Opinion

Is student government overfunded?

Is student government overfunded?

Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 has outlined a substantial paradigm shift in the way we think about student government, and his ideas bear careful consideration beyond the immediate context of the campaign.The utilitarian ethics underlying Joseph's vision are difficult to contend with.

OPINION | 12/07/2004

Redefining our environmental mission

In a recent conversation with University Treasurer Chris McCrudden, I learned that if current prices hold, Princeton's annual energy expenditures will increase by $7 million over the course of the four-year period from 2002 until 2006.

OPINION | 12/07/2004

Grade Inflation

Last spring, we expressed reserved support of the University's proposal to combat grade inflation.

OPINION | 12/07/2004

Taxicab confessions

After reading about anti-Americanism abroad in both the Prince and other less prominent newspapers, I felt the need to address the issue in a column.

OPINION | 12/06/2004

USG went overboard in punishing Flaxman '07

Regarding 'USG vote encounters problems' (Dec. 6):I was disappointed to read about the USG's witch-hunt of vice presidential candidate Freddy Flaxman '07.

OPINION | 12/06/2004

Profiling Thefacebook.com

Peter Applebome's Dec. 1 New York Times article, "On Campus, Hanging Out by Logging On," examined Princeton students' love affair with Thefacebook.com. And we're not alone ? the site is now "the most popular way to either network or waste time for a million college students at around 300 colleges." The site's ubiquity, however, raises several more serious concerns that students, in their excitement over this new form of interaction, tend to ignore.A Thefacebook.com profile is often an exercise in openness.

OPINION | 12/06/2004

Princeton type returns with FitzRandolph Gate

Correction appended.

OPINION | 12/05/2004

Family traditions make Christmas time special

As the holiday season comes 'round again, traffic backs up and checkout lines surge, I can't help but remember back before Christmas was less about finding the perfect gift and more about having the best experience.

OPINION | 12/05/2004

Posters show difference between the candidates

I was surprised and disappointed to read that The Daily Princetonian endorses Shaun Callaghan '06 for USG president ('Callaghan '06 takes aim at practical, important goals,' Editorial, Dec.

OPINION | 12/05/2004

Callaghan '06 takes aim at practical, important goals

If we were endorsing a candidate for president of the United States this December, we would happily support Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06.

OPINION | 12/02/2004

Making us well rounded

The Office of the Dean of the College has been busy the past few months, and not in ways always appreciated by the undergraduate student body.

OPINION | 12/02/2004

Transgender and sexuality issues are related

Regarding 'Transgender article overlooks gay plight' (Letter, Dec, 2):The writer is completely ignorant of the politics and reality facing LGBT people in America.

OPINION | 12/02/2004

Creed '07 offers new ideas, broad perspective

Four sophomores are running for USG vice president: Will Benjamin, Jesse Creed, Freddy Flaxman and Liz Gough.

OPINION | 12/02/2004

Letters To The Editor

Letter misses the point of Robertson lawsuit Regarding ''Robertson lawsuit is a waste of everybody's time' (Letter, Nov.

OPINION | 12/01/2004

Two more weeks

You have to wonder if the people that designed the Princeton fall semester actually ever went to college.

OPINION | 12/01/2004

Women, girls, HIV and AIDS

Women and girls account for over half of the world's 40 million total infections. They are disproportionately affected in the developing world, where 64 percent of young people living with HIV/AIDS are female.

OPINION | 12/01/2004

Carrying American baggage abroad

At my job in Beijing this summer, we primarily spoke English in the office. Most Chinese I met outside of the office usually insisted on chatting in English as well, since opportunities to converse with native English speakers were rare.

OPINION | 11/30/2004

Values aren't the problem

Morality is America's new political buzzword. The press and the pundits needed an explanation after November's election, when the antics ended after one day and Ohio turned out not to be the new Florida.

OPINION | 11/30/2004

Letters to the Editor

Princeton bubble is nothing more than a mythEmily Stolzenberg's account ('Thinking outside the Princeton buble,' Nov.

OPINION | 11/30/2004

Thinking outside the Princeton bubble

We've all heard about the Princeton bubble, but Nov. 2 showed us once again the distance between the ivy enclave we inhabit and the rest of America.

OPINION | 11/29/2004

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