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Finding that special something

Finding that special something

Lea Trusty

Before first arriving on Princeton’s campus last fall, I had subconsciously created a checklist with a million and one expectations for my four years here — meeting amazing people that I’d call friends for life, or discussing Thoreau under an oak tree.

OPINION | 10/07/2013

Unless there's consent

Spencer Shen

AlcoholEdu has been part of Princeton’s smorgasbord of freshman orientation activities for several years, but this year the Class of 2017 had an additional online course to take before they set foot on campus.

OPINION | 10/07/2013

Career fair competition

Jason Choe

The two words “career fair” shined in a golden light; they were alluring, magical words that carried the promise of internships and job opportunities galore.

OPINION | 10/06/2013

Weighing your options

James Di Palma-Grisi

One of the stranger things about how students handle course selection is the avoidance of the pass/D/fail option.

OPINION | 10/06/2013

The effects of divestment

Aaron Applbaum

Oil and gas companies are sufficiently large and profitable that Princeton’s individual environmental divestment efforts will not make a monetary difference.

OPINION | 10/03/2013

Don't shut down the student vote

Marni Morse

New Jersey might not hold as much sway as North Carolina in the national electoral balance, but we do have our fair share of interesting elections.

OPINION | 10/03/2013

Open letter of appreciation to Dean Russel

Guest Contributor

The Graduate Student Government was saddened to hear of the upcoming retirement of Dean Russel, who has served as dean of the Graduate School for 11 years.

OPINION | 10/02/2013

Very Princeton

Mitchell Hammer

As I poured myself some water at the reception for President Eisgruber’s installation, the clink of the ice cubes tumbling into my glass vaguely upset me in some unidentifiable way.

OPINION | 10/02/2013

Freedom to be

Rebecca Kreutter

In last Tuesday’s paper, columnist Barbara Zhan took note of the changing expectations of work from elementary school to college and beyond.

OPINION | 10/02/2013

The cult of exclusivity

Katherine Zhao

When that orange tiger popped up on our screens back in March, it meant acceptance. It meant we beat out 93 percent of the applicant pool and made it to Princeton.

OPINION | 10/01/2013

Is stepping back a step back?

Is stepping back a step back?

Isabella Gomes

In a college setting as rigorous as Princeton’s, to what extent is it socially acceptable for students to talk about the concept of “struggle”? We often hear our friends grieve over tricky problem sets and ridiculous amounts of reading, and it’s certainly not uncommon to hear someone in the dining hall talk about how his or her recent experience with grade deflation was a slap in the face.

OPINION | 10/01/2013

Straight talk

Ryan Dukeman

One of the things I was most uncertain about as an incoming freshman was the Street. I never drank in high school, and my friend group didn’t party much, so I didn’t really know what to expect when I arrived on campus.

OPINION | 10/01/2013

Take Harvard Skiing. PLEASE!

Murphey Harmon '71

The following is a guest column submitted by alumnus Murphey Harmon '71 in response to arecent Bloomberg article. I'm sure I'm not the only one to notice the factual inaccuracies in the Bloomberg article.

SPORTS | 10/01/2013

The social bottleneck

Christian Wawrzonek

Entering my sophomore year, I began discussing with my friends the inevitable decision of which eating clubs to consider.

OPINION | 09/30/2013

Assimilation through total immersion?

Jiyoon

In the middle of my first week of classes here at Princeton, I could finally take a breath.

OPINION | 09/30/2013

The slow waltz

Aaron Robertson

In the multipurpose room of Dillon Gymnasium, I found my hips turning slowly to Enya’s “Wild Child.” It was something I wouldn’t have wanted my grandfather to see.

OPINION | 09/30/2013