Opinion

Last week, Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin issued a report indicating that instructor evaluations ? the bubble-sheets distributed by the registrar's office at the end of each term ? have steadily risen since the University began keeping records in 1974."Clearly, something is wrong," read the report.

OPINION | 04/19/2004

Take Back the Night fights wrong fight

Take Back the Night fights wrong fight

Take Back the Night marchers have traveled a long way since 1978, when thousands of women united under the slogan to force San Francisco pornography stores to close shop.

OPINION | 04/18/2004

A plan's pitfalls

The last faculty meeting was well on its way to establishing a new record for the triathlon of ennui (combined aggregate of paucity of attendance, brevity of duration, and vacuity of content) when it accidentally emerged that Dean Malkiel proposed to place before us, at our next meeting, a mystery agendum of weight.

OPINION | 04/18/2004

Making up for Easters past

As a child, I used to be a faithful believer in religious holidays and observed them with a kind of fervor and dedication that is seldom seen today.

OPINION | 04/15/2004

With reason on our side

Dean Malkiel's email to the student body touched off a firestorm last week.You had to admire the reasoned tone and explanation of the dean's proposal, as if students could read the plan to limit the percentages of A grades granted by each department dispassionately, ignoring the fact that it was their own academic records in question.Students react to proposals to systematically lower grades in the same way they would to plans to raise the drinking age or assign more reading in every class: badly.

OPINION | 04/15/2004

Malkiel's proposal needs empirical basis

Regarding 'The taming of the A' (Editorial, April 12):If the university community is to embark on this grand experiment, we should take special care to evaluate how it affects the lives of undergraduates.

OPINION | 04/14/2004

Taking back the night

The late activist and writer Audre Lorde once said, "I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood."While Princeton has a good reputation for being a safe campus, sexual violence occurs at this university just as at all others.

OPINION | 04/14/2004

Grade inflation

There's nothing like trying meddle with two guarded foundations of the Princeton community to "awaken the sleeping giant." In the past weeks, two of the most sacrosanct institutions of student life, the street and grades, have come under some undesired scrutiny and have roused condemnation from a normally apathetic student body.

OPINION | 04/14/2004

Face it

Thefacebook.com could quite possibly be the biggest word-of-mouth trend to hit campus since St.

OPINION | 04/13/2004

Students' views deserve consideration

I want to be straightforward about grade inflation. I was scared two weeks ago when it came out publicly that I was not thrilled with the town hall meeting featuring President Tilghman.

OPINION | 04/13/2004

In Praise of Guyot Hall

Writing my thesis, I discovered that one of the most important things I needed to be productive was isolation.

OPINION | 04/13/2004

Alums more important than ever in admissions

Regarding 'Hargadon legacy is one of weakened alumni input' (Letter, April 8):More Princeton alumni are involved in the undergraduate admissions process than ever before.

OPINION | 04/12/2004

Grade proposals cause trepidation

Regarding 'The Taming of the A' (Editorial, April 12):I am both amused and dismayed at the proposed changes in grading standards.

OPINION | 04/12/2004

A model for campus intellectualism

Many complaints have been voiced in the past few years about the nonintellectual climate on the Princeton campus.

OPINION | 04/12/2004

The taming of the A

Dean of the College Nancy Weiss Malkiel's grading proposals, released last Wednesday, have made news across the nation.

OPINION | 04/11/2004

Good Friday 2004: Writing waste words

In a corner of my private library I have a small shelf of "Princeton books" ? some of them devoted to Princeton history, others written by some of my more eminent predecessors in Princeton literary study.

OPINION | 04/11/2004

Grade change will hurt future Princeton grads

Regarding 'Proposal to curb grade inflation' (April 8):Since starting as an analyst at a bulge-bracket investment bank, I've become involved in the undergraduate recruiting process for summer interns and full-time hires.

OPINION | 04/11/2004

Tips for the Class of '08

All right, Class of '08, feel free to throw out the Penn memorabilia you were keeping around just in case Princeton rejected you.

OPINION | 04/08/2004

Rape kits

The work going into next week's "Take Back the Night" event proves that many Princeton students and staff members are anything but passive when it comes to confronting the issue of sexual assault on campus.But the University's continued failure to guarantee that student victims of sexual assault have ready access to a "rape kit" ? the specialized equipment and health services necessary for collecting physical evidence after an assault ? shows a lesser degree of resolve.We do not take lightly the cost of maintaining a rape kit capacity, which requires $30,000 of equipment and 24-hour availability of trained personnel.

OPINION | 04/08/2004

Letters are a reader's best friend

Few issues get readers riled up like the Street and alcohol. Cullen Newton's column two weeks ago and a graduate student's letter set off a letters and columnist war that has only just now died down.I wasn't surpised that an argument over the Street produced such strong responses.

OPINION | 04/08/2004

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