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.
Let's face it, America's not always the nicest neighbor to have lurking around. From an expansionist McDonald's to environmental walkouts to the missile shield, all coupled with a certain American hubris, the rest of the world has cause to grumble a bit.
Attackers not motivated by anti-consumerismI would like to point out that in Mike Long's September 14 letter about American consumerism and his inferences that the Americans' wealth was cause of the terrorism in the World Trade Center, that the people being suspected of this atrocity are not the poor, oppressed people under the yoke of Western capitalism, but rather the suspects are well-financed zealots waging war under the banner of a religious Jihad.I truly doubt that the "oppression of capitalism and Western consumerism" was a motive in this case, and it was more a case of a severe misinterpretation of a religious text.
Religious leaders encourage goodwill toward all innocentsWe are appalled and saddened by the events of September 11 as all people of good will are.
Coming back to campus in the fall is a surreal ? and somewhat disheartening ? experience.
Horrible attack calls for compassion instead of hatredAs a concerned Muslim and Arab-American student, I stand in deepest sympathy with the students and other members of the campus community who have relatives and friends who have suffered in the senseless attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.As an anti-racist student at Princeton University, I call on all members of this diverse and multicultural community to oppose and stand against anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hysteria in response to the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.Remembering the attacks on Arab Americans in the wake of the Oklahoma city bombing, I urge all of us not to resort to anger or hatred in this time of crisis.
