Islam, the West and cartooning carefully
Disrespect is disrespect, however, careless or not. The world over, the cartoon said Muhammad was a terrorist, not that extremists had made him one.
Disrespect is disrespect, however, careless or not. The world over, the cartoon said Muhammad was a terrorist, not that extremists had made him one.
For my part, though I would love to have everyone in class every day, I’m grateful indeed that people are staying away when they’ve got a communicable disease.
Princeton’s involvement with Google — though a positive and useful partnership — could pose problems in the future.
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We can comfortably tell morality tales about race, replete with bad men driven by evil ideas; class is not so simple.
In providing condoms and counseling, Princeton acts not to endorse any viewpoint but rather to respond to vital and inevitable health concerns. In this regard, claiming that the provision of such services endorses a sexual ethos is akin to claiming that the provision of antibiotics endorses getting sick.
Too much of the sexual ethics debate at Princeton is polarized, with images of the Center for Abstinence and Chastity on one hand and images of an imagined world of syphilis-ridden, vice-laden casual sex on the other.
Despite TCNJ’s willingness to house the Sarnoff’s collections and integrate them into their curriculum, they still need $100,000 to cover the cost of renovations. It is my hope that New Jersey lawmakers will be able to secure these funds and prevent this material from leaving the state.
But why do we really need OIT to introduce a quota to tell us we’re being ridiculous? Why are we so obsessed with printing?
Taking time off can be scary at first. I spent another month doubting my decision. Was I being weak? Was I taking the cowardly way out? Was I wasting a precious year of my life?
Westergaard critically weakened his own case when he claimed that he did not want to say what the cartoon clearly declares: that Islam is a violent religion. If he didn’t want to say this, then he was being recklessly stupid.
Nassau Hall’s recent decision to strictly enforce the policy that precepts should have no fewer than 12 students is jeopardizing the quality of precepts.
The University should continue its commitment to innovative technologies by sponsoring a program modeled after MITs OpenCourseWare project.