We, the Daily Princetonian Editorial Board, would like to use the first editorial of the new board to introduce ourselves and our methods to you. Even though no picture or name appears below our editorials, rest assured that we are not a hidden group.
As individuals, we represent a slice of the diversity that exists in the Princeton undergraduate community. We come from every academic class, represent a host of different majors and hold a broad range of political views. We hail from across the country and from as far away as Hong Kong. The closest thing to uniformity we have is that all of us enjoy lending our voice to the constant debate that characterizes Princeton.
As a group, we are committed to staying on top of issues taking place on our campus and at peer institutions. We meet twice a week to brainstorm, assign research tasks and argue our positions. Our meetings and discussions are very heated. In the end we publish opinions based on a vote of our diverse membership. One member of the board is assigned the task of representing the majority opinion in an editorial, in the minority retains the right to publish dissents.
While we share the Opinion page with gifted oped columnists who are identified by names and pictures, none of them are present at our meetings, and we read their opinions at the same time everyone else does. In order to ensure the impartiality of our reporters, the Editorial Board is separate and independent from the rest of the news-gathering departments. As a board, we are responsible only to our chairs, Jonny Fluger '08 and Scott Moore '08, the Opinion editor, Brett Amelkin '08 and the 'Prince's' editor-in-chief, Kavita Saini '08.
We don't use our editorials to say only what we don't like about Princeton; we also try to push good ideas and give credit where it is due. At times, we initiate the campus discussion on an issue, while at other times we offer another voice to the existing debate. We judge our success primarily by how effectively we ensure that campus issues are discussed — and solved if possible.
In the upcoming semester, we hope to improve our existing model by introducing more editorials based on firsthand research and more multi-piece editorials. During this time of tremendous social transformation on campus, due to the introduction of the four-year residential colleges, the editorial board will pay close attention to how this new system affects all aspects of student life including housing, joint meal contracts and the effectiveness of eating club financial aid.
We hope you'll read our editorials. We hope you'll talk about them with your friends. But most of all, we hope that what we write sparks discussion and concrete action to strengthen our campus community.
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