Opinion

Letter to the Editor: April 23, 2014

To the Editor: Several recent op-eds in The Daily Princetonian have erroneously asserted that when the University makes decisions regarding students coping with mental health issues, it is motivated by concerns about liability and reputation.

AP credits should fulfill distribution requirements

When the time comes to pick classes at the end of each semester, we all find ourselves going through some stage of the same basic process: We consider how we’re going to fill our distribution requirements, what prerequisites or departmentals we need, which classes fill another class’s prereqs or how we’ll take classes around our independent work.

Lawnparties: Quality or quantity?

This spring, we Princetonians are experiencing what has been called “easily the worst lineup of all the Ivies.”I am referring, of course, to USG’s disappointing decision to subject us to GRiZ and Mayer Hawthorne this Lawnparties.

Cartoon: Mobilization for late meal

Missing the point

“South Korea is a culture that prizes obeying your superiors,” CNN correspondent Kyung Lah stated in her coverage of the now capsized South Korean ferry. More than 450 passengers, many of them teenage students on a high school field trip, were aboard a ferry when it tipped over and began to sink off the South Korean coast on Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

#selfie

Millennials have been called the "me generation," and if you were to search “selfie” on any form of social media, the claim seems well-founded.

Editorial: Implement blind grading

Recently, in response to criticism about unfair grading, some courses have implemented a system of blind grading for problem sets and papers.

My lying, smiling face

Editor's note: The author of this column was granted anonymity due to the intensely personal nature of the events described. I am writing this column because I am genuinely concerned about the well-being of my fellow students here at Princeton.

Cartoon: Life lessons

Empty chairs

When asked about their favorite aspect of Princeton, most students will respond that it’s “the people.” This answer does not surprise me, as it is my answer too.

Editorial: Standardize course audits

Every semester during course selection, students are faced with a difficult yet necessary task: deciding on only four or five classes.

The commonality of faiths

It was a quiet Tuesday night when my roommate and I decided to take a trip to the U-Store. We were trying to go less frequently, as the store takes so much of our money, but we both knew we had a late night of work ahead of us.

The plight of the Princeton engineer

By Mike Kosk As a high school senior I boasted to my alumni interviewer, a lifelong electrical engineer and biomedical researcher, about my passion for building and modifying things in my spare time.

Cartoon: Student infection

EPA: Put in place a carbon standard

By Isaac Lederman and Jeremy ZullowMaking the right decisions is often tough.

All in your head

The first time I go to Counseling and Psychological Services, I attempt to check in downstairs at the familiar University Health Services front desk, where in a snotty midwinter haze, I have been several times before.

Letter to the Editor: Response to Tory criticism

On Monday, The Daily Princetonian published a response to a piece that I originally authored for the Princeton Tory’s online blog, entitled “The 10 Worst Courses Offered at Princeton in Fall 2014.” In his response, Bennett McIntosh eloquently argues against the assertion that certain courses at Princeton are “worthless” and articulates why Princetonians should be encouraged to be adventurous in the classes that they elect to take.

Cartoon: Spoiler alert

Writing on the wall

A new structure went up on campus over the weekend — which wouldn’t normally be news — but this one’s a bit different.

What "check your privilege" really means

Since every issue of The Tory, Princeton’s major conservative student publication, is pushed underneath my door, I tend to flip through it and scan anything that happens to catch my interest.