"But we're one of the whitest groups on this campus!" protested one incredulous Daily Princetonian writer last September when he first heard of our plans for a series on race at the University.And indeed we are.
Don't worry. So far, no USG candidates are demanding a manual recount in Forbes. But much like the national presidential race, many of last night's USG elections were too close to call.
Today's editorial page is a special all-cartoon page. It is available only in the print edition of The Daily Princetonian.
The problem with Princeton University is not PU itself ? it's the term "P.C." I can't tell you how many times I have sat in a classroom listening to people stumbling and stammering, trying to say the words "African-American." They desperately try to ignore the syllable that mistakenly escapes from their lips: "Bla?." They scan the crowd for a face like mine, before realizing that the escaped "Bla?" might just render them a racist, a non-sympathizer or, God forbid, not "P.C."I sit around and listen to some of the students from the Caribbean distinguish themselves from black Americans.
At first, I was quite skeptical of The Daily Princetonian's plans to cover race relations for two weeks (and I certainly feel no inherent loyalty to the project because of my position as a columnist). I was skeptical that 10 full days of coverage on race would get redundant, and skeptical about what the campus reaction might be.
The U.S. presidential election continues to drag on and on and on ? relentlessly, endlessly, mercilessly ? consuming what seems like more on-air time than O.J.
The primary reason I chose to study abroad in Hong Kong was that I wanted to live in a place with as different a culture from the United States as possible.
Series on race raises issues of equity, equality and definitions of minority statusWe compliment the work of the reporters at The Daily Princetonian for pursuing the goal of chronicling the way race is lived at Princeton.
Fifty years ago, I arrived in America as an Asian undergraduate student, speaking very little English.
This isn't Palm Beach or Miami-Dade. It's Princeton. As students go to the polls today ? their laptops ? to vote for their USG representatives, they have the luxury of using some of the nation's most high-tech voting equipment.
Fifty years into the aftermath of the civil rights movement, and less than a decade since the start of the dismantling of affirmative action, race is still the central motif in the American drama.
I am white ? pale, pasty, milky, translucent, whatever you want to call it. My heritage goes back to some of Europe's most pallid fathers.
Articles on race should tackle systems, not individualsLet me preface this letter with a little background information about myself.
Of interest to the study of race relations is the decision of a Christian minority group to segregate itself from other Christian associations by creating a separate student organization.It all began during the spring semester of 1999 when several members of the Gospel Choir decided to found a chapter of Impact ? a national Christian organization geared toward blacks ? at Princeton.
I am multiracial. Or rather, I have no race. My father is a black immigrant ? his family is originally from Jamaica ? and my mother is a white native-born American.
Clarifying letter on how Israel should approach negotiationsThe following is a revised version of Matt Frazier '02's letter that appeared in the Nov.
Is there a race problem on this campus? At first glance, the answer seems to be no. Enrollment of minority students is on par with other Ivy League institutions, and members of different ethnic groups have created various organizations for cultural identification and self-expression on campus.
As the academic dean for the junior class, my conversations with students can be wide-ranging. Distress, however, is a common theme.
Why devote two weeks to the subject of race?Because it is one of the most difficult issues we face as a society, and as a university.
I have this amazing gift. I have the ability to tell if someone is racist. It's just something that I stumbled upon when I arrived on campus three years ago.
