Opinion

Health reform is sick again: Is it a chronic illness?

In the ideal world envisaged by left-of-center Americans, the individual's health-care experience would be independent of that individual's socio-economic class. Right-of-center Americans envisage a world in which the individual's use of health care is, in the first place, his or her own financial responsibility.  

Dissent: Pornography and USG funds

Screening of pornography excludes some from the discussion.

A novel alternative to the Street

I find New York fascinating, but I’ve only been three times because getting there is such a time commitment and because paying $22 each time adds up quickly.

Terrorized Tigers

We must not let our differences of opinion restrain us from talking about the threat that we face. The little awkward silence when the talk of terrorism comes up, the fear that one is being stereotyped, the feeling that we are being threatened must go.

Men's Basketball: Princeton sweeps last home series

When senior guard and co-captain Marcus Schroeder stepped to the free throw line for the third time on Saturday night, the men’s basketball team trailed Harvard by one point with 57 seconds left on the clock.

Editorial: Pornography and USG funds

The proposed event is a legitimate use of USG money.

Cartoon: Intercollegiate grade exchange

Editorial: In support of the University's retirement plan

In light of economic and academic benefits, senior faculty members should seriously consider the University's new retirement plan and take up the University’s offer. Given the positive impact this program can have on the University, it is equally important that administrators firmly commit to it.

An unfair honor code

We should take some cues from the American penal system and adopt a more hierarchical sentencing approach. If the Honor Code is going to be the law of our land, we need to make sure that it is as fair as possible and that it is upheld with honor.

I got hosed and I still like Bicker

As a solution to the problem of matching people to the right club, I prefer a social meritocracy deciding my dining options over a computer algorithm doing the same task.

The rationality of commitment

We think that sex requires a permanent and exclusive commitment because sex is the maximal form of engagement with another person.

Cartoon: Cash cow

The language of sex

The way we think about sex, as with any important facet of human experience, is inextricably bound up with how we talk about it.

A moratorium on campus acrimony

I’ve observed that Princeton students have a tendency to argue with a troubling degree of certainty and stridency about issues that are either deeply complex or inherently irresolvable.

Editorial: Keeping the DREAM alive

Under the current system, deserving students like Dan-el Padilla are routinely denied opportunities because of their parents’ actions. 

Cartoon: A Princeton pilgrimage

The innovator within

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.

The case for grade translation

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.

Letters to the Editor: March 2, 2010

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.

A defense of grade deflation

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.