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.
Having slugged my way from Aristotle to Aquinas to Adlai Stevenson in search of an understanding of politics (or at least a viable major), I have begun to conclude that some of the best insights into political theory may well come from pop culture.
This week about one in five freshman girls will take part in the contested Sorority Rush, which the university administration adamantly opposes.
Regarding 'Achieving diversity is a complex challenge' (Emily Stolzenberg, Sept. 27):Emily Stolzenberg's column almost makes a powerful point.
Your friends, as they say, are the best judges of your character. Indeed, a healthy dose of criticism is cathartic, and heeding the advice of friends is a quality we all need.
Regarding 'Casting our votes in line with science and justice' (Ashley Pavlic, Sept. 24)While Pavlic focuses a great deal on the biological and genetic distinctiveness of the embryo to establish for it the "basic rights . . . of human beings," she fails to recognize the existence of others' rights that may stand in competition.
The phenomenon of hyperactive statuary, which has traditionally been limited to the more appropriate realm of imaginative fiction, is turning out to be an acute problem on the Princeton campus.
The only thing approximating the agony of the college admissions process is watching someone else whom you love endure it.
One of my friends from home wakes up early every morning at college so he can read The New York Times and watch CNN before class.
