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(11/29/17 1:01am)
The Princeton Honor Committee and the Committee on Discipline both wield enormous power over students. The two committees, which deal with in- and out-of-class Honor Code infractions respectively, are composed of different groups. In the case of the Honor Committee, it is completely student-composed, and in the case of the Committee on Discipline, it is only partly made up of students. They both have the ability to suspend or expel a student. If Princeton is a community, then they are the judges that have the power to impose exile. I think that letting judges have that power is not ideal. We would be better served if, as in most democratic court systems, juries, and not judges, had the power to convict.
(10/03/17 2:53am)
Princeton just survived a massive crime wave. Hundreds, if not thousands, of criminal offenses occurred during Lawnparties, as they do every single weekend here. In New Jersey, as in every U.S. state, it is a criminal offense to provide alcohol to minors. Those laws are so overlooked that it’s easy to forget that hosting a pregame is often criminal.
(09/22/17 3:31am)
I would like to apologize to the 33 sworn officers of Public Safety and to Princeton University. In a recent column, I wrote that Public Safety needs to carry the opioid overdose drug Narcan if Princeton is serious about keeping students safe. I did not do proper research before writing that column, and as I now know thanks to the Office of Communications, all 33 sworn Public Safety officers are trained to administer Narcan, which is provided free of charge by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. I have agreed to retract the article in light of this error.
(09/21/17 1:27am)
The United States is currently experiencing an opiate epidemic, with the number of overdoses increasing every year. In 2015, 33,000 people in the United States died of overdoses. The total number of people who overdosed is much higher.
(04/21/17 2:39am)
Parents should be banned from campus. Not at all times, and Public Safety officers shouldn’t go around and round them up, but for the most part, parents need to stay away. Move in, parents’ weekend, move out, and graduation are enough.
(04/14/17 2:33am)
The University’s housing system is a strange and convoluted beast. Our system is unlike that of Yale, where the residential college system is for four years, or Brown, where there are no residential colleges and many students live off campus. The system is needlessly complicated and, for the students who risk a poor draw time each year, it could be much fairer.
(03/30/17 3:08am)
“If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got no reason to hide.” That adage needs some serious rethinking in a world where the word “wrong” can mean something different to every person.
(03/08/17 1:59am)
Princeton is one of the most selective undergraduate colleges in the world. That is guaranteed, as there are more students who want to attend than spaces. The criteria by which Princeton decides who is allowed to be a Tiger and who is not are not set in stone. In this column, the final part of a three-part series on admissions, I examine recruitment; the first column explored early admissions and the second column discussed legacy.
(02/21/17 3:15am)
Princeton is one of the most selective undergraduate colleges in the world. That is guaranteed, as there are more students who want to attend than spaces. The criteria by which Princeton decides who is allowed to be a Tiger and who is not are not set in stone. In this column, part two of a three part series on admissions, I will examine legacy. The first column explored early admissions, and the final column will discuss athletics.
(02/09/17 4:12am)
Princeton is one of the most selective colleges in the world. That is guaranteed, as there are more students who want to attend than there are spaces at the University. The criteria by which Princeton decides who can be a tiger and who cannot are not set in stone. In this column, part of a three-part series on admissions, I will examine early admission. The subsequent two installments of my series will discuss legacy and athletics.
(12/09/16 3:39am)
Buzzfeed ran a story a few weeks ago about a bar in London that has a ball pit in the basement. Adult coloring books top the Amazon best-sellers list, and there are camps for adults in Brooklyn. Last semester, Princeton University’s Mathey College held puppy study breaks to help students de-stress. It’s clear that the millennial generation does not want to grow up.
(12/08/16 2:44am)
While everyone was paying attention to the presidential election, Maine quietly made history — not when it joined three states in legalizing marijuana, but when it became the first state to adopt ranked choice voting for all elections.
(11/06/16 7:15pm)
I have stopped saying I’m busy.
(10/06/16 1:52pm)
The 2026 Campus Plan, released on September 19, calls for the construction of a seventh residential college to accommodate an expected 10 percent increase in the student body. Expanding the University has its pros and cons, but I’ll leave that for another column or another columnist — I’m here to discuss the absurd and infantilizing residential college system.
