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Defense shield will precipitate arms build-upMelissa Waage '01's March 26 column deriding national missile defense proposals parallels most critical writing on the subject in its tendency to portray unsupported assertions as truth.

OPINION | 03/27/2001

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The importance of being tolerant

Several years ago, a friend came back from an interfaith discussion on campus. I asked him how it went, and he replied that everyone basically sat around carping about how terrible Christians were, apparently because Christianity espoused the view that it is the only true religion, the only path to salvation.

OPINION | 03/26/2001

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Bound to be bookworms

Since we all have so many academic and extra-curricular commitments, it is not infrequent that students do not finish assigned readings, particularly in social science or humanities courses.

OPINION | 03/25/2001

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The supposedly tried and true preceptorial system founders in the inexperience of its instructors

Princeton University gets a lot of public relations mileage out of its preceptorial system. The school's tour guides, its admissions interviewers and its official web site all make a point of telling prospective students exactly what preceptorials are and why they are a such a unique, important feature of the undergraduate academic program.Unfortunately, however, the usefulness of the preceptorial system does not extend very far beyond the realm of advertising.

OPINION | 03/15/2001

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Overall financial picture must include workersThere are numerous factual mistakes in Brad Simmons '03's column on WROC appearing in the March 14 'Prince' ? too many to cover in a short letter.

OPINION | 03/15/2001

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Deomcratic development

When the Graduate Student Government enfranchised its constituents last week and held the first student body elections of the GSG executive board, it simultaneously strengthened its visibility, legitimacy and relevance for all graduate students.

OPINION | 03/14/2001

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Magazine article exhibits ignorance toward religious beliefs and practicesAs someone who is neither Christian nor Hindu, I still found the article in the 'Prince' Magazine on Mother Teresa deeply disturbing.

OPINION | 03/14/2001

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Could the XFL become NFL training ground?

Last week, an article in the New York Times sports section brought up an interesting question about the World Wrestling Federation's good-for-nothing new football league, the XFL: Might it, in fact, be good for something?Specifically, the XFL is considering a plan to allow 18- and 19-year olds who have finished high school but have not met the academic requirements to attend college (or have no desire to attend) the opportunity to turn pro and join the new league.

OPINION | 03/13/2001

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Looking for meaning behind the WROC button

The recently formed Workers' Rights Organizing Committee (WROC) has effectively divided students into two groups: those that 'support Princeton's workers' and those that are 'anti-workers' rights.' Such a black-and-white depiction of this particularly complex issue is disturbing ? for its neglect of a wide range of people standing on common ground, and for its tendency to shun skepticism, however reasonable, from members of the University community.This supposed dichotomy of the issue is particularly unwarranted, in fact, because WROC has failed to provide critical pieces of information that students need before they can assess the movement.My first question: what exactly are the wages and benefits entailed in employment at Princeton?

OPINION | 03/13/2001

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Low wages force worker-parents to choose between working for and raising familyIn the aftermath of the recent school shooting, I have heard numerous Princeton students say that the solution to school violence is to have parents that are in touch with their children.

OPINION | 03/12/2001