Opinion

Students want to ask speakers questions. Let them.

Why bring great speakers to campus if we cannot question them? If speakers want to have difficult conversations, they should expect students to want to engage.

Why bring great speakers to campus if we cannot question them? If speakers want to have difficult conversations, they should expect students to want to engage.

Charlie Kirk is not the martyr conservatives want him to be

In his piece, Editorial Board Chair Christofer Robles ’26 argues that as members of the campus right misrepresent the status of free speech on campus and Charlie Kirk’s legacy, they legitimize the federal government’s punishment of left-wing students for their political expression.

In his piece, Editorial Board Chair Christofer Robles ’26 argues that as members of the campus right misrepresent the status of free speech on campus and Charlie Kirk’s legacy, they legitimize the federal government’s punishment of left-wing students for their political expression.

BP is out. Here’s what’s next for the climate movement at Princeton

Fossil fuel companies have abandoned their deceptive climate pledges, and the Trump administration is cracking down on climate research. As governments and corporations abandon climate action, Princeton must step up as a leader on the issue.

Fossil fuel companies have abandoned their deceptive climate pledges, and the Trump administration is cracking down on climate research. As governments and corporations abandon climate action, Princeton must step up as a leader on the issue.

Public service still serves the public

It is sometimes difficult to see the value of service in times of instability, disinvestment in public services, eroding public trust in government, and an uncertain job market. But even in times of massive turmoil, public service is still able to drive initiatives that aren’t sufficiently politicized to make newspaper headlines. 

As academia and the federal workforce have adapted to rapid policy changes, the SINSI program and the students it supports have had to adapt. We are the first generation of SINSI Scholars, the SINSI program’s graduate fellows, to contend with this new era of uncertainty.

Charlie Kirk died for ideals the left has ignored

Kirk’s killing will mark a turning point. The question is whether it leads America and those who diverge from the prevailing orthodoxy on its college campuses into fear and silence, or towards courage and conviction.

Kirk’s killing will mark a turning point. The question is whether it leads America and those who diverge from the prevailing orthodoxy on its college campuses into fear and silence, or towards courage and conviction.

Why did we go to see Ketanji Brown Jackson, anyway?

As a community, though, we should honestly acknowledge our bleak feelings on the Trump administration and look for genuine coping mechanisms, rather than compartmentalizing our anxiety into ceremonial events like these.

As a community, though, we should honestly acknowledge our bleak feelings on the Trump administration and look for genuine coping mechanisms, rather than compartmentalizing our anxiety into ceremonial events like these.

Charlie Kirk’s death shows why conservatives fight for free speech

As a conservative, I ask that Kirk’s death prompt reflection on our own campus culture. As a student, I hope it inspires us to seek knowledge with openness and humility. And as a person, I pray it challenges us to see each other as brothers and sisters, not simply as small examples of bigger phenomena. 

As a conservative, I ask that Kirk’s death prompt reflection on our own campus culture. As a student, I hope it inspires us to seek knowledge with openness and humility. And as a person, I pray it challenges us to see each other as brothers and sisters, not simply as small examples of bigger phenomena. 

It’s time to step it up on diversity and inclusion

Over the last five years, Princeton never achieved parity in diversity and inclusion for Black students. Now, the University faces a conservative culture and federal government hostile to anti-racism. Now, more than ever, Princeton cannot abandon its students. 

Over the last five years, Princeton never achieved parity in diversity and inclusion for Black students. Now, the University faces a conservative culture and federal government hostile to anti-racism. Now, more than ever, Princeton cannot abandon its students. 

Class of 2029: Reject selective views of free speech

"Let us make an appeal to the entire Class of 2029: You can care about viewpoint diversity and free expression even if you don’t read the Tory. As liberals and progressives, you can understand that free speech is an issue that affects everyone."

"Let us make an appeal to the entire Class of 2029: You can care about viewpoint diversity and free expression even if you don’t read the Tory. As liberals and progressives, you can understand that free speech is an issue that affects everyone."

