Opinion

In support of marriage equality

Fortunately, Velandia and Vandiver are not alone, and I applaud the efforts of the Princeton community to petition the Department of Homeland Security to reconsider this policy, as well as the efforts to call on Congress to enact the Respect for Marriage Act which would grant federal recognition to the same-sex marriages officiated by state governments, just as opposite-sex marriages are recognized.

A classroom community

I realized that I had never experienced the sort of community that I enjoyed in this physics class in a philosophy class — or any other non-math or science class here, for that matter.

Major consistency

As incoming freshmen, students are told they don’t declare a major until the end of sophomore year. Though the form is submitted then, students must make many decisions about majors before that point. This practice is reasonable, but there is a troubling inconsistency across departments.

Editorial: Centralized room evaluations

Just as the registrar was required to step in to fill the gap left by the student course guide, the housing department should fill the gap left by the student room guide by creating a centralized room evaluation system to provide more access to information about rooms.

Cartoon: How to start a relationship

My opinion on Opinion

I’m simply here to share my thoughts in this formal, public forum. It doesn’t matter if I purport to speak from anything more than my own perspective, because the utility of the opinion section is not in the rightness of the submission but, instead, in the act of expressing and sharing reasoned personal beliefs with the general public.

Keep the artifacts as they are

Returning treasures to their original context is unfeasible; too much has changed physically and culturally over time for them to speak more clearly in their country of origin than they do in museums, where they can be compared to large assemblies of objects from a variety of cultures. In the advanced world of the 21st century, looting and stealing artifacts should be eliminated altogether — even for the sake of preservation, but the returning of already acquired artifacts should not be expected.

This isn't 'that' column

Writing for the ‘Prince’ is like participating in a big precept discussion. Should I ask this question? I hope it’s not too obvious. Should I say I agree with this? What if everybody disagrees?

Cartoon: Princeton squirrels

Editorial: Increasing summer storage

Now that the construction of new Butler and the renovations in Forbes are complete, it is time to return to offering storage to all students.

Code of conduct for economists

Nothing in the code would prevent an economist from weighing in on any public issue of the day while also garnering a retainer from, say, the Koch Brothers or the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, but it would say that full disclosure must be part of every public message.

Cartoon: Sure signs of spring

Letter to the Editor: April 11, 2011

As leaders in our eating clubs, we would like to take this Pride Week to recommit and reaffirm our constant goal of ensuring that people of all backgrounds, experiences and orientations have a safe and fun outlet in all of the eating clubs.

Achieving a lasting peace

For every narrative of an Israeli running to a bomb shelter, there exists a parallel anecdote of an innocent Palestinian civilian family fleeing from their home with minutes’ notice to escape an Israeli airstrike, or a college student living in Nablus who is withheld passage through a checkpoint to attend university in Birzeit.

Go green; get nukes

The case against nuclear power is simple: it is expensive to build a nuclear power plant. Finland is one of the few countries currently constructing a new nuclear plant. The project was supposed to cost 3.7 billion euros but has already incurred an additional cost of 2.7 billion euros. The case for nuclear power is more subtle.

Cartoon: Failing while failing

Editorial: Welcome to Princeton

Princeton is a fascinating, quirky and fun place, and you cannot experience all it has to offer in four years, much less in one weekend. These suggestions will, however, hopefully help you see a side of Princeton that you didn’t hear about in Richardson Auditorium.

The Borough: Time for student involvement

The population of Princeton Borough was roughly 13,400 at the last census. The University’s undergraduate population consisted of roughly 5,100 students. Undergraduates, in other words, account for more than a third of the Borough’s population. If all students voted in Princeton, the University would be a big deal, politically speaking.

A day without the Internet

Unlimited and ubiquitous Internet access has provided many academic and social benefits to Princeton undergraduates, but along with all of these benefits come a host of disadvantages as well.

Cartoon: Enough is enough, already