Opinion

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Clarifying U. policy on MPAA lawsuits

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Democracy in America

The most unusual things happened Tuesday night: people headed out to party complained about Kerry being behind 200,000 votes in Florida between vodka shots, neurotic gym rats stopped running on treadmills as Pennsylvania came in on the TVs at Dillon, and every Canadian I saw on campus openly expressed their desire to be an American (even if they claimed it was just to kick Bush out of office). What we saw on Tuesday night was a firm affirmation of democratic governance, that we as a people are smart enough to govern ourselves without help from the U.N., Cuba or The Guardian.So, now that we have all exercised our rights, what have we as a nation bought ourselves?

The most wonderful time of the year

Stayed out late on a Wednesday night and skipped your Thursday classes?Who cares?!Haven't touched that history book for a couple days ? er ? weeks?Who cares?!Midterms are over.

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