Karl Rove, mastermind of the sweeping Republican victory in the recent election, came up with an interesting bit of math at a lecture in Utah earlier this month.
The conflict in the Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians is a lively topic on campus. At least once a week, the relevant campus student groups host lectures and events to raise awareness of the issues and encourage student involvement.
Toilet seats and intellectualismI told my hall mates a few weeks ago that I was so happy to be at Princeton that I actually didn't mind sitting in whatever my fellow Princetonians decided to leave on the toilet seat in our various campus bathrooms.
The morning after this November's election, I waited for the Democrats to say something. Republicans were basking in the glow of victory, recapping a night filled with speeches that thanked God and George W.
I'm struggling to find a "hook" to get into this week's column on Princeton's intellectual climate, since the traditional weekly football report would be too dreary even for this page of lugubrious opinions.
Religion and respectI do not know how many parents read your periodical, but I always do.
Last Tuesday was a Republican sweep by every measure. So who forgot to inform New Jersey voters of the trend?While Massachusetts voters were busy electing a Republican governor, the Democrats swept the Garden State.
USG members only 'privilege' at concert was doing work for studentsI am writing in response to Aileen Neilsen's column that appeared in the 'Prince' on Nov.
Professor Deneen's column in the Nov. 11th issue of the Daily Princetonian again raises the specter of "The Jock School," in the discussion of intellectual life on campus.
I write to advocate action on what I consider to be one of the most pressing needs on this campus ? the need for disposable toilet seat covers in dormitory bathrooms.
Over the last few weeks, the old problems of of maintaining undergraduate focus, fostering an academic environment and encouraging faculty involvement at America's top universities reemerged in Princeton as anti-intellectualism.Anti-intellectualism has became the catchall phrase for the shortcomings of Princeton academics.
Seth and Dave are at it again. After a year away from Princeton, Dave Tannenbaum '00 and Seth Green '01 are still campus activists, but instead of fight for workers' rights on a campus in central Jersey, they're fighting for multilateralism in U.S.
A stroll through the Rocky dining hall or McCosh Hall confirms that universities like Princeton are strongly rooted in the gothic tradition.
Tiger's purpose is to entertain, not informIn his Nov. 6 column "Catholicism, Religion, and Respect," Ryan Anderson '04 demonstrates a strong understanding of Catholic doctrine, but no understanding of the difference between straight commentary and satire.Students who read Tiger Magazine know its content is never serious.
Hello, my name is Eric and I am an academic pack rat.It's kind of strange because I'm not really a pack rat in general.
The Friday night Goo Goo Dolls concert was the first rock concert for a nameless (for her own protection) friend of mine as well as for me.
Since Oct. 11, when the Undergraduate U-Council called upon President Tilghman and the University community in an open letter to engage in a "dialogue" over ways to improve the intellectual life among undergraduates, our "organization kids" have, in fact, apparently found time in their packed schedules to discuss the issue, even if that has often taken the form of complaints that there is no time to have a robust intellectual life.
Last Friday night, I was presented with an interesting phenomenon. I'd never seen anything like it before, though I knew it existed through hearing about it from others.
"We all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane ? just as insane as we are . . . we know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: It is where his opinion differs from ours . . . All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it.
They say Southern Belles don't keep well in this New Jersey rain and climate. True, my pea coat and knee high leather boots serve me well as the Northern temperatures plummet but to be honest, they only gather dust on my long-forgotten hat and glove Christmas sets in my Alabama closet.
