A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of having dinner at the house of professor Steve Slaby. A modest, unassuming man in his late seventies, Slaby seems like a typical emeritus professor.
Formal dress? Check. Semiformal dress? Got it. Boutonniere? Yup. Date? Yes. Sundress in case we actually get spring weather for Lawnparties on Sunday?
You've seen them around before.They sit next to you in class. They find ways to cross their legs even while sitting in the McCosh 50 desks.
Graduate Student Government is racially diverse and gender-balancedIn response to the April 25 article "Diversity Deficiency" on the lack of diversity among undergraduate U-Councilors, I am happy to report that graduate students just elected a very diverse group of graduate U-Councilors at Tuesday night's Graduate Student Government meeting.For the first time, graduate students directly voted for their U-Councilor representatives.
My life has been lived in the shadow of my grandfather's experience as a survivor of the Armenian genocide.
Wealthy can be valuable contributors to charityI would never discourage anyone from active volunteer work, yet I strongly objected to Stella Daily's characterization of "wealthy people of the future" as potential "lazy activists" in the April 25 issue of The Daily Princetonian.
For the last few days, pre-frosh have swarmed the campus. Equipped with maps, '04 buttons and awed gazes, they are hard to miss.On tours, at receptions and at panel discussions, pre-frosh are barraged with facts and figures about what makes Princeton unique.
As we think about the painful images of Elian Gonzalez being carried from his home by FBI agents, we should also recall the other high-profile international custody battle that has escalated during the past week.In New York in March 1998, Gehan Mohamed Fathi Ali Ahmed, a 23-year-old Egyptian woman, married Yiannis Diamandis, a 29-year-old Greek man.
IMF protests part of democratic processAs someone who was in Washington, D.C., for the protests against the IMF and the World Bank, I would like to respond to the April 21 opinion pieces by Melissa Waage '01 and Kushanava Choudhury '00.Waage suggested that, instead of practicing direct action in the streets, we should "lobby" the World Bank and IMF, "suggest alternative policies" and "develop grassroots support" in the countries affected.
You heard it last week: Donate your meal to Oxfam to feed the hungry. You're hearing it again: Give up your dinner to save the Earth.
Three cheers for the trustees, who unanimously approved the Wythes Committee proposal to increase the size of the student body by 500.
Apparently, college students are not the only ones who use libraries and meeting rooms as locations to put in some serious time working off sleep deprivation.Two weeks ago, the venerable New York Times ran a cover story not on wars or famine or Internet billionaires suddenly unable to pay their phone bills, but on the best spots for U.N.
Should the World Bank propose policies that hurt basket weavers in Bangladesh? Should foreign aid be tied to balanced budgets?
They chained themselves together on Pennsylvania Avenue. They bared their chests to deliver their message.
'Liberal' doesn't equal 'left'Twice in the April 18 IMF article, the word "liberal" was used to describe Princeton's Democratic Left.
During a cab ride on the way to the airport for a recent summer job interview, my traveling companion and I began to discuss the dreaded subject of career possibilities.
Fifty percent of Princeton undergraduates participate in some form of intercollegiate athletics. Of those approximately 2,400 students, some 1,300 are club athletes on teams ranging from aikido and figure skating to Nordic skiing and softball.However, while the University cites this high level of student athleticism in guidebooks, its financial support does not match its praise.
USG open to ideas on social alternativesI am writing in response to Dana Pasternak '03's April 13 article in the 'Prince' regarding the Trustee Initiative Funding Committee, in which I represent the USG.
Thirty years ago, when my father was finishing up his senior year at Princeton, President Nixon announced the United States would extend its war efforts in Southeast Asia into Cambodia.
Australians pride themselves on their multicultural society. It is a nation of immigrants, and ethnic minorities usually find themselves welcomed into Australian life very quickly.The one exception, though, is the Australian Aborigines.
