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Grading in the 'good old days'

There has been a lot of discussion at Princeton this spring about so-called "grade inflation." I thought it might interest students to have some concrete sense of what grading was like in an earlier time ? at least in my area of the University, namely the humanities.

OPINION | 05/11/2003

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No excuses

On April 21st, we wrote that a price tag of zero isn't the only reason people share music online.

OPINION | 05/08/2003

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The importance of remembering

I was pulling the colorful flags out of the grass at the conclusion of Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Memorial Day, when two people approached the sign explaining the significance of the flags and of the day.Yom Hashoah commemorates the more than 11 million victims who lost their lives due to a systematic effort to eliminate specific ethnicities, religions and lifestyles between 1939 and 1945 ? Jews, Soviets, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, Poles, homosexuals.

OPINION | 05/01/2003

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Instead a 'hook-up,' consider 'taking back the date'

Houseparties is simultaneously the closest to and the furthest from traditional dating that most Princetonians ever get.This year, Houseparties comes on the heels of Take Back the Night, in which 75 students marched to support victims of sexual violence and to protest the unhealthy sexual atmosphere at Princeton that fosters sexual assault.The motives of the marchers are commendable; their means, however, are largely misdirected.

OPINION | 04/30/2003

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'Glut' of free campus publications is often wasteful

A few months ago, a freshman who lives in Blair Hall asked if I would put him in an editorial. He particularly wanted me to mention the "substance friendly" nature of his living quarters, though he also added "but don't mention my name." He knows who he is.You probably think I am now going to crusade against any and all forms of recreational substance use, but you're wrong.

OPINION | 04/30/2003

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President's power needs to be monitored by citizens

"We, I hope, shall adhere to our republican government and keep it to its original principles by narrowly watching it." ? Thomas JeffersonThe Bush Administration has fought the war on terrorism at home and abroad with new means and new doctrines designed to combat an enemy of a sort that we have never seen before; domestically, this includes detention of suspects through means outside of the normal criminal process.

OPINION | 04/29/2003