Opinion

Make writing seminar PDF-only

Make writing seminar PDF-only

Jasman Singh

When we put people who write very well in classes with people who haven’t written academically or struggle for whatever other reason, we thwart true scholarly progress. Is it really so radical to require everyone to take a PDF-only writing course?

OPINION | 02/10/2019

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Leave out identity politics in the primaries

Leave out identity politics in the primaries

Jae-Kyung Sim

As an Asian, I would love to see an Asian-American giving the State of the Union address someday. Nonetheless, I wouldn’t automatically vote for the Asian-American candidate in this election.

OPINION | 02/07/2019

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The snowstorm solution

The snowstorm solution

Hunter Campbell

There are times when we just have to make do with what is available to us at the given moment — so while it will never be an easy decision to cancel classes, we should not act as if switching a day of classes for recorded lectures and a bit of rescheduling for labs is not worth the safety such a cancellation ensures.

OPINION | 02/07/2019

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Statement regarding data breach from 2017

Statement regarding data breach from 2017

Guest Contributor

The Ivy Club takes seriously its commitment to the confidentiality of its admissions process and the privacy of its members and guests.

OPINION | 02/06/2019

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Media: the manipulation of the masses

Media: the manipulation of the masses

Emma Treadway

Social media platforms strip people of their multidimensionality. Without the face-to-face interaction, the inherent humanity in all of us is often invisible on the social media platform.

OPINION | 02/06/2019

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From the ICC: Street Week — it’s more than a name

From the ICC: Street Week — it’s more than a name

Guest Contributor

Street Week, as the name suggests, is a time to explore Street-wide. There is a space for every student at Princeton who wishes to join a club. While registration for selective clubs is limited to a max of two by the time constraints of the Bicker process, the ICC wanted to expand awareness about opportunities for open club exploration.

OPINION | 02/06/2019

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The media’s responsibility to call out racism

The media’s responsibility to call out racism

Julia Chaffers

The failure to label these incidents racist, the choice to instead tiptoe around it, to hedge their language, effectively excuses the offenders. In doing so, the media gives cover to the offenders, failing to condemn their acts with the strength necessary to truly bring change.

OPINION | 02/05/2019

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Karen Pence and the culturally acceptable

Karen Pence and the culturally acceptable

Benjamin Gelman

What these supporters are missing is that the issue concerns homophobia and transphobia, not the religious devotion of public figures. Taking an anti-LGBTQ+ belief and calling it religious does not make it any less malicious or any more legitimate, and it serves only to distract from what is really being debated. 

OPINION | 02/05/2019

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Princeton needs new campus monuments

Princeton needs new campus monuments

Guest Contributor

The astute visitor would realize that important parts of Princeton’s history are not reflected in its campus, as they often are at other universities.

OPINION | 02/04/2019

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A knowledge of wealth in Princeton’s departments

A knowledge of wealth in Princeton’s departments

Liam O'Connor

The data shows not only that students of certain concentrations dominate particular eating clubs but also that members of certain eating clubs dominate entire departments — including some of Princeton’s largest. 

OPINION | 02/04/2019

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When they don’t love you back: reflections on being hosed (twice)

When they don’t love you back: reflections on being hosed (twice)

Samuel Aftel

If I could give any advice to sophomores, I would tell them to see through the hazy moral hypocrisy and insincerity of Bicker.

OPINION | 02/04/2019

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Athletes don’t strike out on the Street

Athletes don’t strike out on the Street

Liam O'Connor

Bicker is often presented as a socially meritocratic process, but it’s different for athletes.

OPINION | 02/04/2019

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Our diversity and what we can do about it

Our diversity and what we can do about it

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

To evaluate The Daily Princetonian against the University, the Board circulated a 10-question survey to the entire staff, which is comprised of undergraduate students. Approximately two-thirds of the staff responded to the survey. By closely studying the results, we have identified where the ‘Prince’ lags behind, and we have developed plans to rectify these shortcomings.

OPINION | 01/14/2019

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To our readers: Thank you

To our readers: Thank you

Marcia Brown

I am grateful for the opportunity to have served as editor-in-chief, and I am excited to see Chris Murphy ’20 lead the 143rd Board.

OPINION | 01/14/2019

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Condemning white nationalism is too easy

Condemning white nationalism is too easy

Guest Contributor

Checking the temperature of race relations both on and off campus only when a group of white nationalists is encroaching is not enough. Condemning white nationalism then becomes too easy. 

OPINION | 01/13/2019

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Response to 'Google's AI lab in Princeton endangers academic freedom'

Response to 'Google's AI lab in Princeton endangers academic freedom'

Guest Contributor

In his Jan. 6 opinion piece in The Daily Princetonian, Jon Ort ’21 underscores the importance of academic freedom that is the lifeblood of the University, but incorrectly suggests that Google’s recently announced plans to open an artificial intelligence research lab in Princeton undercuts that freedom.

OPINION | 01/13/2019

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Frist Campus Center: Employing architecture to combat student loneliness

Frist Campus Center: Employing architecture to combat student loneliness

Gabe Lipkowitz

I would argue that Frist epitomizes and encourages the best of college socialization, merging work with play and relaxation, thanks to subtle yet significant architectural gestures. As such, I argue that we should interpret Frist as a cause of our collective problem of loneliness; rather, it should serve a model for more spaces on campus to solve that issue.

OPINION | 01/13/2019

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R. Kelly’s predation, the enduring violence against black women, and Princeton’s de facto complicity

R. Kelly’s predation, the enduring violence against black women, and Princeton’s de facto complicity

Samuel Aftel

Needless to say, the white power structure in this country has often been profoundly eager to criminalize and incarcerate black men – except, curiously, when black men have been credibly accused of harming black women. Such white moral indifference is partly why Kelly has escaped scrutiny for his misconduct for so long.

OPINION | 01/10/2019

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We should all go to art museums

We should all go to art museums

Anika Yardi

Authenticity is the key. Museums offer a way to bring to life the history and culture we learn in our classrooms, painting a picture of something that seems so far away and remote on the pages of textbooks.

OPINION | 01/10/2019

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I support the Tigertones Men’s March

I support the Tigertones Men’s March

Anonymous

I wholeheartedly support the Tones’ effort to push back against our female supremacist culture’s dehumanization of the red-blooded American male. 

OPINION | 01/08/2019

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