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Opinion

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Persuading a single friend to eat one fewer hamburger will do orders of magnitude more good than eliminating all their college AI use. The fact of the matter is that ChatGPT isn’t nearly the environmental catastrophe that some make it out to be.

Persuading a single friend to eat one fewer hamburger will do orders of magnitude more good than eliminating all their college AI use. The fact of the matter is that ChatGPT isn’t nearly the environmental catastrophe that some make it out to be.


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In a moment of budgetary crisis, don’t waste funds on ChatGPT Plus

Social responsibility extends beyond the Orange Bubble. While generative AI will be part of our future one way or another, its excessive use is also wasteful, and Princeton students have a responsibility to use our privilege to be conscientious and informed critical thinkers — which means being mindful of AI’s environmental impact and resisting the temptation to overuse it.

Social responsibility extends beyond the Orange Bubble. While generative AI will be part of our future one way or another, its excessive use is also wasteful, and Princeton students have a responsibility to use our privilege to be conscientious and informed critical thinkers — which means being mindful of AI’s environmental impact and resisting the temptation to overuse it.

OPINION | October 23

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If you’re going to save anything from budget cuts, save climate research

By devoting itself to saving GFDL’s research once again, with both financial and political capital, the University has the opportunity to truly Stand Up for Princeton — and more importantly, lifesaving research. If Princeton wants to save lives and money and world-class climate research.

"By devoting itself to saving GFDL’s research once again, with both financial and political capital, the University has the opportunity to truly Stand Up for Princeton — and more importantly, lifesaving research. If Princeton wants to save lives and money and world-class climate research."

OPINION | October 20

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Letter from the Editor: Why we have signed an amicus brief in Stanford Daily v. Rubio

It is rare for the ‘Prince’ to take such a step, and we have not done so lightly. We believe this brief, filed by the Student Press Law Center, persuasively conveys the extraordinary challenges that student newspapers across the country have faced since January — and that the brief benefits from the support of a diversity of student media organizations, including our own.

It is rare for the ‘Prince’ to take such a step, and we have not done so lightly. We believe this brief, filed by the Student Press Law Center, persuasively conveys the extraordinary challenges that student newspapers across the country have faced since January — and that the brief benefits from the support of a diversity of student media organizations, including our own.

OPINION | October 17

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Class Council can’t fix Late Meal

Ambition and enthusiasm can easily transform modest responsibilities into a stage for self-promotion, and in the end, it is those they represent — us, the first-year class — that suffer. 

Ambition and enthusiasm can easily transform modest responsibilities into a stage for self-promotion, and in the end, it is those they represent — us, the first-year class — that suffer. 

OPINION | October 9

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Princeton should provide universal access to ChatGPT Plus

If the University acknowledges the near-universal usage of ChatGPT among students, it can become an equitable learning tool, better acquainting all of us with the potential for advanced AI to enhance our learning.

If the University acknowledges the near-universal usage of ChatGPT among students, it can become an equitable learning tool, better acquainting all of us with the potential for advanced AI to enhance our learning.

OPINION | October 8

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Reactions: What first years care (and don’t care) about at Princeton

The ‘Prince’ recently published its Class of 2029 Frosh Survey, featuring data on everything from the incoming class’s familiarity with AI Models to its knowledge of prominent Princeton alumni to its past sexual experiences. Here, five of our Opinion editors identify and tackle key takeaways about Princeton’s newest class. 

The ‘Prince’ recently published its Class of 2029 Frosh Survey, featuring data on everything from the incoming class’s familiarity with AI Models to its knowledge of prominent Princeton alumni to its past sexual experiences. Here, five of our Opinion editors identify and tackle key takeaways about Princeton’s newest class. 

OPINION | October 5

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Independent dining brought me community, not isolation

Nostalgia has its place, yet adulthood means accepting that our experiences don’t have to be replicated. The world moves on. But I will pause. For the budding chefs, the quirky palates, the ones who find peace and meaning in preparing food alone or in small gatherings, I mourn the loss of home-cooked meals by the people who appreciate them most.

Nostalgia has its place, yet adulthood means accepting that our experiences don’t have to be replicated. The world moves on. But I will pause. For the budding chefs, the quirky palates, the ones who find peace and meaning in preparing food alone or in small gatherings, I mourn the loss of home-cooked meals by the people who appreciate them most.

OPINION | October 2

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By the way, Fizz is not real life

If someone claiming that something is happening in real life cannot point to anything that has actually happened in real life and is instead forced to substantiate that claim with anonymous posts from a social media app, it is probable — likely, even — that nothing of the sort is happening in real life at all.

If someone claiming that something is happening in real life cannot point to anything that has actually happened in real life and is instead forced to substantiate that claim with anonymous posts from a social media app, it is probable — likely, even — that nothing of the sort is happening in real life at all.

OPINION | October 1

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Princeton must practice the democracy that it preaches

“If the University is truly committed to the aim of resisting anti-democratic efforts nationally, it must begin by ensuring that an institutional, non-performative democracy exists at the University in the first place: it must make CPUC a decision-making body that votes on student referenda.”

“If the University is truly committed to the aim of resisting anti-democratic efforts nationally, it must begin by ensuring that an institutional, non-performative democracy exists at the University in the first place: it must make CPUC a decision-making body that votes on student referenda.”

OPINION | September 30

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Eisgruber eats at Olives. Why can’t I?

I’m sure that when the responsible University administrators see Eisgruber walking from Nassau Hall to Olives, they do not think, “what a pitiable, isolated person who is struggling with food access.” If only they would apply the same respect to our decisions and ability to care for ourselves, too.

I’m sure that when the responsible University administrators see Eisgruber walking from Nassau Hall to Olives, they do not think, “what a pitiable, isolated person who is struggling with food access.” If only they would apply the same respect to our decisions and ability to care for ourselves, too.

OPINION | September 30