Opinion

Last Dean's Date, I was minding my own business, walking through campus to turn in two papers, when I was accosted by the shouts of people yelling in my direction.I was made very uncomfortable by such artificial enthusiasm and the fake smiles staring me down as I tried to pass unnoticed."Free hot chocolate!

OPINION | 01/12/2003

Irresponsibility and SUV's

Irresponsibility and SUV's

Top 10 Reasons to buy an SUV: 10. Gas mileage 9. Endangering the life of others on the road 8. Slow down traffic 7.

OPINION | 01/09/2003

Letters to the Editor

Adopting a quarter systemIn the Jan. 8 Princetonian article entitled "Intellectualism Investigated," I am quoted as saying that Princeton should consider a quarter system.

OPINION | 01/09/2003

Coming here older and wiser

Back in the last geologic age we were conversing on this page about Princeton's "intellectual climate" and possible ways to consolidate what is good about it and improve what might be less good.

OPINION | 01/09/2003

The activism of campus evangelicals

I have followed with interest Mr. Elliot Ratzman's letters in the past few months regarding evangelical Christianity and his disappointment in campus evangelical groups' lack of interest in fighting for issues of justice and peace.

OPINION | 01/07/2003

Personal honor

Princeton has a great honor code. I never hear about honor code violations, so it must be working.

OPINION | 01/07/2003

A year to ask questions

2003 is the year we will go to war with Iraq. Again. Asked recently by a reporter whether war was imminent, George W.

OPINION | 01/07/2003

Changing Christmas

Since I've been at Princeton, I've forgotten that Christmas officially starts the day after Thanksgiving.

OPINION | 12/12/2002

The thirst for war: Is it justified?

The United States will invade Iraq. It has become a fait accompli in the minds of most policymakers, whether they are in America or the Arab world.

OPINION | 12/12/2002

Deadline deadbeat

Although advancing, er, maturity, although advancing maturity makes me feel increasingly distant from the lived undergraduate experience in many respects, there is at least one cause for which my sympathy with my students, already heartfelt and entire, only grows in its intensity as the years go by: the subject of writing deadlines.

OPINION | 12/11/2002

The risks of unilateral war with Iraq

It is fortunate, both for our nation and the world, that the United States is unlikely to pursue unilateral action against Iraq.

OPINION | 12/11/2002

Finding new life in the Tory

In the last year, the editors of the Tory have perfected the art of sparking campus controversy. As of late, they have even caused a new divestment campaign in which students are calling for the University to pull all funding from the magazine, as well as launched a heated face-off with the president of the USG.

OPINION | 12/11/2002

It's a Destructive Life

'Tis the season ? for homecomings and wassail and shopping malls. And, of course, for "It's A Wonderful Life," the American classic which rightly ? if ceaselessly ? claims its place as a feature of our Christmas celebration.For most viewers, the film is a light and happy reflection of the holidays.

OPINION | 12/10/2002

Southeast Asia and President Bush:The art of making enemies

North Korea's public acknowledgement almost two months ago that it has been secretly developing nuclear weapons in violation of a 1994 agreement sent the Bush administration scurrying to respond.

OPINION | 12/10/2002

Regulating the future

Ours is a campus full of future I-Bankers. They flock to open houses at the Nassau Inn as if free Goldman Sachs t-shirts were a rare commodity.

OPINION | 12/10/2002

Letters to the Editor

Students address USG elections, run-off candidates for presidentWe all have gripes about this campus.

OPINION | 12/10/2002

Vacation homework

When I was in high school, I recall that probably the most annoying thing in the world was when teachers had the idea that because vacation was right around the corner, and it was the end of the semester, that it was somehow all right to drop all the work we hadn't done during the year thus far into our laps in the last week.

OPINION | 12/09/2002

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