In 1972, President Richard Nixon ordered the creation of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse.
In late March, as Princetonians remained sequestered in the bowels of Firestone, one Rice University student seemed oddly envious.
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.
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.
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.
Prior to students' arrival on campus in fall 2004, the University sent out a letter warning the parents of incoming freshmen of the dangers of students joining fraternities or sororities.
I was grinning like John Kerry on Botox when I stepped off the Dinky, adorned in my brand-new Princeton sweatshirt and rolling a suitcase behind me.
Hodan had bright eyes that smiled despite her weariness. At 28, she was the mother of six ? and a refugee.
Since the campus controversy over ROTC began, we have heard repeated assertions that the harm done to gay students under current University policy must be weighed against the harm done to straight students under the proposed change.
Sacrifice of ROTC cadets should not be undervaluedI am a graduate of Princeton and Princeton Army ROTC, and served on active duty.
It has been three months since Harvard President Larry Summers presented his remarks on sexual diversity and behavioral genetics, and the nation is still reeling from the resulting trauma.
The USG voted Sunday to table a proposed nondiscrimination amendment to its constitution. The proposed amendment will, after revision, be reintroduced at a later Senate meeting for further discussion.
In any business, leaders are judged, evaluated and ultimately rewarded or penalized by objective measures of performance.
For all that I enjoy his columns in The New York Times, David Brooks' Organization Kid article back in 2001 always rubbed me the wrong way.
