Opinion

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

Internet connectivity impacts us all

Sally Jane Ruybàlid

By providing broadband access to all — or at least mandating it — the greedy practices of large-scale internet corporations will be halted, and some amount of equity will finally be granted to those who live in the political and social periphery.

OPINION | 04/28/2020

This isn’t normal

This isn’t normal

Julia Chaffers

Columnist Julia Chaffers argues that we should not expect ourselves to meet normal expectations in our current reality.

OPINION | 04/27/2020

Coronavirus and the media: keeping it in check

Coronavirus and the media: keeping it in check

Richard Ma

I urge you to read past these headlines and analyze the content for yourselves. Don’t let your conclusions be made for you.

OPINION | 04/26/2020

Guarantee students co-op membership

Guarantee students co-op membership

Claire Wayner

It is time for a change to Princeton’s co-op policy.

OPINION | 04/23/2020

Requiem for studio culture

Requiem for studio culture

Sally Jane Ruybàlid

With Princeton’s transition to digital classes, we lost the physicality of the studio, and all the experiences that come with it. We are still expected to make models and drawings, which may compensate for what we have lost academically, but that doesn't account for the Murray-Dodge runs and the scavenging through leftover catering from a special conference or guest lecture.

OPINION | 04/22/2020

Everybody hurts (differently)

Everybody hurts (differently)

Leora Eisenberg

I realized that my friend’s silence wasn’t about me. And, more importantly, that everyone “hurts,” i.e. responds to trauma, differently. My response to this situation was to reach out to friends. I didn’t realize that my friend’s coping mechanism was to stop reaching out altogether.

OPINION | 04/22/2020

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