A recent open letter to President Tilghman, signed and supported by various members of the Princeton community, criticized the University's methods and motivations when inviting speakers to campus.
A recent open letter to President Tilghman, signed and supported by various members of the Princeton community, criticized the University's methods and motivations when inviting speakers to campus.
It was a cold, dark and downright frightening January night ? Edgar Allan Poe style. Bundled up in layers, frost forming at his lips, a brave Princeton student exited his dorm room and trudged through three feet of snow.
It was a cold, dark and downright frightening January night ? Edgar Allan Poe style. Bundled up in layers, frost forming at his lips, a brave Princeton student exited his dorm room and trudged through three feet of snow.
Open letter not about ideological diversityRegarding 'Petition criticizes University's speaker choice' (Monday, Oct.
The American dream just got a little more real for the University's low and moderate-income workers.On Monday afternoon, the University announced the launch of a new program to enable homeownership among the men and women who wash our dishes, clean our bathrooms and prune our hedges.The program will provide, among other benefits, below market-rate mortgages, will require no down payments and will provide $1,000 to cover closing costs.If this doesn't sound like big news, consider this: The gap between what many Princeton employees earn and what it costs to rent or own a home in Mercer County is now so wide that many University workers face the prospect of homelessness when the paychecks stop coming after school lets out in May.The new program is not a panacea for what is truly a crisis among the University's working families ? many, if not most, will still find it difficult to find affordable housing in Mercer County's overheated real estate market ? but it is a start.The new program is a recognition on the part of the administration that a campus so divided between haves and have nots ? between the students and the servants ? cannot be a healthy environment in which to train the leaders of the next generation.
The American dream just got a little more real for the University's low and moderate-income workers.On Monday afternoon, the University announced the launch of a new program to enable homeownership among the men and women who wash our dishes, clean our bathrooms and prune our hedges.The program will provide, among other benefits, below market-rate mortgages, will require no down payments and will provide $1,000 to cover closing costs.If this doesn't sound like big news, consider this: The gap between what many Princeton employees earn and what it costs to rent or own a home in Mercer County is now so wide that many University workers face the prospect of homelessness when the paychecks stop coming after school lets out in May.The new program is not a panacea for what is truly a crisis among the University's working families ? many, if not most, will still find it difficult to find affordable housing in Mercer County's overheated real estate market ? but it is a start.The new program is a recognition on the part of the administration that a campus so divided between haves and have nots ? between the students and the servants ? cannot be a healthy environment in which to train the leaders of the next generation.
Open letter not about ideological diversityRegarding 'Petition criticizes University's speaker choice' (Monday, Oct.
I have always argued that our Princeton education amounts to much more than just an elegant sheet of paper on graduation day.
I have always argued that our Princeton education amounts to much more than just an elegant sheet of paper on graduation day.
Here is one of the essay questions for Peter Singer's Practical Ethics class this semester:"After Hurricane Katrina, Americans gave generously to the people of New Orleans.
Even before the term began, a group of student leaders met to discuss plans for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
When Bob Durkee '69 criticized The Washington Monthly's college rankings, he mentioned that eight percent of Princeton graduates apply to work in a program called Teach for America.
Even before the term began, a group of student leaders met to discuss plans for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Here is one of the essay questions for Peter Singer's Practical Ethics class this semester:"After Hurricane Katrina, Americans gave generously to the people of New Orleans.
When Bob Durkee '69 criticized The Washington Monthly's college rankings, he mentioned that eight percent of Princeton graduates apply to work in a program called Teach for America.
Well, it worked.Or at least I thought it did. In my last column I called on the Princeton student body to protest Apple until they took the restrictions off streaming songs in iTunes.
While the past week's onslaught of rain and gloomy skies was nothing compared to Noah's 40 days and 40 nights of precipitation, it still got a bit depressing after awhile.
