Opinion

Editorial: Reform language course policies

Among Princeton’s general education requirements is foreign language proficiency, which, according to Office of the Dean of the College, encourages students to “become literate in another culture and gain another perspective on the world.” Though the A.B.

Cartoon: That's not how math works here, Mr. Eggledorf

To freeze or not to freeze in Silicon Valley

Google has its ball pits and nap pods, but Apple and Facebook may have taken the lead when it comes to perks — if you’re a woman, that is.

Facebook, politics and internet sensationalism

I am not the type of person who lives by a set of hard rules. I enjoy being spontaneous and exploring new things.

Editorial: Expand the Humanities Sequence

No liberal arts education is complete without a solid grounding in the Western intellectual tradition.

Cartoon: Blood, sweat, and... more sweat

CJL: Freedom of speech or association?

Over half a century ago, an authoritative body tried to silence an organization’s right to associate.When the issue came before the Supreme Court, Justice John Marshall Harlan II, in a unanimous opinion, wrote, ”It is beyond debate that freedom to engage in association for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is an inseparable aspect of the ‘liberty’ assured by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”The case: NAACP v.

Who am I writing for?

Since last week, I’ve had to do some soul-searching to find it in me to keep writing — not because my freshman seminar professor shredded my first essay with the same rapture my five-year-old self found in making confetti, but because my one “successful” work this year didn’t directly achieve what I had hoped.By metrics of circulation, my column titled “Keep misandry out of feminism” was, in fact, a success: it sparked 154 online comments, emails from as far away as Denver, a response column by Marni Morse and a retweet by feminist author Christina Hoff Sommers to her 20,000 followers.

Beyond the Rhetoric Part II: The Numbers Don’t Lie

Last week the Daily Princetonian published an op-ed by members of the Latino Graduate Student Association, Graduate Women of Color Caucus, and Black Graduate Caucus on the Graduate School’s recent decision to restructure the Office of Academic Affairs and Diversityand, effectively, deprioritize issues of diversity at the graduate level.While some may disagree with the tone of the article, its central premise remains: Recent changes in the organizational structure of the Graduate School significantly damage underrepresented students’ faith in the current administration's ability to increase minority representation and improve campus climate. Persons of color are underrepresented at all levels of the Graduate School.

Cartoon: Hand-holding envy

The suicide of the humanities

I recently received an email with the best of intentions — one announcing a workshop for information on career options.

Cartoon: Tiger Comic No. 2

Differentiation in writing seminars

“Yeah, most people hate their writing seminars,” a junior told me outside J Street Library when I made a face to his question about whether I enjoyed my writing seminar.

Fruits are exotic. Humans are not.

“How is your English so good?” I was confused by these words. I’ve never heardthem before—not addressed toward me anyway.

Response from the Center for Jewish Life

This is a response to Professor Max Weiss’s October 12 article entitled “Is the Center for Jewish Life stifling free speech on campus?”Every member of the Princeton community is always welcome at the Center for Jewish Life.

Enjoy the honeymoon

A few weeks ago, I went to a law school admission presentation hosted by four of the top programs in the country.

Community engagement is not an experiment

Institutions of higher education are no strangers to high-profile gifts from their successful alumni.

Cartoon: Weekend studying

Cartoon: Coffee cult

Is the Center for Jewish Life stifling free speech on campus?

By Max Weiss I have never met Slav Leibin. Nonetheless, it recently came to my attention that he vetoed, with the approval of the Center for Jewish Life, my right to participate in a proposed panel on the recent hostilities in Gaza.