Opinion

An old 'Prince' editor couldn't have been more correct when he told me that only after 135 issues did he finally feel as though he had hit his stride.And now, 135 printings after our first a year ago, we, the 127th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian, only now feel as though we are coming into our own.

OPINION | 01/18/2004

'Ask Amory' — ageless advice

'Ask Amory' — ageless advice

Our regular columnist was unavailable this week, due to a busy exam schedule. The celebrated advice columnist Amory Blaine '17 has agreed to answer your letters in his stead.Dear Amory,There's this guy who just seems to want to stay near me.

OPINION | 01/18/2004

The mad ABCs of BSE

An alphabetical specter is haunting the American supermarket, the specter of BSE. You probably thought that BSE was sufficiently repellent when it meant "Bachelor of Science in Engineering." Now that it means Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy it scarcely bears contemplation, which is one of the reasons, though only one, that everybody calls it "Mad Cow Disease" instead.The question ? "Where does Mad Cow Disease come from?" ? has a short answer and a longer one.

OPINION | 01/18/2004

It's time for tenure process to change

I think by most accounts President Tilghman has done a good job thus far. She has a very difficult job that involves appeasing numerous personalities ? trustees, students, faculty, and staff all come to her.

OPINION | 01/15/2004

An Invitation from the 'Prince'

This year, the 'Prince' will unveil a new editorial board to express the paper's official position on campus issues.

OPINION | 01/15/2004

Alcohol laws teach good students to break the law

Princeton students are some of the most law-abiding in the world, but when they head out to Prospect Avenue to celebrate Dean's Date, the majority of them will be breaking the law.In all my studies of democratic government, I have been taught that in most cases laws must have the support of the people they are affecting in order to be legitimate.

OPINION | 01/15/2004

Letters to the Editor

'Porn exchange' is truly progressiveRegarding "Drug users need clean needles" (Oct.

OPINION | 01/13/2004

WOMANIFESTO!

I've had enough! It's time to rise up! It's time for the green-haired women on this campus to take it back!Yesterday afternoon, I stood on McCosh Walk just before 4 p.m.

OPINION | 01/13/2004

Words, words, words

Something has to change. We're not sure what, exactly, but take our word for it ? there's a critically important issue that we, the Opinion Board of The Daily Princetonian, need to comment upon.

OPINION | 01/13/2004

Discussing Western Imperialism with Foreign Youth

I spent my New Year's in a convention center in Singapore, sipping champagne amidst a sea of 18 to 25-five-year-olds gathered together for the World Universities Debate Championships.

OPINION | 01/11/2004

Letters to the Editor

Race relations start with the individualIn response to Sam Todd's article on Friday (Jan.

OPINION | 01/11/2004

Challenging the Image of the Physically Challenged

Imagine this situation. You're in your car, prowling an enormous, crowded parking lot ? WalMart when the students return, or the mall on Dec.

OPINION | 01/11/2004

An Invitation from the 'Prince'

This year, the 'Prince' will unveil a new editorial board to express the paper's official position on campus issues.

OPINION | 01/11/2004

'What's a nice girl like you doing in a big city like this?'

Be nice. Play nice. Nice shoes . . . For years, "nice" has been the battle cry of mothers everywhere.

OPINION | 01/08/2004

Student body is ultimately responsible for minority relations

We often hear complaints of the ineffectiveness of the undergraduate student government when addressing specific interpersonal issues, such as those surrounding race and other majority-minority relationships.

OPINION | 01/08/2004

Musharraf's dance spells trouble for America

The capture of Saddam Hussein made headlines over the holidays but, for my money, the reappearance of Iraq's former leader is old news.

OPINION | 01/06/2004

Seven Years in Princeton, or: Why your preceptor is so bitter

In the catalog of Princeton archetypes, somewhere between the beer-stained Lacrosse jock and the caffeine-enhanced premed, lies the humanities graduate student.

OPINION | 01/06/2004

USG should listen to the student body

The Princeton student body has a new president today. It took nearly two weeks of campaigning, innumerable posters, a candidate forum, a debate, and a runoff election for us to make our selection.

OPINION | 12/11/2003

Women's family roles would not be hurt by gay marriage

"All you need is love," said the Beatles."Yeah, right," said the Federal Marriage Amendment.Well, actually it says the following: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.

OPINION | 12/11/2003

The Brits could learn something from American education

A correspondent writes with reference to my recent columns: "What's with the geniality? You endanger your hard-won reputation as an old fart neocon!" Well, we can't have that, can we?

OPINION | 12/10/2003

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