Opinion

As juniors, we have often found class officer elections predictable, even boring. The officers elected during our first weeks on campus have easily won reelection up through the ranks.However, the aura of inevitability that usually surrounds class elections was shattered last night when Azalea Kim '05 and Christopher Lloyd '06 both beat out incumbent candidates for their class' presidencies.

OPINION | 04/17/2003

Correction

Correction

One unique feature of being a college newspaper editor is that it sometimes gives you the chance to wake up in the morning and be amazed at the mistakes you made the night before ? even in the middle of the week.

OPINION | 04/16/2003

Neglecting the letter 'E' in grade inflation discourse

Imagine this. One night Dean Malkiel is sitting in her office trying to think of a solution to grade inflation.

OPINION | 04/16/2003

Our daily speech should reflect Princeton's quality

Everyone who knows me has heard the recitation of my computer woes. They began shortly after I started at Princeton ? my computer just stopped working.

OPINION | 04/16/2003

Fleming misrepresents graduate student plight

Rhetoric is a difficult art. The Roman statesman Cicero writes at length about the three styles: grand, middle, and plain, which are pretty much like they sound.

OPINION | 04/15/2003

A mandate for change

The votes from this weekend's Honor Code referendum are in, and they make several things clear.First, a majority of undergraduates value the distinctive trust, responsibility and ownership of a fully student-run Honor Code.

OPINION | 04/15/2003

In all seriousness . . .

Occasionally I get emails questioning my ideas, my facts and especially my topics. They laugh about my quest to fulfill every southern stereotype, just so I can win those awkward moments of "Hey, you're from Alabama?

OPINION | 04/15/2003

Tilghman should clarify her vision for Princeton

Anyone who has followed the debate surrounding President Tilghman's fourth high-profile female appointment knows that deep down this is not a debate about gender.

OPINION | 04/15/2003

Post-thesis life is full of freedom, but also confusion

It's been over a week since I turned in my thesis. Leaving the English department, I had visions of long afternoons in the sun, road trips, movies, staying out late and getting up even later.

OPINION | 04/15/2003

A surprised expression of regret for offense caused

Editors' Note: Professor John Fleming's weekly column from last Monday ('A Free Ride at Princeton') drew sharp criticism from some graduate students, including leaders of the Graduate Student Government.

OPINION | 04/15/2003

High student apathy in admission policy referendum

The upcoming Supreme Court decision over the University of Michigan's admission policy ? one that is dividing the Presidential cabinet, rousing zealous political debates and questioning the principles on which our society is grounded ? was recently the subject of an undergraduate-wide USG referendum.

OPINION | 04/14/2003

Amidst clamor in opposition, support for Code reform

Last weekend's referendum on Honor Code reform was a travesty. Officers of the University Student Government and Honor Committee blatantly sought to pervert the vote and depress voter participation, deliberately obscuring the substance of the issues at stake.

OPINION | 04/14/2003

Standards of humanity are not 'black' and 'white'

They look different. Black. Dark. Poor. Foreign. "Savages." They are Africans. 3,000 people die in New York City, and the whole world changes.

OPINION | 04/14/2003

'Twisted' analogy obscures gender's role in appointments

Those who have seen President Tilghman speak informally with students know she has the capacity for effective leadership.

OPINION | 04/13/2003

New music rules are needed

Suing college students. Forcing ISPs to rat out customers. Petitioning Congress for unprecedented vigilante powers.

OPINION | 04/13/2003

Arts need room to grow

The creative arts are a weakness in Princeton's generally strong lineup of learning opportunities.

OPINION | 04/13/2003

Proposed Code change harms 'spirit' of deliberations

Recently, there have been several announcements of Honor Code reform. Two Sundays ago, the USG approved a set of procedural changes to the Honor Code Constitution.

OPINION | 04/10/2003

As it stands, Honor Code is unjust

This weekend the undergraduate student body will have our first chance to reform the Honor Code. When we vote in class elections, we will also vote on four amendments I've proposed to fix some problems in the Code.

OPINION | 04/10/2003

Honor Code matters

Today's Opinion page presents detailed information both for and against the proposed Honor Code changes that appear on the online ballot as part of this weekend's class elections.The Opinion Board feels that one of the proposed Honor Code changes, if it were passed, would be harmful to students.

OPINION | 04/10/2003

'Curse of the generalist' begins in admission office

The announcement this past week of a new undergraduate dean of admission has provided a moment to reexamine the debate that gained so much momentum this fall over the roots of a perceived anti-intellectualism on the Princeton campus.

OPINION | 04/09/2003

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