Opinion

Attention politics professors: I'm single

I've spent the better part of the last month working up the nerve to ask someone out. So who's the object of my affection?Get your mind out of the gutter ? I'm talking about finding a senior thesis adviser.Look, I know I'm not the only one who has made the connection: Securing an adviser for your thesis is a lot like finding a Houseparties date.

Admissions should be blind to legacy status

We all know how difficult it is to get into Princeton. Of the 13,695 prospective members of the Class of 2008 who applied to Princeton last year, only about 12 percent were offered admission.

A tarnished reputation

Earlier this month, dozens of Princetonians stood outside Frist Campus Center reading from their favorite texts to protest the use of the so-called "nuclear option" by Senate Republicans.

Kennan in a class of his own

It's hard for us to imagine the world of George F. Kennan '25 as anything but newsreel footage. The Long Telegram, the Marshall Plan, the vocabulary of "containment" and "rollback": these are the relics of the early Cold War, a historical moment long since incorporated into high school history textbooks.

Academic year, we hardly knew ye

VH1 would call it "The Best Academic Year Ever," or perhaps "I Love 2004/05." Nassau Hall's admissions pamphlets probably refer to it as "Princeton's glorious year of liberty, diversity and no fraternities." (They'd be lying, of course). And those of you who have followed my exploits during this academic year know it as "a year that will live in infamy," marking the beginning of open hostilities in the War on Fun.

The (alumni) ties that bind

Like many other faculty, I travel out in the country once or twice a year visiting alumni clubs, clubs organized on the curious principle that their members once did something.

Joke is on Harvard with Summers at the helm

Among the maxims of La Rochefoucauld is one that claims that there is something in the misfortunes of even our friends that is not entirely displeasing to us.

Academic year, we hardly knew ye

VH1 would call it "The Best Academic Year Ever," or perhaps "I Love 2004/05." Nassau Hall's admissions pamphlets probably refer to it as "Princeton's glorious year of liberty, diversity and no fraternities." (They'd be lying, of course). And those of you who have followed my exploits during this academic year know it as "a year that will live in infamy," marking the beginning of open hostilities in the War on Fun.

Op Art

Speech and action: The power of protest

Passing the Frist filibuster in its second night, a friend told me he had decided that the event's critics were right.

To the graduating Class of 2005

The world that we are about to enter is gravely different from the one which we left four years ago.

Letters to the Editor

Frats and sororities not the only exclusive groups aroundRegarding 'University confronts Greek life' (Monday, May 9):The school seems to be after fraternities and sororities only because they are symbolically more associated with drinking and exclusivity than anything else.

As summer approaches, looking ahead to the fall

Summer will soon be here and Princeton students are preparing to spread out to the four corners of the earth.

Protesting the mob mentality

Careful personal reflection has revealed that I have only two major pet peeves in life: people who waste their money on personalized license plates that are never worth what they say (e.g.

Perils and pitfulls of academic puppy love

The fall of my freshman year, I made the mistake my mother had warned me against. I got involved with an older man.

Letter to the Editor

Not all stem cell research is equalRegarding 'Academy issues stem cell proposal' (Wednesday, May 4):As New Jersey Acting Governor Codey begins to implement his $380 million proposal for human stem cell research, let's remember that adult stem cells (ASC), not the morally controversial embryonic stem cells (ESC), have far greater disease-fighting potential ? certainly in the near term, and probably even in the long term.Scientists originally assumed that because ESCs differentiate in utero into every tissue, they could be applied clinically.

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Observing an ever-evolving university

Last week, I gave some account of my whirlwind tour of several Princeton Clubs in the Heartland. It needs to be balanced by some account of my gusty return.

The 'Access Generation' comes of age

Access can be a wonderful thing.Thanks to funding sources and connections from the University community, I had the chance to spend last summer in Beijing, carrying out thesis research and holding an internship.

Seniors have responsibility to serve

This is my final column for The Daily Princetonian. In a few weeks, I will graduate with the great class of 2005.