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Aidan Gouley

Princetonians should be multilingual: expand PDF option for language study

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Princetonians should be multilingual: expand PDF option for language study

Aidan Gouley
| OPINION | 02/19/2024

“Providing this option would ensure that the bar to entry for any given language remains reasonable in light of the increased demands of study as an undergraduate career progresses. In the present climate of declining language study, the University ought to be willing to act affirmatively in support of student proficiency in foreign languages.”

Providing this option would ensure that the bar to entry for any given language remains reasonable in light of the increased demands of study as an undergraduate career progresses. In the present climate of declining language study, the University ought to be willing to act affirmatively in support of student proficiency in foreign languages.

Lengthen time between classes

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Lengthen time between classes

Aidan Gouley
| OPINION | 11/16/2023

Given Princeton's focus on both the sciences and interdisciplinary education — and to foster a campus environment adapted to the campus's expansion and construction challenges — the University should lengthen passing time to 20 minutes. With extra time, students can realize the full potential of a Princeton education. 

With greater focus on both the sciences and interdisciplinary education and fostering a campus environment well-suited to the modern University, lengthening passing time to 20 minutes enables the realization of the full potential of a Princeton education. 

Princeton’s statement on Hamas stands in stark contrast with Ivy League peers’

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Princeton’s statement on Hamas stands in stark contrast with Ivy League peers’

Aidan Gouley
| OPINION | 10/25/2023

Princeton’s proactive, morally unambiguous response focused on compassion and education in the service of humanity, a stark contrast to those of peer institutions. 

Princeton’s proactive, morally unambiguous response, focused on compassion and education in the service of humanity, constituted a stark contrast to those of peer institutions. 

Princetonians must invest in the marketplace of ideas

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Princetonians must invest in the marketplace of ideas

Aidan Gouley
| OPINION | 09/17/2023

"If students start by situating free expression in a liberal context, individual engagement would restore and enliven the marketplace of ideas on campus, enabling a fuller appreciation for the dynamic, invigorating, and fundamentally democratic nature of campus discourse."

"If students start by situating free expression in a liberal context, individual engagement would restore and enliven the marketplace of ideas on campus, enabling a fuller appreciation for the dynamic, invigorating, and fundamentally democratic nature of campus discourse."

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