Opinion

Do your reading

If professors and preceptors have high expectations of what we can accomplish at the outset of a course, we should do our best to meet them. The default attitude in math and natural science courses is, “I can and will complete my assignments.” The humanities and social sciences deserve the same approach.

Editorial: Public speaking

The Editorial Board believes public speaking courses should be offered more frequently and with an increased number of class sections.

A response: Another four years?

Let me make the important point that the ’68 alumnus was unable to. There are vast opportunities, both through Princeton and independent of the University, to make a difference this November, and our fall break is a perfect time to take action. If after Princeton Halloween we land on different sides of a picket line or end up knocking on doors for opposing causes, that’s just fine in my book.

Cartoon: The taking tree

Our choice on health care

Do we want a health care system that is a beacon worthy of our great history and power — one that seeks to take care of as many Americans as possible, one that is not afraid to take bold steps to change what must be changed? Or do we want ... the opposite of whatever Barack Obama says?

Repainting the fence

Instead of recoiling at the looming threat from the East, we ought to recognize the merits present in both paradigms of Eastern and Western schooling and reimagine American institutions with their combined incorporation.

Cartoon: The fifth class

The Medicare we'll inherit

Princeton students should be more cautious in outsourcing their own critical thinking to oversimplified, often biased media analysis. Liberals surely believe that these cuts are justified by the value of the new programs they finance. Conservatives obviously disagree. But let’s not obscure the Obamacare debate by pretending the costs of the law are not real.

Revisiting grades

I posit that removing grades from those courses will push you to engage further with the material, work harder and stress less, ultimately improving your learning experience and potentially your performance.

Letter to the Editor: October 10th, 2012

The fact of the matter is that when we talk in this way it’s rare we move the political conversation forward. There are intelligent, well-intentioned, reasonable people on both sides of most debates.

In defense of rage

One of the many things I love about Princeton is that it trains us to argue ideas. Sharpless wisely emphasizes that our political beliefs are influenced by social and cultural factors. However, she forgets they are also personal and intellectual.

Why coffee dates trump DFMOs

A cheap hookup on a drunken Saturday night often buys us a cheap reward: temporary gratification followed by hollowness and superficiality in our search for intimacy. On the other hand, a slightly heftier investment of time and energy with another person can lead us to the precious reward of a deep relationship built on trust, mutual respect and joy.

Cartoon: How to start a women's organization

Note pressure

Unmapped territory

It is a blessing to be able to truly know yourself at a young age — to know exactly who you are, who you are willing to be and with whom you choose to associate and identify yourself. This is the job of a writer — to be constantly finding himself in the quest to help others do the same. As Princeton students, we are encouraged to discover something new about ourselves, and whatever may eventually be our “thing,” Princeton assures us that this is the place to find it.

Name struggles

The third week of school is over. Classes have been added, switched, shopped and dropped. By the third week of school we have gotten our Pequods, complained about their prices and gotten over it.

The lofty vs. the practical

Coming to Princeton, I swore to myself that I would never enroll in a course that I didn’t have to take; I would only enroll in classes that interested me. But now that I’m an upperclassman, worrying about internships and independent research, I caught myself skimming over the course registrar list, struggling to find a politics or economics course to take.

Letter to the Editor: October 8th, 2012

Just because something is deemed legal doesn’t necessarily make it right.

Cartoon: The committee on discipline

Green transportation

The University has placed emphasis on the sustainability of its on-campus fleet, focusing on TigerTransit. In doing this, the University has missed potential improvements that could be more effective.