Opinion

Architecture as an antidote to digital fatigue

Contemplating a building in this way, I argue, is not just enjoyable. More importantly, such an exercise restores and reorients us to physicality and reality. Architecture, firmitatis, will liberate our generation from the chains of digital fatigue. 

To vote or not to vote: The ethics of voting for an unethical Democrat in the Trump era

There is something truly disappointing about the notion that even though I voted along party lines for Bob Menendez as a Democrat, I only did so because I saw him as the lesser of two evils compared not to Bob Hugin ’76 but to Donald Trump.

If the environment isn't the government's responsibility, whose is it?

The federal government should recognize that it is every citizen’s right to reside in a healthy and sustainable environment. 

Beyond artificial mentorship

Effective mentorship demands more organic roots than a random match.

Globalization: The act of commodifying culture

I propose a challenge to the reader: the next time you go on vacation to a different country, don’t forget to seek out its rich history and interesting heritage. Treat it like you’re doing research. 

The other side of Nassau Street

Princeton will never produce students “in the Nation’s Service and the Service of Humanity” if, in order to get there, students sidestep community service. If you’re a Princeton student, chances are you’re part of the I’ve-never-crossed-Nassau-Street club, and, even if you have, you’ve probably only made it as far as Starbucks.

We undervalue the sound of silence

Encourage your friends as well, so that more people are inclined to break that taboo precluding us from embracing silence. It may just be key to thriving during your time at Princeton.

Luxury of civility

It is crucial to step outside our privileged point of view and understand that while the status quo might work for us, it is not so for many of our fellow citizens. Civility is a luxury many cannot afford.

When synagogues and grocery stores are sites of butchery: The vulnerable lives of Trump’s America

As much as it is politically taboo to criticize “the American people,” President Donald Trump is simply a product of the hatred and ignorance of much of the country’s electorate. At a time when national unity is vital, we must first address why such unity is so hard to achieve.

Campus tour

How to spot a politics major

Midterm recollection

Voting without volition

People are judged not only on the basis of their ideological assertions; more than that, the overriding determinant for our respectability is whether or not we’ve chosen to vote at all.

A place for privacy

Before running blindly to the calls of free coffee and sweets at Shiru Café, I would only ask my fellow students to think deeply about the principled choice at hand. 

I need some alone time

There’s nothing selfish about taking care of yourself — which, in the case of introverts, includes being by yourself. I rarely see people after 11 p.m. or so because I’ll be doing both them and myself a disservice if I do.

The midterms are coming, but who will get to vote?

Voter ID laws not only prevent people who lack necessary ID from voting, but also depress turnout of people who can vote within the restrictions of the law. 

Evil is on the ballot

As the leaders of the civil rights movement often said, “voting is a moral act.” Let us heed their call this November and vote evil off the ballot. 

Vote100 is more than voting

University students have a responsibility to dismantle the attitude that one’s vote does not count, and this begins with broader conversation about civic engagement in our community.

Repairing Pittsburgh and beyond

Hearing “We are all Pittsburgh” hails me back to my hometown and its Jewish community.

For Pittsburgh Jews, grief over the Tree of Life shooting is still local

We are grieving for our upbringing, our home, and above all, the eleven murdered Jews whose names should never be forgotten.