Opinion

Editorial: In support of the University's retirement plan

In light of economic and academic benefits, senior faculty members should seriously consider the University's new retirement plan and take up the University’s offer. Given the positive impact this program can have on the University, it is equally important that administrators firmly commit to it.

An unfair honor code

We should take some cues from the American penal system and adopt a more hierarchical sentencing approach. If the Honor Code is going to be the law of our land, we need to make sure that it is as fair as possible and that it is upheld with honor.

I got hosed and I still like Bicker

As a solution to the problem of matching people to the right club, I prefer a social meritocracy deciding my dining options over a computer algorithm doing the same task.

The rationality of commitment

We think that sex requires a permanent and exclusive commitment because sex is the maximal form of engagement with another person.

Cartoon: Cash cow

The language of sex

The way we think about sex, as with any important facet of human experience, is inextricably bound up with how we talk about it.

A moratorium on campus acrimony

I’ve observed that Princeton students have a tendency to argue with a troubling degree of certainty and stridency about issues that are either deeply complex or inherently irresolvable.

Editorial: Keeping the DREAM alive

Under the current system, deserving students like Dan-el Padilla are routinely denied opportunities because of their parents’ actions. 

Cartoon: A Princeton pilgrimage

The innovator within

The average effectiveness of our organizations would increase dramatically if more students were to think critically about how they could help existing organizations improve instead of starting their own clubs.

The case for grade translation

Just as Spanish conveys thoughts that can never be expressed in English, we need a Princetonian GPA to convey grading standards that could never be expressed in the languages of any of our peer schools.

Letters to the Editor: March 2, 2010

Lauren Clark discusses the connectedness of students on campus, while Isabel Flower critiques the publication of Neagu's column and Jacob Denz calls for a clear definition of consent.

A defense of grade deflation

While Princeton’s diverse student body rarely unifies around a single issue, nearly every student seems to have rallied against grade deflation. This forces advocates of the policy — well, the few that exist — to always be on the defensive, addressing only the apparent negatives of grade deflation without discussing the benefits.

Financial Aid and the Feds

The Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act is in some ways a step forward on making higher education affordable, but it’s also a step back on the more important question of government’s role. In other words, we’re trying to fix one problem but are worsening another one.

Cartoon: The nap jerker

How the Editorial Board arrived at some of the conclusions in its editorial

The primary resources that Wilson School students ? including those enrolled in the certificate program ? have exclusive access to are task forces and internship funding.

Investing in investment, British university style

Universities are not corporations, and no university, much less one of Britain’s flagship institutions, should be “[c]reat[ing] financially viable academic activity by disinvesting from areas that are at sub-critical level with no realistic prospect of extra investment.”

Editorial: Should the Wilson School certificate program be selective?

Students who are qualified for admission to Princeton should not be denied access to one of the University’s departments unless the University has insufficient resources to meet student demand. Demand for Wilson School certificates does not appear to have surpassed this threshold. Accordingly, the Wilson School should make the application process for the certificate non-competitive.

Dissent: Should the Wilson School certificate program be selective?

It is unfair to allow certificate students to use the school’s resources based on the criterion of "self-selection" alone while concentrators are required to undergo a competitive process and be evaluated on more factors.

Letters to the Editor: March 1, 2010

Plans to dedicate first floor of New South to the arts are ironic.