Opinion

Some time last year, a friend of mine said something that really struck a chord. In the middle of a discussion on the tendencies of Princetonians, my companion summarized, "Princeton students are very good at working but not very good at thinking."I have had some time to process these words and have realized that the more I ponder them, the more revealing they seem to be in describing how we conduct our education here at Princeton.Critiquing the lack of intellectualism at Princeton is certainly nothing new.

OPINION | 11/15/2004

Partisanship, not science supports Tilghman's stance

Partisanship, not science supports Tilghman's stance

Regarding 'Tilghman to address stem cell symposium' (April 22):President Tilghman says, "We have to weigh the rights and privileges of a ball of cells versus those of a child with juvenile diabetes and judge between them.

OPINION | 11/15/2004

Faith is not a dirty word

Two weeks ago, on the eve of the election, I told you that I knew who would win the election and why ? without, of course, telling you either thing.

OPINION | 11/14/2004

Arafat's legacy has been unfairly tarnished

While Yasser Arafat languished for the last three years of his life as a virtual prisoner in his crumbling Ramallah compound, the Israeli government and the American punditocracy embarked upon a sustained smear campaign to portray him as a rejectionist and an irrelevant partner in the peace process.

OPINION | 11/14/2004

Ivy post-season football ban doesn't make sense

Regarding 'Contention over Ivy football rules' (Nov. 11):Sometimes it seems as though I am speaking to a grammar school class, rather than the presidents of the Ivies.

OPINION | 11/14/2004

Small depts. do offer choices

Emily Stolzenberg (A look at major constraints, Nov. 11) contrasts the attractively "broad scope" of big departments such as English and history with the "narrower scope" of what she calls "language majors." This characterization overlooks the fact that the latter already offer a great degree of interdisciplinarity and flexibility.The curriculum in French and Italian, for example, incorporates not just one or two, but up to three "cognate" courses chosen from other humanities or social sciences departments.

OPINION | 11/11/2004

A visit to Harvard brings a reminder of a Princetonian virtue

It's Saturday night, 1:30 a.m. Instead of chugging the rest of my plastic cup filled with Beast, popping my collar and heading to the dance floor, I'm dead sober in what looks like a miniature eating club watching the last few people file out.

OPINION | 11/11/2004

Election shows Democrats need to speak the language of morality

During our own Adlai Stevenson '21's 1956 presidential campaign, a woman called out to him, "You have the vote of every thinking person!" Stevenson replied with typical wit: "That's not enough, madam, we need a majority!" He went on to lose to Dwight Eisenhower in a landslide.Stevenson would have felt right at home in my dinner table conversions.

OPINION | 11/11/2004

Campus life's most underappreciated part

I've been looking through my miraculous see-into-the-future goggles lately (they're redonkulous) and been thinking about life as a sophomore.

OPINION | 11/10/2004

A look at major constraints

I, like other Princeton students, returned to campus after Fall Break to find most of the leaves fallen, cold weather seemingly settled for the duration and an overflowing mailbox.

OPINION | 11/10/2004

Princeton is better than article makes it sound

Your article on the results of the CPUC's Princeton Experience Survey ('Students report undergraduate satisfaction,' Nov.

OPINION | 11/10/2004

Clarifying U. policy on MPAA lawsuits

We offer two key clarifications regarding 'MPAA begins filing lawsuits against movie downloaders' (Nov.

OPINION | 11/09/2004

And you thought your ballot was long

On Nov. 2, while the rest of the country watched their blue and red colored states on national television and continued to debate the bigger issues of abortion, Iraq, Vietnam, health care and education, the citizens of Alabama were on the edge of their seats.

OPINION | 11/09/2004

The wrong reaction

There has already been a glut of post-election analysis, and I add to the excess only because there is an elephant in the corner that nobody is talking about.There is a disconnect between the sentiments expressed in John Kerry's concession speech and the feelings expressed by Kerry supporters over the past week.

OPINION | 11/09/2004

Letters to the Editor

Insults aren't what our country needsI was disappointed with the opinion presented by my former hallmate, Steven Sucharski '06 in Friday's paper (''Prince' article shows paper's liberal bias,' Letter, Nov.

OPINION | 11/08/2004

Revenge of the jocks

By my estimation, 1984 witnessed three truly epic events: my birth, the reelection of Ronald Reagan and the release of the American film classic "Revenge of the Nerds." Which of these three cultural milestones will have the greatest impact on Western civilization has yet to be determined, but I must say, the film (which saw Anthony Edwards as a geek before he became Tom Cruise's wingman Goose in 1986) is losing ground every day.

OPINION | 11/08/2004

A call for first-rate mischief

I fear deeply for Princeton. I fear that our sons and daughters, reading the annals of Princeton in 2004, will, after deep reflection, have only one thing to say of us: we were boring.

OPINION | 11/08/2004

The 13 rules for a good campaign

With the dust settled on what was my college election and the acrimonious political landscape looking more and more like a hate-filled chapter from the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, I want to take a moment to point out some of the sad lessons and realities that I learned from what were frankly two disappointing campaigns.

OPINION | 11/07/2004

Bringing it all back home

The presidential campaign is mercifully complete. Whether or not it was your side that won, it is time to bring our focus back to making this place better.Princeton University is home to some of the world's greatest thinkers, poring over issues of war and peace and of poverty and prosperity.

OPINION | 11/07/2004

Communication breakdown

When a few years ago the Power installed our very large and ambitious Writing Program, my attitude was the emphatic lukewarmth of a decisive trimmer, so to speak.

OPINION | 11/07/2004

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