Age of the activist, the speed of our times
In his April 8 column, ?On internet slacktivism,? Benjamin Dinovelli criticized Internet activism as ?fleeting? and more likely to be ineffective than change-making.
In his April 8 column, ?On internet slacktivism,? Benjamin Dinovelli criticized Internet activism as ?fleeting? and more likely to be ineffective than change-making.
On April 2, Princeton?s Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education program hosted focus groups to discuss a new online orientation program about sexual assault issues for incoming freshmen.
My weary roommate shut her laptop with a peremptory clap at 4:30 a.m. ?I?m done,? she said.
First, let me sincerely echo your parents, teachers, administrators and friends in giving you a big congratulations on getting into Princeton!
Most of March of my senior year of high school consisted of waiting: waiting for weeks to go by until college admissions, days to go by until I had an idea of what college?s apparel to order in bulk, minutes to go by until the online portal would let me click ?View Decision.? Time seemed to move like an IV drip: infuriatingly and tantalizingly slow.
By THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN OPINION STAFF Recently, the Editorial Board suggested that the punishment for taking extra time on exams is too severe and that the punishment should be reduced to a zero on the exam and academic probation.Are there other aspects of the Honor Code that could use revision? Kinnari: The biggest problem seems to be that we don’t know the Honor Code well enough.
Senior alert: The following contains idyllic depictions of life after handing in a senior thesis. If you are in one of those departments with tragically late due dates, you have been warned.A week or so ago, I was talking to a history major and an English major about what we were going to do after we handed in our theses.
?You are a terrorist.? The line lingers at the end of DAM?s impassioned rap; angry, hurt but also dangerously violent.
It is 10:02 p.m. on April 15, 2013. Right now, across the country, dozens are huddled in front of their television sets or staring at open browser tabs of CNN, Fox News, The New York Times and their Twitter feeds, feverishly devouring updates on the situation in Boston.
?Do STEM majors get laid?? Of all the questions posed to me by various prefrosh during Preview, this was probably the only one that required a great deal of thought.
Susan Patton uncovered my greatest fear. One day, I will grow old. My ideas and dispositions will be outmoded, and the younger generation will ridicule me as antiquated and intellectually feeble.
I live on Heartbreak Hill, the last of four slopes infamous for making the Boston Marathon one of the most challenging in the world.
Grade deflationRegarding ?Editorial: Reexamining grade deflation? (Monday April 15, 2013):I'm surprised that in all the discussion of grade deflation, there's one sense of deflation that's generally overlooked.
Housing, I have a confession to make. I know that my contract stipulates I mustn?t change my living arrangements ? by moving my bed or swapping roommates ? without your consent.
One of my younger brother?s closest friends attended the prefrosh weekend, and I took it upon myself to show him around a little bit.
I am a fervent lover of music. It has the power to move and mesmerize because it is more than a compilation of sound.
The word ?hack? has been around for a very long time; the Oxford English Dictionary dates its first use to around 1200.
While grade deflation continues to influence the academic environment at Princeton, the Board believes that constructive conversation about and criticism of this policy has declined.
I haven?t been outside the Orange Bubble for very long, but being in the real world has quickly put my time at Princeton into perspective.
Welcome to Princeton, prefrosh! If you are reading this article, you have begun to explore the bustling campus that we call home.