The University finally announced last week that it is finally getting rid of the position of Minority Affairs Adviser.
"A small liberal arts school in New Jersey.""Rutgers.""Butler College.""I don't."Let's play a game!
Princeton once had a very different political climate. There was a time when student demonstrations brought campus life to a standstill and forced shop closures on Nassau Street.
There are certain words whose very phonemes sound as foul as the things they denote: "herpes," for example, or "sigmoidoscopy." Not all are medical.
So you're probably wondering how you should be spending your Fall Break ? lying on the beach in Florida?
Regarding 'Princeton language style: Pequod' (Oct. 7):When James Robertson '91 chose the name "Pequod" for his little copy center on 6 Nassau St., the last thing on my former college roommate and current business partner's mind was that it might inspire a 'Prince' article.Short and to the point: In 1989 our business was indeed named after the doomed vessel in "Moby Dick." I was an English major, and Jim joined me in Professor William Howarth's literature of the American Renaissance class.
It's ironic that an election being debated chiefly on the issue of foreign policy draws me squarely back to West Virginia.When my absentee ballot arrived last week I immediately ripped it open, excited to finally have a hand in directing the destiny of my country.
In high school, Friday was a special day for me. Not because I was pumped up to play in that night's basketball game.
The Bush-Cheney campaign keeps labeling John Kerry a "flip-flopper," but if a change of opinion on Iraq shows indecision, then they should also accuse the American people of being flip-floppers.
Every semester we pay an inordinate amount of money for our textbooks, and every semester we fork over an equally ridiculous quantity of dough for those photocopies bound in heinously bright paper known as Pequod packets.One would think that after standing in line for what seems like hours to look up the codes of the packets I need, filling out packet slips and finally cringing as I pay for the silly readers, I would fill the mindless time wondering what Pequod means.
I was on a business trip with a Princeton classmate in South Florida a few days before Hurricane Ivan struck.
Each summer my family ventures out into some remote corner of the earth in search of adventure, exposure and togetherness.
In the throes of election fever, many consider the politically ignorant ? confused by the details, swayed by the insignificant, and informed by Jon Stewart ? to be deplorable.
The data supporting the prevailing consensus that John Kerry won last Thursday's debate seem clear enough.
Today, America dominates and will continue to dominate world affairs. It is strong, but it cannot and should not go it alone.
Regarding 'Death of the Princeton Renaissance Man' (David Schaengold, Sept.
This election is unlike any other in recent American history as national security and foreign policy are at the forefront of political discussion.
