Opinion

A changing profession

Princeton expects a lot of its professors. We are supposed to teach gifted undergraduate and graduate students; run or help run departments and programs; and do original research — research that pushes the borders of our fields. We also collaborate with colleagues here and around the world, organize meetings and workshops, edit, and serve as referees, judge fellowship and prize competitions and hire new colleagues. It makes for a busy life.

What are we gonna do with our lives?!

We thought getting into Princeton would sort out our lives, but it didn’t. Most likely, getting into McKinsey or Goldman Sachs isn’t going to sort out our lives either. We’re never going to know exactly what the hell we’re going to do with our lives, and frankly, we probably don’t want to.

Editorial: Fairer FRS applications

More than 1,200 applications were submitted for 75 freshman seminars in the fall and spring terms. But since the number of freshman seminars cannot meet the high demand for them, it is important to ensure that the seminar application process gives students ample opportunity to compete for the seminar they want.

Cartoon: Dad enters the cyber age

Cartoon: Giving thanks

Editorial: A necessary editorial

It's that time of the year again: the Editorial we shouldn't be writing.

The idea of a University

It seems to me that Princeton has already decided that she prefers not to hold any values.

Letters to the Editor: Nov. 25, 2009

On Darwish and freedom of speech; Rhodes article lacks inspiration

Rejecting the rhetoric of redefinition

When the vote was extended to African-Americans in 1870 and then to women in 1920, the meaning of the word “vote” did not change. So why should a change in the legal rules governing marriage amount to a change in the meaning of “marriage”?

Agents without principals

A less talked-about but potentially deeper flaw is: Where were the principals — the shareholders and boards of directors of these firms who should have watched the risks that their bankers took?

Cartoon: Sugar rush

Dialogue on Darwish

Rather than immediately dismissing Darwish as just another outspoken Islamophobe, one should consider the intellectual challenge she poses in light of pre-modern Islamic textual-legal heritage and Muslim reforms in the area of personal status law.

Editorial: Safety talk

On Wednesday, the University announced that Paul Ominsky will serve as its next director of Public Safety. We hope that Ominksy’s appointment will make Public Safety more responsive to student concerns.

A sense of where you are

I was trekking across campus on a recent Sunday afternoon. It was a beautiful day, and the campus was dotted with tourists and students enjoying some sunlight and the last of the leaves still on the trees.

Cartoon: The downside of superpowers

Letters to the Editor: Nov. 23, 2009

University should invite Nonie Darwish to speak after student group withdrew sponsorship; 'Prince' should have considered repercussions of publishing student's name; Misunderstanding in letter regarding University retirement contributions

PrinceCast #21: Darwish, vaccines and Diamond magazine

Columnists Brandon McGinley and Monica Greco discuss Nonie Darwish and her canceled visit to Princeton, the unused H1N1 vaccines and the article in Wednesday's Daily Princetonian about a Princeton sophomore's nude photos in Diamond magazine.

Cartoon: The real reason for Edward Cullen's sneer

To feel oneself lost

Atheists, you’ve already read “The God Delusion” for the eighth time. Let’s take on the self-esteem delusion.

Editorial: Publicizing aid options

It is clear that despite the commendable efforts of the Office of Financial Aid, socioeconomic status continues to affect both the cohesion of the student body and choices made by individual students.