Opinion

Making the vote count: the case for ranked choice

Making the vote count: the case for ranked choice

Ethan Magistro

Even if RCV is not the option the United States ultimately chooses to use, the political division that pervades the country, the soreness about vote distribution, and the want for a thriving third party all indicate that something has to change in the electoral formulas we use to elect citizens into office.

OPINION | 11/11/2020

We need to get to know our country

Andi Grene

I cannot call myself an American unless I recognize that I am not the only face of America.

OPINION | 11/11/2020

Letter from the Editor: Navigating the nation’s crosshairs

Jon Ort

As students who attend an institution trapped in the nation’s crosshairs, how are we to respond?

OPINION | 11/11/2020

Forget mindfulness, practice uselessness

Forget mindfulness, practice uselessness

Dillion Gallagher

If we feel control over how we use our gifts, we will find it easier to come together.

OPINION | 11/10/2020

Stop telling women how to conduct their sex lives

Stop telling women how to conduct their sex lives

Brittani Telfair

Women shouldn’t be expected to engage in sexual activity any more than they should be shamed for it. We should have a society that encourages women to make their own individual choices that suit their needs and wants.

OPINION | 11/10/2020

What Princeton can learn from the #EndSARS movement and Nigeria’s brave youth

What Princeton can learn from the #EndSARS movement and Nigeria’s brave youth

Tomisin Fasawe and Nosakhare Eghe-Abe

Just as Princetonians stood up to rewrite history, youth in Nigeria have also taken to the streets to peacefully protest against injustice in their local communities.

OPINION | 11/09/2020

A new Street: a suggestion for expanding the Carl A. Fields Center

Elijah Benson

With esteemed alumna Mellody Hobson ’91 giving the University a major gift, there will be a new residential college built where First College (formerly known as Wilson College) stands. The next steps to this process, however, should include changes that affect the dynamics of the University on both a micro and macro level. One step that can be taken from here is to focus on creating more spaces on campus that highlight diversity.

OPINION | 11/09/2020

To create a more inclusive campus, Princeton must act against racist speech

To create a more inclusive campus, Princeton must act against racist speech

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Until Nassau Hall decides to prevent the most obvious forms of racism from festering on campus, its commitment to uprooting systemic racism will ring hollow.

OPINION | 11/08/2020

This is America, but it doesn’t have to be

This is America, but it doesn’t have to be

Dillion Gallagher

Young people like us can be that hope. We can do this by creating a cooperative, principled, inclusive, and free politics we can be proud of and with which we can lead the world.

OPINION | 11/08/2020

When sport meets silence: the unraveling of collegiate athletics

When sport meets silence: the unraveling of collegiate athletics

Claudia Frykberg

During this time, coaches and athletes are especially in need of reassurance and guidance, yet the administration seems reluctant to offer a single word as to what we can expect in the spring, or even an inclination that they are attempting to find creative solutions to address the challenges we face.

OPINION | 11/08/2020

As the people of Artsakh face grave threats, we must act now

As the people of Artsakh face grave threats, we must act now

Arthur Sirkejyan

Knowing the steep cost of silence in these times, we believe it to be our responsibility to spread awareness about this conflict, and we urge others to raise their voices as well.

OPINION | 11/05/2020

So long as ASL does not fulfill language requirement, Princeton perpetuates linguistic ableism

So long as ASL does not fulfill language requirement, Princeton perpetuates linguistic ableism

Genrietta Churbanova

By failing to allow ASL to satisfy its language requirement, Princeton is inadvertently making a statement about the language’s worth and relevance, as well as the worth and relevance of the people who speak it.

OPINION | 11/05/2020

More than just a time difference: Reflections of an international student

Won-Jae Chang

Yes, we are international: that’s the label that we’re given for coming from opposite ends of the world. But before that, we’re simply students. Our passports might say South Korea, Brazil, or Kenya, but we all, including American students, applied to Princeton and rejoiced when we got in. We went through the same standardized exams and teenage melodrama, and still struggle through the same problem sets and cry through our papers. We are no different, and we deserve to be prioritized in the same way that students are.

OPINION | 11/05/2020

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck ’81: Divestment from fossil fuels is a foolish endeavor

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck ’81: Divestment from fossil fuels is a foolish endeavor

Ken Buck

Rather than focusing on divesting from fossil fuels, student activists could help usher in the next era of clean energy derived from fossil fuels, with an emphasis on even greater improvements in natural gas production.

OPINION | 11/05/2020

Read International: Advocating for globally-oriented news consumption

Read International: Advocating for globally-oriented news consumption

Arman Badrei

Don’t limit your own development or succumb to political tunnel-vision. Instead, read globally.

OPINION | 11/04/2020

The leaves might be falling, but your mask should stay put

The leaves might be falling, but your mask should stay put

Alaina Joby

So go ahead, wear that mask, social distance, put on a turtleneck and continue to save your loved ones and others around you.

OPINION | 11/04/2020

A vote for Biden won’t bring true democracy

A vote for Biden won’t bring true democracy

Braden Flax

As long as we buy the logic of lesser evil and the rationales of civic duty, any risk to that order will be inconsequential.

OPINION | 11/02/2020

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s hearings revealed the risks facing our judiciary

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s hearings revealed the risks facing our judiciary

Juan José López Haddad

While it isn’t new for judicial hearings to be drawn out and stuffed with party politics to the point of pointlessness, the events and circumstances of these hearings are notable for the refusal to change to aremote format and the hyprocrisy aired through them.

OPINION | 11/02/2020

Joe Biden’s vanilla politics might be just what America needs

Andi Grene

However, as the radically unexpected events of 2020 have unfolded, Biden’s embodiment of vanilla politics might be just what Americans need.

OPINION | 11/02/2020

Attention and intentionality in the digital space

Remy Reya

Our relationships in and beyond the classroom are undeniably central to the quality of our learning. And while it will surprise no one that virtual Princeton is markedly different from physical Princeton, the potentially damaging impact of online learning on our way of engaging with each other should alarm us. Knowing this — and knowing what lies immediately ahead — we should fight to mitigate the effects of these phenomena.

OPINION | 11/01/2020

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