Opinion

Letter to the Editor: April 6, 2014

Dear Editor, The opinion piece “Can we welcome the students we say we want?” discusses Princeton’s strong commitment to a pioneering financial aid program that helps students from all economic backgrounds and makes it possible for us to make progress toward increasing diversity. I would like to illustrate the extent of the progress we have already achieved and our intentions for the future by sharing a number of facts about our financial aid program that are perhaps less well-known or understood. Pell grants are often used as a yardstick for measuring a school’s commitment to low income students.

Defending Kwasi Enin

On March 27, students from across the country heard back from Ivy League colleges about whether they were accepted or not.

Cartoon: Casual cardio

The fallacy of freedom

At Princeton, it is widely professed and strongly emphasized that it is all right to be undecided during your first two years of study.

Shortening preview is the right call

In light of recent coverage of the administration’s decision to eliminate the overnight component of Princeton Preview and shorten it to two one-day events, I think it’s necessary we remind ourselves of the framework in which this decision was made.

Placing our self-worth in our grades

What makes us happy?Certainly, this is a question that has frustrated philosophers, psychologists, doctors and just about everyone else since the dawn of time.

Can we welcome the students we say we want?

This column is the third in a series about socioeconomic diversity and low-income students at the University. By Stanley Katz I have learned much and agreed with the two long opinion pieces written byBennett McIntoshandLea Trusty, so there is no need for me to rehearse what they have said so nicely about the University's efforts to increase socioeconomic diversity in recent years.

Cartoon: A very brief preview

Please stand by

If “Princeton Mom” Susan Patton ’77 is right about anything, it’s that the hookup culture on college campuses has a dark side.

Where are the artists?

My mother was an artist. She went into college as an artist and came out of it as one. At no point did she second-guess this career because of dips in the economy, cautionary tales of the struggling artist or the expansion of departments in “usable” majors.

How to respond to the Susan Pattons of the world

As we are well aware, Susan Patton ’77has been very outspoken in her views about women, hooking up and sexual assault.

Editorial: Standardize thesis deadlines

April is now upon us, which means one thing to the masses of bleary-eyed seniors who fill Firestone Library: Thesis due dates are drawing near.

Cartoon: Research time

Letter to the Editor: Men’s group challenges ‘rape culture’

In the process of promoting her new book, “Marry Smart,” Princeton alumna Susan Patton ’77 has made several incendiary statements.

Dishonorable

The Honor Code is an integral part of the Princeton experience. Adopted in 1893, it serves as one of the nation’s oldest honor practices for colleges.

Cartoon: Thesis circles

Outside the Bubble: Endorsing Dr. Andrew Zwicker

Last month, Rep. Rush Holt shocked the 12th congressional district of New Jersey with his announcement that he would not seek reelection.

Editorial: In support of a community against sexual assault

In a Q&A published in The Daily Princetonian on March 11, Susan Patton ’77 argued that women who receive unwanted sexual contact after drinking excessively bear a degree of “responsibility” for their victimization.

The Duke porn star and demonstrated need

When the rumors erupted about a Duke freshman moonlighting as a porn star, the student in question, Belle Knox (her professional name), further fueled the fire when she was interviewed in Duke’s student paper, The Chronicle.

Why the faculty letter matters

Earlier this week, I stumbled upon a Letter to the Editor from the Opinion section of The Daily Princetonian, titled “A faculty statement on sexual assault.” I was confused and a bit intrigued, since I could not think of any recent incident it could be in response to.