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Opinion

The Daily Princetonian

Reporting the news

The Daily Princetonian occupies a unique role on campus. We are the only publication to report as impartially as possible on the full range of issues that concern members of the campus community.

OPINION | 04/28/2002

The Daily Princetonian

Letters to the Editor

Campus activism should be better-informedThe Daily Princetonian made an interesting statement by only briefly mentioning the protest calling for divestment [withdrawal of University funds from companies based or with subsidiaries in Israel] ? and entirely leaving out the counter-demonstration ? with a stand-alone photo on the front page of Friday's paper.The divestment rally, combined with the active pro-Israel opposition, proved that there are people on campus willing to take a stand, to fight for something they believe in, to demonstrate their passion for a cause.

OPINION | 04/25/2002

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Letters to the Editor

Uninformed rhetoric used to describe dialog on homosexualityA recent opinion article by Mr. O'Brien considers the status of the campus climate on issues related to "homosexuality" in light of Pride Week features.

OPINION | 04/23/2002

The Daily Princetonian

The merits of cloning

(Due to an editorial error, Mike Kimberly's column was not printed in its entirety. This column includes his additions)In a recent column for The Daily Princetonian responding to President Bush's speech on cloning, Dave Sillers suggested that creating life with the express purpose of destroying it is wrong.

OPINION | 04/21/2002

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The potential to cure

Currently, there are two bills working their way through Congress, both entitled the "Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001." The bill offered by Senators Feinstein and Kennedy (Dem.) would ban only reproductive cloning ? cloning that would lead to the birth of a child ? whereas the bill sponsored by Senators Brownback, Bond '60 and Smith (Rep.) would ban both reproductive and therapeutic cloning.Underneath all of the controversy and political rhetoric, it is important for us to carefully examine the arguments for and against both forms of cloning, in order to make an informed decision as a society.In a speech last Wednesday, President Bush expressed worries that cloning research would inevitably lead to "a society in which human beings are grown for spare body parts and children are engineered to custom specifications." Both of these concerns may be unfounded.The president is mistaken that cloning will result in children that are engineered to custom specifications.

OPINION | 04/17/2002

The Daily Princetonian

Letters to the Editor

No 'gratuitous diversity' at this UniversityAfter reading the Publisher's note on the inside of the front cover of this month's Tory, I was upset to find that there are certain people on this campus who believe Princeton concentrates too much on diversity while ignoring more important Western values.Pete Hegseth '03, the writer of this piece, acknowledges that "Diversity is a note-worthy discussion topic, yet highly overvalued at this University." After reading this sentence I went back to check to make sure Pete Hegseth actually attended Princeton, a school which in my mind is lacking in its development of a diverse environment.

OPINION | 04/16/2002