Opinion

In praise of intellectual humility, not Republican hypocrisyFor someone supposedly obsessed enough with the purity of academia to hole himself away in the Grad College for half of a decade, Michael Frazer GS seems to get quite a hoot out of spouting off liberal buzzwords and mantras without doing any original thinking for himself.

OPINION | 02/06/2001

The future of Student Activism

The future of Student Activism

The challenge for 21st century student activists is to define their role in a time of peace and prosperity.

OPINION | 02/06/2001

Financial aid changes will benefit University life

As the first semester broke for intersession last Saturday morning, Princeton's Board of Trustees, bolstered by a record capital campaign and an ever-growing endowment, made an unprecedented series of changes to the financial aid program.

OPINION | 02/05/2001

The Making of a Movement

A few days ago, I was thinking of a metaphor for the way the University has regarded its service-related staff during the past decade, and the following image popped into my head: the three monkeys, with their eyes, ears and mouths covered.However, the message for Princeton workers is not that of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." What it indicates instead is the inability of the University to open its eyes and ears to the needs of its lowest-paid workers, as well as its unwillingness to speak about improving wages and benefits.Even as the endowment soars to over $8 billion, the University has remained myopic to the needs of its human capital ? the hundreds of Princetonians who work for this University.

OPINION | 02/05/2001

We try to act ethically, but we often are unwilling to go to the extreme

"Are you a vegetarian?" the person across the table asks, eyeing my garden burger, rice and beans, and salad topped with a mountain of cottage cheese."How'd you guess?" I answer with a smile.I've had countless conversations that began like this.

OPINION | 02/04/2001

The New Board Looking forward

It was a Wednesday afternoon, the last day of February, 1900, when Walter Ewing Hope 1901 walked into The Daily Princetonian offices for the first time as the paper's 25th Editor-in-Chief.

OPINION | 02/04/2001

In the end . . .

One year ago, as my board took the helm of The Daily Princetonian, I wrote that I hoped during the coming year to fulfill the promise of J.F.

OPINION | 01/21/2001

Letters to the Editor

Alumnus finds students' lack of civility at basketball games dishearteningA lot has changed at Princeton since I played and was a fan during basketball games when fans on both sides kept quiet for foul shooters.

OPINION | 01/21/2001

No way out

One of the most notable things about Princeton, especially to outsiders, is the tradition associated with the school's name.

OPINION | 01/21/2001

Tory exposes liberals, selves

Borough Police arrested three members of The Princeton Tory yesterday for allegedly exposing themselves behind the First Campus Center.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Airport Hilton is likely to be home of sixth residential college

University officials' top choice for the location of the sixth residential college is now the Airport Hilton in Newark, trustee Paul Wythes '55 said yesterday."We've been having a lot of trouble finding a place in Princeton where we can construct a full-sized residential college without impacting the aesthetic of the University campus," Wythes said.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Poll overturns admission

Following an overwhelming response to a Daily Princetonian online poll, newly admitted member of the Class of 2005 Tarleton Cowen's acceptance has been rescinded, Acting Dean of Admission Stephen LeMenager said yesterday.Approximately 87 percent of University students responded negatively to the poll question: "Should Tarleton Cowen have been admitted to Princeton?"LeMenager explained his office's decision in an interview conducted via e-mail.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Business Today has no point

Sources close to Business Today said yesterday that though the publication has an enormous staff and a significant endowment, it also finds itself lacking a point."Putting out a magazine twice a year is a lot of hard work, so it's understandable that they need a staff of about 50 people to work for them," the student, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Spectator prompts change

It was a crisp, clear Monday morning. A glint of sun spiraled through the West College window of Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel and landed on her desk.It was the beginning of another fortnight.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Letters to the Editor

Dude, where's my 'Prince'? Seriously!I subscribe to the 'Prince' ? not once, not twice ? but five days per week.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Complacency wins: War on apathy comes to apathetic close

When 'Prince' Editor 'n Chief Richard Just '01 declared a war on complacency at the beginning of this semester, we knew there would be casualties, grotesque disfigurations of the truth.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Just, Tucker different people

The Daily Princetonian's editor-in-chief, Richard Just '01, and its co-managing editor, Rich Tucker '01, are, in fact, two different people, sources close to the newspaper said last week.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Random Acts hits new high

The Random Acts of Kindness club is at it again, this time setting up a make-shift opium den in the soon-to-be-closed Chancellor Green cafe."Opium addiction is a horrible thing," said one club member, smiling inanely.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

Ingraditude

Sunday is National Hugging Day, a day for everyone throughout this great nation to lock in one collective platonic embrace.

OPINION | 01/18/2001

The pass/D/fail game: One tough crapshoot

Most Princeton students cannot gamble in Atlantic City because of the over-21 age restriction (in theory, at least). But the University's pass/D/fail system forces all undergraduates to play a game that's riskier and more potentially damaging than any at Caesar's Palace.Here's how the p/D/f system currently works.

OPINION | 01/16/2001

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