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My professor used the n-word in class. Princeton's inaction is indefensible.

My professor used the n-word in class. Princeton's inaction is indefensible.

Omar Farah

“This institution needs to restore its moral compass. You shouldn’t be able to harass students and keep your job. Except at Princeton where — for now — you can.”

OPINION | 11/11/2022

No Communication Orders help students thrive. They shouldn't be made more onerous.

No Communication Orders help students thrive. They shouldn't be made more onerous.

AJ Lonski

“No one ever gets an NCO just for the sake of getting an NCO — they get an NCO because they want to feel safe and to be able to go about their day-to-day life in a way that is not constantly marked by anxiety and fear. ”

OPINION | 11/10/2022

The Graduate School and Title IX Office failed to keep me safe

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The Graduate School and Title IX Office failed to keep me safe

Vanessa (Anonymous Student)

"I sought help from the Title IX office. Instead of helping me, the Title IX process ripped my mental, emotional, and physical well-being to shreds."

OPINION | 11/03/2022

Take it from me: No student government experience is necessary to run for USG

Mayu Takeuchi

“If I’ve learned one thing, it’s that every student is qualified to run for a position on USG by virtue of their lived experience of being an undergraduate at Princeton.”

OPINION | 11/01/2022

How we grieve and remember matters

How we grieve and remember matters

Ben Xinzi Zhang

“Right now, we need a place, centrally located on campus and online, that invites every Princetonian to pause, reflect, and practice listening to each other.”

OPINION | 10/31/2022

Princeton does nowhere near enough to help grieving students

Princeton does nowhere near enough to help grieving students

Philip Maruri

“Princeton does nowhere near enough to help the students and community members affected. As I learned in the days following Abe’s death, recovering from such a loss is a long and difficult process and can’t be solved by Princeton’s perfunctory acknowledgements.”

OPINION | 10/26/2022

In defense of Community Action

In defense of Community Action

Vincent Jiang

“My recommendation would be to take a step back from lofty debates over what service truly is and return to simpler projects, especially involving physical labor or creating something usable.”

OPINION | 10/03/2022

Truth-seeking is at the heart of every principle the University has

Truth-seeking is at the heart of every principle the University has

Myles McKnight

“What Rabieh misses is that the Kalven principles — and all sound principles of academic life — are correct precisely because they further our truth-seeking mission.”

OPINION | 09/28/2022

Honor Committee Chair: Student leadership matters in the disciplinary process

Honor Committee Chair: Student leadership matters in the disciplinary process

Dylan Shapiro

“The Honor Committee is not a perfect institution, but we should believe in the idea that only our peers can assess what we should have reasonably known. [...] I urge you to include applying to join the Honor Committee in that effort.”

OPINION | 09/27/2022

Our country is drowning. The Orange Bubble doesn’t care.

Our country is drowning. The Orange Bubble doesn’t care.

Shireen Waraich and Ayeda Hamed

“It’s high time that Princetonians started caring about the Global South. This isn’t just major international news, it is something for which those in the Global North bear responsibility.”

OPINION | 09/27/2022

3.98 percent a year later: reflecting on the rat race of college admissions

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3.98 percent a year later: reflecting on the rat race of college admissions

Yejin Suh

“The thing about having to package and commodify an artistic passion to apply to college is that the line between authenticity and self-branding becomes easily, and irreversibly, blurred.”

OPINION | 09/26/2022

When a club initiation becomes hazing

When a club initiation becomes hazing

Aybars Önder

“No student group should be allowed to haze its members, especially not a group that has a monopoly on an activity like PDP does over debate. It’s not too much to ask that groups allow students to join in a welcoming and open manner.”

OPINION | 09/25/2022

New Jersey must do more to bring racial justice and equity to cannabis legalization

Udi Ofer

“While the state has succeeded at drastically curbing arrests, it has much more to do to open the legal cannabis business to the communities it promised to benefit.”

OPINION | 09/25/2022

Don’t join the Honor Committee

Don’t join the Honor Committee

Benjamin Gelman

“Students should not be fooled; joining either Committee means participating in the investigation and punishment of one’s peers without due process — and we should simply stop doing so.”

OPINION | 09/18/2022

Congressman Ken Buck ’81 does not deserve PICS interns

Congressman Ken Buck ’81 does not deserve PICS interns

Benjamin Gelman

“The way to stop producing alumni like this is to show current Princeton students that their politics do not represent our values, and for us to not support politicians like Buck with our time and talent.”

OPINION | 09/14/2022

Changing ‘concentrations’ to ‘majors’ undermines what makes Princeton unique

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Changing ‘concentrations’ to ‘majors’ undermines what makes Princeton unique

John Raulston Graham

“Why apply the “major” name to a program that differs significantly from its peers? The words “concentration” and “certificate” simply allowed Princeton students to explain what was so unique about their education compared to those of peers at other universities.“

“Why apply the “major” name to a program that differs significantly from its peers? The words “concentration” and “certificate” simply allowed Princeton students to explain what was so unique about their education compared to those of peers at other universities.”

OPINION | 09/12/2022

Growing departmental requirements threaten the liberal arts education

Growing departmental requirements threaten the liberal arts education

Saad Mirza

“On its own, increasing requirements by one course may not seem like much, but at a school where students can take a limited number of courses, a single more prescribed course can have a large impact—and the pattern shows that students have less and less freedom as to which courses to choose.”

OPINION | 09/12/2022

Mourning Queen Elizabeth II isn't about romanticizing the past. It's about national continuity, laws, and history.

Mourning Queen Elizabeth II isn't about romanticizing the past. It's about national continuity, laws, and history.

Juan José López Haddad

“Despite her advanced age of 96 years, her long reign and constant presence in public life — she had just appointed her 15th prime minister two days before — made her departure feel sudden and unexpected. Her passing prompted mourning in Britain, the Commonwealth, and worldwide.”

OPINION | 09/11/2022

This Office of Religious Life program is failing to include Jewish students. That needs to change.

This Office of Religious Life program is failing to include Jewish students. That needs to change.

Theodore Gross

“Even the Office of Religious Life, which is supposedly meant to serve as a haven for students of all religions, consistently fails to provide for the religious needs of Jewish students.”

OPINION | 09/07/2022

Pete Carril’s passing led me to dust off my senior thesis

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Pete Carril’s passing led me to dust off my senior thesis

Mike Kentz

“While many respect the Princeton offense as a way of playing basketball, it has much deeper resonance: its tenets of a focus on individuals, empathy and trust are the bases of all good organizations.”

OPINION | 09/06/2022

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