Opinion

2020 primaries: High hopes, same results

2020 primaries: High hopes, same results

Kate Lee

Year after year, we must identify and confront the inherent prejudice and inflexibility of our political process. As each groundbreaking candidate pushes the possibilities further and further, it’s in our hands to ensure their equal access to success.

OPINION | 03/10/2020

Letter to the Editor: A message from USG President Chitra Parikh ’21

Frist Campus Center, a significant hub of social activity on campus.

Letter to the Editor: A message from USG President Chitra Parikh ’21

Guest Contributor

This is an unprecedented time in Princeton’s history, and we trust that the University is working to promote the safety of our community.

OPINION | 03/10/2020

Letter to the editor: a misrepresented senior class

Guest Contributor

We stand by the decision of the Class Day Co-Chairs and throw our unwavering support behind Marshawn Lynch.

OPINION | 03/09/2020

Black leadership statement concerning the Class Day speech of Marshawn Lynch

Princeton Black Undergraduate Leadership

Black leadership statement concerning the Class Day speech of Marshawn Lynch

Guest Contributors

The few voices which were upset at the decision to bring Marshawn Lynch to speak for Class Day are not representative of all of Princeton campus, but they do succeed in reinforcing elitist stereotypes and cynical exclusivism.

OPINION | 03/08/2020

Entitlement and class in response to Class Day speaker selection

Entitlement and class in response to Class Day speaker selection

Guest Contributor

To argue that Mr. Lynch does not represent the student body is to argue that the backgrounds of people like myself are not valuable. The background of Mr. Lynch not being that of a “typical” Princeton student is in fact one of the strongest reasons for my excitement at his acceptance of this role.

OPINION | 03/05/2020

When you said ‘we,’ did you really speak for ‘us’? A statement in support of 2020’s Class Day speaker Marshawn Lynch

Guest Contributors

Those few students, no matter how vocal, did not truly speak for “us,” the University community, nor the approximately 1,300 members of the senior class.

OPINION | 03/05/2020

Leora and the no good, horrible, terrible, very bad day

Leora and the no good, horrible, terrible, very bad day

Leora Eisenberg

I can’t cure whatever it is that’s making me feel sick today. Awareness of that forces me to step back for a moment and wonder: if I can’t fix this, should I spend my time and energy getting upset about it?

OPINION | 03/05/2020

A disservice to the community: Against qualified immunity

A disservice to the community: Against qualified immunity

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

This Board opposes qualified immunity on principle and finds no reason for the University to support the expansion of this practice.

OPINION | 03/05/2020

‘Stick to sports’ is getting old: A defense of Marshawn Lynch

Julia Chaffers

The idea that athletes have nothing productive to add to our national conversation and that their intelligence begins and ends with their ability to run routes and read defenses shapes the way many people think about even our most dominant sports figures.

OPINION | 03/04/2020

A letter regarding Class Day speaker selection

Guest Contributors

Unfortunately, the open letter shifted the conversation away from the celebration of the perspective that Mr. Lynch will bring to Class Day, and toward a troubling implication as to the concept of “worthiness” in addressing our class.

OPINION | 03/04/2020

De rebus novis (On new change)

Juan José López Haddad

Only by raising the next generation of church leaders in this conviction will we achieve these much-needed reforms, and that starts with each of us vowing to remain in the church.

OPINION | 03/03/2020

You don’t have an internship — so what?

Brigitte Harbers

As students at a demanding university with high expectations, we shouldn’t be manipulated into thinking that it is a waste to take time to recuperate and to explore interests outside our own academic sphere.

OPINION | 03/03/2020

On varieties of pencils

Ollie Thakar

Both mechanical pencils and standard pencils require a certain degree of maintenance; while the regular sharpening of standard pencils is certainly more frequent than lead replacement in mechanical pencils, replacing lead is significantly less cathartic of an activity as grinding down a pencil.

OPINION | 03/02/2020

In trustees we trust

In trustees we trust

Braden Flax

The inevitable question then, when all is said and done, is the following: if not ours, whose interests does the University serve?

OPINION | 03/01/2020

Solving the problem of finding study spaces

Sebastian Quiroz

The app that I propose would streamline that process. Rather than having to search by department, by class or, worse, manually through all possible options (this semester alone, the registrar lists 1,559 classes), we would have a system where we could search for rooms by building.

OPINION | 03/01/2020

Changing history: Why students should take foreign history classes

Changing history: Why students should take foreign history classes

Elijah Benson

To educate students on topics not traditionally covered in the American education system, broaden their academic horizons, and, most importantly, instill an awareness of different cultures, the University should adjust the distribution requirements so that all students — not just those in the major — must take at least one HA course that does not focus on the United States or Europe, with the exception of those centered on African-American history.

OPINION | 02/27/2020

Reforming the Class Day speaker selection process: Open letter to the Class Day Co-Chairs

Reforming the Class Day speaker selection process: Open letter to the Class Day Co-Chairs

Guest Contributors

We believe that reforming the nomination and selection process by clarifying the procedure and by involving the senior class will definitely anticipate such concerns, giving students a better understanding and moreover a sense of ownership over the decision to invite a specific speaker.

OPINION | 02/27/2020

Art truly for everyone: make student events free

Art truly for everyone: make student events free

Kate Lee

The costs of supporting performance group events would not be small, but it is absolutely worth it to ensure equal access to art and culture. It is a matter of prioritization by the administration: all student athletic events are free, so why should artistic ones be any different?

OPINION | 02/26/2020

‘Parasite’ at the Oscars and its implications for America

Richard Ma

Rather than perpetuate previous failures, the Oscars took a step forward. This year’s win is a reaffirmation of the values we were taught as children and a timely refutation of Trumpian politics.

OPINION | 02/26/2020

Residential college community is a farce

Residential college community is a farce

Claire Wayner

Community occurs organically and should be given room to thrive on its own, not be forcibly structured through the residential college system.

OPINION | 02/25/2020

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