Opinion

Reevaluate the values

Many online commenters have criticized Princeton’s failure to admit the best and brightest students based on intrinsic potential rather than on the kind of experiences and educational merit that are not fully available to the financially constrained. I argue that these criticisms are unreasonable, because they are based on an unfounded conception of the admission office’s priorities.

Cartoon: Quintessentially inevitable

Dulce bellum inexpertis

As we debate war and peace in safety, we owe it to ourselves and to our country to learn more about the troops we send to war and about what happens to them both when they get there and when — if — they come back home. “Support the Troops Week” is above all a chance to learn.

Cartoon: I've been weighting for you

Re-evaluating precept participation credit

I would encourage social science and humanities departments to seriously reevaluate the standards they place on precept participation.

Editorial: This week's referenda

The Editorial Board urges students to vote for the proposed changes to the Honor Code but it does not support the ENDA referendum.

Class presidents on the Honor Committee

It is essential that students exercise their ownership over the Honor Code by ensuring that it remains both relevant and reflective of Princeton’s values.

Editorial: Introduction to the Street

The eating clubs, an important part of the Princeton experience for many students, will be closed to non-members until you leave. We want to provide you with our take on the system in order to better inform your college decision.

Cartoon: You know what it is

In defense of the Street

Anyone who decides not to attend Princeton because of the exclusivity of the eating club system will be making one the poorest decisions of their life.

Cartoon: Prefrosh week

Elite education

While the richest twentieth of American society is overrepresented at Princeton by a factor of eight, students from the bottom half are underrepresented by roughly a factor of five.

On broism

The development of broism is a topic that, while pertinent to day-to-day life, has no thorough treatment, leaving older generations in the dark about the frequency of brocurrances and the magnitude of the current brosade.

In support of marriage equality

Fortunately, Velandia and Vandiver are not alone, and I applaud the efforts of the Princeton community to petition the Department of Homeland Security to reconsider this policy, as well as the efforts to call on Congress to enact the Respect for Marriage Act which would grant federal recognition to the same-sex marriages officiated by state governments, just as opposite-sex marriages are recognized.

A classroom community

I realized that I had never experienced the sort of community that I enjoyed in this physics class in a philosophy class — or any other non-math or science class here, for that matter.

Major consistency

As incoming freshmen, students are told they don’t declare a major until the end of sophomore year. Though the form is submitted then, students must make many decisions about majors before that point. This practice is reasonable, but there is a troubling inconsistency across departments.

Editorial: Centralized room evaluations

Just as the registrar was required to step in to fill the gap left by the student course guide, the housing department should fill the gap left by the student room guide by creating a centralized room evaluation system to provide more access to information about rooms.

Cartoon: How to start a relationship

My opinion on Opinion

I’m simply here to share my thoughts in this formal, public forum. It doesn’t matter if I purport to speak from anything more than my own perspective, because the utility of the opinion section is not in the rightness of the submission but, instead, in the act of expressing and sharing reasoned personal beliefs with the general public.

Keep the artifacts as they are

Returning treasures to their original context is unfeasible; too much has changed physically and culturally over time for them to speak more clearly in their country of origin than they do in museums, where they can be compared to large assemblies of objects from a variety of cultures. In the advanced world of the 21st century, looting and stealing artifacts should be eliminated altogether — even for the sake of preservation, but the returning of already acquired artifacts should not be expected.