Editorial

The ivory tower is not immune to pandemic

The ivory tower is not immune to pandemic

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

We applaud Princeton’s previous decisions to revise policy when confronted with the realities of the pandemic and encourage similar action before the disparate effects of the current grading policy become even more self-evident.

OPINION | 03/22/2020

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PDF grading is the only responsible solution

PDF grading is the only responsible solution

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Editorial Board calls on the University to impose a blanket P/D/F policy for all students.

OPINION | 03/14/2020

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U. needs to reevaluate midterms

U. needs to reevaluate midterms

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Editorial Board supports this petition and enjoins the University to act on its demands. 

OPINION | 03/11/2020

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A disservice to the community: Against qualified immunity

A disservice to the community: Against qualified immunity

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

This Board opposes qualified immunity on principle and finds no reason for the University to support the expansion of this practice.

OPINION | 03/05/2020

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144th ‘Prince’ Editorial Board: our mission statement

144th ‘Prince’ Editorial Board: our mission statement

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Editorial Board exists to affirm The Daily Princetonian as part of the University community and critically examine the world around us. 

OPINION | 02/23/2020

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In support of Dreamers, on campus and beyond

In support of Dreamers, on campus and beyond

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Though Princeton may seem a world away from the uncertainty and terror that Dreamers endure every day, we must not forget that we have peers who are living through this hell. We stand with them as friends, students, and Americans.

OPINION | 11/13/2019

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Free speech, not free pulpits

Free speech, not free pulpits

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The decision to invite Wax is as myopic as it is dangerous — and we will not stand for it. We urge the leaders of Whig-Clio to reconsider their invitation.

OPINION | 10/06/2019

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No further questions

No further questions

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The new requirement will further allow members of CPUC — foremost among them, President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 — to manicure, polish, and calibrate platitudes in advance. Council meetings will degenerate into PR. Worse still, there is no way to ensure that the Council will even address, much less disclose, the questions it receives and chooses not to answer. 

OPINION | 09/25/2019

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We can’t speak freely: Open Expression Monitors suppress campus free speech

We can’t speak freely: Open Expression Monitors suppress campus free speech

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

By positioning administrators, who are not tasked to listen to protesters’ 2019 demands, but rather to monitor and restrict their lawful behavior, in close physical proximity to demonstrators, the University stifles the type of unfettered, unsettling free speech it claims to champion. 

OPINION | 05/31/2019

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Toward inclusive, international scholarship

Toward inclusive, international scholarship

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Fifty years ago, the Association of Black Collegians occupied New South to protest the University’s investments in apartheid South Africa. Those students examined South African history and contemporary affairs beyond the constraints of traditional Western scholarship. They pursued an expansive, provocative understanding of the human experience, one that transcended geographic and racial boundaries. We should heed their example.

OPINION | 03/08/2019

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In solidarity with Maria Ressa ’86

In solidarity with Maria Ressa ’86

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

As Ressa’s own government violates her human right to free speech, we believe that journalists everywhere must express their solidarity. We hope that our fellow Princetonians will join us and stand with Ressa in her fearless battle against authoritarian oppression and in preserving the voice of journalism.

OPINION | 02/19/2019

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Our diversity and what we can do about it

Our diversity and what we can do about it

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

To evaluate The Daily Princetonian against the University, the Board circulated a 10-question survey to the entire staff, which is comprised of undergraduate students. Approximately two-thirds of the staff responded to the survey. By closely studying the results, we have identified where the ‘Prince’ lags behind, and we have developed plans to rectify these shortcomings.

OPINION | 01/14/2019

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Editorial: Elections without consequence

Editorial: Elections without consequence

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

In a break from tradition, the Board refrains from endorsing a candidate in the USG presidential election, advocating instead for the reform of the USG election system.

OPINION | 12/04/2018

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Editorial: On U. Trustee Bob Hugin

Editorial: On U. Trustee Bob Hugin

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

University Trustee Bob Hugin ’76, who has made inflammatory remarks on the inclusion of women and LGBTQ+ individuals in the eating clubs, is now running for U.S. Senator from New Jersey. President Eisgruber has defended Hugin as a “terrific trustee for this University.” The Board calls on Hugin to prove he is the person Eisgruber believes him to be.

OPINION | 09/27/2018

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Editorial: Upholding free and independent college journalism

Editorial: Upholding free and independent college journalism

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Student journalists — at The Daily Princetonian and elsewhere — are the future of the democratic free press. We commend the hundreds of editorial boards nationwide who have written articles last week combating attacks on American journalism. Quilted together on the front page of The New York Times, these editorials send a strong message: journalists will not back down.

OPINION | 08/20/2018

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Editorial: How Women Became Tigers

Editorial: How Women Became Tigers

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Despite progress for women on campus, the University has a long way to go in addressing sexual misconduct, combating misogyny on male sports teams, and rectifying the lack of female mentors.

OPINION | 05/04/2018

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Editorial: Pedagogically permissible, but unnecessary

Editorial: Pedagogically permissible, but unnecessary

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

After careful consideration, the Board finds while Rosen’s use of the word “n****r” fell within his pedagogical rights as a tenured professor, it was unnecessary to the teaching of his lesson.

OPINION | 02/25/2018

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Editorial: Vote YES on Honor Code Reform

Editorial: Vote YES on Honor Code Reform

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Two years after the last referendum on the Honor Committee failed to reach threshold limitations, it is time for a concrete change in policy.  Each of the four referenda on the ballot this election cycle proposes an important change to the Constitution of the Honor System. While the language could be more specific, the proposals represent an honest effort to reform a dangerously flawed honor system, and we urge students to vote for them.

OPINION | 12/11/2017

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Editorial: Vote Yee for USG President

Editorial: Vote Yee for USG President

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

This Board welcomes the opportunity to continue in the tradition of formally endorsing a candidate for President of Undergraduate Student Government. In the Winter 2017 election cycle, the three candidates for President are: Matt Miller ’19, Ryan Ozminkowski ’19, and Rachel Yee ’19. After careful consideration of each candidate's platform, the Board endorses Rachel Yee for USG President. 

OPINION | 12/11/2017

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Sexual misconduct and the abuse of power

Sexual misconduct and the abuse of power

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

In the midst of a national conversation on sexual misconduct and the abuses of power by national figures like Harvey Weinstein and others, it should hardly surprise us to learn (or perhaps, remember) that academia is home to perpetrators of sexual misconduct as well. A university’s hierarchical organization enables those in authority to exploit vulnerable individuals in the hierarchy, often without consequence. 

OPINION | 11/26/2017

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