The average effectiveness of our organizations would increase dramatically if more students were to think critically about how they could help existing organizations improve instead of starting their own clubs.
Just as Spanish conveys thoughts that can never be expressed in English, we need a Princetonian GPA to convey grading standards that could never be expressed in the languages of any of our peer schools.
Lauren Clark discusses the connectedness of students on campus, while Isabel Flower critiques the publication of Neagu's column and Jacob Denz calls for a clear definition of consent.
While Princeton’s diverse student body rarely unifies around a single issue, nearly every student seems to have rallied against grade deflation. This forces advocates of the policy — well, the few that exist — to always be on the defensive, addressing only the apparent negatives of grade deflation without discussing the benefits.
The Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act is in some ways a step forward on making higher education affordable, but it’s also a step back on the more important question of government’s role. In other words, we’re trying to fix one problem but are worsening another one.
The primary resources that Wilson School students ? including those enrolled in the certificate program ? have exclusive access to are task forces and internship funding.
Universities are not corporations, and no university, much less one of Britain’s flagship institutions, should be “[c]reat[ing] financially viable academic activity by disinvesting from areas that are at sub-critical level with no realistic prospect of extra investment.”
Students who are qualified for admission to Princeton should not be denied access to one of the University’s departments unless the University has insufficient resources to meet student demand. Demand for Wilson School certificates does not appear to have surpassed this threshold. Accordingly, the Wilson School should make the application process for the certificate non-competitive.
It is unfair to allow certificate students to use the school’s resources based on the criterion of "self-selection" alone while concentrators are required to undergo a competitive process and be evaluated on more factors.
Plans to dedicate first floor of New South to the arts are ironic.
Why is it that, on a campus of free, independent, creative minds, we have such a burdened air, a weight on each of our brows that keeps them furrowed in concentration, an iron suit of obligation to put ourselves through hell and back for things we no longer seem to enjoy? We slap our palms to our foreheads, snore over a pile of books, stare mutinously at the director, coach or teacher before us, but do nothing to break free.
As the deadlines draw near and the excuses dwindle, I propose that we supplement the usual channels of procrastination by re-examining the very practice itself. Why do we write a thesis?
The University should consider modifying its current requirements so that students can take more science classes without lab while still fulfilling their science and technology (ST) distribution requirement.
Princeton has an overwhelming number of lectures, dinners and roundtable discussions. The opportunities to attend these events are endless. But why aren't students taking advantage of these amazing opportunities?
Some people have told me that being vegan is immoral because it is inherently unhealthy. Yes, there are unhealthy vegans, but that doesn’t mean that all vegans are unhealthy.
Neagu does raise a tricky issue: What happens when a guy and a girl are at a party, they flirt, get “very drunk,” go home and have sex. Neither of them was legally capable of consent. Was there rape? And who raped whom?