Nothing new under the sunMy friends and I have spent the last two weeks grieving for the victims in New York.
Two weeks ago, hundreds attended a University service memorializing victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
ICC supports police crackdown at 'Street'Some of the statements The Daily Princetonian attributed to me in Tuesday's article do not accurately reflect either my views or the views of the ICC on the police crackdown on code violations.
After the publication of David Brooks' "The Organization Kid" in the Atlantic Monthly last spring, many students were outraged at the description of Princeton students as lacking in spirituality or 'seriousness.' Although I was one of those outraged students, I have come to realize the truth in his words.
There is a certain segment of the population on any contemporary college campus that is never satisfied unless it is dissatisfied.
The aristocratic English accent once known to linguists as "U" (for "upper class") has all but disappeared in the British Isles, where stockbrokers and college lecturers aspire to sound as much as possible like Mick Jagger or Austin Powers.
Only the presumptuous think God takes their sideI have long been bothered by the apparent necessity of politicians in the United States to invoke God in their speeches, most often in their closings: "God bless America," or some other such phrases.
About 25 minutes of driving separates Princeton from the New Jersey Turnpike. Last Monday, I made it 20 and turned around.
An appropriate and necessary response to terrorist attacksAnger, above my sadness, confusion and frustration about the events that transpired on Sept.
Letter thoughtlessly attacks freedom to speak one's mindIt seems ironic that Nathaniel Hoopes and Peter Hegseth's Sept.
Bipartisanship in Washington is refreshing and necessary ? but bipartisanship should not put an end to critical debate.
As the 'Prince' accurately reported, I have transferred $25,000 from the President's Fund to the office of the Dean of the College and another $25,000 to the Vice President for Campus Life so that those offices, rather than the President's office, can respond to the kinds of requests for funds that students have been bringing to the President's office in recent years.These are roughly the amounts that President Shapiro provided in recent years to assist students with academic, extracurricular or personal needs of various kinds.
The acuteness of my senses and the vulnerability of my sensibilities were formed in middle childhood.
"Are you American?" an Egyptian stranger asked. "I'm so sorry about what happened in your country; I really hope your family is safe." This woman's question to an American living in Cairo typified the response of the Egyptian public to the attacks on New York and Washington one week ago.
I spoke with a friend last night who described standing upon Robert Moses Bridge on Long Island, watching the center of the world burn down, his fists clenched in rage.
Last Tuesday's terrorist attacks cannot possibly be supported by human reasonMany in the community may have read a column in the Sept.
Pardon me for confessing that the bars of this Civil War era ballad were running through my head two days after the unforgettable tragedies in New York and Washington, upon hearing the press conferences of President Bush and Secretary of State Powell on Thursday.
I hope a military response to Tuesday's attack does not make a real solution impossible.Certainly, someone must pay.
Princeton's leaders should have encouraged a more expedient response to attacksPrinceton held a memorial service Sunday.
Terrorism does not happen only to the United States, nor is it perpetrated solely by Islamic fundamentalists.
