Opinion

College system is a social barrier

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

Acceptance of gay pride means more than passive toleration

One of the highlights of my summer was attending the Pride Parade in Toronto, Canada. However, when I mention to Princetonians that I took part, I am often met with questions of why I would attend, given that I myself am heterosexual.

OPINION | 10/13/2003

How should we remember Columbus?

It's become fashionable to tear down the leading figures of our history. Jefferson and Washington, we are taught, were slave owners.

OPINION | 10/12/2003

How should we remember Columbus?

Many will celebrate Christopher Columbus today, five hundred and eleven years after his arrival Some of us are told his arrival marked the "discovery" of a new continent and a new nation without mention of Columbus' legacy of colonization and exploitation.

OPINION | 10/12/2003

Lonely at the top? No, we're just fine, thanks

U.S. News and World Report allows Harvard to share Princeton's supremacy for a year? I demand a recount!

OPINION | 10/09/2003

Club Scarlet

I am a senior, and I have a hiding place. It's not near any of my favorite haunts: the Chapel, Caf

OPINION | 10/09/2003

Letters to the editor

Career Services works to offer job varietyRegarding 'Seniors in Suits' (Oct. 9, 2003):One of the most rewarding aspects of being a career counselor at Princeton is the opportunity to talk to, work with and advise students with such a diverse array of talents, experiences and interests.

OPINION | 10/09/2003

Leaks and the lackluster lackeys who leak them

Is it my bitter fate to remain forever an obscure columnist for an obscure publication? What is it that the big guys have that I lack?

OPINION | 10/08/2003

Seniors in suits

It's hard these days to walk across campus without encountering impeccably groomed seniors, wearing their Sunday best and fixed expressions of concentration.

OPINION | 10/08/2003

Hot bods and gym gods

Running innocently on an elliptical machine in Dillon, my attention broke momentarily from a surprisingly engrossing soap opera to find the girl next to me staring at the flashing numbers on my machine.

OPINION | 10/08/2003

Letters to the Editor

Not another codeThe 'Prince' rightfully acknowledged ("Nurturing campus diversity," Oct.

OPINION | 10/07/2003

Finding Omertà during a year abroad in Italy

This summer I discovered an unexpected passion for the macho, criminal bloodfest otherwise known as the "Godfather" series.

OPINION | 10/07/2003

University is already supporting mental heatlh

As Chief Medical Officer of Princeton University, I am pleased that Fernando Delgado chose to shed light on a mental health issue that concerns us all deeply here, that of suicidality in the college aged population.

OPINION | 10/07/2003

As year begins, finding old comforts in a new place

I wish I weren't here. By here, I mean Princeton University.It's not that I hate the place.

OPINION | 10/06/2003

Letters to the Editor

Not another codeIf the proposed "social honor code" is anything like the academic honor code, it is an extremely bad idea.The honor code is not just a statement of support for academic integrity.

OPINION | 10/06/2003

Personal observation where terror's flags fly

"My Summer Vacation." Like clockwork year after year I can remember the elementary school teachers giving this assignment, as we, their little charges, returned from months of mental sloth and academic apathy.

OPINION | 10/06/2003

Helping Africa overcome

The standard reaction to the word "Africa" in the West is a sense of overwhelming frustration.

OPINION | 10/05/2003

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