Opinion

Over the last few weeks, the old problems of of maintaining undergraduate focus, fostering an academic environment and encouraging faculty involvement at America's top universities reemerged in Princeton as anti-intellectualism.Anti-intellectualism has became the catchall phrase for the shortcomings of Princeton academics.

OPINION | 11/12/2002

The bully on the playground? A perspective from abroad

The bully on the playground? A perspective from abroad

Seth and Dave are at it again. After a year away from Princeton, Dave Tannenbaum '00 and Seth Green '01 are still campus activists, but instead of fight for workers' rights on a campus in central Jersey, they're fighting for multilateralism in U.S.

OPINION | 11/12/2002

Architecture

A stroll through the Rocky dining hall or McCosh Hall confirms that universities like Princeton are strongly rooted in the gothic tradition.

OPINION | 11/12/2002

Letters to the Editor

Tiger's purpose is to entertain, not informIn his Nov. 6 column "Catholicism, Religion, and Respect," Ryan Anderson '04 demonstrates a strong understanding of Catholic doctrine, but no understanding of the difference between straight commentary and satire.Students who read Tiger Magazine know its content is never serious.

OPINION | 11/11/2002

Learning to accept the ways of an obsessive academic pack rat

Hello, my name is Eric and I am an academic pack rat.It's kind of strange because I'm not really a pack rat in general.

OPINION | 11/11/2002

Goo Goo Dolls don't wear khakis

The Friday night Goo Goo Dolls concert was the first rock concert for a nameless (for her own protection) friend of mine as well as for me.

OPINION | 11/11/2002

The impossibility of a one-sided dialogue

Since Oct. 11, when the Undergraduate U-Council called upon President Tilghman and the University community in an open letter to engage in a "dialogue" over ways to improve the intellectual life among undergraduates, our "organization kids" have, in fact, apparently found time in their packed schedules to discuss the issue, even if that has often taken the form of complaints that there is no time to have a robust intellectual life.

OPINION | 11/10/2002

Dodging the high-heeled shoe

Last Friday night, I was presented with an interesting phenomenon. I'd never seen anything like it before, though I knew it existed through hearing about it from others.

OPINION | 11/10/2002

Finding a deeper discourse

"We all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane ? just as insane as we are . . . we know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: It is where his opinion differs from ours . . . All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it.

OPINION | 11/07/2002

Sweet Home Alabama, Lord I'm comin' home to you

They say Southern Belles don't keep well in this New Jersey rain and climate. True, my pea coat and knee high leather boots serve me well as the Northern temperatures plummet but to be honest, they only gather dust on my long-forgotten hat and glove Christmas sets in my Alabama closet.

OPINION | 11/07/2002

The comedy and tragedy of an election night in the United States

The best place to watch the election returns coming in Tuesday night was on Comedy Central. With insta-pundits mouthing pointless platitudes on all the other stations, the only wisdom to be had that evening came from the sage analysis of Daily Show anchor, and Mercer County local, Jon Stewart."Well," he said, wrapping up the night's coverage, "it looks like the Republicans have taken control of everything.

OPINION | 11/06/2002

Recruiting geeks, nerds and wonks

Just as our discussion of the intellectual climate on campus was speeding up to the tempo of a saraband or perhaps the pace of a gun-carriage at a royal funeral, we had to down tools for Fall Break.

OPINION | 11/06/2002

Catholicism, Religion and Respect

In its attempts to be humorous, the Princeton Tiger magazine often crosses the line of decency and good taste.

OPINION | 11/05/2002

Letters to the Editor

For the U-Council, a test of convictionTaking a cue from David Brooks's critique of the Stephens-Center-toned, Street-frequenting, Econ-trained, McKinsey-bound, but, alas, discourse-shy Princeton undergrad, the U-Council recently published an open letter which lamented the dearth of deep conversation among undergraduates."Students," the Councilors wrote, "complain that dinner conversations rarely shift to intellectual topics." The Council took this predilection for banal chitchat, coupled with unused office hours, undergrad-free public lectures, hesitance to challenge authority, and ? worse still ? a workload that leaves undergrads without the time even to read a newspaper, as symptoms of chronic intellectual atrophy.Such a public proclamation is both unprecedented and quite necessary.

OPINION | 11/05/2002

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