Rhetoric is a difficult art. The Roman statesman Cicero writes at length about the three styles: grand, middle, and plain, which are pretty much like they sound.
The votes from this weekend's Honor Code referendum are in, and they make several things clear.First, a majority of undergraduates value the distinctive trust, responsibility and ownership of a fully student-run Honor Code.
Occasionally I get emails questioning my ideas, my facts and especially my topics. They laugh about my quest to fulfill every southern stereotype, just so I can win those awkward moments of "Hey, you're from Alabama?
Anyone who has followed the debate surrounding President Tilghman's fourth high-profile female appointment knows that deep down this is not a debate about gender.
It's been over a week since I turned in my thesis. Leaving the English department, I had visions of long afternoons in the sun, road trips, movies, staying out late and getting up even later.
Editors' Note: Professor John Fleming's weekly column from last Monday ('A Free Ride at Princeton') drew sharp criticism from some graduate students, including leaders of the Graduate Student Government.
The upcoming Supreme Court decision over the University of Michigan's admission policy ? one that is dividing the Presidential cabinet, rousing zealous political debates and questioning the principles on which our society is grounded ? was recently the subject of an undergraduate-wide USG referendum.
Last weekend's referendum on Honor Code reform was a travesty. Officers of the University Student Government and Honor Committee blatantly sought to pervert the vote and depress voter participation, deliberately obscuring the substance of the issues at stake.
They look different. Black. Dark. Poor. Foreign. "Savages." They are Africans. 3,000 people die in New York City, and the whole world changes.
Those who have seen President Tilghman speak informally with students know she has the capacity for effective leadership.
Suing college students. Forcing ISPs to rat out customers. Petitioning Congress for unprecedented vigilante powers.
The creative arts are a weakness in Princeton's generally strong lineup of learning opportunities.
Recently, there have been several announcements of Honor Code reform. Two Sundays ago, the USG approved a set of procedural changes to the Honor Code Constitution.
This weekend the undergraduate student body will have our first chance to reform the Honor Code. When we vote in class elections, we will also vote on four amendments I've proposed to fix some problems in the Code.
Today's Opinion page presents detailed information both for and against the proposed Honor Code changes that appear on the online ballot as part of this weekend's class elections.The Opinion Board feels that one of the proposed Honor Code changes, if it were passed, would be harmful to students.
The announcement this past week of a new undergraduate dean of admission has provided a moment to reexamine the debate that gained so much momentum this fall over the roots of a perceived anti-intellectualism on the Princeton campus.
When the papers are replete with up-to-the-minute, in-your-face coverage of Iraq, Iraq, Iraq (it's alarming how normal it is already), sometimes with more than five articles on the same story; when the networks have made the war the most voyeuristic, sensationalistic, disturbing reality television ever; when suddenly, everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Steve Nash to your hairstylist is an expert on the Persian Gulf, I cannot help but wonder: have we forgotten about Korea?While the media battles it out for the most complete coverage of the war (and next year's Pulitzer for public service), largely relegating updates on the Korean peninsula to Reuters blurbs, the North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun has declared that the Iraqi war is the United States' most blatant act of terrorism yet.
Last week, the Recording Industry Assoication of America filed a lawsuit against Princeton sophomore Daniel Peng for copyright infringement, alleging that he facilitated the theft of illegal MP3's through his "Wake" search engine.
It appears that NBC and National Geographic have issued a joint statement against the reporter Peter Arnett and have fired him from his position after Mr. Arnett granted an interview to Iraqi television stations.
Taufiq Rahim, in his article In This War Debate, No Side Can Claim Moral Clarity (April 2), concludes his article with imagery of a Las Vegas roll of the dice.
