Opinion

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

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

L'affaire Isenberg, or, the trouble with tenure

In denying tenure to Professor Andrew Isenberg, Nassau Hall's "Committee of Three" has betrayed the administration's frequent promises that Princeton University is an institution centered on undergraduate education.

OPINION | 04/27/2003

Grades may not be inflated

The concept of the "communications revolution" until recently remained fairly abstract to me, but all that has changed with the electronic edition of the Daily Princetonian.

OPINION | 04/27/2003

The real Princeton?

This weekend, hundreds of high school seniors, with maps in hand and Princeton sweatshirts displaying early pride, will descend upon campus.

OPINION | 04/24/2003

'The power of our own voices'

Ten years ago, the Princeton Take Back the Night March was preceded by a rash of graffiti ? faculty members who supported the cause had "FemiNazi" scrawled across their office doors.

OPINION | 04/24/2003

Keeping the 'faith' in democratic government

Last week I wrote an essay that claimed that American democracy is a religious experience. According to the essay, it is based on "sacred" beliefs and rituals and has a "church" of citizens with faith in our system.

OPINION | 04/24/2003

Courage to buck a system that has served us so well

Arriving as freshmen at Princeton, my classmates and I believed the path to career services was paved with gold.

OPINION | 04/23/2003

'New' RA policy really just codifies old protocol

I was dismayed to see your article on the front page of April 16th Prince. Brian Henn has misinterpreted and misunderstood the spirit of the "changes" of policy in the Adviser Manual concerning advisers, advisees and alcohol.

OPINION | 04/23/2003

Fountain 'triumph' makes for happier, tanner students

The world is, fundamentally, a horrible place to live. From cancer and genocide to psoriasis and reality television, human existence is beset by a plenitude of evils ? natural and artificial, great and small ? from which the only escape is death.

OPINION | 04/23/2003

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