Opinion

Editorial: University Gave Inadequate Justification for Termination of Sprint Football

Editorial: University Gave Inadequate Justification for Termination of Sprint Football

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Last Monday, the University announced that it would discontinue its sprint football program. Having existed on campus for 82 years, sprint football is an alternative version of football for players weighing under 172 pounds with a minimum of five-percent body fat.

OPINION | 04/17/2016

When anti-protest rhetoric becomes rote

Will Rivitz

Following in the footsteps of dozens of other major publications over the past year or two, Aeon Magazine has just published a critique of student protesters on campuses nationwide.

OPINION | 04/17/2016

Thesis Photos

Grayson Shepperd

OPINION | 04/17/2016

The “how dare you” complex

Victoria Gruenberg

Let’s talk about overcommitment. It goes a little like this: you’ve promised your energy, talent and/or leadership to at least one, if not six, extracurriculars — in addition to a full course load.

OPINION | 04/17/2016

The biggest lie

Dave Shin

OPINION | 04/14/2016

Letter to the editor: In favor of disciplinary reform

Guest Contributor

Academic integrity is a bedrock value of Princeton University — and something that should be held to a very high standard.

OPINION | 04/14/2016

Editorial: Save Maxwell's Field

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

An important, yet often forgotten, historical site in the United States is just around the corner from the University, beyond the Graduate College: the Princeton Battlefield.

OPINION | 04/14/2016

Officium: The case for a new official motto

Newby Parton

Princeton University has a branding problem.

OPINION | 04/13/2016

Not the student Princeton deserves

Rita Fang

OPINION | 04/13/2016

100 years of Jewish life: now what?

Iris Samuels

This weekend, hundreds of Jewish alumni will gather on campus to celebrate 100 years of Jewish life at Princeton, with panels on topics ranging from Philosophy of Religion and Modern Jewish Thought to Israeli-American Relations.

OPINION | 04/13/2016

Questioning our right to access University funds

Zeena Mubarak

We all understand that Princeton is an obscenely wealthy institution, steeped in the kind of riches that go back centuries, but after almost three years here, I still don’t understand what rights we as students have to access that money.Recently, columnist Marni Morse ’17 wrote an article suggesting that the University should subsidize student train tickets to New York.

OPINION | 04/12/2016

Meanwhile on this Orange Key tour guide…

Meanwhile on this Orange Key tour guide…

Tashi Treadway

OPINION | 04/12/2016

¿Que bola, Cuba?

Dan Sullivan

On March 21, President Obama became the first sitting U.S.

OPINION | 04/12/2016

Cartoon: This is your brain on Princeton

Ryan Budnick

OPINION | 04/11/2016

Editorial: Affirming the Wilson Legacy Review Committee's recommendations

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Last week, the University Board of Trustees announced its approval of the recommendations made in the Wilson Legacy Committee's report. These recommendations include retaining Wilson’s name at the Woodrow Wilson School and Wilson College, revising Princeton’s unofficial motto, diversifying campus art and establishing a potential graduate school pipeline program for underrepresented groups.

OPINION | 04/11/2016

In defense of the administration’s speech policies

Nicholas Wu

I had thought that the debate about free speech on campus had settled after the protests concluded last fall, but I was proven wrong by the flyer incident in late March.

OPINION | 04/11/2016

Eliminate the writing sem monopoly

Beni Snow

Princeton University is not like Columbia. We do not have a core curriculum, and all distribution areas cover a large number of classes, creating a good ecosystem of competition. Freshman writing seminars are the exception to this rule, and their quality suffers as a result.

OPINION | 04/11/2016

A modest proposition for prefrosh*

Luke Gamble

*This piece is satirical. It’s always puzzled me whycommencement speeches are given at graduation.

OPINION | 04/10/2016

Deez Nuts in the White House

Bhaamati Borkhetaria

Last year, when the candidates for president were still beginning to line up, a very popular candidate emerged in the North Carolina, Iowa and Minnesota polls.

OPINION | 04/10/2016

Cartoon: The Joys of Learning

Emily Fockler

OPINION | 04/10/2016

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