Opinion

The 2002 Managing Board's final issue of the 'Prince'

With this issue, the 2002 Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian completes its tenure at the helm of the 'Prince.' It has been a year of big stories, on campus and off ? the new financial aid package, the resignation of one president and the installation of another, terrorist attacks, war in Asia.

OPINION | 01/20/2002

Letters to the Editor

Cherish the New Balance 990Perhaps you have sat in a room on this very campus, looked down and noticed that everyone was wearing the exact same shoes.

OPINION | 01/17/2002

That math guy movie is totally freaky

So, dude, like the other night, I finally saw that Princeton math guy movie. Y'know, the one they were making right here, like, just last summer or something?

OPINION | 01/17/2002

Frequent e-mail, smuggled coffee, free cannolis: all in a day's work

[In honor of the commencement of final exams, a treatise on the Mecca of Mental Cultivation, the Epicenter of Erudition, the Capital of Cramming: Firestone Library.]8:03 a.m.: Arrive at Firestone Library.

OPINION | 01/15/2002

Racial profiling: Is it worth removing one's shoes?

I am not writing this to criticize Katherine Reilly '05's Jan. 8 column nor to respond to it. She was evidently bothered enough by what she saw to write the column and with good reason, but I feel compelled to try and ease her strong reaction.Like Reilly, I recently traveled with my family over the Christmas holiday.

OPINION | 01/15/2002

A territorial dispute with global consequences

A highly volatile and dangerous situation is shaping up between India and Pakistan, centered around the perennial source of conflict, the Kashmir.

OPINION | 01/13/2002

Taking stock in the caffeine market during a stressful time

Between December and the New Year we amass presents, vacations, food, alcohol and just plain useless stuff.

OPINION | 01/13/2002

A eulogy on my dog, Bonnie

Here we are again, another Reading Period ? another eight days when our world consists almost completely of researching papers, writing papers and talking about how many papers we have to write.

OPINION | 01/10/2002

Letters to the Editor

A Western-style solution for wildlife managementI find your deer situation almost laughable, except for the fact that nature is suffering once again at the hands of human stupidity.

OPINION | 01/10/2002

Dashing through the snow

My grandmother used to say, "When it snows it pours." Then we would call her a Crazy Old Biddy, and she would cry.

OPINION | 01/10/2002

Daily life at Princeton, with an all-star

Not to sound pompous, but stellar scholarship, astonishing athletics and pleasant performances pervade a place like Princeton.

OPINION | 01/08/2002

An imminent threat to American freedom

Flying during the holidays has always been a trial: lost baggage, long delays, expensive tickets and crowded airplanes.

OPINION | 01/08/2002

Enchantment among the ruins

Flying broomsticks. Talking hats. Magical wands. Sounds like a child's magical wonderland. And it is.

OPINION | 12/13/2001

Must we get back to business as usual?

It's been three months since Sept. 11, and things seem nearly back to normal. The nation has largely stopped following the war in Afghanistan ? the Taliban have obligingly conceded to American bombing and the ground assault of the northern alliance; Osama bin Laden has been driven deeper into his cave network, apparently surrounded by U.S.

OPINION | 12/13/2001

A Dickens of a Constitutional carol

"To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists ? for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve."? John Ashcroft, Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dec.

OPINION | 12/12/2001

Letters to the Editor

Forum misrepresented problems at the 'Street'Tuesday's 'Prince' article about the USG's forum on the University's sexual climate notes that the forum was begun by "reading two accounts of date rape and sexual aggression."My first response to hearing this was sympathy for the victims of these two incidents.

OPINION | 12/12/2001

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