Opinion

Diversity: Strictly a minority affair?In his Oct. 17 letter entitled "Minority Issues and Student Responsibility," Nathan Arrington '02 stated that the USG report on "Minority Issues" unknowingly "reveals an underlying problem facing diversification at Princeton: the failure of many minority students to accept personal responsibility for solving the problems." I argue that this statement of Arrington's reveals the true problem facing diversity at Princeton: the belief that diversity is strictly a minority concern.

OPINION | 11/08/2001

A stimulus package for all

A stimulus package for all

Indeed, it's been almost two months since the terrorist attacks pushed a weak economy over the precipice.

OPINION | 11/08/2001

The Piano Man cometh

Let me be blunt. I am bothered and somewhat offended by the USG's plan to have Billy Joel as this year's fall concert performer.

OPINION | 11/08/2001

Alcoholic consumption consumes our minds as voters

One Princeton rite of passage is receiving (but of course not reading) the "Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities" booklet before each year begins.

OPINION | 11/07/2001

Letters to the Editor

Fanatic terrorists not simply the spawn of IslamOn Oct. 18, professor John Fleming wrote a piece about the nature of the current Islamic world, as he sees it, and several readers have responded subsequent to that date.

OPINION | 11/07/2001

Lectures making time for students

Many of the opportunities Princeton offers its students occur outside of the classroom. One in particular has impressed me over the years: the lectures given by outside speakers.

OPINION | 11/06/2001

Learning the Chinese language . . . Princeton style

I have the answer to all of your problems. Well, not really, but I might have the answer to one of your big ones.

OPINION | 11/06/2001

Is it necessary to settle for the lesser of two evils?

This was supposed to be my first election as an American voter. Days after my 18th birthday, I registered with the county elections officer, looking forward to casting my vote in the 2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election.

OPINION | 11/05/2001

American morality in the middle east

In recent weeks, many have argued that the magnitude of the attacks on America makes any critical engagement with U.S.

OPINION | 11/05/2001

Letters to the Editor

Discussions of right and wrong cloud the debate on U.S. terrorist policyIn her Oct.

OPINION | 11/04/2001

Where to stand

If there's one thing to remember in the War on Terrorism, it's this: Our ground war in Afghanistan is only a short-term solution to terrorism, at best.

OPINION | 11/04/2001

'Ne sutor ultra crepidam'

English version: "Cobbler, stick to thy last," meaning "Do not presume to address matters beyond your competence." Though no credentialed Islamicist, I did presume in my last column to make two claims: that by normal standards of political and economic reckoning the contemporary West is superior to the Islamic world and that terrorism committed in the name of Islam does actually have something to do with Islam.

OPINION | 11/04/2001

Emergency communications

This past Monday night, the third floor of the Frist Campus Center was bustling with activity as students studied for the week's upcoming exams.

OPINION | 10/30/2001

Letters to the Editor

Students should take advantage of Middle East expertsIn his Oct. 18 column, "War's first several casualties," professor John Fleming has raised serious issues on the contrast between Islam and the West.

OPINION | 10/30/2001

No longer the innocents abroad

Last spring, my parents spent a lot of time worrying. I was studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, the rape capital of the world and hotbed of many other violent crimes.

OPINION | 10/30/2001

Letters to the Editor

America on the side of goodWhile reading Karen Bauer GS's Oct. 22 letter to the editor, I was deeply disturbed by one of her comments, and I feel obliged to respond in defense of American values.

OPINION | 10/24/2001

Utterly overwhelming

In the preface of his work "The Genealogy of Morals," Friedrich Nietzsche writes, "To be sure, one thing is necessary above all if one is to practice reading as an art . . . one thing that has been unlearned most thoroughly nowadays ? and therefore it will be some time before my writings are 'readable' ? something for which one has almost to be a cow and in any case not a 'modern man': rumination."This quotation has much to tell us about our education in general.

OPINION | 10/24/2001

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