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The Daily Princetonian

Is college truly our time to be free?

If you’d asked me two weeks ago what I expected of college, I certainly would not have said crooning “Wagon Wheel” in the company of people donning “Rage with Romney” bro tanks and American-flag Chubbies, and then pledging allegiance to an American flag hung on one wall of a cramped dorm on 9/11 (it should be noted that no one was sober in that room). I would never have foreseen my attending a pregame for the College Republicans during Freshman Week, trying to dodge fireballs in clamorous political discourse over Fireball. I should mention that I’m not actually a Republican.

OPINION | 10/05/2014

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Philanthropy in China

In 2007, Princeton alumnus Sir Gordon Wu ’58, the namesake of Wu Hall in Butler College, completed payments of $100 million that he pledged to the university in 1995, bringing his total lifetime donations to over $118 million.He gave this donation to support the School of Engineering and Applied Science, particularly to increase the number of endowed professorships, supporting renovations and construction, and to provide fellowships to graduate students.

OPINION | 09/25/2014

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Princeton should provide broader financial aid

“Princeton IS affordable.” “For more than three decades, we've considered students for admission to Princeton without concern over their families' ability to pay —and offered aid to cover 100 percent of each admitted student’s need.” “We … meet 100 percent of each admitted student’s financial need with generous aid packages.” These are just a few examples of how the University brags about its financial aid packages on its financial aid website. Princeton’s peer institutions all spew the same rhetoric.

OPINION | 09/23/2014