Last Tuesday saw a lot of voting problems.News coverage of the poll problems mostly implied that the problems were minimal, brushing them aside with trivializing labels.
As recently reported by The Daily Princetonian, the Committee on the Course of Study drafted two possible calendars ? "Calendar B" and "Calendar C" ? as alternatives to our current calendar. In December, the committee will make its final recommendation to the faculty, who will then vote to approve a calendar.
Bad news, Princetonians: According to early reports, it appears that Harvard will take over the lone spot atop the rankings next year.
Student opinion can influence calendarRegarding 'Malkiel proposes new calendar' (Thursday, Nov.
So, America has turned blue, the color of Democratic victory. Meanwhile Iraq is turning a pallid green, the color of Shiite fundamentalism and dead civilians.
Princeton's commitment to sustainability is both longstanding and distinctive. Our success is built on being proactive in developing approaches that are specifically tailored to the buildings, design and energy infrastructure of our campus.
Last week's "Planning in Progress" presentation highlighted several examples of Princeton's commitment to an environmentally friendly campus, including a plan to plant grass on the roof of the soon-to-be constructed Butler dorms.
This fall, I'm on leave. What does that actually mean? Am I lying about, enjoying the golden fall?
Amid the hubbub about whether the Republican majority in Congress would collapse, the ideological significance of one of the key Democratic Senate victories has been overlooked, simply because Pennsylvania's Bob Casey will bear a D next to his name when he takes office next January.
Recently, Harvard's Task Force on General Education ? charged with revising that university's core curriculum ? proposed the establishment of a "Reason and Faith" distribution requirement for all undergraduates. According to the task force, if the proposal is implemented, the courses that fulfill this requirement will focus on "the interplay between religious and secular institutions, practices and ideas."Our administration should follow Harvard's lead in promoting the study of religion, but it should not do so by ghettoizing the study of religion and creating more requirements for student to fulfill as Harvard's plan will do.
I'll admit it. The blown-up images of mangled fetuses on Washington Road on Oct. 23 disturbed me.
A beautiful Tuesday morning during Fall Break, while the squirrels merrily hoarded their nuts and the leaves rustled in the crisp breeze, I dragged myself out of bed and hauled myself off to work at Frist Campus Center.
Looking around at the people in my anthropology course, I saw that about 25 percent of the class was wearing "Princeton" clothes.
Denial of appalling acts against Israel does no serviceRegarding 'The fakes that made a hundred martyrs' (Thursday, Oct.
To discuss marriage adequately, we must ask what business the state has with it anyway. Why does it not regulate friendships or intentionally temporary unions?
Yesterday, Nov. 7, was a momentous day. It was the National Day of Northern Catalonia, Leon Trotsky's birthday and the day that the Foo Fighters released "Skin and Bones," their sixth studio album.Oh, yes, and the midterm elections were yesterday, too.I must apologize.
