Opinion

When I was in high school, I recall that probably the most annoying thing in the world was when teachers had the idea that because vacation was right around the corner, and it was the end of the semester, that it was somehow all right to drop all the work we hadn't done during the year thus far into our laps in the last week.

OPINION | 12/09/2002

Whig-Clio and campus debate

Whig-Clio and campus debate

As students trek past Cannon Green each morning, they pass Whig Hall without a second thought. Few recognize that they are passing one of the most historic institutions on campus.

OPINION | 12/09/2002

Letters to the Editor

Support for Randall in USG run-offLate last week The Daily Princetonian endorsed Josh Anderson '04 for USG President ("Anderson, Perlman for USG," Dec.

OPINION | 12/09/2002

A simple question for Cornel West

Anyone who has read the letters page of the Princeton Alumni Weekly over the past year knows that Professor Cornel West's widely publicized arrival at Princeton has not been entirely well-received.

OPINION | 12/08/2002

Letters to the Editor

The importance of a constructive campus debateThe Tory supports free speech. Especially on this "diverse" Princeton campus.In Wednesday's 'Prince,' Arthur Dudney '05 described his attempts to end all University funding for the Tory.

OPINION | 12/08/2002

Blair and Schroeder on Iraq

Upon first glance, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have much in common.

OPINION | 12/05/2002

The fight against AIDS: Now or never

AIDS is a beautiful killer. There is something romantic about tens of millions of people around the world united in death even though they speak different languages.

OPINION | 12/05/2002

Anderson, Perlman for USG

Few can argue that student government has the potential to achieve meaningful changes and benefit the entire campus.

OPINION | 12/05/2002

To sleep, perchance . . .

His head tilted back, his nose pointing straight up at the ceiling. His eyes closed, and his mouth opened.

OPINION | 12/04/2002

What would Schopenhauer do?

"Lives of great men all remind us / we can make our lives sublime, / and, departing, leave behind us / footprints on the sands of time." These mighty lines of our great and neglected Longfellow eloquently state a commonplace human longing for ethical role models, people we can look up to, people we can hope to follow in making our own difficult life choices.

OPINION | 12/04/2002

Letters to the Editor

University should stop funding The Tory, ending biased 'Rant'I met with President Tilghman over a week ago to discuss what could be done about the callously homophobic and neo-colonialist statements made in the November issue of The Princeton Tory.

OPINION | 12/03/2002

Visions of the Impossible: Truth, Falkhood and International Relations

Professor Richard Falk's lecture Monday evening on the topic of "Force, Violence and Terrorism: Israel v.

OPINION | 12/03/2002

Minority issues on the 'Street': A place to find the funk

A few weeks ago, I attended a dinner at the Fields Center, at which Cornel West discussed his thoughts on social progress in American society.

OPINION | 12/03/2002

Letters to the Editor

Taking time to 'do the reading': Improving the 'intellectualism' of the editorial pageI am writing in response to the two Op-Ed pieces that appeared in the Nov.

OPINION | 12/02/2002

Christmas in November

Something's been bothering me for quite a number of weeks now, but I've kept my mouth shut. I felt there were more relevant issues to write about, but now I find myself with nothing to rant about except the general state of the world.

OPINION | 12/02/2002

When words are not enough

Being 22, I don't think about death very often. This past month, however, I feel like I've encountered it wherever I turn.

OPINION | 12/02/2002

The power of unionized labor

Amidst the holiday celebrations of last week came some surprising news: The longshoremen of California, the folks who handle the mighty flow of cargo that passes into the U.S.

OPINION | 12/01/2002

AIDS awareness: Raising the red flag

Yesterday was World AIDS Day, and this week the Princeton chapter of Student Global AIDS Campaign (www.fightglobalaids.org) is cosponsoring World AIDS Week.

OPINION | 12/01/2002

Welcome to life at college!

I wonder how many of us, the freshmen class, truly feel like college students. It seems like a ridiculous question to ask, but when you think about it, college students are so different from high school students that the change might not happen overnight.

OPINION | 11/26/2002

Reflections on the Pamphleteer

Today, most of us will leave the campus to join family and friends in a day of thanksgiving. This is one of the few holidays that has survived the swamp of commercialization and the convenience of long weekends, retaining its core purpose year after year.

OPINION | 11/26/2002

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