Opinion

Good reform

After the passage last year of two student referenda that called for the USG to sign on to a Princeton Justice Project amicus brief on gay marriage and the Student Bill of Rights, this Board repeatedly endorsed a USG constitutional amendment that would raise the bar for petitioners seeking referenda and give the USG Senate limited power to veto such referenda before their presentation to the student body.

Advise and consent

Shopping period is over, schedule conflicts are resolved (though not always in ideal ways) and everyone is settled into their courses.

The unknown "we" behind the editorials

On Sept. 18, less than a week after Harvard announced that it was ending its early admission program, the Editorial Board of this newspaper argued in a favor of similar reform at Princeton.

Stumping instead of serving

Republican candidates wary of associating themselves with an unpopular president are finding lower-profile ways to raise money through the Fundraiser-in-Chief.One strategy has been to close President Bush's fundraisers off from the press: Before May 2006, when Bush's approval ratings hadn't yet reached the Fahrenheit freezing point, 34 percent of his fundraisers were closed.

Grading the PDF

Don't you have a final that you should be studying for?" "Nah, it's okay ? I got a B+ on the midterm and I'm PDF-ing the class." Such is the typical attitude of students toward the current pass/D/fail system.As this dialogue shows, the current rules encourage students who PDF a class to invest the least amount of effort possible.

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The dill on jim: Get that pickle off him!

One thing I did not expect to find when I came to Princeton was the huge number of varsity athletes on campus.

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Letters to the Editor

Professors need not choose between Blackboard and blogsRegarding 'Profs choose blogs over Blackboard' (Tuesday, Sept.

Why morality hasn't declined

Where ages past spoke of two things ? ability and character ? we now speak of one: ability.

Patriot shell games

This past Monday, Professor Uwe Reinhardt wrote a column in which he branded all those who support armed intervention and "wax romantic about America's epic struggle against evil" but do not serve in the military as "chicken hawks." He especially singled out college students who choose not to volunteer for the armed forces.

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Casting aspersions in Virginia

In today's ultra-scrutinizing media world, most of what comes out of a politician's mouth during an election campaign is heavily censored, vetted by his advisors and approved by voter focus groups.

Sisters and new starts

My younger sister enjoys the unfortunate distinction of starring in many of my essays. She could fairly accuse me of having a caricaturist's touch; I alternately stress her intense sense of justice, her night owl tendencies, her love of chocolate.

Bright star glows brighter

After 37 years as an interdisciplinary program, African-American Studies (AAS) will have a new home in the recently announced Center for African-American Studies. Over the past decade, the University has amassed an unrivaled faculty for African-American Studies ? made even better by the fact that it was built at the expense of a certain college in Cambridge, Mass.

Promote a safe culture

The cast of "Sex on a Saturday Night" would like to address an issue that concerned many people involved in the production, including audience, cast members, administrators, organizers and peer educators.

Letters to the Editor

High tuition fees should cover student summer storageRegarding 'A ritual of waste' (Friday, Sept.

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The shame of the chicken hawks

"Strains on the Army from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan become so severe that Army officials say they may be forced to make greater use of the National Guard to provide enough troops for overseas deployments," reported The New York Times on its front page Sept.

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