"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.
I often send a friend an online link to a good newspaper article or to a story in the Arts section of the New York Times.
There has been a great deal of debate recently ? and not only in the pages of this newspaper or even just on this campus.
Correction appended Those who oppose military action in Afghanistan have come under attack for being "anti-American" and "unpatriotic." Barbara Lee was called a "communist" for doing so.
While the United States' attention is fixed squarely on the campaign against terrorism as it manifests itself in the bombing of Afghanistan, it is important to consider how this campaign refers to the overall U.S.
Dean seeks nominations for the M. Taylor Pyne PrizeI write to solicit nominations for the Pyne Prize, the highest general distinction the University confers upon an undergraduate, which will be awarded on Alumni Day, Saturday, Feb.
As it often does, the Princeton a capella group Shere Kahn hosted an arch sing in 1879 arch on Saturday night.
The Third World Center. Judging simply by the ambiguous nature of the name, one would assume that the organization served some type of interest for those in far-away developing nations.
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.
Indeed, it's been almost two months since the terrorist attacks pushed a weak economy over the precipice.
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.
One Princeton rite of passage is receiving (but of course not reading) the "Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities" booklet before each year begins.
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.
