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The Daily Princetonian

SAT: Numerical value with no value at all

An article in the Feb. 26, 2001 issue of Time magazine reported an interesting development in the area of university education: Richard Atkinson, testing expert and president of the University of California, recommended that the UC system drop the SAT in its admission process, saying, "America's emphasis on the SAT is compromising our educational system." He noted the vast sums of money that parents spend on test-prep programs ? some starting from the age of 12 ? and that some parents even try to find psychologists to certify their children as "disabled" so they will qualify for extra test time.So, if the University of California can do it, why can't Princeton?

OPINION | 02/27/2001

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Scaling down Scalia

When I took my seat in McCosh 50 last Friday night to hear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, I knew that he has become the most prominent symbol of an increasingly conservative Court, but I knew very little about what he actually believes.

OPINION | 02/26/2001

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Letters to the Editor

Student workers can ease situation of casualsI found it somewhat ironic that in a publication presumably distributed by the WROC, the organization articulated that the terrible working conditions faced by Princeton's casual dining hall workers were due to a shortage of student workers.

OPINION | 02/26/2001

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Gimme a Break

"Well, looks like you just messed up Princeton's four-year graduation rate," my dad sarcastically quipped to me when I decided to take a year off last spring.

OPINION | 02/25/2001

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Class interaction can be vital part of Princeton experience

I read with interest and bemusement that the University is planning a four-year college that in a newspaper report Anne Gordon '01 observes, "brings together graduate students and undergraduates in the same living space" and is "a very positive thing." University Vice-President Thomas Wright '62 commented, "We heard voices that one of the problems in undergraduate life is that they don't have ways to interact with one another."This is, in part, coming full circle, for that's the way it was.

OPINION | 02/25/2001

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Letters to the Editor

Race, gender committees will seek diverse viewpointsIt has been very exciting over the past few days to hear both in person and via e-mail just how important many undergraduates believe that my proposed initiatives on race and gender will be.

OPINION | 02/22/2001

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A proposal for protecting the creative process from prudish sensibilities

It all started Saturday night when we arrived at the Hamilton Multi-Plex to find that "O Brother, Where Art Thou" was sold out and the only movie with tickets available was "Requiem for a Dream," of which we knew only two things: one of us had a friend from home who said it was good ? and that it was rated NC-17.What followed was possibly the most intense two hours I have ever spent in a movie theater: a cross between "Snatch," "The Cell," "Kids" and the most upsetting parts of "Traffic." I left feeling drained, a bit disturbed ? but not offended or angry ? and convinced that the NC-17 rating was well-deserved.It's not every day that one sees an NC-17 rated movie, so I got to thinking.

OPINION | 02/22/2001