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'Soft money' and campaign finance

'Soft money' and campaign finance

As a senior in his second semester, I am frequently asked on what I am writing my thesis. After I explain that I am analyzing the implementation of campaign finance laws, those considerate enough to feign interest almost invariably produce the same response: "Oh, campaign finance?

OPINION | 03/27/2003

'Dying in' or merely sunbathing for Saddam?

The rather comfortable looking antiwar protestors staging "die-ins" on the grass in front of the Frist Campus Center earlier this week should have called their event "Sunbathing for Saddam." It seems that some students are so caught up in their self-righteous opposition to Operation Iraqi Freedom that they have lost touch with basic realities about the war.The sunbathers are right, of course, that war is a tragedy.

OPINION | 03/27/2003

An excellent woman, again

Janet Rapelye, Princeton's newly named dean of admission, is an excellent choice by any measure. Her experience leading Wellesley's admission office will likely help her succeed here.

OPINION | 03/27/2003

Letters to the Editor

In thinking about war, remember historyThe 'Prince' editorial on the Iraq "war" obviously wasn't written by a Princeton undergraduate history major.

OPINION | 03/27/2003

War in Iraq and a world of free riders

The overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq will be good for the entire world. This is not to say that war is the only solution to our conflict with Iraq, but it is hard to argue that a post-Saddam Iraq will be worse off than it is now.

OPINION | 03/26/2003

'Liberating' on whose terms?

I am watching television and, of course, what is showing is coverage of the war. It seems that the military penetration moving toward the heart Iraq is more difficult than we, the U.S.

OPINION | 03/26/2003

Rights, Rules and Robertson

In Monday's Prince, Sasha Rao argued that Christian activist Pat Robertson's forthcoming remarks at Whig-Clio should be prohibited on the grounds that they constitute "hate speech," in accordance with the portion of "Rights, Rules and Responsibilities" that forbids "expressions of hatred directed against any individual or group."Resolving this debate is possible only if the emotional sensitivities of students are uniform ? specifically, if Rao's conception of hate resonates with every member of the Princeton community.

OPINION | 03/26/2003

Bush, in his 'God talk,' should take cues from Lincoln

For some time Karl Rove has sought to compare the presidency of George W. Bush to that of William McKinley (interestingly, the first President to engage actively in the quest for overseas empire), but one wonders whether a more difficult war and reconstruction in Iraq will cause President Bush to begin thinking more about the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.

OPINION | 03/25/2003

Letters to the Editor

'Democratic' decision?In claiming that antiwar protests are inappropriate now that "the democratic decision to go to war" has been reached, David Robinson demonstrates a misunderstanding of the purpose of protests and the meaning of democracy.People who disagree with the decision to go to war should continue to voice their disapproval.

OPINION | 03/25/2003

Trouble beyond the bubble

More than ever, I feel like a spoiled brat. In addition to the usual indications (eating food I don't prepare, using a bathroom I don't clean, getting an education I don't pay for), my I'm-in-a-bubble existence has remained largely undisturbed and unchanged while much of the world, with its not-in-your-bubble reality, has not.The Iraqi Republican Guard is using Iraqi women and children as human shields, and the number of American soldiers who will be brought back in body bags is rising.

OPINION | 03/25/2003

On our honor

Ever since its inception in 1883, the Honor Code has been distinguished by a single simple fact: It is completely student operated.

OPINION | 03/25/2003

Making advisor relations work

Back from Spring Break and here we seniors are, many of us with about two weeks to go until we hand in our magnum opus, the thesis.

