I've gotten a lot of nasty letters, unpleasant phone calls, and strange comments this year on and around the Princeton campus because of my editorials.
The 126th managing board of The Daily Princetonian has made a concerted effort to represent the views of different individuals and campus groups during the last five months.
Once a month, The Princeton Tory lands on my doorstep. I always read it. By the last page I am usually itching to debate the issues set forth by the magazine's conservative staff.
This is my last column in The Daily Princetonian. However, one month ago, I nearly resigned my columnist position in protest.On April 12, a column ran on this page that I found particularly offensive: "Fact or fiction: Understanding the Palestinian perspective" by Taufiq Rahim '04.
Creativity is a concept that many people seem to cast aside when writing. The story that I wrote of Ali Shadid was fictional, but the events that took place in his life form the very real and brutal Palestinian narrative.
In a rousing speech to Congress on Sept. 20, George W. Bush bellowed, "This [war on terrorism] is civilization's fight.
When my son was three years old, he told me that women have certain advantages: "They get to have babies and wear hats indoors." Judging by my male Princeton students, some of whom wear caps to class, men have already crossed the second barrier.
The vast majority of Americans and all members of Congress believe that reproductive cloning poses a grave threat to humanity and must be banned immediately.
PCAT and AFP are not aligned with any political partyI am disturbed by the inclusion of the Princeton Committee Against Terrorism (PCAT) in the article "Student conservative groups decry liberalism, political apathy on campus" in the Monday, May 6 edition of The Daily Princetonian.
"Why do they hate us?" So went the question after Sept. 11, in the wake of the worst terrorist attacks in American history.
Removing emotion from constructive debateI've been disappointed in the responses to Matt O'Brien's editorial on homosexuality.
To those who suggest that Princeton has a lethargic political atmosphere, I heartily disagree. Every day my inbox is flooded with PCAT, PPN, PIPAC, PCP or some other group's obviously political message.
The American-led war on terrorism has highlighted the role of Pakistan in supporting terrorism in Afghanistan - as well as an attack on the Indian parliament allegedly sponsored by Pakistani intelligence - has brought increased attention to the issue of Kashmir.Kashmir is often erroneously referred to as a disputed territory.
Many newspapers wrongfully chose to ignore an event held on Saturday, April 20th, that should have graced their covers.
Arguing for lowering the drinking age in a college newspaper is like calling for an end to exams or the abolition of grades.
In December of 2000, The Daily Princetonian, of which I was then editor-in-chief, ran a 10-part series about the state of race relations at Princeton.
A brief note in a recent issue of the Daily Princetonian noted that student contentment with the preceptorial system was relatively high, with 65 percent rating precepts as "Good." Contentment, of course, is not the same as enthusiasm ? a fact that was reflected by only eight percent who rated preceptorials to be "Excellent," and more revealingly, a full quarter of respondents who could only muster a "Fair" judgment.
Junior Paper 'molehill' cannot compare to senior thesis 'mountain'In response to John Lurz's opinion piece "Reflections on pre-JP life," these two seniors would like to retort with a similar dose of academic reality.
Accepting homosexuality as a lifestyle, not a psychological disorderAfter reading Matt O'Brien's column "Questioning the unquestionable: Homosexuality and Princeton's gay movement," I felt an overwhelming need to shower.At the risk of being accused of engaging in the type of "name-calling" O'Brien rightly worries his column will provoke, I must say that his pseudo-intellectual defense of "powerful arguments" classifying homosexuality as a "psychological disorder" leading to an "immoral" and "destructive" lifestyle brought to my mind Alfred Rosenberg's pseudo-scientific book "The Myth of the Twentieth Century," in which he attempts to provide National Socialism's anti-Semitism with a historic and philosophic theoretical basis.
Though college professors doubtless spend too much time navel-gazing, the changing character of our profession, as illuminated by some recent high-profile recruiting by Princeton, is not without interest.
