Guest Contributions

PIXR: Betsy DeVos has failed survivors. Princeton must do more to protect them.

PIXR: Betsy DeVos has failed survivors. Princeton must do more to protect them.

Guest Contributors

Instead of addressing the inequities and burdens of online learning, the destabilizing effect of lost income or housing, or the trauma of a public health crisis, Betsy DeVos has devoted the Department of Education’s energy to making the Title IX process more difficult for survivors.

OPINION | 05/11/2020

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Why I would volunteer to get infected with COVID-19

Why I would volunteer to get infected with COVID-19

Guest Contributor

During these unprecedented times, many people want to help the world get through the pandemic. Recently, I realized that in addition to social distancing, I can do something else — volunteer for vaccine human challenge trials.

OPINION | 04/30/2020

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A call to action while we stay at home

A call to action while we stay at home

Guest Contributor

Although this might seem at first contradictory to the stay-at-home orders, for those of us with the privilege and comfort of safe environments, now is our time to get involved. We came to Princeton to become leaders in our fields and serve the world – a pandemic isn’t the time to forget that mission, but rather the time to get to work.

OPINION | 04/28/2020

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COVID-19 and student athletes: Response from President Eisgruber

COVID-19 and student athletes: Response from President Eisgruber

Christopher L. Eisgruber

This public health crisis has required us to ask all Princeton undergraduates to do a difficult thing: to complete their semesters online, and, in the case of our seniors, to forgo experiences that they had anticipated throughout their time here.

OPINION | 04/14/2020

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USG x Housing: how students helped enact change to 2020 room draw

USG x Housing: how students helped enact change to 2020 room draw

Guest Contributor

Our “belief” that this year’s room draw process “will run smoothly” isn’t based on pure optimism, but rather the culmination of several months of work and advocacy. 

OPINION | 03/12/2020

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Entitlement and class in response to Class Day speaker selection

Entitlement and class in response to Class Day speaker selection

Guest Contributor

To argue that Mr. Lynch does not represent the student body is to argue that the backgrounds of people like myself are not valuable. The background of Mr. Lynch not being that of a “typical” Princeton student is in fact one of the strongest reasons for my excitement at his acceptance of this role.

OPINION | 03/05/2020

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Save Pink House: We need to create more affordable eating options instead of shutting them down

Save Pink House: We need to create more affordable eating options instead of shutting them down

Guest Contributor

By closing Pink House and its food-share, the University is unfairly targeting lower income students who often cannot afford the high fees needed for an eating club or dining hall plan, and instead find a home in a food-share that teaches them how to be self-sufficient.

OPINION | 02/24/2020

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Princeton has more than money invested in the fossil fuel industry

Princeton has more than money invested in the fossil fuel industry

Guest Contributor

Last semester, Exxon Mobil graced the grounds of Princeton campus as part of the Fall HireTigers Career Fair. All the while, the college divestment movement is gathering steam. Georgetown, sometimes regarded as more conservative than many of its peers, divested. Almost 400 members of Harvard’s faculty issued a letter in support.

OPINION | 02/20/2020

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Civil immunity and Princeton’s complicity in over-policing

Civil immunity and Princeton’s complicity in over-policing

Guest Contributor

The emergence of the bill and the University’s willingness to publicly support it without consideration for the greater context should make the University community wary.

OPINION | 02/12/2020

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The weight of the mental health mask

The weight of the mental health mask

Guest Contributor

"Mental illness is inherently isolating, but even more so when it forces you to live a lie. To protect yourself, it’s necessary to wear a facade, and it’s that facade that everyone comes to believe is the true you.”

OPINION | 02/11/2020

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