Opinion

The road less traveled: Avoiding the i-banking shadow toughens job hunt

The road less traveled: Avoiding the i-banking shadow toughens job hunt

For the past few years, I thought a job search was only something other people did. During the first three years of my Princeton career, planning for the future consisted of deciding my major, poring over the course catalogue and setting up work or travel for the summer.

OPINION | 04/16/2000

500 students later, it's time to sort out the details

The trustees' decision to adopt the recommendations of the Wythes Committee Report will have crucial implications for future generations of Princeton students.

OPINION | 04/16/2000

We can't ignore an environment that is hostile toward women

One afternoon last week, I was walking on Washington Road when a bus passed me, slow enough so that I could hear the catcalls from the male high school students inside.

OPINION | 04/13/2000

Male role just as critical in activism against sexual violence

I recently asked one of my friends if he'd show up and support Take Back the Night on Saturday. He declined the invitation with the rationale, "If there were no men in the world, we wouldn't need Take Back the Night."His honest expression of gender guilt regarding sexual assault shows a common male perspective that rape is a women's issue and Take Back the Night is a women's event.

OPINION | 04/13/2000

Letters to the Editor

U.S. should support, not criticize Taiwan's democracyThis letter is in response to Melissa Waage '01's April 7 column on Taiwan.

OPINION | 04/12/2000

New vice president post

We would like to welcome new Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson to the University community.

OPINION | 04/12/2000

IMF, World Bank must stop SAPping needy countries of financial resources

Tens of thousands of people ? including a small group from Princeton ? will descend on Washington, D.C., this weekend to protest the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

OPINION | 04/12/2000

Letters to the Editor

Gonzalez case important gauge of domestic politicsAs Karthick Ramakrishnan GS wrote in the April 6 'Prince,' the Elian Gonzalez case is in the American spotlight ? that fact is non-negotiable.

OPINION | 04/11/2000

Bad hair day: No reason your coiffure should interfere with your career

I was hoping I wouldn't have to face that much discrimination while searching for jobs. Thanks to the women's liberation movement, I have a fair chance of not being discriminated against based on my gender.

OPINION | 04/11/2000

Don't condemn Bobby Knight for boorish behavior

Bobby Knight, the embattled head coach of men's basketball at the University of Indiana, has been all over the news recently.

OPINION | 04/11/2000

Professors should emphasize more interactive academics

Most academics think they are married to words. They think images should be the beautiful, young secretary: much more fun, but always left untouched.For some reason, academia loves words.

OPINION | 04/10/2000

Seven tips for senior thesis survival from a battle-tested adviser

To paraphrase Ben Franklin, in life there are no sure things, aside from death and theses. Writing a thesis is like waiting on death row.

OPINION | 04/10/2000

Letters to the Editor

Online registration a matter of effectiveness, not trustI would like to express my agreement with Seth Wikas' April 4 column in the 'Prince' with regard to the need for an online registration system at Princeton.

OPINION | 04/09/2000

Show me the money: Alumni giving begins with undergrad fines

When I don't return to school next year, it's not because of the tuition increase, the rate of inflation or the resulting economic strain.

OPINION | 04/09/2000

U.S. 'one-China' policy leaves Taiwan with little hope for independence

The Clinton administration's fence-sitting over Taiwan's independence from the People's Republic of China makes no political sense either internationally or domestically.

OPINION | 04/06/2000

Letters to the Editor

Kyoto Protocol won't solve world problemI am writing in response to the April 5 'Prince' article titled, "Campus group urges compliance with environmental protocol." The validity and concerns from global warming are rarely issues of controversy nowadays.

OPINION | 04/06/2000

Getting the facts right on Dutch euthanasia

In opposing the legalization of physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia, Peter Harrell '02 in his April 3 column claims that the example of the Netherlands ? so far the only country in the world where both of these practices take place openly and without fear of prosecution ? shows that this would be a dangerous course to follow.

OPINION | 04/06/2000

Small Body Part, Big Deal

So the Supreme Court ruled last week that local governments have the right to enforce stricter laws on the attire worn by nude dancers, but only if they can prove that strip clubs have harmful "secondary effects" on a community, such as increasing crime or lowering property values.Let me rephrase that in plainer English: The Supreme Court ruled last week that under certain debatable circumstances, local governments can make nude dancers wear g-strings and pasties instead of just g-strings.It's good to know that our tax dollars are finally making a profound impact on the country.Let's face it, pornography is an institution that's not about to go flaccid anytime soon.

OPINION | 04/05/2000

Obsession with Elian sparks renewed anti-Castro sentiment

Elian! Elian! Elian! Why is everyone fixated over the Elian Gonzalez story? We all know why hardened anti-Castro activists are obsessed with the boy's custody battle ? Elian Gonzalez could not have come at a better time for them.Despite their success in securing passage of the Helms-Burton Bill in the mid-1990s, anti-Castro forces were beginning to lose their influence over American foreign policy.

OPINION | 04/05/2000

SVC-sponsored YouthReach: At-risk children are not off-limits

A survey of recent headlines about U.S. children will uncover a pattern of negative portrayals. Articles about "kids killing kids" and "children having children" mingle with commentaries on couch-potato teeny boppers who presumably have little substance or intellect.

OPINION | 04/04/2000

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