s experiences and opportunities, it turns out, isn’t something you can outlaw.
It wasn’t revolutionary. It was homework. But it was homework that asked: how do we build schools that work for all kids? Inclusion, after all, is the “I” in DEI. That’s what we’re thinking about together. And caring about each other’s experiences and opportunities, it turns out, isn’t something you can outlaw.