Opinion

Tearing down the age-old walls of the great 'Thesis Myth'

Tearing down the age-old walls of the great 'Thesis Myth'

Recommendation for all seniors who are starting to feel the press of thesis panic: Visit Mudd Library.Mudd is the flat, nondescript library next to the computer science building, and it is there that senior theses from the 1920s are housed; presumably, some incredibly valuable manuscripts reside there as well because Mudd has more stringent security than most banks in this town.Think Marquand is bad?

OPINION | 03/25/1998

A look at the unspoken awards on Oscar night

The 70th Annual Academy Awards have come to a close. As is so disappointingly typical of this awards ceremony, there were few surprises: only once did I leap off my cushions screaming, "What the hell!" and that time it was more in anger than in genuine surprise.As expected, "Titanic" cleaned house, grabbing the Oscar for eleven of its fourteen nominations, including Best Director (silly looking James Cameron) and Best Picture.

OPINION | 03/25/1998

Defending a Princeton education

While students at the niversity of Pennsylvania were taunting the men's basketball team with calls like "Overrated!" earlier this year, our team was able to ignore the trash talk and go on to win the Ivy League title.

OPINION | 03/24/1998

Slowly but surely

Students can take one big, collective sigh of relief. The initial storm of the grade inflation debate has passed and it appears that the University will not, after all, rush headfirst into a sweeping inditement of its current grading system.

OPINION | 03/24/1998

Ghosts of a childhood friendship

With the amount people who move around these days, it's easy to lose touch with your childhood friends.

OPINION | 03/24/1998

A sunset on the concrete beltway

A sunset never breaks while you watch it. It's like time passing; it can only be captured in frames, sudden realizations.

OPINION | 03/23/1998

New Zealand's balanced blend of Western, native culture

A fenced-off enclosure guarded by intricately carved doorways, ornate passage-wood speaking of the sacred.

OPINION | 03/23/1998

Chance e-mail, new definitions of a small world

Sometimes I'm not so sure about this whole Internet thing. There are days when email and the Web are the greatest invention since sliced bread.

OPINION | 03/23/1998

Appreciating the delights of the common room

One evening at dinner the inevitable room-draw discussion came up. I listened to my friends speak of nothing but the drawbacks of their various living options next year.

OPINION | 03/22/1998

A call for Western intervention in the former Yugoslavia

There is a possibility of war in the Balkans. The Serbs, the dominant ethnic group in Yugoslavia, are repressing another ethnic group seeking independence.

OPINION | 03/22/1998

Letters to the Editor

On revitalization of school spiritThree years ago if you had told me I would be arriving at Princeton basketball games an hour early just to get a seat, I would have said, "No way." Well, I did.

OPINION | 03/22/1998

Letters to the Editor

On defense of 'vanity' publishingI was mildly amused by Mr. Kailing's crabby missive of March 11, wherein he suggested that I used a "vanity press" to purchase bragging rights.

OPINION | 03/12/1998

Justifying the lesser-known angles of a University icon

I've heard a lot of talk in the last few weeks about Professor Toni Morrison what with all the commotion about Oprah's secret visit, the release of her new book "Paradise" and the filming of "Beloved." Though we may hold these truths to be self-evident, there is an underlying cynicism surrounding Toni-mania based in nothing but jealousy and gossip.Let's examine . . . Has Toni Morrison ever claimed to be the Pope?

OPINION | 03/12/1998

Sensuality and the fine art of on-screen nudity

Even though I loved the movie Titanic, I will not waste space in the 'Prince' by defending its merits because whether you liked it or not, my 500-word column is surely not going to sway your opinion.

OPINION | 03/12/1998

University mascot

If Princeton fans in the Hartford Civic Center think they smell a waft of mothballs tonight amidst the pleasant odors of popcorn and hot dogs, they are probably not mistaken.

OPINION | 03/11/1998

Life lesson from Miss Zhang

It's March, and like many seniors, I'm wondering what on earth I'll be doing next year. For those of us who have spent four years parrying questions like "What do you plan to do with a degree in X?", admitting that we still don't know what we'll do when we grow up has become acutely embarrassing.

OPINION | 03/11/1998

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