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The Daily Princetonian

I miss eye contact

Of all the things I miss of home, eye contact with passersby is one of the biggest things. Despite what my Facebook profile says, I?m not from New Orleans ? I?m actually from a tiny town right outside of it.

OPINION | 04/28/2013

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Editorial: Gun violence

In the wake of the recent acts of terror in Boston and the vote on gun control in Congress, the Board feels that it is important to discuss the University?s policy of not arming Public Safety officers.

OPINION | 04/28/2013

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Bothering the President

A university president?s life is not a happy one. True, it comes with a high salary, a splendid residence and even a really good cook ? the latter, perhaps, more of a rarity in Princeton than the other advantages.

OPINION | 04/28/2013

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54-46

There?s a tendency to focus on the different, the obvious, the engrossing. The slow burn of small arms violence in American cities fades into the background after we hear about it enough times.

OPINION | 04/25/2013

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Leaving

I distinctly remember saying goodbye to my family before I boarded the plane that would carry me to New Jersey, OA, my new world.

OPINION | 04/25/2013

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Words hurt too

?Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."As a victim of sometimes cruel and relentless childhood bullying, like many children were, I always thought of that phrase as preposterous.

OPINION | 04/23/2013

The Daily Princetonian

Dishabituation

When you are surrounded by the same thing your entire life, you remain unaware of it until you are dishabituated; until you are removed from that environment of sameness and forced to see the differences of those around you.

OPINION | 04/22/2013

The Daily Princetonian

The co-teaching company

There are many reasons why I like to teach. I take pleasure in the company of college-age students, for one thing because their ways allow me to relive my own undergraduate years, which were mostly terrific.

OPINION | 04/21/2013