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If these walls could talk: Reading memories in the Murray-Dodge Cafe

If these walls could talk: Reading memories in the Murray-Dodge Cafe

Want a banal, sterile room? Paint the walls white and keep them bare. I'm no design expert, but common sense and a summer of watching "Trading Spaces" validate my opinion somewhat, right?So when I recently descended into a favorite spot of mine on campus, Murray-Dodge Cafe, I was more than surprised.

OPINION | 10/08/2002

Rethinking campus feminism, looking at the first years of OWL

Princeton's Organization of Woman Leaders (OWL), our campus "feminist" student group, ought to be congratulated for their efforts last year that effectively stirred a debate on what it means to be a feminist.

OPINION | 10/08/2002

Letters to the Editor

Tilghman should have signed AJC ad decrying anti-SemitismThe 'Prince' article on Monday, Oct.

OPINION | 10/08/2002

A sense of belonging at Princeton

"What am I doing at Princeton?"During the Fall of my freshman year, I remember ceaselessly questioning my place here.

OPINION | 10/07/2002

Gifts to University should be investigated

Zachary Goldfarb's article, "House inquiry into Whitman profits raises ethical issues about donations," Oct.

OPINION | 10/07/2002

Bottom of the pecking order

It pains me to think that just a few short months ago, I was at the top of the food chain. New kids were coming to me with questions, I entered any hallway to a chorus of raucous greetings, and nearly everyone wanted my help with their homework.

OPINION | 10/07/2002

Remembering the October crisis with an eye to the Middle East

This week, key officials from John F. Kennedy's White House are gathering in Cuba to celebrate with Fidel Castro the 40th anniversary of the peaceful resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

OPINION | 10/06/2002

Letters to the Editor

Civic Values Initiative teaches social responsibilitesThe most intriguing aspect of Brian Henn's "Page 3" article on Wednesday (Oct.

OPINION | 10/06/2002

Controversy in University's goal of molding citizens of the world

Recently, various high-placed officials in the University have recommended that our students, particularly first-year students, need to become more cosmopolitan and explore the new and untried, the unfamiliar and the distant.

OPINION | 10/06/2002

Decoding the 'user-friendly' network: The odyssey of the password

There are worse things in life than Dean's warnings, probation and getting hosed. I just had no idea that the OIT-gurus controlled them.It all started very simply.

OPINION | 10/03/2002

A man unchanged by the times

Two years ago when President Bush was elected to the presidency, he was ridiculed by the mainstream press and viewed as a young cocaine-snorting puppet of an aging Dick Cheney.

OPINION | 10/03/2002

Torricelli's ungraceful exit: Breaking the ballot in New Jersey

Bob Torricelli's reelection bid had been in free-fall since this summer, spiraling down almost 30 points in the opinion polls before he withdrew from the race Monday afternoon.

OPINION | 10/02/2002

Civil rights and censorship

A masterpiece of American short fiction, Ring Lardner's "Haircut," is one of the finest examples in our literature of na

OPINION | 10/02/2002

One-and-a-half cheers for the latest Gore

One-and-a-half cheers for the Gorebot. Al Gore, who's been lost these past two years within the tangled mazes of academia and facial-hair experimentation, returned to the public stage last week with a scathing attack on George W.

OPINION | 10/01/2002

Letters to the Editor

An inaccurate portrayal of Sharon and IDFTaufiq Rahim's recent (September 24) opinion piece inaccurately presents the role of Ariel Sharon and the Israel Defense Forces at Sabra and Shatilla.

OPINION | 10/01/2002

The trouble with cable news

For a week at the beginning of the semester, my television was broken. Until the OIT staff magically repaired it one afternoon while I was in class, I was completely out of touch.

OPINION | 10/01/2002

Letters to the Editor

Proclaiming Israel's right to defend itselfIn "Should the US and Princeton Divest from Israel?," Vincent Lloyd mentions a long list of grievances he has with the actions of the state of Israel and uses them as reasons to divest.

OPINION | 09/30/2002

Three cheers for the axis of evil

I am tired of hearing snide remarks about President Bush's "Axis of Evil" speech. Every time I begin to feel sluggish in precept I am jarred out of my reverie by someone's comment about US arrogance or about how unsophisticated or unproductive it is to label our enemies as making up an "Axis of Evil." Of course the problem is larger than that ? these criticisms are being heard around the world.This evening Princetonians will gather in Frist to discuss the seemingly inevitable war with Iraq.

OPINION | 09/30/2002

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