OPINION | 03/24/2003

100 things to be happy about

Inspired by Barbara Ann Kipfer's "14,000 Things To Be Happy About:"A wall covered with books in a professor's office; professors who quote Madonna; arches; people walking to the Street in formal wear; way too much orange and black in one place; music wafting out an open window; squirrels everywhere; armfuls of library books; people at lectures they don't have to go to; new book smell; old book smell; professors who can make anything interesting; creative procrastination; ranting columnists; Insta-hots; renovated dorms; protestors who know the facts; Dylan in Dillon; lectures free and open to the public; study breaks; getting to study breaks within five minutes; newspapers slipped under your door in the morning; wine tastings; pub nights; scanner gates at library entrances; people who know stuff about computers; "the Princeton experience;" U-CALL; no one asking for your number because of U-CALL; Quipfire!; inconsistent room-numbering conventions; the Haven; walls covered with posters; future supreme court justices; pajamas at brunch in the dining hall; Forbes; Vanilla Ice on campus; van driver training; famous professors; non-famous professors who should be; cluster computers; covertly surfing while printing; movie nights with friends; "gangsta' registrar;" passport to the arts tickets you don't have time to use; columnists' hometowns; the dinky; reading old yearbooks upstairs at formals; passing a campus tour on your way to class; the bus to Rent; someone writing a song about you; Isabella; Medieval Times; suitcases rolling across campus in concert at the beginning of break; bunnies frolicking in prospect gardens; "Saint A's...premed...p/d/f...late meal...he had it comin'!;" the Wa of course; Lindt free samples; thrift store couches; the little door on the side of the chapel that sits in the middle of the wall and doesn't do anything or go anywhere except look out onto McCosh courtyard; fireplaces that don't do anything; recognizing the Wa workers; watching people run in their papers on dean's date; injuring yourself running in papers on dean's date; sitting on the battlefield at night; running through the Institute woods; playing on big piles of dirt on construction sites; having a construction worker give you a free board that you make into a shelf on your desk that you keep for three years; making four-course meals with an Insta-hot; coming down to the dryer and finding someone has folded your laundry; parents who want you to meet somebody in the laundry room; looking at big cool maps in the rare books collection; rolling those C-floor shelves around; bathrooms that get cleaned for you; facebooks; facebook games; little old professors with bowties; gargoyles; gargoyles in the shape of football players; people's class years listed after their names; an unconventionally painted automobile; professors who write columns for the Prince; feeling better after staying up until 6 a.m.; protecting a $10 coffee table; friends who send you email to cheer you up; ethernet ports in convenient locations; professors who teach "The Matrix;" late meals; emails saying you have a package; Sir Hawthorne the Hound; newspapers attempting to portray the Ivy League; professors missing lecture because they're needed in Washington; talking about bioethics one minute and soap operas the next; making pdf files with LaTeX; machine shop classes; a T-shirt with a Decepticon symbol; renewing library books online; the secret entrance to McCosh Hall; perspective"s" on Iraq outside the Frist cafe; printing double-sided; random acts of kindness; columns ranting about random acts of kindness; arch sings; doing the reading; not doing the reading; the mace bearer; class movie nights at the Garden Theater; drunken 4 a.m.

OPINION | 03/24/2003

War demands inquiry, debate

I found out about the war in LaGuardia Airport, standing in a crowd of New Yorkers who lived and worked near the Twin Towers, all wary of boarding an airplane on the day America declared war on Iraq.

OPINION | 03/24/2003

Rev. Robertson should not be given a Princeton platform

On April 1st, the Whig-Cliosophic Society will host a speech by Rev. Pat Robertson. While the society recognizes that the Reverend's speech might include his trademark invectives against homosexuals and non-Christians, they justify the invitation on the grounds of free speech and request that we filter out any offensive comments he might make.The value of free speech on a college campus is obvious.

OPINION | 03/23/2003

Staff Editorials

Protests could be betterThough American ground troops have crossed the Kuwait-Iraq border and American-led air forces have embarked on an unprecedented campaign to unseat Saddam Hussein and disarm the Iraqi regime, that is no reason for protesters to sit on the sidelines and wait out the war.The number of Americans who are against the war is not negligible.

OPINION | 03/23/2003

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