Opinion

Troubling troll torments Princetonians

Martin Shkreli may be a rich hedge fund manager whose likeness was plastered across CNN for a week, but this stock jock is still just a lowly internet troll. The current practice of responding to him — as students are currently doing — will not solve the larger problem of Internet trolling. However, we can shun him into silence.

The cost of compassion

Imagine what it would be like to be cast out in a world that is at your throat. A world in which the most capable, wealthy nation has shut its borders to you.

Pious at Princeton

“Anyone who dares to voice a religious opinion is regarded as unintelligent,” wrote Carrie Pritt in her column “Diversity for the Sake of Democracy,” published in the Quillette. She makes the bold claim that religious beliefs — she is presumably implying Christian statements of faith — are not welcome at Princeton University. The idea that voicing a religious opinion marks the speaker as uninformed and unintelligent is a persistent and dangerous myth on campus; portraying Christians as disadvantaged in a society steeped in Christian tradition and favorable to Christianity equips Christians on campus with a false sense of victimization and undermines the fatal persecution Christians faced historically and continue to face in parts of the world today.

Editorial: Improving conditions for independents

Every year, 70 percent of undergraduate upperclassmen at Princeton participate in the eating club system. Recently, though, a growing proportion of Princetonians are choosing to be independent; these students often do not know where to get the food for their next meal and whether it will be a nutritious and a sit-down affair or just a slice of pizza scavenged from a campus event. 

Are you okay?

Window of opportunity

Collecting people

During Bicker I was asked a question that, like most Bicker questions, was banal: What do you look for in a friend?

Will the action continue?

I was thrilled when I saw so many people taking time out of their day on Monday to participate in the Day of Action. But as with the other actions after the election, this inspiring, heart-warming moment tends to be followed by a deep cynicism. Where were all these people before the election? 

Weekend Plans

MasterChef College

Is satire enough?

The most vocal and effective response thus far to the Trump presidency appears to be comedy; it often feels like the liberal left has a powerful command of comedy beyond that of the conservative right. 

Princeton Admissions: Recruitment

Princeton is one of the most selective undergraduate colleges in the world. That is guaranteed, as there are more students who want to attend than spaces.

Princeton prison investments: bankrolling Trump’s racist agenda

President Eisgruber does not seem to grasp the irony of touting a letter in support of DACA while simultaneously remaining silent on the University’s investments in facilities which have been used to illegally detain DACA recipients.

I am a Zionist.

I’m afraid to say it out loud sometimes because it’s become a bad word of late. I believe in Israel’s right to exist and its necessity. I put great faith in the Jewish right to self-determination and have a deep love for the State of Israel. This makes me a Zionist.

The voter of my enemy is my friend?

Once it hits you, there’s no going back: you’ve discovered that someone near and dear to you voted for Trump.

Laptops

Letter to the Editor: organization is key

The bedrock of democracy is an organizationally strong and politically responsive civil society — a dense network among the people, formed through the bonds of community and interest groups.

Hate speech at Princeton: What the Editorial Board can’t see

Incredibly, the Board cannot seem to fathom that Princeton, a private institution, has reserved the right to enforce its own rules of conduct regarding speech that is clearly harmful to the values of the community. The First Amendment may protect propagators of unsavory rhetoric from government interference, but Princeton has no legal obligation to tolerate this behavior, despite the Board’s unwillingness to admit it.

In the service of our community first, humanity later

Not enough Princeton students are committing themselves to service projects. As a campus community, we can and should be doing more to reach outside the Orange Bubble. Our informal motto, “In the nation’s service and in the service of humanity,” certainly implies that Princeton students have an obligation to bettering their community, even beyond campus.

Editorial: Affirming free speech and encouraging team leadership

In December 2016, Princeton’s men’s swimming and diving team made national news after University officials suspended the team’s season following reports of “several materials” deemed “vulgar and offensive, as well as misogynistic and racist in nature.” This announcement came shortly after Harvard suspended its men’s soccer team over a similar issue.