Too good to give up for Lent
It's that time again. The haze of Mardi Gras has worn off, and even some nonreligious kids set personal "no-nos" for themselves in a celebration of self-restraint.
It's that time again. The haze of Mardi Gras has worn off, and even some nonreligious kids set personal "no-nos" for themselves in a celebration of self-restraint.
The Save Darfur Coalition recently launched a campaign urging President Bush to enact Plan B ? "a three-tiered plan to push Sudan to end the genocide" in recognition of the failure of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir to respond to diplomatic efforts.
When I saw a recent Point poll asking which decade I would most like to live in, being a good conservative traditionalist, I dutifully chose the 1950s.
As underclassmen prepare to sign into departments this spring, they will be weighing several factors in their choice of a major.
Saddam Hussein, his half-brother, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, and former Iraqi chief judge, Awad Hamed al-Bandar were convicted for the 1982 mass murder of 148 civilians from Dujail. Hussein was hanged on Dec.
Until very recently, facebook.com was, at its worst, mildly condescending.
Column and editorial misguided by a confusion of factsRegarding 'Opinion' (Monday, Feb.
Let me start with a politically incorrect admission: I love chicks ? have for a long time.Not just any chicks, mind you, just the Dixie Chicks.
As noted in this paper, the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding is planning to take its place ? psychologically ? among Princeton's Prospect Avenue eating clubs, in the former Elm Club. Its current location on Prospect, immediately across from Cloister Inn, has been deemed too far away from the center of campus activity, at least on Thursday and Saturday nights.
I want to thank the 130th Daily Princetonian Board for its final editorial on Jan.
As the deadline for spring admissions approaches, we anticipate yet another diverse class, filled with some of the very brightest and most talented students in the country.
Many of my friends ? too many in my opinion ? will be showered with thousands of dollars this summer, despite the fact that our hours are likely to be the same.
I know it's pretty. I know it makes our campus look awfully beautiful. I know it provides millions of children with endless entertainment.
A Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll conducted last fall on community attitudes toward public schools reveals that 77 percent of Americans blame the academic achievement gap between poor students and their higher-income peers on factors unrelated to the quality of their schools.
Violent and sexually deviant movies appeal to me. Having been tricked into watching ghastly and innovative films involving torture and scatology ? all carefully eviscerated from the marvelous Language Resource Center ? it comes as no surprise that my friends seldom accept my movie recommendations with alacrity.