Editorial

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

Editorial: Ensuring due process in sexual misconduct cases

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

As sexual assault has become an issue of increasing concern on college campuses and in national politics, the Board has advocated proposals to help prevent assault at Princeton and encouraged students to take the We Speak survey. We must consider a related issue with equal concern: how the University can ensure a fair, impartial process as it adjudicates alleged sexual misconduct.

OPINION | 05/11/2017

Editorial: Engage with opposing viewpoints during orientation

Editorial Board

As the 2016-2017 academic year comes to an end, the University is already preparing to welcome the next incoming class in the fall. First-years will participate in a host of activities that comprises the University’s orientation program. This program is designed to ease the transition to campus life “by introducing first-year students to the values, expectations, and resources of the inclusive Princeton community.”

OPINION | 05/07/2017

Editorial: Re-establish the campus pub

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Editorial Board feels it necessary to reaffirm our support for bringing back the campus pub. We believe the campus pub should return to its original location where Chancellor Green Café now operates.

OPINION | 05/04/2017

Editorial: Defending the Honor Code’s standard penalty

Editorial Board

In recent weeks, there has been considerable debate in the opinion pages of The Daily Princetonian about the Honor Committee. Recent columns have touched on the very nature of the Honor Code itself, even opposing the current penalties for academic integrity violations during in-class exams. The Board supports the current standard penalty of a one-year suspension for Honor Code violations because this appropriately upholds community standards and provides opportunity for rehabilitation.

OPINION | 04/30/2017

Editorial: Expanding and confirming Honor Committee membership

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Board supports increasing the size of the Honor Committee to reduce the burden on individual members and to better preserve institutional knowledge. However, the Board believes that requiring a closed session and supermajority vote of the USG Senate to confirm committee nominees will unduly restrict a transparent and fair confirmation process.

OPINION | 04/27/2017

Editorial: making Princeton more sustainable

Editorial Board

Given the celebration of Earth Day this past Saturday, the Board finds it appropriate to commend the University on its successful sustainability measures and to propose some campus-wide recommendations for future implementation.

OPINION | 04/24/2017

Editorial: Improving the departmental experience

Editorial Board

We believe both the process of choosing a major and students’ experience within their departments can be further improved in the form of creating departmental summary sheets, hosting open-houses earlier, appointing student ambassadors, forming departmental listservs, and increasing uniformity in department courses.

OPINION | 04/16/2017

Editorial: Reforming take-home exam policies

Editorial Board

The Honor Committee and the Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline are two bodies on campus that are responsible for enforcing disciplinary actions following violations of student standards outlined in "Rights, Rules, Responsibilities."

OPINION | 04/13/2017

Editorial: every student should take the We Speak survey

Editorial Board

One commendable effort organized by the University to gain a better understanding of the incidence of sexual assault and sexual misconduct is the annual We Speak Survey. As we have in past years, the Board encourages all students to participate in the survey, to which all students received a link via email.

OPINION | 04/09/2017

Editorial: Reforming the room draw process

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The last two weeks have been a flurry of excitement as students participate in room draw, selecting where and with whom they will be living for the next academic year.

OPINION | 04/06/2017

Editorial: The importance of opposing divestment

Editorial Board

We echo our editorial from April 21, 2016, in which we rejected private prison divestment, and contend that private prisons do not meet the threshold of community consensus and moral unacceptability required to justify divestment.

OPINION | 04/02/2017

Editorial: Make grading policies more transparent

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The grading process for midterm and final exams requires careful coordination between students, professors, and the Office of the Registrar.

OPINION | 03/30/2017

Editorial: gender neutral housing

Editorial Board

At the start of each April, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors eagerly make living arrangements for the following academic year through the room draw process. Since there is a considerable disparity in the quality of different housing arrangements, the rules for room draw enhance living choice for some students while restricting it for others.

OPINION | 03/26/2017

Editorial: Fostering campus spirit for athletic teams

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Editorial Board commends the strong support among students for Princeton athletic teams and urges continued initiatives to allow students to support their classmates.

OPINION | 03/16/2017

Editorial: Commending USG movies

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Board commends these USG weekly movie screenings for providing an enjoyable, well-planned alternative to alcoholic activities that occur during the weekend and would like to encourage USG to sponsor similar events more often and work with the Garden Theatre to screen movies earlier.

OPINION | 03/12/2017

Editorial: Improving conditions for independents

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Every year, 70 percent of undergraduate upperclassmen at Princeton participate in the eating club system. Recently, though, a growing proportion of Princetonians are choosing to be independent; these students often do not know where to get the food for their next meal and whether it will be a nutritious and a sit-down affair or just a slice of pizza scavenged from a campus event.

OPINION | 03/09/2017

Editorial: Affirming free speech and encouraging team leadership

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

In December 2016, Princeton’s men’s swimming and diving team made national news after University officials suspended the team’s season following reports of “several materials” deemed “vulgar and offensive, as well as misogynistic and racist in nature.” This announcement came shortly after Harvard suspended its men’s soccer team over a similar issue.

OPINION | 03/02/2017

Editorial: Considerations in expanding the student body

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

In his recent State of the University letter, President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 reaffirmed the University’s intent to expand the size of the undergraduate student body, with the hope of “grow[ing] enrollment while maintaining the distinctive character of a Princeton education.” We appreciate the University’s effort to offer the Princeton experience to a greater number of qualified applicants, and we do not oppose the expansion of the student body; however, we urge the University to keep in mind a number of considerations while planning for the expansion.

OPINION | 02/23/2017

Editorial: putting bicker in context and strengthening the sign-ins

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Board hopes more students, including sophomores this spring, will take advantage of the opportunity to join sign-in clubs, which offer a great experience to members without the exclusivity and negativity of bicker.

OPINION | 02/19/2017

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