Opinion

Statement from the Interclub Council

Statement from the Interclub Council

Guest Contributors

As some of the oldest and most well-established organizations on campus, we recognize our and Princeton’s complex history with race and our role in directly recognizing and calling out the injustices that have impacted and continue to impact Black students.

OPINION | 06/07/2020

Letter of solidarity from Princeton students

Letter of solidarity from Princeton students

Guest Contributors

As students, activists, and proponents of a better world, it is our duty to stand up against injustice and fight for the equal treatment of all.

OPINION | 06/07/2020

U. must drop demand for qualified immunity

U. must drop demand for qualified immunity

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Now more than ever, the University must drop and apologize for its desire to extend qualified immunity to Public Safety officers.

OPINION | 06/01/2020

The Great Recession strangled the humanities. Will coronavirus deal the last blow?

The Great Recession strangled the humanities. Will coronavirus deal the last blow?

Liam O'Connor

The humanities declined after the last recession. But coronavirus may be the chance to set up their resurgence.

OPINION | 05/29/2020

When it comes to shutdown orders, let the counties confront Covid-19

When it comes to shutdown orders, let the counties confront Covid-19

Guest Contributor

Local communities should make their own decisions regarding re-opening.

OPINION | 05/29/2020

The MAT 202 cheating scandal is a problem of our making

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The MAT 202 cheating scandal is a problem of our making

Jon Ort

May we look back at this pandemic as the moment we finally learned to value one another over marks on a transcript.

OPINION | 05/27/2020

Austerity is not an option

Austerity is not an option

Guest Contributors

The administration is asking graduate students and University workers to bear the brunt of these costs, while shareholders and the endowment are insulated from the restructuring. The University is asking us to make “sacrifices” while it proceeds to sacrifice us.

OPINION | 05/16/2020

‘Just make sure you get out, okay?’: Queering loneliness in quarantine

Samuel Aftel

It did not take a pandemic for queer people, especially those who must conceal their identities to survive, to endure the loneliness of alienation, secrecy, and heterosexist, violent hate.

OPINION | 05/16/2020

PIXR: Betsy DeVos has failed survivors. Princeton must do more to protect them.

PIXR: Betsy DeVos has failed survivors. Princeton must do more to protect them.

Guest Contributors

Instead of addressing the inequities and burdens of online learning, the destabilizing effect of lost income or housing, or the trauma of a public health crisis, Betsy DeVos has devoted the Department of Education’s energy to making the Title IX process more difficult for survivors.

OPINION | 05/11/2020

We cannot be hypocrites on anti-Semitism

We cannot be hypocrites on anti-Semitism

Zachariah Sippy

I agree with Hoffman that normalizing anti-Semitism on campus is tragic. So then why does this same standard not apply to College Republican events?

OPINION | 05/10/2020

The future of education: A lesson from COVID-19

The future of education: A lesson from COVID-19

Ollie Thakar

The pandemic should not be a farewell to traditional education in favor of innovative alternatives, but rather a temporary turn to the high-tech; from the pandemic, we can garner even more appreciation for the traditional educational methods that we will hopefully be returning to soon.

OPINION | 05/07/2020

U. needs to revise summer housing costs

U. needs to revise summer housing costs

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Though this Board commends efforts to minimize the transmission of COVID-19 on campus over the summer, we are deeply concerned by the large and seemingly arbitrary cost that the University is imposing on these students.

OPINION | 05/07/2020

Same sport, different pay

Same sport, different pay

Sally Jane Ruybàlid

Though newspapers across the US, concerned activists, and even Princeton University itself decry the sexism in society in past and present against women, they nevertheless show evident favoritism in promoting men’s sports and in discreetly and subtly denouncing women’s athletics. This indifference only feeds the toxic anti-female environments that flourish around the world.

OPINION | 05/05/2020

My body is not a joke

My body is not a joke

Kirsten Keels

I love myself, and loving also means accepting that my weight is going to fluctuate being home.

OPINION | 05/03/2020

Princeton Graduate Students United: Princeton should be ashamed

Princeton Graduate Students United: Princeton should be ashamed

Vivekananda Nemana

Imagine the kind of example that the University could set by using its vast resources to reinforce an ethic of care in higher education. Imagine the kind of leadership that would show amid this historic crisis. What a shame, then, that our leadership chooses to do little instead.

OPINION | 05/03/2020

Why I would volunteer to get infected with COVID-19

Why I would volunteer to get infected with COVID-19

Guest Contributor

During these unprecedented times, many people want to help the world get through the pandemic. Recently, I realized that in addition to social distancing, I can do something else — volunteer for vaccine human challenge trials.

OPINION | 04/30/2020

Fifty years have passed since protests swept campus. Here’s what they teach us.

Fifty years have passed since protests swept campus. Here’s what they teach us.

Jon Ort

If our four years at Princeton are to be more than a sabbatical, we must first realize that a fragile community requires our utmost care.

OPINION | 04/30/2020

Communalism of class struggle

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Communalism of class struggle

Braden Flax

The critique that Lee levels at individualistic thinking is an astute one; it is long past time that a higher sensibility be cultivated. Yet, the reality of the situation is harsher than how Lee imagines it.

OPINION | 04/29/2020

Making an effort

Leora Eisenberg

We now have to take the initiative to maintain our relationships — with everyone, from friends to professors to love interests. While this lesson is especially clear in quarantine, this is also the case in life.

OPINION | 04/29/2020

A call to action while we stay at home

A call to action while we stay at home

Guest Contributor

Although this might seem at first contradictory to the stay-at-home orders, for those of us with the privilege and comfort of safe environments, now is our time to get involved. We came to Princeton to become leaders in our fields and serve the world – a pandemic isn’t the time to forget that mission, but rather the time to get to work.

OPINION | 04/28/2020

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