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Editorial: Reforming course evaluations

Because the course evaluations are University-sponsored and must be filled out (or at the very least, declined) before a student can see the prior semester’s grades on SCORE, the data they yield is far more comprehensive. Hence, it is important that the registrar make course evaluations as informative and useful as possible.

OPINION | 04/03/2011

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Celebrating success

At Princeton, winners of well-respected scholarships like the Rhodes and Marshall are written up in the ‘Prince’ and featured on the homepage. Winners of the class prizes are awarded at opening exercises so that bright-eyed freshman can all think that they will be receiving those awards next year. Yet other than in these extreme situations, sharing and celebrating academic success is generally frowned upon.

OPINION | 03/31/2011

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Why the defensive shield is justified

I cannot possibly fathom the hatred that motivates one to launch rockets from a Palestinian school compound into Israel, risking Palestinian children’s lives to attack Israeli children. Until I do, or until this hatred no longer exists to be fathomed, I will stand by Israel’s right and responsibility to protect its citizens.

OPINION | 03/30/2011

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Engender equality

The report issued by the Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women's Leaship may have accidentally stirred up harmful gender stereotypes that undermine its mission to develop leaders and achieve gender parity.

OPINION | 03/29/2011

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War minus the shooting

Pakistan and India face off at Mohali, India in the semifinal of the Cricket World Cup, the third largest sporting event in the world behind the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics. Any World Cup semifinal is historic, and any India-Pakistan game is brimming with emotion and spirit, but this particular combination is something else.

OPINION | 03/28/2011

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Humor, help and hope

“FMyLife” is a popular website for laughing about life’s misfortunes, but among the petty and pithy posts on our college’s version, PrincetonFML, are serious cries for help: students posting about stress, depression and even thoughts of suicide. The contrast between the mundane and the meaningful is jarring — the frustration of losing socks shouldn’t warrant the same “FML” appendix as the inability to get out of bed all day. We read these darker posts with a grimace and moment of discomfort. And then we keep scrolling. There’s something wrong here: Why are students turning to a humor website to deal with their gravest problems?

OPINION | 03/28/2011