Opinion

Just don't do it

On Thursday, the University announced a partnership with Nike to outfit all of Princeton's varsity athletes with the swoosh. Senior Associate Director of Athletics Jaime Zaninovich gushed that not only would the deal equip the University's athletes with gear of the highest quality, but also that Nike would be the "most appropriate partner" for Princeton because of its membership in the Fair Labor Association (FLA).Nike is not an appropriate partner for Princeton.

Keep free speech civil

On Wednesday, Oct. 4, demonstrators from two Columbia student groups ? the International Socialist Organization and the Chicano Caucus ? stormed the stage at a College Republicans-sponsored event featuring the founder of the Minuteman Project, a controversial group which patrols the United States-Mexico border for illegal immigrants.

Digging into Princeton

Inquiring into its past is often a good way to find out why something is the curious way it is now.

Thank goodness for the three-day weekend

There are lots of things I will miss about college when I start working next year: Uwe Reinhardt lectures, beirut tournaments and seeing every single person I know walking on Prospect Avenue after meals to name a few.

Bad sports

While talented recruited athletes get the best training that money can buy, the rest of us get club sports ? and at Princeton that does not seem to count for much.

Even at Princeton, a plebian dilemma

Word around the campfire is that many black '09ers, outside of the usual athletes, intend on bickering Cap & Gown this upcoming spring.

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Letters to the Editor

Keep the grade deflation debate goingRegarding 'Lenahan questions basis for grade deflation' (Friday, Oct.

Meditations on being mute

Three Fridays ago, I woke up with no voice. When I tried to speak, I could feel the air stop in my throat.

What can a student newspaper do?

If you're like me, sitting at your computer and reading the 'Prince' in its online format, you also have immediate access to an infinite array of web-based sources, many of far greater depth than the feeble dilettantism of an undergraduate.I'm not as smart as Tom Friedman.

Voting rights for all

Today, civil rights discussions rarely focus on the ballot. Most people consider a debate about voting rights an anachronism in 2006, as women and minorities have been enfranchised for many generations now.

Lenahan's arguments don't add up

It is a non-obvious fact that surveys of Princetonians have revealed and will continue to reveal a dislike of the grade deflation policy.

USG right to pressure Nassau Hall

Nearly four years ago, the University announced a landmark change in its grading policy, decreeing that only 35 percent of the grades given by each department could be in the "A" range.

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Gay on a not-so-gay campus

My first exposure to the gay side of life at Princeton was, ironically, more of a boy-meets-girl story.

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Letters to the Editor

Quality of Princeton students has increasedRegarding 'Taking flak, Nassau Hall backs grading policy' (Monday, Oct.

'gay? fine by me'

Were you bothered by the booing that has been discussed in this paper and happened at the performance of "Sex on a Saturday Night?" Do you feel uncomfortable when people around you use the words "fag" and "gay" in a demeaning manner?

An absent policy

For the devotees of many religions, the first month of school brings not only the celebration of renewed friendships, but also some of the most holy days of the year.Perhaps in the last few weeks you have noticed several students missing from your courses.