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GradeInflation

A more substantial step is to normalize course or departmental means to a common figure — such as a 3.0 — and let variation return naturally around that baseline. Make a B+ in English mean the same thing as a B+ in economics.

A more substantial step is to normalize course or departmental means to a common figure — such as a 3.0 — and let variation return naturally around that baseline. Make a B+ in English mean the same thing as a B+ in economics.


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Fetty Wap’s past crimes don’t define him, but they still matter

Perhaps I am an old soul, but I think that drug trafficking is objectively wrong, and the University and USG should be playing a role in shaping the great minds of our generation to agree. Inviting Fetty Wap sends the opposite message; USG, through its silence, signals its indifference to his criminal background.

Perhaps I am an old soul, but I think that drug trafficking is objectively wrong, and the University and USG should be playing a role in shaping the great minds of our generation to agree. Inviting Fetty Wap sends the opposite message; USG, through its silence, signals its indifference to his criminal background.

OPINION | April 23

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In New Jersey’s service, pass the Climate Superfund Act

On Wednesday, May 6, climate organizations from across the state will rally at Princeton for the Climate Superfund Act. This is the perfect moment for Princeton students to both stand in solidarity with and take pride in their New Jersey community.

On Wednesday, May 6, climate organizations from across the state will rally at Princeton for the Climate Superfund Act. This is the perfect moment for Princeton students to both stand in solidarity with and take pride in their New Jersey community.

OPINION | April 23

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Applications won’t solve the undervaluation of creative writing courses

Writing and translating are not only about what you create but how you create it. The notion that this work is “easy” is the notion that it’s no big deal to be a thinking, feeling human individual. 

Writing and translating are not only about what you create but how you create it. The notion that this work is “easy” is the notion that it’s no big deal to be a thinking, feeling human individual. 

OPINION | April 21

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Encourage engineers to learn a new language from scratch

Engineering students at Princeton would benefit significantly from developing proficiency in foreign languages, and they should have the option to do so without setting them back in their degree progress.

Engineering students at Princeton would benefit significantly from developing proficiency in foreign languages, and they should have the option to do so without setting them back in their degree progress.

OPINION | April 19

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Vote ‘yes’ on Referendum No. 1 to strengthen student disciplinary protections

With AI use on the rise amidst monumental shifts in academic culture, it is imperative that Princeton’s disciplinary system modernizes accordingly. By raising the simple majority threshold to a three-fourths supermajority, requiring COD investigators to clarify the academic course in question and the role of student as a witness or subject of investigation, and proactively affirming the right to representation, we aim to protect student rights and affirm the legitimacy and importance of the COD.

With AI use on the rise amidst monumental shifts in academic culture, it is imperative that Princeton’s disciplinary system modernizes accordingly. By raising the simple majority threshold to a three-fourths supermajority, requiring COD investigators to clarify the academic course in question and the role of student as a witness or subject of investigation, and proactively affirming the right to representation, we aim to protect student rights and affirm the legitimacy and importance of the COD.

OPINION | April 12

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Sam Wang wasn’t silencing students — he was standing for democracy

Wang isn’t trying to silence students. Challenging potentially invalid signatures is not an attack on students’ — or anyone’s — voices, but rather a good-faith attempt to defend democracy against potentially fraudulent practices.

Wang isn’t trying to silence students. Challenging potentially invalid signatures is not an attack on students’ — or anyone’s — voices, but rather a good-faith attempt to defend democracy against potentially fraudulent practices.

OPINION | April 10

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End the conversation

For decades, if not centuries, well-known academics have traveled the country, giving lectures at universities and having spontaneous intellectual dialogues with students, faculty, and community members in attendance. This process allows them to develop their ideas, while simultaneously giving the audience a chance to engage with them critically.

For decades, if not centuries, well-known academics have traveled the country, giving lectures at universities and having spontaneous intellectual dialogues with students, faculty, and community members in attendance. This process allows them to develop their ideas, while simultaneously giving the audience a chance to engage with them critically.

OPINION | April 8

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For proctors to work, students need a say

The Editorial Board is united in arguing that undergraduate students must be involved in any changes to our honor system. Moving forward, the University has the opportunity to right its wrongs — it is not too late to seriously solicit the perspectives of students prior to enacting a proctor system.

The Board is united in the belief that undergraduate students must be involved in any changes to our honor system. Moving forward, the University has the opportunity to right its wrongs — it is not too late to seriously solicit the perspectives of students prior to enacting a proctor system.

OPINION | April 6

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Why don’t we have retroactive pass/D/fail?

In short, the choice to PDF a class comes down to students’ ability to speculate about their performance thus far and anticipate their potential to succeed in the coming three weeks, forcing students to gamify their own and their classmates’ ability in a way that is entirely unnecessary and that detracts from their ability to simply enjoy the material and challenge of a class. 

In short, the choice to PDF a class comes down to students’ ability to speculate about their performance thus far and anticipate their potential to succeed in the coming three weeks, forcing students to gamify their own and their classmates’ ability in a way that is entirely unnecessary and that detracts from their ability to simply enjoy the material and challenge of a class.

OPINION | April 3