One of the most interesting pieces of advice this scientific guru had to offer was his golden rule: “If someone sounds crazy, usually it means you are not smart enough to figure it out.” With that I say, question everything.
Being at ease at Princeton is more about being able reassure myself of the persistence of a familiar world than about having the confidence to move into new ones. Relentless forward propulsion is as exhilarating for me as it was for my mother, but it also induces a kind of motion sickness.
And so we cannot relegate marriage to that growing box marked “private” where other people and the University cannot legitimately have their word. Indeed, quite the opposite. Marriage is of such social importance that, if the unofficial motto “Princeton in the nation’s service” is to have any value, then preparing young people for marriage and family life is crucial.
Fifteen years ago today — on Oct. 21, 1994 — the Clinton administration and the Kim Jong-il leadership reached the “Agreed Framework,” an understanding precipitated by Jimmy Carter’s trip to Pyongyang. Though it collapsed in October 2002, the framework has continued to shape thinking about how to deal with North Korea
Though it is reasonable to ask that those who call the authorities remain cooperative, the only questions they should be obliged to answer are those directly related to medically treating the intoxicated person. The fear of required disclosure or interrogation could continue to deter underage drinkers from calling for help.
Like Tom DeLay on “Dancing With the Stars,” I am out of my element, but extremely enthusiastic nonetheless. Unlike Tom DeLay, I will not let something like a minor foot injury keep me down. Nor have I been criminally indicted. Nor am I a Republican. OK, not the best comparison.
As soon as we were far back enough for our conversation to go unheard, my mom grabbed my arm and hissed in my ear, “You are never majoring in anthropology! If you go to this school, by god, you are coming out employable!”
My first class of the day was Fluid Dynamics. / Our subject today was air flow though hammocks. / Our homework is to do some rigorous testing, / The assignment is called “The Dynamics of Resting.”
I pity the fool who offers me his or her hand. Does she not see any- and everything oozing out of my nose? Does he not hear the boorish combination of phlegm and wheezing? Are these people merely acting as Jesus would have? More importantly, can I absolve myself of blame with their imprudence? Have I Purelled within the last 10 minutes?
Disrespect is disrespect, however, careless or not. The world over, the cartoon said Muhammad was a terrorist, not that extremists had made him one.
For my part, though I would love to have everyone in class every day, I’m grateful indeed that people are staying away when they’ve got a communicable disease.
Princeton’s involvement with Google — though a positive and useful partnership — could pose problems in the future.
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We can comfortably tell morality tales about race, replete with bad men driven by evil ideas; class is not so simple.