Opinion

When students vote in the USG election this weekend, they will encounter two opposing referenda. The first, initiated by Jacob Candelaria '09, would require the USG to ask the Board of Trustees to file an amicus brief opposing California's Proposition 8, which took away the right of same-sex couples to marry.

OPINION | 12/04/2008

Rethinking finals period

Rethinking finals period

The usg recently announced that it had successfully lobbied to eliminate 9 a.m. finals the day after Dean's Date.

OPINION | 12/04/2008

Engineering better requirements

Last Tuesday, while enjoying a lovely dining hall dinner, I listened to a friend express his frustrations on the perils of being an engineer.

OPINION | 12/03/2008

Letter to the Editor: Dec. 4, 2008

Princeton's tax revenues can't be separated from the U's overall economic impactRegarding "Tax revaluation causes anxiety" and "Report: University has big local economic effect" (Tuesday, Dec.

OPINION | 12/03/2008

Too young to know better: notes on a silly election

The rat race for freshman USG senators has begun, and, unless something controversial occurs, I don't care what happens.

OPINION | 12/03/2008

Op Art: Bill's new job

OPINION | 12/03/2008

Better input, better outcome

Whenever it must make decisions that are unpopular with the student body, the University administration justifies itself by saying that its actions were informed by student input.

OPINION | 12/02/2008

Boundless love in the face of baseless hate

Close to 200 innocent victims lost their lives to a vicious terrorist attack one week ago. Among those victims was a friend of mine, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, who directed the Chabad House of Mumbai with his wife Rivka.The Holtzbergs moved to India six years ago to found the Chabad House of Mumbai.

OPINION | 12/02/2008

Whitman's empty tables

With two history precepts and a lecture on Wednesday, my Tuesday evenings are usually packed with reading.

OPINION | 12/02/2008

Op Art: U-Store

OPINION | 12/02/2008

Bombay meri jaan

Bombay is a city where you spend a lot of your time on the phone. You call your friends at least twice a day to try to coordinate some complicated plan to meet them for a movie.

OPINION | 12/01/2008

Oui oui. I have head creatures.

When I left for France, it never occurred to me that it was possible to experience sentimental longing for McCosh and its beloved Student Health Center.

OPINION | 12/01/2008

Between fear and desire

"People are driven by either fear or desire" is a phrase I've heard on two separate occasions in the last year.

OPINION | 12/01/2008

Op Art: You first.

OPINION | 12/01/2008

Where the heartlessness is

Princeton's eating clubs have a wide base of support and draw goodwill from many students and alumni.

OPINION | 11/30/2008

It's the system, stupid!

Anyone who wonders how Wall Street leaders can live with themselves after what they have done to our country and the world should watch Charlie Rose's Nov.

OPINION | 11/30/2008

Ignorance is productive

With zeal rarely seen since the heyday of the Industrial Revolution, we Princeton students demand productivity.

OPINION | 11/30/2008

Op Art: A dark Thanksgiving

OPINION | 11/30/2008

Letters to the Editor: Nov. 26, 2008

Renovating upperclassmen dorms must be a priority, tooRegarding "University cuts capital plan by $300 million," (Tuesday, Nov.

OPINION | 11/25/2008

A hole-y bridge on the drive home

I have a poster of the New York City subway system in my room. This isn't one of the new designs that everyone hates - it's an old school version of the iconic map that actually hung in my dad's room at Princeton.

OPINION | 11/25/2008

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