In the spring when the weather is inviting, it is especially difficult to sit down and concentrate on the work at hand.
What I want to know is, why is it so fun to be bad? Not like dining hall food-bad, but naughty-bad.
The recent apology of Pope John Paul II for the sins committed in the past by those acting in the name of the Roman Catholic church against Jews, women, the poor, dissidents and various ethnic groups, among others, has generated much comment and controversy.Within the Jewish community in this country, in Europe and in Israel, voices have been heard complaining that this is too little, too late.
Yes, America, we have reached that point: Our insatiable love for gossip has permeated our presidential campaigns.
By delaying its final decision on the proposed smoking ban until May, the Princeton Regional Health Commission gave us all some extra time to ponder the health hazards associated with secondhand smoke, the economic benefits associated with entrepreneurial free choice and finally, the appropriate bounds of local government.Perhaps more importantly, the delay will give the commission time to figure out the smoking ban's legal consequences ? namely, the likelihood of the Borough and Township being sued successfully by local bars, restaurants and taverns, the establishments most directly impacted by the proposed ban.But even once the issue of liability is resolved, other questions will remain.
Millstone Bypass would harm quality of lifeI write with regard to the excellent March 22 'Prince' article discussing the effect of the proposed Millstone Bypass on the Washington Elm Allee.
Any student who dreams of becoming a molecular biologist can major in molecular biology. Any student who dreams of becoming a policy analyst should be able to enter the Woodrow Wilson School.The Wilson School agrees, despite its rejection of 40 applicants this year.
For most of you, this day, March 22, 2000, is nothing more than just another fleeting day of classes, nothing special.
Last year, before I'd ever eaten a meal at one of Princeton's dining halls, my OA leader informed my OA group that if dining hall food was ever to improve, a sophomore class ? despite the fact that it would be joining eating clubs ? would need to push for it.
Occasionally an issue surfaces that provides insight into how a country wants to see itself. Mandatory sentencing is that hot issue right now in Australia.Shortly before I arrived in Melbourne, a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy in the Northern Territory was sentenced to 28 days in jail for stealing a few dollars worth of goods.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Program in African-American Studies has made tremendous progress since its fragile beginnings in 1969.
This letter comes to you as part of the ongoing battle over the proposed smoking ban in Princeton Borough and Township.
It was the middle of Spring Break, maybe a Tuesday night, and we were lounging in my common room at 2 a.m., surfing through channels, trying to find something to distract us from the chilly Jersey weather and the eerily quiet Princeton campus.
In eighth grade, my history teacher said that the United States inevitably will have a black president, though not during our lifetime.
In its March 8 issue, the 'Prince' reported that the University is considering using the Graduate College as the site for the new undergraduate residential college recommended by the Wythes committee.
Two weeks ago, I was talking politics with a conservative lawyer from New York. A staunchly partisan Republican who had even attended a $1,000-per-plate fundraiser for Gov.
Here's what Ralph Nader '55 is concerned about these days: Bottled water. Hard-to-read phone bills.
Last year, when the board of trustees was crafting its alcohol initiative, it must have been working off the assumption that "more non-alcoholic events = less drinking = healthier students." Surprisingly enough, that equation doesn't hold true on the Princeton campus.Consider the Feb.
Defending Public SafetyI am a freshman this year, and my roommate is African American.
Last week, 50 graduate students marched on Nassau Hall to make sure the D-Bar would remain open to all graduate students.
