Opinion

Maintaining a narrowly defined Honor Code is tough, but criticalRegarding 'A code we can honor?' (Monday, September 22, 2003):I believe Article V of the Constitution of the Honor System is the relevant section for purposes of understanding the code.I would probably amend the code, by striking "but not limited to" from point 1, and more narrowly define specific conduct in which students pledge not to engage.As to significantly modifying the code because students exhibit a diversity of views as to what constitutes academic honesty . . .Grade inflation has already diminished the impact of exceptional performance on GPAs and class ranking, thus blurring the line between top students and everyone else.

OPINION | 09/22/2003

Meshing food and identity at Princeton

Meshing food and identity at Princeton

Princeton University has an eating disorder. Unlike bulimia, anorexia or obesity, our sickness is not a function of quantity.

OPINION | 09/22/2003

A code we can honor?

If the person next to you cheated on an exam, would you turn him in? Yes you would ? or at least that's what you had to say, in a signed statement, in order to enroll as a freshman.

OPINION | 09/21/2003

Staying in Iraq, even if we shouldn't have entered

Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the U.S. has been facing unprecedented challenges in Iraq, greater than those of the war itself.

OPINION | 09/21/2003

The fat wars

Last week, the Bolshoi Theater fired one of Russia's premier ballerinas for being, at 5'6" and 109 pounds, too fat.

OPINION | 09/21/2003

Chick flicks, action films and a little perspective

It seems that more and more, audience members are abdicating their minds during movies. They sit, they watch, they become offended, and they question how on earth a producer could make such an offensive, scary, it-could-happen-tome film and dare to label it art.

OPINION | 09/18/2003

Mapping an end to the standoff with North Korea

With all the bad news emerging from North Korea over the past year, China's apparent cooperation with Washington to resolve the nuclear standoff has been both positive and even surprising to some.

OPINION | 09/18/2003

'Universitizing' the College of New Jersey

My last week was made memorable by two experiences. The first was meeting with my twelve freshman advisees to discuss their academic programs.

OPINION | 09/17/2003

Social justice, tradition in campus construction

As the south part of campus undergoes massive bricklaying and earth-pummeling construction, I ask whether or not the University's itch for expansion is good for the school or not.

OPINION | 09/17/2003

Israel, America, and the challenges of occupation

You could be forgiven for missing an anniversary that slipped by this past weekend: it's been exactly ten years since Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, flanked by a beaming Bill Clinton, shook hands on the White House lawn and embarked on what became know as the Oslo peace process.

OPINION | 09/16/2003

Studying the natives in Mathey

Life is interesting for we few seniors bold enough ? or perhaps odd enough ? to draw back into a residential college.

OPINION | 09/16/2003

File Swearing

The RIAA, the recording industry's trade group, announced last week that it will offer a "clean slate" to anyone who stops sharing, deletes the ill-gotten files, and signs a sworn statement that includes an admission of guilt.

OPINION | 09/16/2003

Letters to the Editor

Outrage at the denial of Jie's student visaI believe I speak for the majority of undergraduates when I express my outrage that Wu Jie '07 has been unable to come to Princeton after being denied a student entry visa on the grounds that she might ? despite her claims to the contrary ? attempt to immigrate.

OPINION | 09/15/2003

Princeton shines brighter after a summer away

I forgot how much fun it is being a student. I forgot what it was like taking classes from CIA agents and esteemed writers, staying up late with my friends and partying into the waning hours of darkness.

OPINION | 09/15/2003

Even here, seven-year-olds with no place to sleep

The most common age of a homeless person in this county is seven. When I was seven I was playing coach's pitch baseball, watching Sesame Street and eating three meals a day (assuming my parents could force me to eat breakfast). I certainly was not trying to find a roof for the night or searching for food on the streets.Considering that New Jersey is the richest state (per capita) in the nation, I am proposing that seven-year-olds need not be homeless.

OPINION | 09/15/2003

Visa troubles close to home

There were once two girls who grew up in New Jersey. They attended the same school, shared most of their friends, and were remarkably dedicated band geeks.

OPINION | 09/14/2003

Outside the bubble, a world of challenges

As we enter the beginning of the academic year, one fourth of the University community is looking forward towards graduating and piercing the confines of the bubble that has shaped their lives for three years, while another fourth looks to enter the boundaries of Princeton.

OPINION | 09/14/2003

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