For a more effective USG, train newly elected members on the bureaucracy

For student representatives to make the change we can through the systems we have, we need a more onboarding process that prepares us to navigate these byzantine processes. 

For student representatives to make the change we can through the systems we have, we need a more onboarding process that prepares us to navigate these byzantine processes. 

Go big or go home: the case for a single Lawnparties

Consolidating the fall and spring budgets into one would reinforce the position of Lawnparties as a quintessentially Princeton tradition and a mainstay of the social experience.

Consolidating the fall and spring budgets into one would reinforce the position of Lawnparties as a quintessentially Princeton tradition and a mainstay of the social experience.

Princeton must retire the Atatürk Professorship

While no professor has held the title since Atatürk Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies emeritus Heath W. Lowry departed in 2013, the position remains open for new candidates. Just as Princeton exempted Wilson’s name from celebration due to his racist ideologies, it must do the same for the Atatürk Professorship: It must be retired.

While no professor has held the title since Atatürk Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies emeritus Heath W. Lowry departed in 2013, the position remains open for new candidates. Just as Princeton exempted Wilson’s name from celebration due to his racist ideologies, it must do the same for the Atatürk Professorship: It must be retired.

What I learned about the forgotten history of science from Guyot Hall

How many other faculty have worked in Guyot’s spaces over the decades? Soon these spaces will be completely redesigned, and their history erased as the building becomes home to computer science. 

How many other faculty have worked in Guyot’s spaces over the decades? Soon these spaces will be completely redesigned, and their history erased as the building becomes home to computer science. 

Reactions: New class times

Our Opinion writers comment on the new class timings, our expanding campus, and the implications for both daily student life and the University itself. 

Our Opinion writers comment on the new class timings, our expanding campus, and the implications for both daily student life and the University itself. 

As we weigh budget cuts, Princeton must not cave to internal division

If we allow our conversations about budget to generate fissures between humanities and sciences, arts and lab research, we risk turning upon ourselves the same transactional, hostile lens through which the Trump administration views higher education.

If we allow our conversations about budget to generate fissures between humanities and sciences, arts and lab research, we risk turning upon ourselves the same transactional, hostile lens through which the Trump administration views higher education.

Why you should join the ‘Prince’

This is the promise of The Daily Princetonian: to find something that interests you, and to inspire you to dig into it, relentlessly.

This is the promise of The Daily Princetonian: to find something that interests you, and to inspire you to dig into it, relentlessly.

Class of 2029, it’s okay to be a student first

As high school academic over-achievers, we paradoxically internalize that our academic success isn’t enough, that we somehow have to do more. But at Princeton, intellectual labor isn’t tangential — it’s the whole point.

As high school academic over-achievers, we paradoxically internalize that our academic success isn’t enough, that we somehow have to do more. But at Princeton, intellectual labor isn’t tangential — it’s the whole point.

Before you can give back, you have to get by

Taking a high-paying career can help us give back to both our own families and society at large. Financial security is not at odds with intellectual seriousness or social responsibility; in fact, it can enable a more profound and lasting impact.

Could Princeton avoid the endowment tax by expanding financial aid?

Institutions will have to pay 8 percent on endowment returns if they have “at least 3,000 tuition-paying students” and “a student adjusted endowment in excess of $2,000,000.” Princeton checks all the boxes. So, we have to pay. Right?

Institutions will have to pay 8 percent on endowment returns if they have “at least 3,000 tuition-paying students” and “a student adjusted endowment in excess of $2,000,000.” Princeton checks all the boxes. So, we have to pay. Right?

Keep academic authority in human hands

The Trump administration’s attacks on research and higher education as well as a blind reliance on AI chatbots are reflective of a societal backslide: a commodification of knowledge that prioritizes “efficiency” over the messy process of getting to an answer, where nuances are flattened and the truth is fungible.

The Trump administration’s attacks on research and higher education as well as a blind reliance on AI chatbots are reflective of a societal backslide: a commodification of knowledge that prioritizes “efficiency” over the messy process of getting to an answer, where nuances are flattened and the truth is fungible.