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The Daily Princetonian

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.

OPINION | 10/24/2006

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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.

OPINION | 10/24/2006

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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?

OPINION | 10/23/2006

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In memoriam: Miriam Marian

Miriam Marian was a student at Princeton University. A bright young girl, brimming with intellectual curiosity and compassion for humanity, she came armed with a stellar resume, practically perfect grades, spelling bee awards and a letter of recommendation from Kofi Annan.

OPINION | 10/18/2006

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On erudite vernacular, i.e. big words

Professor of psychology Daniel Oppenheimer is a hero. He has finally confirmed our lingering suspicion that many of the students using big words in precept are, in fact, pretentious twits.As reported in The Daily Princetonian last week, Oppenheimer was recently awarded an Ig Nobel prize for his paper "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly."Oppenheimer substituted complex words with shorter synonyms in graduate school applications.

OPINION | 10/17/2006