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.
I'm not sure how long ago they installed the hand sanitizer dispensers in Frist, but I only noticed them last week.
Of all the unflattering representations of Princeton life, it would be hard to rival walking into our fitness center and seeing a student, busily climbing the Stairmaster, while earnestly trying to highlight an economics textbook.
To be honest, I don't think I knew who won Thursday's debate until the media told me this weekend.
My iPod's name is Bessie. She wears a bright orange cover and in-ear headphones from Apple, and engraved on her back in neat little letters is the sentence, "Extraordinary how potent music is."There's a term for people like me.
Regarding 'Freshmen find their place in the aftermath of auditions' (Sept. 30):Congratulations to everyone who was accepted into one of Princeton's campus groups or classes in the past few weeks.
As the first presidential "debate" approached last Thursday, I was annoyed at myself for anticipating it as though it were a matter of real as opposed to contrived significance.
Waiting for me in my inbox when I got home from class was a copy of Nick Kristof's column in The New York Times.
Regarding 'Real question is why the academy is so liberal' (Letter, Sept. 30):It's strange that the writer refers to academics as a privileged elite, out of touch with reality, considering the leader of the conservative party is himself a member of the privileged class in America, having attended elite private institutions his entire life and having never to do what the writer calls real world work to make a living.
Yes. I'm one of those.That's my usual line when I begrudgingly acknowledge where I'm from or where I went to high school.
Sororities' small gestures aren't that impressive Regarding 'Sororities service should be recognized' (Karen Karniol-Tambour, Sept.
Once upon a time, very long ago, every educated man could read and write in Latin. He could name the stars and by them find his way home on a dark night, if necessary.
It's 10:07 a.m., five minutes into your English history lecture and that girl walks in and sits next to you, again.
As many of you know, the Caribbean has been hit by a series of hurricanes in the past few weeks that have devastated the lives of many people in ways we can only imagine.
What a difference a few years make. In fall of 2002, Outdoor Action announced that it would have to scale back its trip offerings during the academic year due to rising costs and a reluctance to raise the trip prices.
