Keep our unique scheduleRegarding 'Timing isn't everything" (Editorial, Monday, April 18):Once again, the editorial board members have shown themselves to be out of touch with their fellow Princetonians.If we merge Thanksgiving with fall break, when will students do thesis research trips?
Pardon the pun, but the University administration is on quite a losing streak. This fall, the administration sent a letter to incoming freshmen warning them of the dangers of fraternities and sororities.
For two and a half years, Michael Lohman, a Ph.D. student in the applied math department, had been stalking Asian female students.
When my roommate and I went out to dinner a few weekends ago, neither of us was under the impression we were on a date.
Campus controversies have a short shelf life. Every year, a new class of students enters who do not know that life at Princeton could be different than they find it.
The other message sent by banning ROTCWhen I wear my ROTC uniform on campus, the most reaction I usually elicit from students is curiosity.
In late March, as Princetonians remained sequestered in the bowels of Firestone, one Rice University student seemed oddly envious.
The Recording Industry Association of America filed lawsuits against 25 university community members last Wednesday, claiming these individuals were illegally sharing music online.
In 1972, President Richard Nixon ordered the creation of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse.
Banning ROTC would hurt Princetonians' record of serviceRegarding 'Referendum sought on Army ROTC' (Thursday, April 7):I read with some concern the article regarding efforts by the USG to force the Reserve Officers Training Program (ROTC) off campus.
The debate over whether or not we should ban ROTC at Princeton need not involve facts about national attitudes or arguments that envision consequences that go beyond this campus.
I realized just how far I had sunk when I found myself throwing my body in a vaguely Indiana Jones-like fashion under the slowly descending gate to the Frist food court in a last-ditch attempt to get pizza.
I started 15 months ago. Fifteen months to research, write and edit a senior thesis. With that kind of luxury, I was bound to create a masterpiece.
As my powers wane I begin to look around for a less strenuous line of work, one that doesn't demand too much in the way of thought, and perhaps goes a bit lighter on the Latin and the footnotes.
To put it mildly, Princeton's academic calendar is idiosyncratic. Some students think our calendar, with its five annual recesses and a first semester that stretches from early September to late January, is a piece of tradition worth preserving.
