Opinion

A college of, for and by geezers

A college of, for and by geezers

I must begin this column with two confessions. The first is that its subject ? a proposal to establish at Princeton a college of geezers ? is unlikely to be of much interest to the majority of undergraduate readers of the 'Prince.' My intended audience on this occasion is one that for the most part is not even resident in Princeton.

OPINION | 02/26/2002

Letters to the Editor

OWL and feminism should look beyond fashion statementThe Officers of the Organization of Women Leaders recently explained their motivation for ordering "We're not just Hooters" t-shirts.

OPINION | 02/26/2002

I'm a big kid now

It seemed about time for someone to write in about what it's like to finally be a big kid. When we were little we pictured ourselves as big kids, having jobs where you drank coffee out of mugs just like teachers did, where you cooked big meals that involved roasts that looked so perfect that it was obvious that the animal must have died happy, and where your curtains matched your sheets, which matched your valances, which matched your tea cozies.

OPINION | 02/25/2002

A book by its cover

One of the worst mistakes you can make when writing is to open your piece with a cliché. Though I was incredibly tempted to begin this column by telling you that most people agree that you can't judge a book by its cover, I think I'll forego the former and just tell you what this article is really about: clothing.Yes, I am going to write about clothing.

OPINION | 02/25/2002

Letters to the Editor

Legal combatants disappoint alumniI am very proud of my Princeton education. But today I find myself very ashamed of the behavior of several former Princetonians.First, and most significantly, Antonio Lasaga '71 who recently admitted to downloading hundreds of thousands of images of child pornography and repeatedly molesting (and videotaping) a young boy whom he met through a New Haven mentoring program.Second, Hiroshi Ohmoto '69 who speculated in a Connecticut courtroom during Lasaga's sentencing hearing that "Lasaga's hands must have slipped while he was playing with the boy and the mistake was misconstrued as fondling" (Hartford Courant, Feb.

OPINION | 02/25/2002

Our ugly tradition

After a long series of sophomore dinners, questioning scores of upperclassmen, playing the sign-in and ultimate success in the sign in process, I decided to forego membership in an eating club.

OPINION | 02/24/2002

Letters to the Editor

A question of racism at a Princeton-Yale basketball game earlier this seasonI was saddened to read the article in the Feb.

OPINION | 02/24/2002

Flailing around

Does Ariel Sharon have a plan? He claimed as much in a speech on Israeli television last week, following the killings of six Israeli soldiers and 23 Palestinians.

OPINION | 02/24/2002

Weekday-evening time vortex

I looked at my watch the other night around 7:30 p.m. "It's early," I thought, "Good, I can get a lot of work done." I looked at it again what seemed like a few minutes later and it was 11:00 p.m.

OPINION | 02/21/2002

Letters to the Editor

Public Safety should monitor the quality of life on campusI write in response to Mr. Salvatore's column of Thursday, Feb.

OPINION | 02/21/2002

Expanding horizons

Today's 'Prince' marks the 126th managing board's 15th issue. During our first three weeks of publication, we have grown as a board and as a staff.

OPINION | 02/21/2002

Letters to the Editor

Some things are not in the realm of administrative dutiesAnnual giving and the development office are probably going to face a real fundraising challenge in the years to come: Eric Wang yesterday declared that he will "never give any money to any of this university's funds that can be touched by central administrators.

OPINION | 02/20/2002

A deadly silence

Colin Powell told teenagers to consider condoms. In a world filled with middle school mothers and promiscuous college students, this advice hardly seems revolutionary.

OPINION | 02/20/2002

U.S. and Them

I'm not typically one for patriotism, especially these days. But long before I developed a healthy dose of political cynicism, I developed (around the age of 5) an exaggerated love for sport.

OPINION | 02/20/2002

Letters to the Editor

Reclaiming the OWLIn the next few days, you will see some surprising shirts around campus.

OPINION | 02/19/2002

Administrators lack necessary skills to address campus issues

As a soon-to-be alumnus, I will never give any money to any of this university's funds that can be touched by central administrators.

OPINION | 02/19/2002

Baccalaureate not for sale

Though Meg Whitman has made significant contributions of time and money to Princeton University, selecting her as Baccalaureate speaker a few days after she donated $30 million is inappropriate.

OPINION | 02/18/2002

Challenging the norm

Over intersession, I took a bus out of the Port Authority in Manhattan. It's not the nicest place in the world, and one inevitably finds a representative population of the city's homeless wandering around inside, trying to keep warm or get some cash.One of these homeless men stood next to the Krispy Kreme counter where I was trying to buy some goodies for the six hour bus ride ahead of me.

OPINION | 02/18/2002

Letters to the Editor

Whitman: A wise choiceAs your news story reported in the Feb. 18 issue of The Daily Princetonian, members of the senior class made the suggestion that Meg Whitman '77 be this year's Baccalaureate speaker, and when this suggestion was made the seniors had no knowledge of Ms. Whitman's gift for the new residential college.The suggestion reflected a desire to have a speaker whose internationally-recognized accomplishments were in a field that relates so immediately to students' own lives.

OPINION | 02/18/2002

Letters to the Editor

Whitman as 2002 speakerThat Princeton would ask Meg Whitman to speak while sponsoring a new residential college is hardly surprising.

OPINION | 02/17/2002

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