Opinion

When life gives you COVID-19, start learning for learning’s sake

When life gives you COVID-19, start learning for learning’s sake

Ollie Thakar

With examinations, the pressures of job applications or graduate schools, and our own internal wills to maintain high GPAs looming over each semester, we often forget that learning can be fun. The coronavirus, while wreaking havoc in almost all aspects of our lives, can — if we make the most of the opportunity it has provided us — bring back the joys associated with being curious.

OPINION | 03/26/2020

Digital living must be our new normal

Claire Wayner

This is the life that we are going to increasingly have to live if we want a shot at limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius, a threshold that climate scientists believe marks the difference between manageable and catastrophic global change.

OPINION | 03/26/2020

Departmental disparities pervade Phi Beta Kappa

Departmental disparities pervade Phi Beta Kappa

Liam O'Connor

While its motto is “love of learning is the guide of life,” a cheeky Princeton parody of it could be “love of science is the guide to Phi Beta Kappa.”

OPINION | 03/25/2020

The need for nature in the COVID-19 crisis

The need for nature in the COVID-19 crisis

Claire Wayner

The ultimate goal of all of these initiatives should not be alienation of our planet. Rather, it should be to promote a culture and global worldview that sees humans and nature as inextricably linked and that recognizes the need to preserve one, nature, in order to keep the other, human, healthy.

OPINION | 03/24/2020

Coronavirus, AIDS, and the need for uncompromising empathy amid a pandemic

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Coronavirus, AIDS, and the need for uncompromising empathy amid a pandemic

Samuel Aftel

No one is too old — or too queer, or too poor, or too black, or too disabled, or too incarcerated, or too undocumented — to be worthy of life, or worthy of grief.

OPINION | 03/23/2020

Want a Shapiro Prize? Study STEM

Want a Shapiro Prize? Study STEM

Liam O'Connor

Records show that STEM concentrators have won the majority of Shapiro Prizes every year since they were established, despite comprising half or less of the student body.

OPINION | 03/23/2020

The ivory tower is not immune to pandemic

The ivory tower is not immune to pandemic

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

We applaud Princeton’s previous decisions to revise policy when confronted with the realities of the pandemic and encourage similar action before the disparate effects of the current grading policy become even more self-evident.

OPINION | 03/22/2020

When hate is more contagious

When hate is more contagious

Siyang Liu

The repercussions of this repulsive xenophobia will only result in the loss of American lives and shattering of unity.

OPINION | 03/22/2020

Care amidst Corona

Care amidst Corona

Kirsten Keels

While most of us have returned to our respective homes, school work isn’t the only thing we should be worrying about.

OPINION | 03/20/2020

PDF grading is the only responsible solution

PDF grading is the only responsible solution

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Editorial Board calls on the University to impose a blanket P/D/F policy for all students.

OPINION | 03/14/2020

Fighting the news’ blues

Fighting the news’ blues

Brandon Gautier

Casually timing your consumption of news is doable, and it stops you from sacrificing chunks of your day to get over-read instead of well-read.

OPINION | 03/12/2020

USG x Housing: how students helped enact change to 2020 room draw

Guest Contributor

Our “belief” that this year’s room draw process “will run smoothly” isn’t based on pure optimism, but rather the culmination of several months of work and advocacy.

OPINION | 03/12/2020

When your vote doesn’t count

Guest Contributor

Whatever my political preferences are, I should be given the same opportunity as any other American to choose from the wide array of candidates.

OPINION | 03/12/2020

Letter from the editor: Amid COVID-19 crisis, the ‘Prince’ carries on

Letter from the editor: Amid COVID-19 crisis, the ‘Prince’ carries on

Jon Ort

How we navigate those far-reaching implications is a story worth telling. In the coming weeks, our staff will seek to render visible students’ experiences, from the consequential to the lighthearted.

OPINION | 03/11/2020

U. needs to reevaluate midterms

U. needs to reevaluate midterms

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

The Editorial Board supports this petition and enjoins the University to act on its demands.

OPINION | 03/11/2020

2020 primaries: High hopes, same results

2020 primaries: High hopes, same results

Kate Lee

Year after year, we must identify and confront the inherent prejudice and inflexibility of our political process. As each groundbreaking candidate pushes the possibilities further and further, it’s in our hands to ensure their equal access to success.

OPINION | 03/10/2020

Letter to the Editor: A message from USG President Chitra Parikh ’21

Frist Campus Center, a significant hub of social activity on campus.

Letter to the Editor: A message from USG President Chitra Parikh ’21

Guest Contributor

This is an unprecedented time in Princeton’s history, and we trust that the University is working to promote the safety of our community.

OPINION | 03/10/2020

Letter to the editor: a misrepresented senior class

Guest Contributor

We stand by the decision of the Class Day Co-Chairs and throw our unwavering support behind Marshawn Lynch.

OPINION | 03/09/2020

Black leadership statement concerning the Class Day speech of Marshawn Lynch

Princeton Black Undergraduate Leadership

Black leadership statement concerning the Class Day speech of Marshawn Lynch

Guest Contributors

The few voices which were upset at the decision to bring Marshawn Lynch to speak for Class Day are not representative of all of Princeton campus, but they do succeed in reinforcing elitist stereotypes and cynical exclusivism.

OPINION | 03/08/2020

Entitlement and class in response to Class Day speaker selection

Entitlement and class in response to Class Day speaker selection

Guest Contributor

To argue that Mr. Lynch does not represent the student body is to argue that the backgrounds of people like myself are not valuable. The background of Mr. Lynch not being that of a “typical” Princeton student is in fact one of the strongest reasons for my excitement at his acceptance of this role.

OPINION | 03/05/2020

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