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Raf Basas

Yes, please, Sliwa our Princeton

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Yes, please, Sliwa our Princeton

Maggie Stewart, Isaac Barsoum, and Raf Basas
| HUMOR | November 11

Last Tuesday, Curtis Sliwa ’36, the Republican candidate, won the New York City mayoralty by a narrow margin — receiving 92 percent of the vote to Zohran Mamdani’s eight percent. Andrew Cuomo received only two votes, one in his home precinct, Midtown East, and one in the Bay Ridge neighborhood in South Brooklyn.

Last Tuesday, Curtis Sliwa ’36, the Republican candidate, won the New York City mayoralty by a narrow margin — receiving 92 percent of the vote to Zohran Mamdani’s eight percent. Andrew Cuomo received only two votes, one in his home precinct, Midtown East, and one in the Bay Ridge neighborhood in South Brooklyn.

Let’s Zohran our Princeton: the case for organizing that’s fun

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Let’s Zohran our Princeton: the case for organizing that’s fun

Raf Basas
| OPINION | November 7

Mamdani's victory gives Princeton progressives a replicable model for winning, which they can adapt from New York to this University: a people-centered mass movement that builds real community and seeks to genuinely persuade and excite others.

Mamdani's victory gives Princeton progressives a replicable model for winning, which they can adapt from New York to this University: a people-centered mass movement that builds real community and seeks to genuinely persuade and excite others.

The University is selling the dining changes as a win. Don’t fall for it.

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The University is selling the dining changes as a win. Don’t fall for it.

Raf Basas and Jerry Zhu
| OPINION | November 3

The revision serves as a distraction from the concerns of independents. Worse, it demonstrates that the University is content to ignore student voices.

The revision serves as a distraction from the concerns of independents. Worse, it demonstrates that the University is content to ignore student voices.

On dining, don’t Whitman our Spelman

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On dining, don’t Whitman our Spelman

Raf Basas
| OPINION | October 27

The fight to save the eating clubs is certainly relevant, and deserves attention, but is not nearly as urgent as the abolition of an entire dining option. Eighteen percent of Princeton upperclassmen, or hundreds of people, have just lost their autonomy over where and how they eat. 

The fight to save the eating clubs is certainly relevant, and deserves attention, but is not nearly as urgent as the abolition of an entire dining option. Eighteen percent of Princeton upperclassmen, or hundreds of people, have just lost their autonomy over where and how they eat. 

Workers will suffer under Trump. Let’s implement a living wage.

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Workers will suffer under Trump. Let’s implement a living wage.

Raf Basas
| OPINION | April 21

Our service workers are real people with the same fundamental needs as our student population. If we can afford to give our students hundreds of millions in aid, we can surely afford to pay our staff members — who are equally crucial to the Princeton community — a decent and fair wage.

Our service workers are real people with the same fundamental needs as our student population. If we can afford to give our students hundreds of millions in aid, we can surely afford to pay our staff members — who are equally crucial to the Princeton community — a decent and fair wage.

The humanities benefit from FGLI voices. Let’s reach out to these students.

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The humanities benefit from FGLI voices. Let’s reach out to these students.

Raf Basas
| OPINION | March 25

"Humanities students come to Princeton with vastly different levels of course offerings and experiences. Because of this, the humanities must expand their outreach to FGLI students, for the sake of both these students and the departments as a whole."

"Humanities students come to Princeton with vastly different levels of course offerings and experiences. Because of this, the humanities must expand their outreach to FGLI students, for the sake of both these students and the departments as a whole."

On the Street, demographic data is off the menu

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On the Street, demographic data is off the menu

Raf Basas
| OPINION | February 18

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.

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