Opinion

The Next Liberal Agenda

After the Nov. 8 election, Princeton’s campus has been solemn. The harsh rhetoric from Donald Trump and the fierce condemnation from the left drove a wedge in a widening gap between conservatives and liberals in the United States, and many students feel like the worst-case election scenario has come to pass. I am one of those students.

Asian: A Misnomer

When news broke of the racist remarks that Deputy Metro Editor Michael Luo of the New York Times faced last month (An Open Letter to the Woman Who Told My Family to Go Back to China), I with hundreds of my fellow Princetonians was appalled.

Dear administration: protect undocumented people now or change motto

There is no debating it: we are in a time of crisis, and complacency is deadly. This moment, more than any other we can remember, requires immediate action “in the nation’s service and the service of humanity.” Students can sign the DREAM Team’s petition calling on the University to protect undocumented people, and participate in the walk-out and gathering in front of Nassau Hall happening today (Thursday, November 17). Administrators, meanwhile, should also make good on the promise of the University’s motto by implementing the DREAM Team’s recommendations outlined below and in the online petition.

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For the love of humanity

This past spring, Princeton’s informal motto was changed from “Princeton in the nation's service and in the service of all nations” to “Princeton in the nation's service and the service of humanity.” It highlighted for me the notion that the University seeks serve everyone, plain and simple, rather than defining everyone by “nations,” “races,” “sexes,” or any variety of arbitrary categorizations. The idea of categorization though, the idea that we’re defined by our race, gender, or sexual orientation, seems to be a very recent phenomenon and not necessarily intentional.

Twitter anti-Semitism, and how Princeton beat it

Miko Peled, a critic of Israeli policies, was scheduled to come to campus on September 20. He and I agree on little — we disagree on almost everything, actually — but I try to open myself to dialogue.

Letter to the Editor: Dear Secretary Clinton

Dear Secretary Clinton: Thank you. Thank you for your dignity, for your strength of character, for your compassion, for showing us that America has a place for all Americans. Thank you for showing us what it means to dedicate your life to public service, to serving children and families, to serving New York, to serving our country as Secretary of State. In this campaign, you showed us all what it means to be stronger together.

Princeton’s writing seminars need a makeover

My freshman year was generally a breeze — making new friends, experiencing Princeton — but for a single blight.

Identity in a post-election America

The question of what it means to be an American has rarely been of more importance than it is following an election that has divided so many Americans.

Letter to the Editor: Voting season is only beginning

Your most important vote was not cast on November 8th. Even if every Democrat under the Princeton umbrella swapped to Trump, New Jersey state totals would not change by a single percentage point.

Letter to the Editor: It wasn't bigotry, it was simply trade

Wisconsin. Michigan. Pennsylvania. The three states that will forever be associated with stopping the first female nominee of a major party from breaking the glass ceiling.

On living life fully for the next four years

There is something we can do, but it is only within ourselves. Protesting against that which we cannot control only breeds anger; such action wastes energy, time, and effort.

Letter to the Editor: Conceding privilege

Yesterday morning, Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama made public statementsregarding Donald Trump’s impending presidency. Yesterday, Hillary Clinton sold the rest of us down the river. Conceding and even promising to work with a Trump presidency flies in the face of what purported values Democrats claim to have.

Collective responsibility

There was a time when progressive-minded people had the luxury of worrying that our leaders wouldn’t fulfill their promises.

Why “Stronger Together” was insincere

I no longer feel safe in America. I’m terrified not only of the laws that a far-right Congress will pass, but also of our country’s widespread and powerful intolerance.

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Uniformity needed among sexual misconduct data

The University must take greater steps to obtain a clearer picture of sexual misconduct on campus because it is critical that we sort out what is really occurring.

Checking in, checking out

It seems that I’m often writing about incidents on Facebook these days; perhaps this means that I’m spending too much time on Facebook, or it might just mean that more of our discourse has shifted out of the campus sphere and onto social media. The problem with that shift is that the way Facebook’s algorithm works, it’s incredibly easy to enter an echo chamber of partisanship in which you are only served information that confirms your own existing biases.

Privilege and voting green

Before voting, I felt sick to my stomach. Why? Was I not supposed to exude pride as my ancestors’ wildest dreams became a reality for me?

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