Opinion

Contemporary music requires new attitude on part of performers

Contemporary music requires new attitude on part of performers

On March 28, I published a column in the 'Prince,' "On Musical ? and Audience ? Appreciation," in which I argued that orchestras should not combine lesser-known works with crowd-pleasers in an attempt to force music on audiences.

OPINION | 04/22/2001

Both sides of the story

I wrote a column a few weeks ago in praise of the academic environment at the University ? which allows students, faculty members and others to participate in free debate ? and the value of honoring another person's point of view.

OPINION | 04/22/2001

Computers in power

On April 7, The New York Times printed an opinion piece written by T.J. Rodgers, chief executive of Cypress Semiconductor, which proclaimed that "A Computer Would Do Better Than the Fed."Better than the Fed?

OPINION | 04/19/2001

Smileyface means 'i'm a moron'

A shocking controversy threatens Princeton much like an asteroid threatened the earth in 'Apocalypse,' or 'Armageddon' or whatever that movie was called.What is this controversy?

OPINION | 04/19/2001

Gym junkies on junk food

As a long Jersey winter reluctantly yields to spring, many of us will choose a sunny game of ultimate frisbee over a half-hour on the Stairmaster or treadmill.

OPINION | 04/18/2001

Heating the political climate

Global warming will take its toll on human life to the tune of hundreds of thousands every year. According to John Broome ? the chair of Moral Philosophy at Oxford ? these unfortunate victims of society's next big challenge will die by three main causes: heat waves, expansion of tropical diseases to temperate latitudes and increased flooding.

OPINION | 04/18/2001

Dark Stars

Thirty years ago yesterday ?April 17, 1971 ? was undoubtedly a very interesting day in the history of Princeton University.

OPINION | 04/17/2001

Letters to the Editor

Racial undertones in Horowitz's rhetoricThe 'Prince' has recently published several letters to the editor calling upon the editorial staff to defend its argument that David Horowitz is a racist and not simply condescending or strident.

OPINION | 04/17/2001

In war and peace, Russian culture thrives

Late in the evenings a crowd always gathered in the subterranean passages below Moscow to hear the boy play his violin.

OPINION | 04/17/2001

The struggle for relevancy

Students for a Democratic Society, a 1960's activist group, told young Americans to "make the personal political" in an effort to make politics more relevant.

OPINION | 04/16/2001

Letters to the Editor

Arrington should appreciate chance to hear to new worksI am writing in response to the March 28 column, "On musical ? and audience ? appreciation," by Nathan Arrington '02.

OPINION | 04/16/2001

Feeling good again

I don't want to do work ever again. I have no aspirations, no goals and no desire to be productive anymore.

OPINION | 04/15/2001

Does our educational system make the grade?

"Save America ? Abolish Government Schools." That's the latest conservative-activist slogan I came across the other day while perusing one of my favorite Internet forums.

OPINION | 04/15/2001

OA: Where mountains become molehills

I cried on the first day of my Outdoor Action trip freshman year. But you couldn't tell because it was raining so hard.

OPINION | 04/12/2001

Letters to the Editor

A response from the educators on graduate students as teachersAs members of the Princeton community who care a great deal about effective teaching, we would like to reply to columnist Robert Schmidt '03's March 16 column on the preceptorial system and the role of graduate student instructors.

OPINION | 04/12/2001

Taking a closer look

Now that the standoff between the United States and China appears to be winding down, it is worthwhile to try to glean some lessons about Chinese behavior.

OPINION | 04/11/2001

Acquiring arts and habits

In the last few weeks, there has been some debate in the opinion pages of The Daily Princetonian about whether students, on the whole, are assigned too much reading.

OPINION | 04/11/2001

Students who want to help workers should start cleaning up after themselves

The Workers' Rights Organizing Committee has two laudable goals: to treat Princeton's service workers with more respect and to pay them more.

OPINION | 04/11/2001

With friends like China, who needs enemies?

The current standoff over our downed EP-3E Aries II electronic surveillance plane and its 24 crewmen requires that we seriously rethink the U.S.

OPINION | 04/10/2001

Letters to the Editor

'Prince' presents no proof against HorowitzI have read Horowitz's ad (elsewhere, previously) and found it well thought-out.You characterize his ad as racist in your spineless "apology" for running his ad ? yet without presenting one scintilla of proof for doing so.

OPINION | 04/10/2001

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