Regarding 'Isenberg case reveals discord, controversy' (Monday, March 29, 2004):I am distressed at the Prince's misrepresentation of at least one of the reviews of Andrew Isenberg's first book in the context of his tenure case.
"I think I'm going to stop drinking," said a slightly drunken friend of mine. "It's bad for me, and I need to get my life together.""Okay," I said.
My personal history with the Pledge of Allegiance goes back to 1946. When I was a kid growing up in Pennsylvania we said the Lord's Prayer in public school every day followed by a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance standing with hands over hearts facing the flag.
In "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," Jim Carrey's character has his ex-girlfriend, played by Kate Winslet, expunged from his memory through a procedure on his brain.First to go are his most recent memories ? a bitter breakup, a painfully dull dinner ? with which he readily parts, followed by others ? an amorous tryst, running along the beach ? which he realizes, too late, he wants to keep.
Regarding 'Let's really be honest about the Street' (Jonathan C.
A key part of any editorial page is the cartoons that run on it. The cartoon to the right by Henry Payne '84, now the editorial cartoonist at The Detroit News, has become a 'Prince' classic, running every year in the freshman issue.Today begins the 2004 Daily Princetonian Cartoon Contest.
I swear (or affirm) I had no intention of soon returning to a religious theme, but emergent occasion ? all the kafuffle about the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance ? is forcing my hand.
We're hoping Professor Lawrence Rosen's column in last Monday's 'Prince' about revising the University calendar is turning some heads.
Regarding 'Let's be honest' (Cullen Newton, March 26):If it is true that "there is no safer college party environment in the United States than Prospect Avenue," then we have a serious problem.Newton's latest column is an insult not only to journalistic integrity but to his readers' credulity.
After attending the recent town hall meeting with President Tilghman, where where she outlined Princeton's future, I imagined how an editorial might read in an edition of the 'Prince' twenty years henceforth, considering the changes hinted at during the discussion:"As I traverse the grassy planes of Whitman College, the envy of every non-Whitman undergrad, I wonder what this campus was like 20 years ago.
There is no safer college party environment in the United States than Prospect Avenue.Not only is there no hard alcohol available in the clubs, but students go out with friends who look out for one another.
I was looking forward to writing today's column. It was all planned out. In fact, I was probably going to pen some thoughts regarding the War on Terrorism, or perhaps the recurring troubles in Iraq.
One year ago, as the war in Iraq raged, I was studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa. Living with 20 other foreign students certainly made for vigorous debates.
Barillari misunderstands the Prospect InitiativeRegarding 'This one's doomed from the start' (March 23):The key component of the Prospect Initiative isn't the money given by the University, or just having more alcohol free events, as the 'Prince' editorial on March 10 claimed.
Why do people become columnists? The stock answer is something about how opinion writing is a public service, and it's partly correct.
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Rosen's revisions deserve to be carefully exploredRegarding 'Rethinking the calendar at Princeton' (March 22):I commend Professor Rosen for thinking outside the box.
In the last two years, I've passed by airport security checkpoints more often than I've sat behind the wheel of a car.
The latest salvo in the University's crusade against underage drinking graced the front page of the 'Prince' earlier this month.
