Opinion

Princeton needs a first-year engineering design course

The University should give students the chance to make informed academic choices. If Princeton values interdisciplinarity and genuine exploration, then its commitment shouldn’t end when the study of engineering begins.

The University should give students the chance to make informed academic choices. If Princeton values interdisciplinarity and genuine exploration, then its commitment shouldn’t end when the study of engineering begins.

‘Princeton Rise Up’ showed Princeton students aren’t apathetic, just busy

Becoming more involved in campus activism has forced me to reckon with a simple fact: I’m not as busy as I thought I was. I had time to give. And because I find the job fulfilling, it doesn’t feel like a burden to devote that time to activism.

Becoming more involved in campus activism has forced me to reckon with a simple fact: I’m not as busy as I thought I was. I had time to give. And because I find the job fulfilling, it doesn’t feel like a burden to devote that time to activism.

AI is a bubble. So why don’t we act like it?

None of this is to say that there aren’t genuine uses for — and genuine concerns about — AI. But to discuss these well, we must first have the right conception of the technology.

None of this is to say that there aren’t genuine uses for — and genuine concerns about — AI. But to discuss these well, we must first have the right conception of the technology.

Joe Manchin’s remarks inspire unity, but not how you might think

Manchin’s message about the value of truly representative public service shows that, given Americans’ recent attitude toward elites and support for promises of representation, it is incumbent upon Princetonians who hope to enter public service, whether through organizing or running for elected office, to prove that they are worthy of a vote.

A is for authoritarianism

Academic perfectionism can dull our ability to recognize our own authoritarian tendencies because together they share a flawed reasoning that faultlessness reflects one’s value.

Academic perfectionism can dull our ability to recognize our own authoritarian tendencies because together they share a flawed reasoning that faultlessness reflects one’s value.

Princeton needs a program in Southeast Asian studies

If Southeast Asia is, as CISS described, “an area of global importance and future opportunity,” why does Princeton lack a Program in Southeast Asian Studies?

If Southeast Asia is, as CISS described, “an area of global importance and future opportunity,” why does Princeton lack a Program in Southeast Asian Studies?

Our humanities precepts make us human

If struggling precepts are a symptom of a cultural struggle with care, attention, and socialization, their reevaluation might be an opportunity for Princeton and its students to take a timely diagnostic of the University’s most monumental task: making smart people smarter by teaching them to care about and understand the world beyond their immediate orbit.

If struggling precepts are a symptom of a cultural struggle with care, attention, and socialization, their reevaluation might be an opportunity for Princeton and its students to take a timely diagnostic of the University’s most monumental task: making smart people smarter by teaching them to care about and understand the world beyond their immediate orbit.

Princeton’s scholarship time limits need to go

The University must eliminate these arbitrary time limits. Students should be able to redeem their scholarship benefit at any point during their four years, allowing them the flexibility to buy technology with the money they earned, when they actually need it.

The University must eliminate these arbitrary time limits. Students should be able to redeem their scholarship benefit at any point during their four years, allowing them the flexibility to buy technology with the money they earned, when they actually need it.

Princeton Pals should do better

Prefrosh deserve Princeton Pals who care enough to show up and try hard. Both Princeton students and the administrators who run the program need to ensure it delivers the connections it promises.

Prefrosh deserve Princeton Pals who care enough to show up and try hard. Both Princeton students and the administrators who run the program need to ensure it delivers the connections it promises.

Did you hear about the University’s recording policy? Probably not.

In a time when dissent is repressed and journalism is dying, it is more essential than ever to protect and promote the free flow of ideas and information, the dissemination of truth, and the value of political disagreement. Princeton’s new recording policy harms all three.

In a time when dissent is repressed and journalism is dying, it is more essential than ever to protect and promote the free flow of ideas and information, the dissemination of truth, and the value of political disagreement. Princeton’s new recording policy harms all three.

For FLI students, Princeton’s rigor works in their favor

As a virtue of attending a rigorous institution, FLI students can both engage in extracurricular opportunities and more readily rely on their grades to make them competitive applicants in the job market or to professional schools.

