Letter to the Editor

Princeton must divest from fossil fuels

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Princeton must divest from fossil fuels

Guest Contributors

In response to these calls, President Eisgruber has repeatedly argued that the University’s divestment from fossil fuels would amount to political position-taking. However, to continue to fund the fossil fuel industry is a political stand and doing nothing in a time of crisis is a moral failure.

OPINION | 02/13/2020

Caring for the community during a global health emergency

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Caring for the community during a global health emergency

Aly Kassam-Remtulla, Irini Daskalaki, and Robin Izzo

Since the emergence of the new coronavirus in China and declaration of a global health emergency, we have taken the situation seriously and have redoubled our efforts to fulfill a core responsibility we have as an administration: to ensure the health and safety of every member of the University community.

OPINION | 02/05/2020

Too much to read, too little time?

Guest Contributors

“Too much to read and too little time” is probably the answer for a good many students. We begin our courses with romantic notions of learning, discussing world-changing ideas, growing deeper and more nuanced in our understanding of ourselves and the world. Soon, however, we are in survival mode, simply trying to keep up with — or at least not fall too far behind in — our work because we’ve got too much to read and too little time.

OPINION | 02/05/2020

Letter to the editor: Shortcomings in self-isolation after coronavirus outbreak

Guest Contributors

We are all in this together, regardless of our backgrounds. We never attempted to be negligent in our quarantine efforts, but we will not endure any inhumane treatment that no one in this society deserves.

OPINION | 02/04/2020

Statement of solidarity: Open letter to the government of India

Statement of solidarity: Open letter to the government of India

Guest Contributors

We, the undersigned students, alumni, and affiliates of Princeton University, recognize, respect, and stand in solidarity with peaceful protests by students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University against the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of 2019.

OPINION | 12/21/2019

Statement of solidarity with student protests in India

Statement of solidarity with student protests in India

Guest Contributors

As we hope for this violence to come to an end and for justice to be achieved, we stand in solidarity and lend all our support to the students fighting fearlessly on the streets.

OPINION | 12/20/2019

A Charter for the future

A Charter for the future

Guest Contributor

It is because of these two trends — a growing demand for co-ops, and the eating clubs’ financial barriers to entry — that a group of students (including myself) has decided to act.

OPINION | 12/12/2019

Letter to the editor from USG presidential candidate

Letter to the editor from USG presidential candidate

David Esterlit

That institution is called USG, and it has not lived up to its potential. And that is why I am running for USG president.

OPINION | 12/03/2019

Divest Princeton: revoking the fossil fuel industry’s social license

Tali Shemma

While Princeton’s research and teaching in the areas of climate change, decarbonization, and sustainability are commendable, the fact remains that Princeton’s investments do not align with the values and imperatives that rise from the knowledge it is producing and disseminating in these areas.

OPINION | 12/01/2019

Pyne Prize request for nominations

Pyne Prize request for nominations

Kathleen Deignan

We are eager to receive letters of nomination from members of the University community. Please send letters to pyneprize@princeton.edu by Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.

OPINION | 11/24/2019

Immediately extend application deadlines for Iranian students

Immediately extend application deadlines for Iranian students

Guest Contributor

On behalf of many current and future applicants and students, we are asking Princeton to please consider extending all submission deadlines for those who are currently inside Iran and do not have access to the Internet.

OPINION | 11/21/2019

A response to "The absence of allies"

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A response to "The absence of allies"

Guest Contributor

Instead of speaking to the necessity and urgency of the event, Sippy’s condemnation does little more than to reaffirm the extreme belief that the event shouldn’t have happened in the first place or was inherently anti-Semitic.

OPINION | 11/05/2019

A condemnation of Finkelstein’s conduct from members of AJP

A condemnation of Finkelstein’s conduct from members of AJP

Guest Contributor

Conversations about Palestinian rights far too often become centered on unfounded accusations of anti-Semitism. While this event was perverted by Finkelstein’s genuinely anti-Semitic and offensive remark, which we condemn without reservation, we are at the same time dismayed that his comments have made this necessary condemnation the focus of the event’s aftermath.

OPINION | 10/14/2019

CPUC is committed to robust conversations on important issues

Deborah Prentice

All members of the University have a range of ways to have their voices heard at CPUC.

NEWS | 10/07/2019

A concrete step backwards

A concrete step backwards

KiKi Gilbert and Nathan Poland

If we do not denounce both white supremacy and white supremacists with clarity and conviction, the University can never hope to uproot and dismantle the racism nestling in its crevices.

OPINION | 10/04/2019

Stop and think before you celebrate the new Woodrow Wilson marker

Stop and think before you celebrate the new Woodrow Wilson marker

Guest Contributor

Tomorrow the University will unveil a new marker on campus about Woodrow Wilson called “Double Sights.” In the meantime, inside the school that bears Wilson’s name, students are waiting for the administration to fulfill its commitment to diversity and inclusion. This is not a time to celebrate; when viewed in the proper context, the marker emerges as a monument to the University’s moral failure in dealing with Wilson’s legacy and should be seen accordingly.

OPINION | 10/03/2019

Faculty statement on climate change

Guest Contributor

We, the undersigned faculty, recognize that climate change poses a grave threat to the wellbeing of all inhabitants of the earth.

OPINION | 09/19/2019

Housing Office works to improve, listen and engage

Guest Contributor

We are mindful of the challenges that some students experienced at the end of the last academic year and we look forward to the opportunities that the new academic year presents to deepen our work with and support of our students - opportunities to improve, opportunities to listen and opportunities to engage.

OPINION | 09/19/2019

Kuczynski and the revolving door curse

Guest Contributor

I recently graduated from the Masters in Public Affairs (MPA) program at the Woodrow Wilson School, where Kuczynski studied in the early 1960s and who, in 2017, was awarded the James Madison Medal. As a graduate MPA, I hope that the school will undertake even greater efforts to educate its students on the fundamental ethical responsibilities that come with exercising public office.

OPINION | 09/10/2019

What the administration should be doing to help international students

What the administration should be doing to help international students

Guest Contributor

International students should not have to bear a major financial burden because of the University’s mistake, and the administration should act to rectify it.

OPINION | 06/14/2019

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