Opinion

Expanding civic service

As graduating seniors, we have been repeatedly told the University’s unofficial motto over four years: “In the Nation’s Service and in the Service of All Nations.” Before we walk through the FitzRandolph Gate, we wanted to reflect on why service is such a valuable part of a University education.

Prisoners of Princeton

In “The Shawshank Redemption,” Morgan Freeman talks about the effects of long-term incarceration on prison inmates: “These walls are funny.

Editorial: Redistribute commencement tickets

Commencement marks the end of of the undergraduate careers of Princeton seniors and includes four days of events for the members of the graduating class and their families.

Searching for meaning in the rubble

by Pujan Rai On April 25, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the tiny nation of Nepal, killing over 7,000 people and destroying precious cultural heritage sites.

Cartoon: When watching Game of Thrones

“Best interests of the University community” and sexual assault policies

In the midst of formals and Lawnparties, I doubt many people have paid much attention to the round of changes to Princeton’s sexual assault policies the Council of the Princeton University Community finalized on Monday.

A more complete Princeton Preview

Seeing all of the newly admitted students walking around campus last week brought back a flood of memories for me.

Cartoon: Four years later

Room Swap Period after Draw Time

My three future roommates and I had obsessively checked room reviews, floor plans and the kinds of rooms people got with our draw time last year.

Editorial: Treat sex seriously

Princeton Preview has come and gone, and the University is preparing to welcome the Class of 2019 in September.

An Alternative to Big Sean

About three weeks ago, I co-organized a petition concerning Big Sean’s planned performance at this year’s Lawnparties.

Open letter: abolish the box

To University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 Dean of the College Valerie Smith Dean of AdmissionJanet Rapelye Provost David Lee GS ’99 Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and DiversityMichele Minter Executive Vice PresidentTreby Williams ’84 Vice President for Campus LifeCynthia Cherrey Over the past three semesters, members of the University community have come together in support of a simple yet important step that the University can take to further its commitment to institutional equality and social justice.

Tiger comic no. 8

Editorial: lengthen Princeton preview

Princeton Preview is the University’s premier outreach event for admitted students.

Letter to the editor

To the Editor:As an alumna, I was extremely disappointed to read two recent guest columns (“Princeton's Laboratory Animal Research Program,” published on April 22, and “Misleading and Factually Incorrect Coverage of Animal Research at the University,” April 28), which mislead readers through fear-mongering and a broad mischaracterization of the treatment of animals in laboratories.

Oh, the humanity!

Looking back

By YoniBenyamini It’s been a wild and often difficult year. Since September, we’ve complied with Title IX, defeated grade deflation and given the Wawa an impressive makeover.

Are we there yet?

I can summarize campus politics in two words: Yik Yak. Yik Yak has become the primary platform for debate about issues facing our campus, since the app’s anonymity not only facilitates conversation and ardent debate but alsopersonal attacks, as chronicled in several Buzzfeed articles over the “Urban Congo” controversy. But as heartening as it may be to see students tackling these issues on a variety of social media platforms, these issues must come out of Yik Yak and onto our actual campus and into our dialogue, hopefully without an abundance of ad hominem attacks. And they have, to some degree.

The missing dimension: reflections on the divestment from Egypt

Reading through the divestment referendum that the undergraduates have already voted on and the graduate students are due to vote on in the course of this week, I was utterly shocked that Egypt was included in the referendum.

Political Correctness in the Age of the Hipster

Growing up, I was kindly told that there are three things you never discuss inpolite company: religion, money and politics.