Opinion

Lessons of history for the U.N. presence in Iraq

Lessons of history for the U.N. presence in Iraq

Amidst the recent hullabaloo over Iraq, there was virtually no mention of a significant (and far from irrelevant) anniversary: July 27th marked fifty years since the end of the Korean War, a particularly brutal and messy conflict which pitched South Korea, the United States and a number of allies (including Britain, France, Turkey and even Colombia) against the armies of North Korea and communist China.

OPINION | 10/19/2003

Stopping to smell the leaves as we become seniors again

Autumn is the season of college admissions. Just as the leaves are sure to fall, so too are crowds of high school students sure to descend on campus, littering the walkways like the fallen foliage whose season they share.

OPINION | 10/19/2003

Closeted conservatism

As Gay Awareness Week unfolded on this campus last week, several guest writers, regular columnists and letters to the editor addressed important gay rights issues on this page; we published pieces on topics ranging from gay marriage to the Queer Radicals' "Love-In" to one writer's experience at the Toronto Pride Parade.The Opinion Board shares a very strong belief in the importance of gay rights.

OPINION | 10/19/2003

The creation and bridging of the East-West divide

I don't remember much about the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a snow day; I was in my room, humming along to the radio, when my father came in to get me.

OPINION | 10/16/2003

The poignant record of Princetonians who served

The book that most fascinated me last year was not by Plato or Machiavelli, but a big gilt-edged volume in a display case in Frist Campus Center.

OPINION | 10/16/2003

Letters to the editor

Queer Radicals hosted 'Love-In' at FristRegarding 'All you need is love: LGBT has "Love In" at Frist' (Thursday, Oct.

OPINION | 10/16/2003

Be cool — stay in school!

Like Rodney Dangerfield, even at the height of his mid-eighties "Back to School" fame, Princeton grad students don't get no respect.

OPINION | 10/15/2003

Tigers reunion, Dixie-style

Ordinarily the advantages of not keeping an accurate calendar outweigh the disadvantages, but now and again one gets caught out badly.

OPINION | 10/15/2003

Letters to the editor

Israeli, Palestinian comparison is wrongRegarding 'Letters to the editor' (Wednesday, Oct.

OPINION | 10/15/2003

Savvy tips for winning Princeton's career game

Ah, the Career Fair. Where else can one find a bunch of depressed recent Princeton grads trying to make their jobs sound great?

OPINION | 10/14/2003

'Everything I ever learned I don't want to do . . .'

Everything I ever learned I don't want to do, I learned during an internship. Over the past several summers, I've explored a variety of interests and career opportunities and have walked away from each with valuable lessons learned, namely what I can and cannot do for the rest of my life.I began studying to be a gymnast, a world-renowned queen of the balance beam and floor routine.

OPINION | 10/14/2003

Letters to the editor

Use of quote marks not intended to deny campus group legitimacyRegarding 'Students lobby for Indigenous Peoples day' (Oct.

OPINION | 10/14/2003

Recruiting insanity

They're here. I can see them. I can smell them. They're in my inbox. They're in my mailbox. They're on my voicemail.

OPINION | 10/14/2003

Activism includes work for others

Many people say that activism on campus is nonexistent. Without a doubt the Princeton climate does not provoke the kind of activism that is seen on other campuses like Harvard or Berkeley.

OPINION | 10/14/2003

More than the Princeton stamp

For the past eighteen years of my life, I have lived a blissfully "job-free" life. Before coming to Princeton, I had never filled out a tax form or received a paycheck.

OPINION | 10/14/2003

Time to reform digital copyright law

Few things are designed as shoddily as the latest round of CD copy-protection technology, which Princeton grad student Alex Halderman pointed out last week can be defeated by holding down the "shift" key.

OPINION | 10/13/2003

College system is a social barrier

How does one explain the Princeton social scene? When trying to describe it to an outsider it seems but a parody of 1920s American society: "We spend our evenings in 19th century gothic mansions with libraries and antique pool rooms." While Prospect Street does fly the flag for much of the Princeton social life, freshman and sophomores pre-bicker/sign-in are lucky to have the added camaraderie of their own residential colleges.

OPINION | 10/13/2003

Drug users need clean needles

When a community of intravenous drug users has no access to clean, sterile syringes HIV, Hepatitis and other blood borne pathogens will spread like wildfire (i.e.: New Jersey) On the other hand, if "IDUs" have access to sterile syringes, the spread of disease is greatly reduced (i.e.: the rest of the country).Nationally, drug use accounts for 25 percent of new HIV infections, but in New Jersey this number is over 50 percent, according to the 2002 New Jersey HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report.

OPINION | 10/13/2003

In the fight for gay rights, students should show outrage

This summer, Senator Bill Frist announced his support for a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Watching him on television, I would have liked to react calmly and coolly, citing the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law, and denying that the Senator's Christian values should be imposed upon the rest of the country.

OPINION | 10/13/2003

Letters to the Editor

New stress in collegeRegarding the Wednesday, Oct. 8, article on suicide prevention: I am writing to clarify a misunderstanding of my remarks about stress at Princeton.

OPINION | 10/13/2003

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