Opinion

The sounds of music

Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony."The iPod has been an enormous success: 60 million have been sold, and even a short walk around campus suggests that thousands of those sales have been to Princeton students, for whom the distinctive white earbuds are the path through which the sounds of music creep.In mid-October, Newsweek interviewed Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple, for the fifth anniversary of the iPod.

One of the top five deadliest places on earth

Is Iraq in civil war, and does it matter whether we define the conflict that way or not? I believe the answer to the first question is clearly yes.

Letters to the Editor

So-called personal matters are important public issuesRegarding 'USG hopefuls confront past indiscretions' (Friday, Dec.

A social experiment

Last week, the University Board of Trustees decided to commit endowment income to increasing grants by $2,000 for all juniors and seniors on financial aid in order to provide financial support for those wishing to join eating clubs.

Cheney: A role model for America's youth?

How many Princeton students are aware that Vice President Dick Cheney, who so eagerly marketed the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 on TV talk shows as something like cakewalk, had only a decade earlier predicted that such a venture would engender precisely the mayhem and bloodbath we see in Iraq today?

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Having a car on campus

I'm from New Jersey, and I love this state. Many of my fellow peers, however, love to rip on New Jersey, quickly dismissing my home state as "the armpit of America." They constantly whine about the fact that Jersey drivers are incompetent and are so lazy that they don't even pump their own gas.

The U.N.'s unfinished nuclear business

The United Nations General Assembly passed its first resolution in 1946. In the shadow of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the highest priority of the new body was a call for plans "for the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons and of all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction." On Tuesday, U.N.

Letters to the Editor

Two strong candidatesRegarding 'USG debate takes personal turn' (Thursday, Nov.

Biederman for president

This year's USG election may prove to be the most important one in recent years.

To the candidates: Focus on achievable ends

Last week, The Daily Princetonian published a sneak preview article for the upcoming USG elections.

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'I am very proud ... Allahu Akbar'

Fatma Omar an-Najar was a 64-year-old mother of nine and grandmother of 41 from the Gaza Strip who blew herself up at an Israeli checkpoint a week ago.

Letters to the Editor

Diversity policies have no impact on whitesRegarding: 'Rejected applicant alleges bias against Asians' (Monday, Nov.

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How to succeed as a female politician

After fighting for more than a century for the right to vote, women are now seizing the right to be elected: Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany, President Michelle Bachelet in Chile and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are likely to be followed by Segolene Royal in France.

Surprising Spirit

As this past April slid by and the deadline for my final college choice approached, the intensity of the decision that faced me only increased.

Jian Li, Asian-America and West College

Much has been written in these pages about Jian Li, the Yale freshman who filed a lawsuit against Princeton for not admitting him despite his excellent academic qualifications.

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Demolishing Dean's Date

With less than three weeks left until the end of the first semester, students have already begun to receive those dreaded end-of-term paper topics.