Opinion

Dolce far niente

While I enjoy moving forward in this amazing crowd of future senators, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, mol-bio researchers and the like, I must admit that sometimes I feel as if I’m walking while everyone is sprinting before the words “ready, set, go” have even been said.

Senior seminars

Here’s my pitch: Princeton should create a program modeled after the freshman seminars for second-semester seniors.

Cartoon: More Adventurous

Ethics of finance

There needs to be an undergraduate course at Princeton that addresses the ethics of finance. It’s a no-brainer, really, or at least it ought to be, especially in light of the recent fiscal crisis; the growing inequality our country faces; the Sandy Hook tragedy and the arms-manufacturing divestment responses of many Americans, including Princeton alumni and faculty and the fact that one-third of Princeton graduates go into the financial sector. By not offering such a course (or courses), Princeton falls short of its educational mission.

Cartoon: The Notebook

Leadership schmeadership

The more I work in groups and observe their dynamics, the more certain I am that the idea that everyone should be a leader is a misplaced ideal. In fact, I would go as far as to say that it is a person’s following potential, not their leadership potential, that maps more closely with academic and social success.

More than Bin Laden

Rarely does a different perspective on Pakistan make its way into the headlines of major newspapers. Most readers in the West are completely ignorant of the country’s contemporary society, rich cultural heritage, mystic traditions and great intellectuals.

Letter from the editor

In some ways, this is a departure from the past, when the printed version represented the core of our identity. Nevertheless, both online and in print, our mission remains the same: to inform the University community on key campus issues and to provide the analysis that our readers cannot get anywhere else.

On-campus social events

In recent years the University has attempted to improve campus-based social life, partly in an effort to reduce the influence of the eating clubs and increase school spirit. The Board believes the high attendance at events such as the Silent Disco and the dodgeball tournament is evidence of potential for sustained success in hosting University-based social events that attract a broad swath of campus.

The very model of a modern major major

Why is computer science so popular all of a sudden? Leaving aside its intrinsic interest, of which there is some, perhaps to concerned undergrads and their parents it seems like a path to a good job in uncertain economic times.

Cartoon: Fire Inspection

On nontraditional applicants

On Jan. 1, applications for regular decisions admission to the Class of 2017 were due. In the past few decades, Princeton has made great progress in encouraging students from a diverse group of socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for admission.

Hook-up theory

By Colby Pines By now, some readers of the 'Prince' are probably tiring of hookup culture op-eds.

A student newspaper, not the students' newspaper

When a junior was arrested in his hometown over spring break last March, his friends launched a social media campaign announcing that he was profiled because he was black.

A student newspaper, not the students' newspaper

When a junior was arrested in his hometown over spring break last March, his friends launched a social media campaign announcing that he was profiled because he was black.

Editorial: Rush ban success!!*

As predicted by the University, social exclusivity within the freshman class has vanished almost entirely. Without the extensive social engineering imposed by fraternities and sororities, freshmen have finally been able to become equally close with each and every member of their residential college.

Sucks to be an athlete*

Male student athletes face limited romantic prospects as well. They are often forced to exclusively hook up with the shallowest — admittedly, also the hottest — girls on Princeton’s campus. A plain, sensitive, intellectual girl would never dream of hooking up with a varsity athlete. So goes the discrimination.

Princeton girls are SO hot*

LET’S GET SOME HOT BABES IN HERE ALREADY. JIMMINY FREAKING CRICKET.

The art of political protest

Protest is certainly a good thing, but those who decide to protest should make an attempt to appear rational and reasonable. The civil rights movement succeeded in part because its supporters protested not only without being violent but also without being smart-asses about it.  

Resolutions

Making resolutions has become so engrained in our celebration of the New Year that it has begun to feel more like an obligatory ritual than a true setting of goals and plan for achievement. A change in our attitude toward making resolutions might help us solve an array of the problems we face, from household kitchen tables to the floor of Congress.