As a virtue of attending a rigorous institution, FLI students can both engage in extracurricular opportunities and more readily rely on their grades to make them competitive applicants in the job market or to professional schools.

The art museum promised a revolutionary layout. Why didn’t the space deliver?

When we look at the scattered display of African Art across its corridor, and then compare it with the lavish, commanding pavilion that houses European Art, we cannot help but ask: Why does one continent deserve permanence in this museum?

When we look at the scattered display of African Art across its corridor, and then compare it with the lavish, commanding pavilion that houses European Art, we cannot help but ask: Why does one continent deserve permanence in this museum?

What Eisgruber gets wrong about student protest

Eisgruber’s greatest error is his characterization of protest as inherently juvenile and unrefined, an expression of half-baked political consciousness.

Eisgruber’s greatest error is his characterization of protest as inherently juvenile and unrefined, an expression of half-baked political consciousness.

Let’s Zohran our Princeton: the case for organizing that’s fun

Mamdani's victory gives Princeton progressives a replicable model for winning, which they can adapt from New York to this University: a people-centered mass movement that builds real community and seeks to genuinely persuade and excite others.

Mamdani's victory gives Princeton progressives a replicable model for winning, which they can adapt from New York to this University: a people-centered mass movement that builds real community and seeks to genuinely persuade and excite others.

Princeton should put first-year family weekend back where it belongs

But rather than scheduling family weekend before our two fall recesses, the University seems to think that first-year students need to see their families the third Saturday after midterms. Much like the recent dining plan changes, this subpar scheduling is the University failing to coordinate its administrative planning with considerations for student well-being.

But rather than scheduling family weekend before our two fall recesses, the University seems to think that first-year students need to see their families the third Saturday after midterms. Much like the recent dining plan changes, this subpar scheduling is the University failing to coordinate its administrative planning with considerations for student well-being.

Vote, run, and challenge in USG’s upcoming elections

For students to feel represented and for that representation to be genuine, elections must have large-scale, informed student participation. The student body must vote for candidates who reflect their views, hold these candidates accountable to the priorities on which they campaigned, and feel empowered enough to run for office themselves. 

For students to feel represented and for that representation to be genuine, elections must have large-scale, informed student participation. The student body must vote for candidates who reflect their views, hold these candidates accountable to the priorities on which they campaigned, and feel empowered enough to run for office themselves. 

On exclusive clubs: compete to get in, not to participate

If a greater number of competitive clubs on campus held open educational workshops and opportunities for students to explore the field and develop their skills, perhaps students would not feel so stressed about gaining admission from one of them.

If a greater number of competitive clubs on campus held open educational workshops and opportunities for students to explore the field and develop their skills, perhaps students would not feel so stressed about gaining admission from one of them.

From ChatGPT to hamburgers, reject climate individualism

Nothing we can do as individuals — or even in aggregate as an entire campus community — can make a real dent in emissions or water usage beyond Princeton’s gates. But coming to understand individual responsibility for the climate crisis as a calculated distraction doesn’t absolve us of the responsibility to do something.

Nothing we can do as individuals — or even in aggregate as an entire campus community — can make a real dent in emissions or water usage beyond Princeton’s gates. But coming to understand individual responsibility for the climate crisis as a calculated distraction doesn’t absolve us of the responsibility to do something.

The University is selling the dining changes as a win. Don’t fall for it.

The revision serves as a distraction from the concerns of independents. Worse, it demonstrates that the University is content to ignore student voices.

The revision serves as a distraction from the concerns of independents. Worse, it demonstrates that the University is content to ignore student voices.

Reactions: First impressions on the Princeton University Art Museum

On Oct. 31, the Princeton University Art Museum will be open to the public after nearly half a decade of remodeling. Our columnists who attended the Museum Student Preview event on Oct. 25 give us their first impressions. 

On Oct. 31, the Princeton University Art Museum will be open to the public after nearly half a decade of remodeling. Our columnists who attended the Museum Student Preview event on Oct. 25 give us their first impressions.