Opinion

The ‘Model Minorities’ owe a huge favor to the Civil Rights Movement

The ‘Model Minorities’ owe a huge favor to the Civil Rights Movement

Alaina Joby

Many Asian immigrant families were able to immigrate to the United States because of African American population’s fight for equality. We owe it to them to use our hard-earned vote and elevate their voices in their time of need.

OPINION | 08/16/2020

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Who tells your story: Journalists must confront racism in the media industry

Who tells your story: Journalists must confront racism in the media industry

Julia Chaffers

The time is now for a new era of journalism. 

OPINION | 08/16/2020

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The subtle in-between: a meditation on peripheral community at Princeton

The subtle in-between: a meditation on peripheral community at Princeton

Remy Reya

In person, our tolerance for silence is greater, and no encounter starts and ends as abruptly as a Zoom call does. We accept fluctuating conversational dynamics and take care to gradually phase out of interactions — and even when they end, we can always run after people to wallow in the togetherness a little longer.

OPINION | 08/16/2020

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The death of leadership

The death of leadership

Juan José López Haddad

Princeton students often measure success by how often they win, but true, effective, and memorable leadership is not about winning, but about being a facilitator for unity. 

OPINION | 08/13/2020

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Sports subbed out: the safe choice

Sports subbed out: the safe choice

Maisie McPherson

It is our duty to make the hard and correct choices, hold our heads high, show leadership, and realize other conferences, institutions, and people look to the Ivy League for guidance.

OPINION | 08/13/2020

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Counseling and Psychological Services must do more

Counseling and Psychological Services must do more

Sajiwan Naicker

I do not question CPS’s dedication to student’s mental health, but, with numerous students reporting negative experiences from CPS, we must call for CPS to expand their services so that they can cater to all prevalent mental illnesses in the student body.

OPINION | 08/13/2020

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To be or not be a snake: how I survived the ‘major’ mistakes of college

To be or not be a snake: how I survived the ‘major’ mistakes of college

Lillian Chen

At the end of the day, a major is just a major. But what you choose to do everyday in college - the challenges you choose to face, and the mistakes and lessons that come from those choices - that’s what will shape your mind and character the most. 

OPINION | 08/10/2020

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Unheeded and still unheard

Unheeded and still unheard

Bella Hubble and Rebekah Adams

We hope Galt realizes the damage he has done to those he has tried to silence.  

OPINION | 08/10/2020

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Without appropriate and informed calls to action, online activism isn’t really active

Without appropriate and informed calls to action, online activism isn’t really active

Mollika Jai Singh

Civil, logical claims will be taken more seriously than antagonistic and unfounded ones. 

OPINION | 08/09/2020

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Give an inch and they’ll take a mile: Princeton’s hypocrisy in its fight against racism

Give an inch and they’ll take a mile: Princeton’s hypocrisy in its fight against racism

Sarah Elkordy

There is nothing more in the nation’s service and the service of humanity than the fight against racism. 

OPINION | 08/06/2020

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Princeton, it’s 2020: stop protecting racial slurs

Princeton, it’s 2020: stop protecting racial slurs

Imani Mulrain, Brittani Telfair, Kathy Palomino, Jordan Stallworth, Mayowa Oke, Kalyn Nix, Grace Simmons, and Josiah Gouker

We call on Princeton University: step up and use your power to protect your Black students.

OPINION | 08/06/2020

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Healing the sick: the vaccine and problems of trust

Healing the sick: the vaccine and problems of trust

Ethan Magistro

With these pills, our democracy can recover better than it was before. The question only remains if they are too big to swallow.

OPINION | 08/05/2020

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Letter from the Editor: In trying times, a community to call home

Letter from the Editor: In trying times, a community to call home

Jon Ort

Regardless of whether you join our staff, the ‘Prince’ is your paper, because Princeton is your community. 

OPINION | 08/03/2020

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Celebrating sickness, ignoring the sick: eating disorders and the hypocrisy of campus culture

Celebrating sickness, ignoring the sick: eating disorders and the hypocrisy of campus culture

Rosamond van Wingerden

If you have an eating disorder or any degree of difficulty around food and exercise, you deserve understanding and support. Unfortunately, at Princeton, you are unlikely to get it.

OPINION | 08/03/2020

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Free speech is racial too

Free speech is racial too

Brittani Telfair

Anyone can speak, but minorities advocating for change have historically been ignored and met with violent backlash from dominant groups. When people of color attempt to speak freely, they are often degraded, ignored, and attacked. 

OPINION | 08/02/2020

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What’s (not) in a name?

What’s (not) in a name?

Remy Reya

If we must continue to cling so helplessly to naming as a tradition, we should defuse the ticking time bomb of eponymic memorialization by normalizing public scrutiny — not as behavior deemed oppositional to naming practices, but as a welcomed endeavor. 

OPINION | 08/02/2020

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Resetting sexual misconduct to the (Title) IX’s

Resetting sexual misconduct to the (Title) IX’s

Maisie McPherson

Making sure that Princeton’s Title IX system keeps survivors’ best interests at heart is necessary.

OPINION | 07/30/2020

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Petition of the concerned Black alumni of Princeton

Petition of the concerned Black alumni of Princeton

Guest Contributors

We urge the University to establish a center that is dedicated to the eradication and remediation of the effects of systemic racism.

OPINION | 07/30/2020

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Charity for the rich: Princeton must revise its pandemic financial aid decision

Charity for the rich: Princeton must revise its pandemic financial aid decision

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

This Board vigorously opposes Princeton’s refusal to change expected family contributions, all the while reducing tuition.

OPINION | 07/30/2020

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Good trouble: John Lewis and the urgency of today

Good trouble: John Lewis and the urgency of today

Julia Chaffers

We must carry on without John Lewis, but if we ever hope to make this nation’s promise true, we must carry his legacy within us: disrupt the status quo, follow your conscience with morality as your north star regardless of popular sentiment, and never give up the pursuit of what is right.

OPINION | 07/29/2020

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