I very much enjoyed Alex Iliff '02's article on Dale Earnhardt. I am a closet Princeton NASCAR fan.
If ignorance is bliss, then it makes sense that white undergraduates are on the whole more content at Princeton than their minority peers."I just didn't know this was a problem," one student at a recent panel discussion about race said rather timidly, referring to remarks by several others that the 'Street' proves a major social obstacle for minorities on campus.One of only a handful of white faces amid 10 times as many audience members, she was clearly interested and involved enough to take part in the forum, so it was a bit disconcerting to find that the concept of social elitism, which affects most students, could be alien to her ears.
Dick Spies GS '72's Feb. 23 opinion piece might have left the erroneous impression that workers at Princeton are satisfied with the University's compensation philosophy which consists of Pay for Performance and salary surveys in lieu of a Cost of Living Adjustment.
I can't help but notice how skewed our perception of reality has become since we came to Princeton.
The "Vagina Monologues," performed in Richardson Auditorium last week, certainly were shocking.
For one who admits to having little background knowledge of constitutional interpretation, Alex Rawson '01 does a generally respectable job assessing the arguments for and against the judicial philosophy of Justice Antonin Scalia in his Feb.
Scalia's interpretation places limits on justices' influencesAlex Rawson '01's Feb.
To all sophomores and juniors who are considering whether to go independent next year: there is life outside of the clubs, and it can be a fulfilling one.
One reason why a Princeton education cannot be over-valued is its requirement that most of its undergraduates (all A.B.
An article in the Feb. 26, 2001 issue of Time magazine reported an interesting development in the area of university education: Richard Atkinson, testing expert and president of the University of California, recommended that the UC system drop the SAT in its admission process, saying, "America's emphasis on the SAT is compromising our educational system." He noted the vast sums of money that parents spend on test-prep programs ? some starting from the age of 12 ? and that some parents even try to find psychologists to certify their children as "disabled" so they will qualify for extra test time.So, if the University of California can do it, why can't Princeton?
The Trustees' incredible boost to student funding demonstrated the University's capacity to exceed expectations and proactively address the needs of this community.
When I took my seat in McCosh 50 last Friday night to hear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, I knew that he has become the most prominent symbol of an increasingly conservative Court, but I knew very little about what he actually believes.
Student workers can ease situation of casualsI found it somewhat ironic that in a publication presumably distributed by the WROC, the organization articulated that the terrible working conditions faced by Princeton's casual dining hall workers were due to a shortage of student workers.
"Well, looks like you just messed up Princeton's four-year graduation rate," my dad sarcastically quipped to me when I decided to take a year off last spring.
I read with interest and bemusement that the University is planning a four-year college that in a newspaper report Anne Gordon '01 observes, "brings together graduate students and undergraduates in the same living space" and is "a very positive thing." University Vice-President Thomas Wright '62 commented, "We heard voices that one of the problems in undergraduate life is that they don't have ways to interact with one another."This is, in part, coming full circle, for that's the way it was.
I appreciate the concern Student Volunteers Council alumna Melissa Schettini '96 expressed about the content of recent SVC Hunger Awareness Weeks in a letter to the editor last Thursday.
As one of the members of the Workers' Rights Organizing Committee who met with Vice-President Richard Spies GS '72 on Feb.
Dan Wachtell can support any type of "challenging," "difficult" or "offensive" art he wants; he can spend his $5.50 at the Hamilton Multiplex, his $15.50 at the Sam Goody or his $25.50 at the local XXX video store.
Race, gender committees will seek diverse viewpointsIt has been very exciting over the past few days to hear both in person and via e-mail just how important many undergraduates believe that my proposed initiatives on race and gender will be.
Princeton is a multi-faceted institution, but more than anything else it is a very human community in which students, faculty and members of the staff work together to pursue the University's missions of teaching, learning and service to others.
