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Over the past semester, the unsigned editorials featured on this page have discussed issues such as the creation of a university bike share program, reforming distribution requirements to reflect the growing importance of big data and President Obama’s higher education reforms.

A mental health network

Since I took a year off, I openly tell my friends that I struggle with anxiety and depression, and talk without shame about my regular sessions with a therapist.

The Llewyn Davis syndrome

Look closely, and you will see how often things fail. Take, for example, the failing of tree boughs under snow.

On constructive criticism

By Jason Adleberg From the late-night U-Store shopping sprees to the angry Princetonian op-eds, it seems to be that time of year again: Bicker is clearly on our minds, and it seems to have been for a while.

Backspace love

You, the reader, will never see the litany of corrections that went into this article before it made its way to publication, because it was composed entirely upon a computer screen — I say “composed” instead of “written” because there is an important distinction to be made between “writing” and “typing.” Almost all essays and papers college students submit are now started and finished digitally — in many cases, one submits the paper by email and receives an electronically submitted grade in return, an exchange that occurs completely within the virtual realm.

Many people shouldn't go to college

It’s time for a large number of Americans to hear what might seem like a harsh message: A degree from a four-year university might not be for you.

A defense of Bicker

By Zach Ogle The Bicker system isn’t perfect. Sophomores know it. People who are hosed know it.

An expensive education

Princeton isn’t exactly known for being cheap. It ranks among the top universities in the world — but at the same time, the cost of a Princeton education is equally high up on the list.

Drawn and quartered

It is, by now, a fact of life to most of us at Princeton that we will see no real breaks during the academic year.

Rethinking Intersession

This past week, I visited my friend at MIT during the school’s Independent Activities Period, a month-long term that spans from the beginning to the end of January, somewhat parallel to Princeton’s Intersession.

Editorial: Improve SCORE

During their four years of study, every Princeton undergraduate becomes familiar with SCORE, the University’s Student Course Online Registration Engine.

On skimming

In her October 9 column “Skip the skimming,” Prianka Misra wrote about the increasingly prevalent phenomenon in humanities classes at Princeton to assign reading that far exceeds what is humanly possible for a student to complete.

Outside the Bubble: An inappropriate punishment

Last week, news broke that the Department of Justice would seek the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who, along with his deceased brother, was allegedly responsible for the bombings during the Boston Marathon last year, taking the lives of three people.

Making the connection

It’s February, and while this can mean a lot of different things for Princetonians, there’s one particular feature of the college experience that many of us undergo at this time: applying to internships.

A tradition of casualties

By Uchechi Kalu As the tides of Bicker crash upon us I raise a middle finger one final time to the parasitic system that has won the unquestioning loyalty of Princeton's social culture.

Cartoon: The search is over

Fighting SPIN: An introduction to the 138th managing board

There is a peculiar and obscure group on campus, even though, at around 200 members, it is almost as large as the full staff of The Daily Princetonian.

One of the cool kids

One day in high school, my mother was helping me wash my hair and pulled a large clump of hair out of my scalp.

Service is a bit like faith

By Kyle Berlin I currently live in Urubamba, Peru. I’ve been here for more than five months now, and will be here for at least another four.

Putting the “propaganda” in context

In an interview last May, former University President Shirley Tilghman told me she doesn’t believe everything the University says about itself.“If you start believing all your propaganda and believing that we’re perfect, you will fail as the president,” she said.Everything we do at The Daily Princetonian is guided by the belief that the truth shouldn’t be the exclusive possession of the people who "need" to know it in order to make policy and advance their interests.We all deserve an objective account of the University’s successes and shortcomings so that we are better placed to perpetuate the good and reform the imperfect.And yet I can’t count the number of times during my year as Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Prince’ when someone has tried to negotiate with me not to run a story that portrays them or someone they represent in a way they perceive to be unfavorable.