As we close out the year at the 'Prince,' we wanted to share our thoughts about the character of the year gone by.
As I read Tim O'Brien's Vietnam memoir, "The Things They Carried," as part of a recent reading-period assignment, I was struck, though not surprised, by how central the war has been to the way in which he views the world.
The University's stance regarding the eating clubs is perplexing and inconsistent. While the administration says it is trying to diminish the image ? and reality ? that Princeton's social scene revolves around the 'Street,' its actions do not adequately live up to its words.To its credit, the administration is taking some steps to diminish the 'Street's hold on students' time and attention.
'Prince' justified in coverage of student arrests for alleged lewd behaviorI am writing in response to Tage Howerton '03's May 8 letter defending his friends, Dennis Alshuler '03 and Sloan Bermann '02, who were arrested on charges of lewd conduct April 27.
Public Safety's lackadaisical response to Forbes fire alarm unacceptableOn Friday night, the fire alarm went off in the Forbes Addition and Annex at 1 a.m.
Tuesday, May 2, 4:35 p.m. East Pyne Courtyard. Eerily, I began thinking about my final paper on "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" for ENG 376: Topics in Literature and Ethics, and I paused to listen.What I was hearing was not the wind in the archway, nor the birds, but a sonorous voice.
As a person who tries not to litter a lot, I know the importance of the environment. In fact, I like the environment.
In regular-Joe fashion, I'm partial to the gothic dorms and Nassau-Hall look. Their style is old and solid, and people still consider the buildings beautiful after countless changes in architectural taste.Similarly, I'm rarely a fan of modernist anything or new whiz-bang gizmos ? stock market gains and scientific progress excepted.
As graduation approaches, there is always the temptation to go to the rhetorical well and draw out impassioned, reflective prose about one's own inner life and personal growth.
Women at the 'Street'Prospect Avenue was once a bastion of beer and boys. Some things never change.But they should.While four of the 11 eating clubs elected female presidents this semester, the threat of sexual harassment continues to be a problem for some female club members.
Thirty-thousand dollars may get you a quality education at Princeton, but it probably won't get you quality health care.
Back in the old days, way before college, whenever I stepped in something wet in a private building, I simply assumed it was water.
Stephens' honor code lessons for Arizona are more elitist than educationalJosh Stephens '97's "More than just a pledge" column in the May 1 edition of the Daily Princetonian bothered me.
Shame on 'Prince' for elitist 'At Your Convenience' seriesThe 'Prince's second installment in the "At Your Convenience" series ? chronicling a 'Prince' staff writer's experiences toiling as a convenience store worker at the Wa ? in the April 27 edition was an unfortunate example of the kind of thoughtless observations that come across as Ivy League snobbery.
The tables turned on me last year. I attended graduate school at the University of Arizona, and there, after 16 years as a student, my financial-aid deal thrust me to the other side of the classroom.
Last Thursday afternoon, I felt like a groundskeeper at the baseball All-Star Game. I was the microphone guy at the April 27 panel discussion entitled "How Can Values Be Taught in the University?"At a star-studded event with so much potential for rich debate, what the McCosh audience received was actually more show than substance.
It's such an age-old ritual that it's almost cultish. Like robots, every year we flock to open bars, tuxedo rental shops and candle-lit tables ? all in the name of Houseparties.
Commentary on U-Council was unfairI am writing in response to the April 27 Daily Princetonian commentary concerning the gender composition of the newly elected undergraduate U-Council.
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of having dinner at the house of professor Steve Slaby. A modest, unassuming man in his late seventies, Slaby seems like a typical emeritus professor.
Formal dress? Check. Semiformal dress? Got it. Boutonniere? Yup. Date? Yes. Sundress in case we actually get spring weather for Lawnparties on Sunday?
