In the late spring, this board published an editorial urging the administration to accept the request of student groups like the College Democrats and College Republicans that they be allowed to register voters on campus.
Soon after President Tilghman took the helm of the University, she made it clear she was uneasy about the unsanctioned Greek life that exists on campus.
Students might think they're getting a good deal when they get their discounted computers from the Student Computing Initiative, but if only they knew what was out there.Forget the pencil and the compass, today's college students get hi-tech gadgetry.
The global phenomenon of anti-Americanism is quite worrying, but it is not actually of recent genesis.
I remember coming across a rather startling statistic three years ago when I first arrived on campus.
Chan column 'insulting' to Princeton's religious community Regarding 'In politics, religious zeal can be blinding' (Kai Chan, Sept 16):Before Kai Chan goes accusing everyone of unquestioningly following the religion of their parents, he might want to visit a number of religious organizations on campus.
Recently, University officials have expressed concern over the departure of between 10 and 15 minority staffers during the past few months.
University has the wrong take on what Greek life is Regarding 'Frosh Cautioned against going Greek' (Sept.
In a recent Ivy newsletter, former lecturer and former inspector general of the CIA Frederick Hitz '61 described a "nationwide calamity facing federal government recruiters in elite colleges." If Princeton students are to pursue public service, he wrote, then "they want to be assured that their efforts will make a difference, and they believe that is more likely in a nongovernmental organization like Doctors Without Borders or Care."However, as Hitz explains, this coming generation of Princetonians in the post-9/11 world have shown a much stronger inkling for government service.
One must tiptoe through the tulips of religion with twinkle toes. Recently, a colleague and I discussed the French ban on conspicuous religious displays.
Before this past Sunday, I had never been to a political rally in New York, so my expectations of what one should look like were largely shaped by TV news coverage of the Republican National Convention.
It's hard not to admire the students working for Princeton Votes. Seeing a record of abysmal student election turnout, the group has stepped in to get Princeton students registered and get them to the polls.
Maybe it's just the way my lips form around the word "trowel." Maybe it's the fact that I had never been on a camping trip before in my life.
For my summer internship in broadcast journalism, I wore crisp shirts, pressed skirts, and high heels to do all sorts of things Princeton has prepared me for, such as photocopying, making phone calls and scampering between cars at red lights."Excuse me, sir," I said, pointing my microphone at a driver eating wonton soup.
[Editor's note: Yesterday, reporter Melisa Gao's article 'Professors fund liberal candidates' was linked on the online news site drudgereport.com. Below are some of the letters the 'Prince' received from across the United States.] Look here!
The resignation of Jim McGreevey was a mix of the familiar and the sensational. Rumors floated over the Internet for hours, first that he would resign, then that he would acknowledge an affair with a man.
When I was little, my dream was to be the equivalent of Dr. Doolittle with people, able to converse with and understand individuals from all over the globe.
As usual, in the summer the campus has been a chaos of construction, renovation and repair, with several projects almost, but not quite completed before the return of the students.
Though we lament the recent explosion of young, female sex columnists all attempting to follow lamely in the wake of Carrie Bradshaw, we do understand that Rachel Axelbank's job as a 'Prince' columnist is to cover sex.
