Internet has not made students smarterI write with regard to Eric Harkleroad '03's extended essay on the illusion of grade inflation in the Princeton community.Now perhaps I am simply an old codger with an overly cheery view of his days in college.
3:57 p.m. Arrive at Dillon Gymnasium. Walk through women's locker room toward Stephens Fitness Center relieved that arrival is before 4:30 post-class rush.3:59 p.m.
Perhaps one of the best things about university life is the widespread availability on most campuses of high-speed Internet access.
Having a car in Princeton is a mixed blessing. On the one hand you get to share it with all of your car-less friends.
Misguided efforts to curb perceived "grade inflation" could do great harm to Princeton's students.
"Chairman Greenspan will now give his report on the state of the economy.""I am here to tell you that the Federal Reserve has determined that wages are too high in America.
In the movie "The American President," Michael J. Fox, playing an aid to the president, asserts an American truth: "In this country, it is not only permissible to question our leaders, it's our responsibility." At a time when the Pentagon is relying on screenwriters and directors for creative terrorist-attack scenarios, and charities are counting on stars to raise money for disaster relief, it seems only appropriate that the American people get their lessons in citizenry from Hollywood.
The Frist Campus Center undoubtedly bettered Princeton by creating a campus heart: It provides study, dining and entertainment spaces for faculty, students and community members, and it has even changed walking patterns and pedestrian destinations, as we flock there for mail or on our return from a Saturday night out.
While listening to Sen. Bill Frist '74 (R-Tenn.) talk in a lecture earlier this month about post-Sept.
At the end of a New York Philharmonic concert last weekend, many members of the audience jumped from their seats as the final notes drifted into the rafters.
Today we face a time of fear when the public is once again ready to condone the government's intrusion upon civil liberties.
It is a melancholy object to those who walk through the great air terminals of this land when they see their fellow passengers beset by protracted delay and scrutiny.
"There's been a lot of talk about grade inflation lately."How many times have we heard this?
Taste does not belong to any groupRacism and socio-economic discrimination ? concepts that are being thrown around as if the mere act of using them in an argument will instill a sense of legitimacy to one's words.
It's time to start talking about Iraq.The northern alliance is capturing key Taliban strongholds all over Afghanistan.
A few weeks back, when I ran into neat piles of the Koran at the U-Store's "Understanding Terrorism" table, I thought this semester had reached its nadir of craziness.
Racialism perpetuates racismIf only I could be as blunt as Joe Kochan '02 was in his Nov.
Lately in Frist, I've been hearing a number of comments about the computer display wall outside of Caf
USG not motivated by classism, racism, in organizing concertLet me be blunt. I am "bothered and offended" by Dan Wachtell '02's column from last Friday attacking the USG for bringing Billy Joel to campus for the Fall Concert.
One of my recent antagonists on this page, in imputing to me authorial "sin," reminded me of the certain connections, too seldom affirmed, between journalism and medieval moral theology.
