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Opinion

The Daily Princetonian

Drama and rumors in the invisible institution

I got my first lesson on the joys and perils of rumors as a second grader. As we lined up outside the building, preparing for another day of school, I felt an inexplicable impulse take over my entire being, as I blurted to a friend standing next to me, "Did you know that my first-grade teacher is on drugs?" Incredulously, he turned to me in a mixture of awe and disbelief.

OPINION | 03/06/2008

The Daily Princetonian

Cheer on every team

On a typical day, the University's website contains announcements of upcoming lectures by important speakers and performances by a variety of culturally diverse arts groups as well as news stories about compelling research and student awards.

OPINION | 03/06/2008

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The Daily Princetonian

Let's talk about sex ed

Between Jamie Lynn Spears and "Juno," teen pregnancy gets a lot of press these days. The discussion - or really, gossip - that stems from this tends to focus on the future: Will she keep the baby?

OPINION | 03/04/2008

The Daily Princetonian

Slouching toward Whitmania

My grandfather has a neat reformulation of Lord Acton's dictum that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." His idea is that power does not corrupt but instead reveals; having power doesn't make you evil as much as having power gives you the ability to do what you want and therefore reveals your true feelings.

OPINION | 03/03/2008

The Daily Princetonian

More of a good thing

The University's recently announced "bridge year" program to provide need-based financial assistance to admitted students who defer for one year to undertake service projects abroad is a bold step that deserves much praise.

OPINION | 03/02/2008