President Goheen and me: Princeton's living history
One of the pleasures of the Princeton experience is never knowing when or where you might happen upon a piece of history.
One of the pleasures of the Princeton experience is never knowing when or where you might happen upon a piece of history.
We have never lauded the University administration for its transparency. Indeed, over the past few years, we have often encountered a leadership whose opaque, need-to-know style of dispersing information seems better suited for a Cold-War era intelligence agency than an institution of higher learning.The most recent example of this mentality occurred last spring, when we were presented with a grade-deflation proposal that was, for all intents and purposes, a fait accompli, despite the significant effect the policy may have on the post-graduation prospects of the entire student body.
I am a huge Yankees fan. I am also a huge baby. I cried the night of October 16, 2003. Aaron Boone made me cry.
Article on Frist attack too focused on raceRegarding 'Assault attempted in Frist bathroom' (Monday, Oct.
By the age of 10, all except one of my sister's friends were taller than me. They towered over me while shyly introducing themselves.
I am not a perfect student. I don't always pay attention, religiously take notes or, for that matter, attend all my lectures, but in my four years here I have been amazed by some of the blatantly rude things that we students do in our daily lectures.
Mouths agape, the American people are yelling, "the emperor has no clothes!" An administration that never before let bad facts get in the way of good politics was suddenly confronted with nearly 1,200 dead and decomposing bodies on the streets of a major American city.
It wasn't surprising when The New York Times ran an article about college women's take on work-family balance a few weeks ago; the results, however, were a bit surprising.
The attempted assault that took place in the Frist Campus Center on Monday highlighted, in dramatic fashion, the fact that our orange bubble is not as safe as it seems to be.
U. takes many steps to educate about alcoholRegarding 'Educating about alcohol' (Wednesday, Sept.
P/D/F change would stifle explorationRegarding 'A call for P/D/F reform' (Friday, Sept.
Wilson School panels biased toward BushRegarding 'Rice: U.S. must not waver' (Monday, Oct.
After trying the new iPod nano, David Pogue of The New York Times warned it was so great that customers would have to "lash [their] credit cards to [their] wallets like Odysseus to the mast" if they wanted to avoid buying it.
In her remarks on Friday to an audience of more than 3,000 students, faculty, alumni and townspeople, U.S.
A recent email chides me for avoiding controversial topics in my latest columns, so here's one of a boldness unparalleled in the history of campus journalism.
Looking back on the columns that I penned over the past year, the overwhelming majority of them contain significant criticism, usually directed at individuals in places of authority.