Opinion

Leaving home for good, daunted by real independence

Leaving home for good, daunted by real independence

The well-known American novelist Thomas Wolfe has often been quoted as writing, "You can't go home again." As I look to my last days on Princeton's campus, I begin to understand the truth of those words.Over dinner the other night, in fact, I was talking to a friend of mine who shared Wolfe's sentiments.

OPINION | 05/06/2003

The tasks and responsibilities of our generation

Conclusions are supposed to signify resolution ? and so it seems inappropriate somehow to write my concluding column for the Daily Princetonian at a time when so many of the issues I have written about persist unresolved around the world.

OPINION | 05/06/2003

'Interplay of ideas' is the best reason to attend Princeton

With reading period upon us and the inescapable fear of losing my freshman year of college, I am reminded of the very first piece of Princeton propaganda that I ever received on the shores of England.

OPINION | 05/06/2003

Escaping the colon: A paper title pitfall

Before you hand in your JP, take the time to be a rebel. Fight the power. Defy convention. Whatever you're writing about, whatever your department, do not use a colon in your title.

OPINION | 05/04/2003

Great Princeton teachers remain with us over time

So the old guard is changing, as the Opinion Board rightly pointed out on Friday. But does that have to mean it is exiting the golden gates of Princeton?

OPINION | 05/04/2003

An elite class of professors

As the spring semester closes today, we are all reminded just how fleeting our time here at Princeton is.

OPINION | 05/01/2003

Isenberg tenure denial should spark debate, study

The University's surprising decision to deny tenure to history professor Andrew Isenberg has rekindled an old debate on campus: What's the deal with tenure?

OPINION | 05/01/2003

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

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

'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

University's 'preparedness' validates culture of fear

Most students pass by www.princeton.edu several times a day.

OPINION | 04/30/2003

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

Athletics on campus

This summer, the presidents of all eight Ivy League schools will meet to discuss athletics, and to adjust the policy now known as the seven-week moratorium.

OPINION | 04/29/2003

A guide to the underground Internet

They thought they could stop us when they shut down internet file sharing networks. And, to a point, they did.

OPINION | 04/29/2003

A misguided budget strategy

I have never considered Governor Jim McGreevey to be a particularly astute politician. When he spoke at my high school five years ago, he made fun of the sweater I was wearing, somehow failing to realize that insulting an 11th grader before an all-school assembly might not be a wise thing for a gubernatorial candidate to do.Things haven't changed much since then.

OPINION | 04/29/2003

Letters to the Editor

Kamara misunderstands flagsSteven Kamara's comment on the alleged vandalism against the PCACP flags on the Frist lawn is well argued and convincing.

OPINION | 04/29/2003

Letters to the Editor

Isenberg's scholarly research is 'fresh, exciting and inspiring'On behalf of eighteen graduate students in the History Department, I'm writing to thank the 'Prince' for covering the University's surprising decision to deny tenure to Professor Andrew Isenberg, and the efforts of undergraduates to reverse this decision.

OPINION | 04/28/2003

With age, confidence grows but simple lessons remain

Maturation sure is a funny thing. As my freshman year of college draws to a close, and I likewise close in on my twentieth year, I am shocked at how old I am.

OPINION | 04/28/2003

PCACP flags near Frist are not protected 'free speech'

The article in last Tuesday's 'Prince' reporting possible "vandalism" of the death penalty awareness flag displays outside the Frist building throughout the week is a dramatization almost as deserving of applause as was the recent production of "The Fix." The uprooting of a certain percentage of the 846 flags with a death penalty message on them was reported on in a way befitting of a felony offense.The truth is, the act performed on the flags was not a crime or tort in any sense, and its treatment as such is indicative of a campus that luckily flourishes virtually free from the fetters of criminality.

OPINION | 04/28/2003

A better, longer term

Princeton's semesters are remarkably brief. At a mere twelve weeks, they're shorter than the terms at Yale or Harvard.

OPINION | 04/27/2003

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