Opinion

Benedict XVI, Islam and the call to reason

A nun savagely killed in Somalia, flaming effigies of the pope, threats to conquer Rome ? isn't there a bit of irony in the violent and flagrantly unreasonable reaction of some Muslims in the Middle East to a speech by Pope Benedict XVI about, well, reason?

The fakes that made a hundred martyrs

On Sept. 30, 2000, 10 Palestinians were killed across the West Bank and Gaza Strip during rioting, ostensibly in response to Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount.

The baggage of wealthy and poverty

It is a Saturday in early December. The air is cold but fresh, and the wind is brisk. The robust, well-disciplined horses stir, tapping their front hooves to the ground in anticipation.

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Letters to the Editor

Diversity nonsense is getting out of handRegarding 'Admissions edge for LGBT applicants?' (Monday, Oct.

Discarded teeth and formless tissue

Perhaps some of you saw the pictures of aborted children along Washington Road on Monday afternoon. I thought the pictures were terrible and extremely saddening ? dismembered babies cannot be otherwise.It is important that the Princeton community know (since it was not made clear in Tuesday's Daily Princetonian article) that Repent America did not notify me nor anyone else that I know of in Princeton Pro-Life, about their plans.

The victims of sweatshops: Invisible

Cocky as I was with that personal Thai translator and fancy laptop, it was hard for me to interview Chalida.

War, society and the American soul

In some respects, the news from North Korea is an expression of a larger problem. To be sure, there are grave nuclear issues surrounding Iran, and the situation in Iraq has little chance of meaningful improvement.The "larger problem" that we face is also one without any tangible boundaries, but there the resemblance ends.

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A bitter pill

Last summer, the reproductive freedom of American women was very nearly eviscerated.Ortho-McNeil, the primary manufacturer of oral contraception in the United States, approved an 1,800-fold increase in the price at which it sold birth control to family planning clinics.

Gaining access

Princeton students are lucky enough to have some of the most prominent figures in government, business and other fields visit the campus to speak.

The trappings of solidarity

Let's face it: being a freshman is not easy. Between trying to find your niche in a completely new environment and coping with the physical and emotional separation from home, it's a wonder that (most) of the incoming students manage to keep their sanity.You deal with the same questions all and every day: "Hi, what's your name?

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Letters to the Editor

University maintains its confidence in Robertson lawsuitRegarding 'Slaughter unfazed by family's suit' (Thursday, Oct.

Stop and look around

Through the haze of job interviews, thesis reading and grad school applications, seniors may feel like graduation cannot come soon enough.

Tiger? Bulldog? Tiger?

So here I am at Yale, one of the twin Colossi of the North, sitting in the incredible marble and granite tower that is the Beinecke rare book library and procrastinating.

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A mark of separation or veiled bigotry?

Last week, British courts upheld a state primary school's decision to suspend a Muslim teaching assistant because she refused to take off her veil in the presence of men.

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Renewing our commitment to renewables

New York University's recent decision to purchase 118,000,000 kWh of wind power (equivalent to 100 percent of their annual electricity consumption) has highlighted for us all the pivotal role of academic communities as torchbearers in the global movement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.