Opinion

Why is NJ Transit so damn expensive?

By the time I graduate — if price increases follow their current three percent trajectory — round-trip transportation from Princeton to New York will cost at least $44.21. But it could, very easily, cost nothing. It’s past time that Princeton moved to expand access to regional public transit for undergraduates.

By the time I graduate — if price increases follow their current three percent trajectory — round-trip transportation from Princeton to New York will cost at least $44.21. But it could, very easily, cost nothing. It’s past time that Princeton moved to expand access to regional public transit for undergraduates.

CAF funds important student affinity groups. The University should support it.

“To further improve students’ sense of belonging, the University should increase the funding available to cultural and affinity groups through CAF — which actually does the job well.”

“To further improve students’ sense of belonging, the University should increase the funding available to cultural and affinity groups through CAF — which actually does the job well.”

On the Street, demographic data is off the menu

It’s hard to challenge inequities without statistics. At the same time, a lack of information limits students’ freedom to make informed choices about which eating club to join. To solve these problems, eating clubs should report their demographics.

It’s hard to challenge inequities without statistics. At the same time, a lack of information limits students’ freedom to make informed choices about which eating club to join. To solve these problems, eating clubs should report their demographics.

Princeton is more than your academic performance

“In 25 years, at my 25th Reunion, I doubt I’ll be thinking about the C I got in Physics during sophomore fall. But I’ll certainly be remembering the weekly film screenings my friends and I went to at the Garden Theatre, the many times I sang with the Wildcats under Blair Arch, and talking about morality in a philosophy precept in 1879 Hall.”

“In 25 years, at my 25th Reunion, I doubt I’ll be thinking about the C I got in Physics during sophomore fall. But I’ll certainly be remembering the weekly film screenings my friends and I went to at the Garden Theatre, the many times I sang with the Wildcats under Blair Arch, and talking about morality in a philosophy precept in 1879 Hall.”

Leave microeconomics alone!

Though an introductory microeconomics course like the one SPIA requires cannot hope to address diverse topics like law, healthcare, agriculture, and the environment, what ECO 100 succeeds in is that it provides the foundations for in-depth analysis of these complex, important, and policy-relevant problems.

Though an introductory microeconomics course like the one SPIA requires cannot hope to address diverse topics like law, healthcare, agriculture, and the environment, what ECO 100 succeeds in is that it provides the foundations for in-depth analysis of these complex, important, and policy-relevant problems.

Incorporate computing ethics into Princeton’s intro COS sequence

No practice or discipline exists in a vacuum, and that’s important to recognize now more than ever. To meet the moment and its own principles, Princeton must expand the content of introductory COS programs to address the ethics of computing.

No practice or discipline exists in a vacuum, and that’s important to recognize now more than ever. To meet the moment and its own principles, Princeton must expand the content of introductory COS programs to address the ethics of computing.

What does Black History Month mean to you?

At Princeton, we don’t need a presentation on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad or George Washington Carver and the peanut. But that doesn’t mean we don’t need Black History Month.

At Princeton, we don’t need a presentation on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad or George Washington Carver and the peanut. But that doesn’t mean we don’t need Black History Month.

Reactions: Building a better Bicker?

This year, we asked our writers to share more nuanced reflections on what works and doesn’t work about Street Week 2025 – what should be preserved, and what should be reformed. 

Princeton, it’s time to offer a Filipino language program

Like other Ivy League universities, Princeton should implement Filipino language courses to satisfy student demand and reflect the cultural demographics of the United States.

Like other Ivy League universities, Princeton should implement Filipino language courses to satisfy student demand and reflect the cultural demographics of the United States.

Princeton isn’t the problem, elitism is

By putting too much emphasis on Ivy League schools themselves as the proxy for “educated elites," we risk losing sight of the larger systems of elitism that drive the Ivy League and so much more. 

However, by putting too much emphasis on Ivy League schools themselves as the proxy for “educated elites," we risk losing sight of the larger systems of elitism that drive the Ivy League and so much more. 

A ‘climate apocalypse’ is all but inevitable. Why aren’t we planning for it?

Not only must every Princeton student think about what sort of life they can — or should — build in the context of an ever-warming world, but also that the climate activists on campus who intend to spur this sort of thinking often end up discouraging it.

Not only must every Princeton student think about what sort of life they can — or should — build in the context of an ever-warming world, but also that the climate activists on campus who intend to spur this sort of thinking often end up discouraging it.

Princeton, don’t budge on Title IX

Trump’s changes to Title IX signal more dire attacks on education are to come in the future. Princeton has a responsibility to do everything it can to prevent them.

Trump’s changes to Title IX signal more dire attacks on education are to come in the future. Princeton has a responsibility to do everything it can to prevent them.

In case you haven’t noticed, the target is already on our back

If I could say anything to the University about this, here is what it would be: when there is a target on your back, you do not stand still and wait for the arrow to strike. You put on a bulletproof vest, hunker down into a foxhole, and fire back.

If I could say anything to the University about this, here is what it would be: when there is a target on your back, you do not stand still and wait for the arrow to strike. You put on a bulletproof vest, hunker down into a foxhole, and fire back.

Bring back Princeton’s pharmacy

The current prescription solutions available to us as Princeton students do not fully meet our needs. As students, our energy should be dedicated to our academic pursuits, not trying to figure out where you can pick up medicine or filling out paperwork to get it. Princeton is in a position to not only support their students’ physical health at a baseline level, but demonstrate care and respect for their identities and needs as a matter of principle.

New Jersey should tax Princeton’s endowment

“New Jersey could place an annual wealth tax of five percent on Princeton’s endowment without threatening Princeton’s long-term existence.”

“New Jersey could place an annual wealth tax of five percent on Princeton’s endowment without threatening Princeton’s long-term existence.”

There’s something for you here

When we stay up all night to cover a protest or comb through thousands of documents for a data-driven story, we don’t do it because it will generate clicks. We do so because those stories are important to our campus and deserve to be heard by our audience with clarity and complexity.

New pre-draw guidelines reflect a much-needed conversation about community care on campus

Identifying and living alongside pre-drawmates allows students with housing accommodations to engage in community care: finding safety, healing, and support in a circle of close and connected individuals. The University’s failure to model these expectations reflects an inability to prioritize student safety and happiness.

Identifying and living alongside pre-drawmates allows students with housing accommodations to engage in community care: finding safety, healing, and support in a circle of close and connected individuals. The University’s failure to model these expectations reflects an inability to prioritize student safety and happiness.

Disabled students need roommates too

This year, Housing and Real Estate Services quietly removed the option to select a drawmate for students with accommodations without alerting students, leaving them to discover it for themselves at the beginning of the brief pre-draw application window.

This year, Housing and Real Estate Services quietly removed the option to select a drawmate for students with accommodations without alerting students, leaving them to discover it for themselves at the beginning of the brief pre-draw application window.

Why can’t lecturers win the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching?

Let’s acknowledge those who make “boutique teaching” possible, those who work tirelessly to make our rigorous curricula more accessible, and those who dedicate their time to advising and guiding us through all the challenges we face at this University. Lecturers should be eligible for the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Let’s acknowledge those who make “boutique teaching” possible, those who work tirelessly to make our rigorous curricula more accessible, and those who dedicate their time to advising and guiding us through all the challenges we face at this University. Lecturers should be eligible for the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Princeton’s administration of justice is Trumpian

The disparity between the University’s approach to Giberson and its approach to pro-Palestinian protestors reflects a concerning trend of appeasing an increasingly emboldened right rather than resisting the threat it poses to academic freedom and the wellbeing of Princeton students.