(09/18/16 7:06pm)
Princeton needs to fix some seriously absurd rules. I think most students agree that the new $200 ($200!) fine for propping a dorm door is ridiculous. Also, if you’re anything like me, your first thought after you heard about the Nude Olympics was, “someone needs to bring this back immediately.” But Princeton isn’t going to change these things, so I’ll settle for advocating for an important change that I think has potential: removing the requirement to wear shoes in the dining hall.
(04/26/16 6:44pm)
On April 11, President Eisgruber announced that the University has decided to discontinue the sprint football program.
(04/11/16 5:59am)
Princeton University is not like Columbia. We do not have a core curriculum, and all distribution areas cover a large number of classes, creating a good ecosystem of competition.
(03/29/16 8:34am)
It’s 2016, and that means there’s a presidential election happening in November. Even at Princeton, notorious for our lack of civic engagement compared to the other Ivy League institutions, the competition for the next President is apparent.
(03/08/16 9:52am)
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(02/23/16 7:30pm)
Throughout frosh week I was bombarded with information about life at Princeton, but there seemed to be a special focus on alcohol education. Before I even set foot on campus, I, along with all incoming freshmen, was required to take an alcohol education course online which had a second part to be completed later in the semester. Princeton spends an incredible amount of time ensuring that students drink responsibly.McCosh provides services for overly drunk students to safely sleep it off completely confidentially. Public Safety is incredibly accommodating about underage drinking as long as it is done in a healthy manner. Interestingly, however, Rights, Rules, Responsibilities says that "The University alcoholic beverage policy is consistent with the laws of the state of New Jersey that, in general, prohibit the consumption and serving of alcoholic beverages by and to persons under 21 years of age," when this is not actually typical procedure.The University allows for common-sense guidelines that classify safe drinking as a very minor offense, normally one that carries just a warning, if even that. Low proof alcohol in reasonable quantities is, for all intents and purposes, allowed. The eating clubs on the Street regularly provide beer to all students, regardless of age. The University accepts that there are safe and responsible ways to drink, even if a student is underage.Princeton’s attitude towards marijuana is the polar opposite. Rights, Rules, Responsibilities states that "Students possessing, using, selling, or manufacturing illegal substances may also be subject to mandatory penalties prescribed by the state." Public Safety officers during orientation week told us that they will just give a warning or ignore a freshman with beer in his or her room, but they are required to call the police about marijuana. It is hard to understand why alcohol, which is technically illegal for a freshman to posses, is treated so differently from marijuana, which is equally illegal in the eyes of the state.Princeton accepts that students will drink alcohol and sets out to create an environment where students can partake as safely as possible. If that requires enforcing the law generously, they feel that is an appropriate tradeoff. Why is the same not true for marijuana?The University currently believes that calling the cops on a student with a joint is a reasonable punishment, but treating alcohol and marijuana as such different beasts is absurd. Both are illegal for freshmen to consume, but only one carries lethal potential and adverse health risks. Alcohol poisoning is a very real threat, which is why alcohol education and McCosh are so important.Furthermore, involving the police for such minor offenses could be very harmful for Princeton students. A drug conviction has the potential to ruin lives. Additionally, the criminal justice system is anything but fair about drug offenses.According to the ACLU, a person is 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana use if they are black than if they are white, despite nearly identical usage rates. Further, a United States Sentencing Commission report found that blacks and Hispanics face harsher penalties for identical crimes, and men face harsher sentences than women.The criminal justice system is clearly incapable of treating drug users fairly. Princeton should take every step to ensure its students are treated fairly and not wantonly hand students over to a biased legal system for such a minor offense.A beer in the hands of a freshman is an illegal substance that carries little risk of tangible punishment. Trade that beer for a joint, and the same student is in a very dangerous place. There are numerous advocacy groups that fight for justice on so many issues, but where are the students standing up for reasonable rules about marijuana?Princeton has well-thought-out, commonsense rules to make sure students who choose to consume alcohol can do so safely and without undue threat of ruining their lives. It is about time similar rules apply to the use of marijuana.Beni Snow is a freshman from Newton, Mass. He can be reached at bsnow@princeton.edu.