At my job in Beijing this summer, we primarily spoke English in the office. Most Chinese I met outside of the office usually insisted on chatting in English as well, since opportunities to converse with native English speakers were rare.
Morality is America's new political buzzword. The press and the pundits needed an explanation after November's election, when the antics ended after one day and Ohio turned out not to be the new Florida.
Princeton bubble is nothing more than a mythEmily Stolzenberg's account ('Thinking outside the Princeton buble,' Nov.
We've all heard about the Princeton bubble, but Nov. 2 showed us once again the distance between the ivy enclave we inhabit and the rest of America.
Last spring, 10 Princeton students were arrested for stealing from the U-Store. Hearing about these thefts prompted John H.
My morning routine takes me from Dillon Gym to Olive's on Witherspoon Street (large cup of decaffeinated Hazelnut) before getting to the library about opening time.
Fifteen percent of Princeton undergraduates are Asian-Americans (among domestic students). Compared with peer institutions, this is actually a low figure.
Robertson lawsuit is a waste of everybody's time Regarding 'Robertson lawsuit most expensive in U.
It's a bird! It's a plane! No ? it's a Princeton student zipping around campus ? on a golf cart?I thought Springdale was on the other side of Forbes, but apparently the 17th hole is now located underneath the archway by McCosh 50, and the 18th hole been moved to D-wing of the E-Quad.
In the past couple of years, the University has successfully instituted several dorms designated as substance-free housing and a very few areas as smoke-free zones.Given that the vast majority of undergrads on campus are nonsmokers, there seem to me to be several compelling reasons for the University to significantly increase the amount of smoke-free housing available.
A sign posted in a friend's room reads, profanity-adjusted, "Procrastination is like masturbation.
Earlier this month, George Bush was reelected president of the United States. To many, his reelection came as a bitter disappointment and, what is more, a shocking surprise.
In her column concerning the legacy of Yasser Arafat ('Arafat is no Moses,' Nov. 17), Alexandra Silver '05 carelessly misrepresents the views expressed in the eulogy of Arafat written by Omar Raddawi '07 and me.
On Wednesday, the 'Prince' reported on the founding of the Princeton Coalition Advocating Investor Responsibility (P-CAIR). This group wants Princeton University Investment Company, through proxy voting, to pressure companies in which Princeton owns a substantial share of stock to adopt socially and environmentally progressive business practices.
The more I see of humanity, the more I am convinced that something is terribly wrong. Dostoevsky wrote "I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition among men." This begs the question: what is the normal condition among men?
The capital of Lebanon is the second thing that comes to mind when the college student hears "Beirut." Images of beer-soaked chins and recollections of that unmistakable ping-pong tang first flood our memories.
Regarding 'Impact doesn't have to be global to be big' (Katherine Reilly, Nov. 17):I graduated in 1971, one of the "baby boomers" who was not going to get caught in the "sucess trap," who was never going to get old and who was going to change the world for the better.
Not so very long ago, the idea of "Romance" centered upon the basics: your age when you were betrothed, your rank in the family business and how much wrist you got to see while dancing in parallel lines.
