A bit of the controversy that has shaken Columbia for the past year reached Princeton this week with the confirmation of Rashid Khalidi's candidacy for a newly endowed faculty chair here at the University.
Intellectual conversation at Princeton can take some truly odd turns.A few days ago at brunch, one of my friends was ribbing another for his vegetarianism.
The serious problem of eating disorders among college students has recently received considerable attention in The Daily Princetonian, with an April 22 front-page article on a survey by the Eating Concerns Peer Educators (ECPE) student group and an April 25 editorial by the 'Prince' that the "University should focus attention on eating disorders."The entire staff of University Health Services (UHS) would like to commend the members of the ECPE for their efforts to raise awareness of this issue, as we share their strong concern about the prevalence of eating and body image problems among Princeton students.
When I was in eighth grade, I voted in my first election. A few of my peers stood before us and then we voted.
Vulvography column objectifies womenRegarding 'Vulvography' (Thursday, April 21, 2005):After the 'Prince' column "Vulvagraphy" angered me, it saddened me even more ? the two young women who wrote the piece mistake their objectification of women's bodies for humor.If one were to remove the painfully sophomoric puns running throughout the piece (the writers are sophomores, so we'll have to forgive them these), it would be an anatomy lesson.
In an interview with The New York Times on April 18, University spokesman Eric Qui
Let's talk about race.Thanks to the persistence of Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06, President Tilghman and others, this suggestion is not as shocking as it might once have been.
Food is a central part of the college experience for many students. Study breaks, Tiger Food and late night Wa-runs are staples of campus life.
Once a year, right after the April meeting of the Board of Trustees, professors learn of the salary increment for the following year.
In the past two weeks, I have become privy to a serious secret withheld from the undergraduate Princeton community until their time on campus in nearly gone: There is a Princeton without work.
Five a.m. to 8 a.m. If you are a college student, you should never see these hours of the day . . . unless you are a lunatic or on a team with morning practice.
How many of us have stopped to think about how meat, eggs and dairy products end up on our table?
Keep our unique scheduleRegarding 'Timing isn't everything" (Editorial, Monday, April 18):Once again, the editorial board members have shown themselves to be out of touch with their fellow Princetonians.If we merge Thanksgiving with fall break, when will students do thesis research trips?
Pardon the pun, but the University administration is on quite a losing streak. This fall, the administration sent a letter to incoming freshmen warning them of the dangers of fraternities and sororities.
For two and a half years, Michael Lohman, a Ph.D. student in the applied math department, had been stalking Asian female students.
