Attention sophomores: we're here to help. We at the 'Prince' understand that you're a little stressed out these days, what with studying for orgo exams and trying to figure out which collar(s) to pop when simultaneously wearing three polo shirts.
The recent catastrophe in the Indian Ocean has by now been the subject of so much commentary and conversation that I hesitate to approach it.
Twas the night before Dean's Date, When throughout every college Students were furiously typing, Spewing late-gotten knowledge. For the previous week, They'd been in trivial pursuit ? A little book learning A lot of Beirut! Computer clusters were packed, The printers were jammed, Eager email-checkers Rifled through spam. Jane from Miami Yearned to be my friend. But could she help write a paper? Make the dread deadline bend? Eight pages by morning On a book I'd not read: A task which produced Well-deserved jolts of dread. At "Grapes of Wrath" I'd not taken one look, The formulaic response: "CliffsNotes" + movie = book. Through my cinder block walls I heard wailing, sensed tears From orgo-crazed premeds And from poor engineers! When what to my wondering eyes Should appear? A forgotten assignment And with it, new fear; A French oral report Had been overlooked. How could this be? My night was well overbooked. Now Bogan!
We thank those of our critics on other campuses who spoke on the record ("NES dept. faces warring factions," Dec.
We at University Health Services agree with Katherine Reilly ('We need a new Bryant-Davis,' Jan. 5) that the departure of Thema Bryant-Davis from SHARE has left a void this semester, particularly in the area of educational outreach around issues of sexual harassment.
Anonymous professors should pay attention to University regulationsRegarding "NES dept.
Thema Bryant-Davis is gone. For many students, her name may not mean anything, her absence even less.
I am going to be honest. I had a very difficult time writing this column. At this point, the piece has gone through four entirely different drafts in the same number of days.
Regarding 'Swastika, broken glass discovered in Dod Hall' (Dec. 8):I am deeply disturbed by this incident, both as a Jew and as a member of the Princeton community.
As a lieutenant colonel with a car, a chauffeur and access to foreign goods, Yong Kim was a member of North Korea's privileged class.
I take issue with all the "work" we are allegedly doing at Princeton. For the physics geeks, no, I'm not talking about force times distance, I'm taking about useful actions taken for reasons other than padding a resume, personal enjoyment or a misplaced sense of pride in being a "hard worker."To refer to some recent commentary on the phenomenon, one need only allude to David Brooks's infamous article on Princeton students, "The Organization Kid," or open the pages of the 'Prince' where you can sometimes find pieces like Kyle Meng's Nov.
Matt Margolin '05 began his USG term with most students disillusioned with student government. For several years, students had heard big talk and seen little payoff.
I don't believe Thefacebook.com is nearly as dangerous as Emily Stolzenberg suggests ('Profiling Thefacebook.com,' Dec.
Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 has outlined a substantial paradigm shift in the way we think about student government, and his ideas bear careful consideration beyond the immediate context of the campaign.The utilitarian ethics underlying Joseph's vision are difficult to contend with.
In a recent conversation with University Treasurer Chris McCrudden, I learned that if current prices hold, Princeton's annual energy expenditures will increase by $7 million over the course of the four-year period from 2002 until 2006.
Last spring, we expressed reserved support of the University's proposal to combat grade inflation.
After reading about anti-Americanism abroad in both the Prince and other less prominent newspapers, I felt the need to address the issue in a column.
Regarding 'USG vote encounters problems' (Dec. 6):I was disappointed to read about the USG's witch-hunt of vice presidential candidate Freddy Flaxman '07.
Peter Applebome's Dec. 1 New York Times article, "On Campus, Hanging Out by Logging On," examined Princeton students' love affair with Thefacebook.com. And we're not alone ? the site is now "the most popular way to either network or waste time for a million college students at around 300 colleges." The site's ubiquity, however, raises several more serious concerns that students, in their excitement over this new form of interaction, tend to ignore.A Thefacebook.com profile is often an exercise in openness.
