Opinion

Teaching under 'diversity'

Princeton University's admission office annually assembles an incoming class of astounding diversity, which confronts professors with the daunting challenge of finding the right intellectual pitch for their lectures.To illustrate, according to the Dean of the College, the Class of 2011 has the following breakdown:Geeks (11.2 percent),Policy Wonks (14.8 percent),Tigers (58.9 percent),Party Animals (15.1 percent).Each of these groups comes to class, if they do, for entirely different reasons.Geeks eagerly seek knowledge for its own sake, whether or not it relates to the human condition.

Civic disengagement, please

The newness of this academic year has already been diminished by tired rhetoric carried over from the last.

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Home

Two weeks ago, as I was getting ready to come back to Princeton to lead an Outdoor Action (OA) trip, I found myself getting more and more excited at the prospect.

Oh no! Don't tell me you're a Webmail guy!

What's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Head to the bathroom? Brush your teeth?

Letters to the Editor

Renovated Campus Club will benefit all studentsRegarding 'Campus Club to reopen as study space' (Tuesday, May 1, 2007):As a former officer of Campus Club, I applaud the Council of the Princeton University Community for recognizing the benefits that a renovated Campus Club could bring to the University community.

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The aroma of the end

Here, we can smell endings from miles away. Wood fences damp from the thick night air of May, freshly transplanted flowers, the cooking plastic of huge tents in the sun and fresh mulch and manure spread ironically to impress alumni perfume our final days.

Learn from the mistakes of Frist Campus Center

The announced plans for a reopened Campus Club are encouraging. As it stands, the club will provide several social venues that are in short supply elsewhere on campus.

A Reply to Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee '69

Two months ago, I wrote a column about how the University evaded much of its state-mandated obligation to provide affordable housing. Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee '69 promptly replied to the column in a letter published on this page.I respond to Durkee today not to get in the last word ? he has been at Princeton for 40 years and will always have the last word on all things Princeton ? but because his letter encapsulates some of what has disappointed me most about the University over the past four years.

Letters to the Editor

Helpful eating tipsRegarding 'Wash your hands clean' (Thursday, April 28, 2007):I commend The Daily Princetonian for running this piece criticizing something we take for granted everyday and seldom question: food.

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Farewell Princeton

This is the end. It was the deal since the beginning ? nine months at Princeton University.

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A modest proposal: A college at Princeton

Something's missing at Princeton: Something so important, so central to the whole undertaking that its absence is astonishing.

My Princeton years through T-shirts

Now that theses are in and Houseparties are over, many seniors are reflecting on their times at Princeton.

Making Major Choices work

The stated mission of the Major Choices initiative is "to encourage undergraduates to be imaginative and open-minded about their choices and to take the fullest advantage of the many intellectual opportunities available to them at Princeton." In order to achieve this goal, the program prints a booklet each year and gives it to undergraduates.

Freedom ... or something like it

There's something liberating about knowing that your parents are 3,000 miles away. I never understood the people who drank in their basements in high school or had sex while their parents were in the next room.

Expanding multicultural studies

Last week, the University announced plans to add a program in South Asian studies. Following faculty approval on May 14, students will be able to receive a certificate in that area of study.

Setting the facts straight

The author, David Smart, of the May 9 column, "Not nearly enough," in The Daily Princetonian has his facts quite wrong.For example, in raising questions about the Wilson School's commitment to encouraging government service among its students, particularly undergraduates, Smart inaccurately states that the Robertson Foundation "funds much of the Wilson School's budget." The Foundation only supports the Wilson School's graduate program ? no Robertson Foundation funds are used to support the undergraduate program's operating budget or career services functions.This is an important distinction.