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In her Nov. 13column, “Pursuing our passions,” Prianka Misra proposes that classes should “adopt a more applied philosophy and utilize an involved approach to assignments and activities, teaching students the problem-solving strategies that are reflected in the real world.” Misra discusses her experience in Professor John Danner’s interactive and application-heavy class, “Special Topics in Social Entrepreneurship: Ventures to Address Global Challenges.” The class allows students to delve into a “pre-professional realm of academics” by letting them apply the concepts they learn to their own venture ideas.

OPINION | 11/18/2013

Letting the freshmen play

Letting the freshmen play

Miles Hinson

At big time college programs, there is plenty for an incoming freshman athlete to be worried about.

SPORTS | 11/18/2013

Is this the end for Butler?

Is this the end for Butler?

Anthony Grafton

In July and September of this year, the Princeton Alumni Weekly celebrated the long life and upcoming demolition of the Butler Apartments: the barrack-like tract of small frame houses, first opened on Christmas in 1946, that replaced Princeton’s polo field.

OPINION | 11/17/2013

Are "flipped" humanities courses viable?

Aaron Robertson

It may be time to open Pandora’s box. I am speaking, of course, about the feasibility of integrating mixed modes of learning into Princeton’s humanities courses.

OPINION | 11/17/2013

The humanities debate

The humanities debate

Aaron Applbaum

There has been a trend in the past four decades of University students shying away from the humanities in favor of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The world is becoming increasingly technology-centric.

OPINION | 11/14/2013

Major mistakes

Susannah Sharpless

I decided my major in literally a split second. I was sitting in a room in 1879 Hall waiting for precept to begin, when I realized—suddenly — I was content.

OPINION | 11/14/2013

Pursuing our passions

Prianka Misra

As I write these articles, I often wonder if this is what I could do for a living. When I wrote for my high school newspaper, I did not muse with such audacity.

OPINION | 11/13/2013

Getting lost in (and around) the arts

Ye Eun Charlotte Chun

It had already been a particularly grating night when I trudged my way to the Wa. I had already set off the fire alarm (twice) burning popcorn in Witherspoon, and the U-Store employees had shut the doors on me as I wildly gesticulated toward my phone, which read 3:59 a.m.

OPINION | 11/13/2013

Princeton's newest title

Shruthi Deivasigamani

Princeton recently obtained another trophy to place right next to its rank as the No. 1 college in the country: top honors in Trojan’s 2013 Sexual Health Report Card.

OPINION | 11/13/2013

Time to think

Barbara Zhan

Before I came to Princeton, I thought of college as it was portrayed in the movies. Perhaps naively, movies like "A Beautiful Mind"or "Mona Lisa Smile"came to mind.

OPINION | 11/12/2013

The real economics of choosing a major

Ryan Dukeman

Whenever today's college students tell people back home (especially of older generations) about what they’re majoring in, the inevitable response (either direct or implied by snide facial expressions) is usually either “good for you; that’ll really put you on the fast track” or “what are you going to do with that after you graduate?” For most people whose major is not an obvious moneymaker, a common justification (though certainly not the only one) is moral or philosophical, something along the lines of "life’s too short" or "I’d always regret it." I think a better justification can be found in economics. Before the mid-20thcentury, conventional economic wisdom said that most people behave as "wealth-maximizers" and, given a choice, would choose the path that gave them the most expected money.

OPINION | 11/12/2013

On your mark

Morgan Jerkins

I had a rough start one morning, so I decided to catch the bus from Whitman to Clio Hall to make it to my opening shift at Marquand Library.

OPINION | 11/12/2013

No place for stereotypes

Lea Trusty

For anyone who is a fan of the dying art that is late-night comedy, you might be aware of “Saturday Night Live” member Kenan Thompson’s slightly controversial interview in which he explains why he thinks the show has yet to cast a black female.

OPINION | 11/11/2013

Selling Princeton

Daniel Xu

I recently had the pleasure of attending a small dinner lecture delivered by W. Barksdale Maynard ’88 on the topic of Princeton’s architectural history, from which I gleaned many a delightful tidbit of information about this place that we students from all four corners of the earth have come to call home.

OPINION | 11/11/2013

Lending our support

Spencer Shen

Last week, The Daily Princetonian published a news article about a petition circulated by graduate students that opposed the demolition of the Butler Apartments.

OPINION | 11/11/2013

The stigma of competition

Jason Choe

Since President Eisgruber announced his intention to create a committee to re-evaluate the controversial policy known as grade deflation, the initial furor (or excitement, or even optimism, might be better words) among the student body has largely settled down.

OPINION | 11/10/2013

Two models of mentorship

Tehila Wenger and Katherine Zhao

Toward the beginning of this academic year, Shawon Jackson sent out an email to the class of 2017 asking if they would like to participate in the Princeton Women’s Mentorship Program, now entering its third year.

OPINION | 11/10/2013

Money for rankings

Bennett McIntosh

This Monday, the Editorial Board conditionally endorsed the White House’s college ranking system and its plan to award Pell Grants based on these rankings.

OPINION | 11/07/2013

Outside the Bubble: Five things you need to know about energy

Kinnari Shah

Talking energy is like talking pop culture these days. I keep having the same type of conversation, and I keep running into the same kinds of misconceptions about the field.

OPINION | 11/07/2013

Outside the Bubble: The Republican road to victory

David Will

Millennials grew up hearing about American exceptionalism, mostly in the context of its decline. Unfortunately, the past several months and years have only added to the pessimistic narrative.

OPINION | 11/06/2013

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