Opinion

Immediately extend application deadlines for Iranian students

Immediately extend application deadlines for Iranian students

Guest Contributor

On behalf of many current and future applicants and students, we are asking Princeton to please consider extending all submission deadlines for those who are currently inside Iran and do not have access to the Internet. 

OPINION | 11/21/2019

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Correcting the record on Cami Anderson

Correcting the record on Cami Anderson

Braden Flax

The alleged merits of ThirdWay are predicated on Anderson's own credentials, which, given her behavior as superintendent of Newark Schools, bodes ill for the organization so long as she heads it.

OPINION | 11/21/2019

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On journaling

On journaling

Jae-Kyung Sim

After the past few months of trying out journaling, I’ve learned that those 20 minutes spent keeping my journal taught me more about myself than any assignment ever could.

OPINION | 11/20/2019

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The complexity of confession

The complexity of confession

Kate Lee

As important as it is to acknowledge issues and challenges on campus, it is equally crucial that we find the right spaces for the right conversations.

OPINION | 11/20/2019

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Talking to strangers will improve your life

Talking to strangers will improve your life

Emma Treadway

Once we get settled into our Princeton experience, unfortunately, we rarely venture beyond the comfort of our selected friend group.

OPINION | 11/19/2019

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What happened, Tigerbook?

What happened, Tigerbook?

Claire Wayner

Tragically, Tigerbook is a shell of what it used to be.

OPINION | 11/19/2019

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Period products, please!

Period products, please!

Khadijah Anwar

It is critical that we acknowledge the essentiality of menstrual products and work to lift discriminatory taxes and increase accessibility for women across the world.

OPINION | 11/18/2019

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The value of rewriting

The value of rewriting

Shannon Chaffers

As Princeton students, we like to think we can craft a perfectly structured, well-reasoned argument on the first try. The fact that in many cases, we cannot rewrite our essays, only reinforces this misconception.

OPINION | 11/18/2019

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'The only Heaven I’ll be sent to'

'The only Heaven I’ll be sent to'

Samuel Aftel

Even if Jesus were straight, and even if queer joy manifests in blasphemous fashions (whatever that means), queer people should still be free, loved, and embraced for their queerness.

OPINION | 11/18/2019

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Don’t raise your hand: A new solution for an old problem

Don’t raise your hand: A new solution for an old problem

Kate Liu

Though the balance between challenging us with new theories and giving us the opportunity to truly engage in genuine discourse is delicate, it must be met. Let’s create a pedagogy that places the student at the center. Let’s stop raising our hands.

OPINION | 11/17/2019

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The promise — and peril — of serving the nation

The promise — and peril — of serving the nation

Jon Ort

Public service calls us to do something less soaring than Rumsfeld’s station, but all the more meaningful for its humility. Serving the nation means harnessing the privilege of our Princeton education — not for power or profit, but to the benefit of our fellow Americans.

OPINION | 11/14/2019

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Give ROTC some credit

Give ROTC some credit

Brent Kibbey

We take eight ROTC classes over the course of our time here at Princeton, and we do not get a single credit for them.

OPINION | 11/14/2019

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The living voices of the fallen

The living voices of the fallen

Juan José López Haddad

While our American peers celebrated the honor and merit of veterans, they often failed to hear the voices of the fallen.

OPINION | 11/14/2019

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The transition

The transition

Ollie Thakar

We hear often of ways to lessen the college transition — perhaps the best way to do so is not to acknowledge the differences between past and future lives, rather to minimize those differences.

OPINION | 11/13/2019

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In support of Dreamers, on campus and beyond

In support of Dreamers, on campus and beyond

Daily Princetonian Editorial Board

Though Princeton may seem a world away from the uncertainty and terror that Dreamers endure every day, we must not forget that we have peers who are living through this hell. We stand with them as friends, students, and Americans.

OPINION | 11/13/2019

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On Princeton's endowment

On Princeton's endowment

Sebastian Quiroz

Above all I think it’s time for us to have an earnest discussion about our endowment.

OPINION | 11/12/2019

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Increase the availability of seminars

Increase the availability of seminars

Hunter Campbell

The introduction of more faculty will mean an increase in courses, and this marks a perfect moment to increase the seminar format’s frequency. 

OPINION | 11/12/2019

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Why you should skip Hazony and Stephens

Why you should skip Hazony and Stephens

Zachariah Sippy

As the ‘Prince’ Editorial Board aptly argued, respecting free speech is not the same as awarding free pulpits.

OPINION | 11/11/2019

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Our need for a students’ speaker series

Our need for a students’ speaker series

Guest Contributor

Together, the diversity and brilliance to be found in our student body represent an untapped resource of knowledge and understanding the University can no longer afford to leave unrecognized.

OPINION | 11/11/2019

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Recycling is not dead, but we need you to help revive it

Recycling is not dead, but we need you to help revive it

Claire Wayner

Recycling allows us to get there, but only if we all participate willingly and enthusiastically. It’s not that difficult to take five minutes to familiarize yourself with Princeton’s recycling guidelines and then change your daily routine to make sure you’re tossing things away correctly. 

OPINION | 11/10/2019

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