Opinion

Like a fiddler on the roof

Dickinson, McCosh, Pyne, Fine, Hibben, and even Madison and Wilson — These names are reminders of decisions, mistakes, and achievements spanning over 250 years. We ought to more fully seize our tradition and history as what makes our school, and every school, a unique place.

Cartoon: Hurricane

Dialogue over advocacy

What we need is real open dialogue on campus. We need to step back from advocacy and accept that some issues are too complicated to fit on a poster board in a neat slogan; that some views are more nuanced than that; and that it is time to address those views and discuss them.

Probing Poverty

So never mind the risible inflatable rat, squatting outside campus doors; there may be no “shame” in Princeton’s labor relations. But, for all her greatness, Princeton may be able to do a better job of leading future leaders to learn, study and probe the causes of poverty and what public policy fixes can put the jobless back to work — with or without unions — and maybe even to help end the “blue state” vs. “red state” paralysis

Cartoon: Freshman flowchart

Editorial: How the rush ban can work

The Editorial Board has previously written against this prohibition, advocating instead a shift of rush to the second semester of freshman year, and we remain convinced that such a policy would be more effective at alleviating the problems that the University believes Greek organizations cause. Nonetheless, it seems unlikely that the University will repeal its recent decision in the near future. Thus, a more pressing concern is how the administration will implement this ban next fall.

Editorial: Advisers should be evaluated

Since the first two years of coursework critically shape the rest of a student’s academic experience, we believe that comprehensive mechanisms for evaluating freshmen advisers should be put in place.

Cartoon: The catch

2-state solution in sight

They will write it, sign it, and celebrate it: Palestine, a global affirmation of support for a people that has been oppressed for far too long. Here’s hoping our government one day joins in.

Greek life: Let it be

If I wanted my educators — or fellow classmates — to have convictions about how I should socialize, I would have gone to West Point or Brigham Young University. But I didn’t, and I am damn disappointed that I was misled.

Cartoon: Poverty: It affects us all

Internships: Yes or no?

There is a big trade-off involved in doing a summer internship. Instead of getting the chance to rejuvenate from the school year, you have to deal with the stress and demands of the workplace. You give up the opportunity to study or volunteer abroad or get a normal summer job in your hometown. And because most internships are unpaid, you’re paying a couple thousand dollars to do this.

How much do the Greek letters matter?

This is about more than fraternities and sororities. It’s about our ability to associate freely as the young adults we are. As a legal matter, perhaps the University has the authority to do any or all of this. But that won’t make it right.

Liability for respect

Perhaps my friend was not at fault for relying on Stewart, but rather Stewart for failing to care for those who had become dependent on him. It seemed that in watching Stewart week after week, my friend and those like him had gone from simply looking at him through the glow of their TV or computer monitors to looking up to him.

The eleventh of September

Today is the 11th of September. We call it Sept. 11, or 9/11. It was the 11th of September when a boy in my fifth grade history class pointed out the window at downtown Manhattan and shouted that one of the twin towers was on fire. It was 9/11 when we saw a second plane fly into the other tower.

Unseen things

A short while after I was asked to write a piece for this commemorative issue, I visited the 9/11 Memorial Garden tucked into a courtyard of one of the oldest buildings on campus, East Pyne. It was getting dark and I, still unsure of how to discuss that unimaginable event, sat thoughtfully on one of the garden’s benches. 

Archives: Visiting Ground Zero

I must admit, I wasn't fully prepared. Even after more than six months of anticipating how I would feel when I actually saw it, the first sight still left me dumbstruck. In truth, nothing I could have done beforehand could have completely prepared me for the carnage of Ground Zero. You won't understand until you've seen it. 

Cartoon: Saying hello at Princeton

Yellow brick road(s)

To be sure, entrepreneurship may be a riskier career path than finance or consulting. But in spite of the risks, the potential for impact and success at such a young age is incomparable.

Negative feedback

In my experience, admitting to others the terrible deed of not concealing that I multitask from the professor usually ends in accusations of something akin to social treason — for which a barefoot walk to the Canossa of the lectern tainted by my misdemeanor might be the least I could do to redeem myself.