It's second semester senior year. I have no job prospects. I am not going to graduate school. I don't even know what country I'm going to be in.
All I can say is that if this were the Middle Ages and a pack of unkempt Germans had their sights on us, we'd be screwed.
Diallo verdict newsworthyOn Feb. 25, the American judicial system acquitted the police officers allegedly involved in the killing of African immigrant, Amadou Diallo.
Last week's fatal shooting in a first-grade classroom in Mount Morris, Mich., should be a wakeup call for law enforcers and lawmakers alike.
At about 1:30 a.m., we both looked at our watches and said, "Whoa" almost simultaneously.
The world is not, in general, a comfortable place. So why does it seem that people around here, including myself, are always trying to pretend that it is?
Students, not professors, balance workloadJeff Wolf '02's column in yesterday's 'Prince' left much to be desired.
If you take a lot of humanities classes like me, the following will be a familiar scenario: After reading over your syllabi, you realize your professors want you to read four books this week, among other assignments.
The University witnessed something unprecedented this week, something that should make it pause in concern.
The R-word ? religion ? can be a very dirty word on our nation's college campuses. The end of any kind of religious schooling for many, the absence of parents and a seemingly consequence-free environment can lead many students who were brought up with any sort of religious background to cast it off.
USG already seeks student opinions onlineI'm writing in response to the suggestion made by Joe Dague '01 in the Feb.
Raising the standard for English proficiency among graduate students is a good first step in raising the overall quality of teaching and learning ? but there are many important steps that must follow.
Inaccurate depiction in D-Bar cartoonI was impressed last Thursday to see the 'Prince' report on the current D-Bar situation in a well researched and accurate manner.
Initially doubted as a serious challenge to Gov. George W. Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ? after sweeping Bush in New Hampshire, Michigan and Arizona ? is a very real contender for the Republican nomination.
It's an awful feeling. And it hit me at the worst time. The daily, excruciating grind of writing my thesis had finally gotten to me.
D-Bar another case of grad student neglectThe D-Bar fiasco is but another chapter in the saga of continual neglect of graduate students at Princeton.
Last month, undergraduates received their final e-mail from Spencer Merriweather '00, the outgoing president of the Undergraduate Student Government.
Many of the debates that currently have the University's attention ? from the determination of the proper roles of the Frist Campus Center and the eating clubs to the Wythes proposal to expand class size ? are rooted in an important issue that is seldom discussed with candor at Princeton: race relations.While plays, discussions and workshops on diversity are a staple of freshman orientation here, once students congeal into closely-knit social groups, most forms of cross-cultural and multiethnic discourse are thrown aside as quickly as those smelly OA hiking boots.
This December, a handful of Bicker club presidents and grad boards voiced support for allowing students the option of bickering more than one club.
As the year winds down, the curtains are closing on an era for the members of the Class of 2000. Surely, most of my classmates will look back at the last four years with nostalgia.At the same time, America will share a similar process, as eight years of the Clinton presidency dissolve into primaries and conventions and, ultimately, an inauguration.
