We all know how difficult it is to get into Princeton. Of the 13,695 prospective members of the Class of 2008 who applied to Princeton last year, only about 12 percent were offered admission.
Earlier this month, dozens of Princetonians stood outside Frist Campus Center reading from their favorite texts to protest the use of the so-called "nuclear option" by Senate Republicans.
It's hard for us to imagine the world of George F. Kennan '25 as anything but newsreel footage. The Long Telegram, the Marshall Plan, the vocabulary of "containment" and "rollback": these are the relics of the early Cold War, a historical moment long since incorporated into high school history textbooks.
VH1 would call it "The Best Academic Year Ever," or perhaps "I Love 2004/05." Nassau Hall's admissions pamphlets probably refer to it as "Princeton's glorious year of liberty, diversity and no fraternities." (They'd be lying, of course). And those of you who have followed my exploits during this academic year know it as "a year that will live in infamy," marking the beginning of open hostilities in the War on Fun.
Like many other faculty, I travel out in the country once or twice a year visiting alumni clubs, clubs organized on the curious principle that their members once did something.
Among the maxims of La Rochefoucauld is one that claims that there is something in the misfortunes of even our friends that is not entirely displeasing to us.
VH1 would call it "The Best Academic Year Ever," or perhaps "I Love 2004/05." Nassau Hall's admissions pamphlets probably refer to it as "Princeton's glorious year of liberty, diversity and no fraternities." (They'd be lying, of course). And those of you who have followed my exploits during this academic year know it as "a year that will live in infamy," marking the beginning of open hostilities in the War on Fun.
Passing the Frist filibuster in its second night, a friend told me he had decided that the event's critics were right.
The world that we are about to enter is gravely different from the one which we left four years ago.
Frats and sororities not the only exclusive groups aroundRegarding 'University confronts Greek life' (Monday, May 9):The school seems to be after fraternities and sororities only because they are symbolically more associated with drinking and exclusivity than anything else.
Summer will soon be here and Princeton students are preparing to spread out to the four corners of the earth.
Careful personal reflection has revealed that I have only two major pet peeves in life: people who waste their money on personalized license plates that are never worth what they say (e.g.
The fall of my freshman year, I made the mistake my mother had warned me against. I got involved with an older man.
Not all stem cell research is equalRegarding 'Academy issues stem cell proposal' (Wednesday, May 4):As New Jersey Acting Governor Codey begins to implement his $380 million proposal for human stem cell research, let's remember that adult stem cells (ASC), not the morally controversial embryonic stem cells (ESC), have far greater disease-fighting potential ? certainly in the near term, and probably even in the long term.Scientists originally assumed that because ESCs differentiate in utero into every tissue, they could be applied clinically.
Last week, I gave some account of my whirlwind tour of several Princeton Clubs in the Heartland. It needs to be balanced by some account of my gusty return.
Access can be a wonderful thing.Thanks to funding sources and connections from the University community, I had the chance to spend last summer in Beijing, carrying out thesis research and holding an internship.
This is my final column for The Daily Princetonian. In a few weeks, I will graduate with the great class of 2005.
History of Armenian genocide not debatableRegarding 'Letters to the Editor' (Thursday, April 28):In response to 'Armenian genocide talk was one-sided':First of all, Yesim misrepresented the question posed and failed to note the response given by the panel of organizers.
