Opinion

Lesson from the Oscars on thesis acknowledgements

Lesson from the Oscars on thesis acknowledgements

Now that my dear colleague Hilary Smith has exploded the myth of the senior thesis like "Jiffy Pop," I thought that I would stop "kvetching" about the actual text of the tome and skip right to the acknowledgments page ? which, as of the day before my thesis, was still not done.After sitting in front of a half done thesis, pounding out lines on a caffeine high, I took a moment of solace to walk down by the golf course, contemplated the meaning of life, then figured it was all bullshit ? and I went in to watch the Oscars.

OPINION | 04/01/1998

Letters to the Editor

On defending 'intellectual curiosity'Reading Adam Ollendorf's column titled "Reading deeper than the commercial world" in this morning's paper convinced me to believe not that intellectual curiosity is dead on this campus (because it isn't), but that intellectual snobbery thrives.The message behind Mr. Ollendorf's piece pivots around his interpretation of a statement that Faulkner is "not all that bad." First, I would say that a student describing work as not that bad is actually a compliment.

OPINION | 03/31/1998

Running in the sun: Defaming Nude Olympics tradition

What's more important to the sophomore class? Nudity or the Nude Olympics?With the balmy weather turning this place into a summer camp where we've replaced our books with frisbees quicker than you can say grade inflation, sophomores face the ultimate test this April Fool's evening: To run or not to run?The conversation mills have been churning out quite a range of ideas on how to run without the snow.

OPINION | 03/31/1998

A comparison of mushroom, student population ecology

From a wound in a tree on Prospect Avenue, to the compost heap in her backyard at 2 Dickinson Street, Ginger Walker '96 visited every nook and cranny on campus where she imagined a mushroom might grow.

OPINION | 03/31/1998

'Scullygate'

It seems as though Vice President for Finance and Administration Dick Spies GS '72 and Director of Physical Planning Jon Hlafter '61 have found the perfect model for University housing in those tiny tins of sardines you can find in any local grocer.

OPINION | 03/31/1998

Reading deeper than the commercial world

If you read that other newspaper on campus, you undoubtedly know "Verbatim." For those of you who do not read or do not know what verbatim means, I will elaborate: "Verbatim" prints the most hilarious and outrageous statements overheard on campus ? excluding, of course, Ivy bicker interviews.But last week in Firestone, I heard something so shocking, not even "Verbatim" would print it.

OPINION | 03/30/1998

Letters to the Editor

On University, community rapportAs someone who has worked and volunteered in the Borough all of my adult life, and served a term as a Borough Councilman, I would like to make three points about the parking meter issue in Princeton Borough.1.

OPINION | 03/30/1998

Lessons from the pantheon of sports writing

In this season of JPs and theses, one has barely the time to ponder what one is writing, let alone consider how to write it.

OPINION | 03/29/1998

Coen brothers' formula stays true in 'The Big Lebowski'

The Coen brothers' latest film, "The Big Lebowski," features John Turturro as a pedophile bowler named Jesus, and bless them for it.

OPINION | 03/29/1998

Letters to the Editor

'Great job'I just wanted to comment on a great job on "Cultureshock" in the Mar.

OPINION | 03/29/1998

The art of internship rejections

I get mail just about every day this time of year. Not from friends or family, but from newspapers.

OPINION | 03/26/1998

A helping hand

The University is making good on its old adage "Princeton in the nation's service" through its new program of curriculum-based community service.

OPINION | 03/26/1998

A personal glimpse of the factory laborers in Thailand

The woman does not look at me as I approach her. She keeps her head down, concentrating intently on her work.

OPINION | 03/26/1998

Tearing down the age-old walls of the great 'Thesis Myth'

Recommendation for all seniors who are starting to feel the press of thesis panic: Visit Mudd Library.Mudd is the flat, nondescript library next to the computer science building, and it is there that senior theses from the 1920s are housed; presumably, some incredibly valuable manuscripts reside there as well because Mudd has more stringent security than most banks in this town.Think Marquand is bad?

OPINION | 03/25/1998

A look at the unspoken awards on Oscar night

The 70th Annual Academy Awards have come to a close. As is so disappointingly typical of this awards ceremony, there were few surprises: only once did I leap off my cushions screaming, "What the hell!" and that time it was more in anger than in genuine surprise.As expected, "Titanic" cleaned house, grabbing the Oscar for eleven of its fourteen nominations, including Best Director (silly looking James Cameron) and Best Picture.

OPINION | 03/25/1998

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