Vincent Jiang

There’s an existential threat to the eating clubs that you need to know about

Requiring upperclassman students to hold a meal plan would be harmful to the undergraduate experience and poses an existential threat to the eating clubs. If implemented, the report’s recommendation would sever past and present generations of Princetonians from these unique and tight-knit communities.

Requiring upperclassman students to hold a meal plan would be harmful to the undergraduate experience and poses an existential threat to the eating clubs. If implemented, the report’s recommendation would sever past and present generations of Princetonians from these unique and tight-knit communities.

Reactions: Who would you pick for Class Day speaker?

As we near Class Day, we asked our columnists: Who would you choose as the Class Day speaker?

As we near Class Day, we asked our columnists: Who would you choose as the Class Day speaker?

A little bit of grade inflation never hurt anyone

Reactions: What should we learn from the New Jersey elections?

“Civic engagement is a key component of Princeton life — we decided to ask our politically inclined columnists to reflect on the recent elections and chronicle a race, ballot, or result that they found particularly impactful.”

"To mark these recent elections, we asked our politically inclined columnists to reflect on the most recent NJ Elections and chronicle a race, ballot, or result that they found particularly impactful."

Reactions: Which professors should I follow?

Considering the correlation of professors’ fame with their teaching and their work, we asked our columnists which professors’ work students should follow.

Considering the correlation of professors’ fame with their teaching and their work, we asked our columnists which professors’ work students should follow.

College clubs need gatekeeping. That doesn’t mean they have to be cruel.

"As decision-makers, club leadership teams have a duty to make sure that our treasuries don’t run dry and that our businesses can keep operating. But we also have a duty to the prospective students hovering outside the door and peering inside."

Make area studies cool again

“[Princeton] must now be proactive and lead the way in rebuilding area studies as a core discipline of social science. While it’s tempting to place the entirety of that burden on the administration, the best way to accomplish this would be for students and the University to meet halfway.”

“[Princeton] must now be proactive and lead the way in rebuilding area studies as a core discipline of social science. While it’s tempting to place the entirety of that burden on the administration, the best way to accomplish this would be for students and the University to meet halfway.”

Reactions: What's your Princeton pre-read?

Opinion columnists share their recommendations for Princeton’s next pre-read. 

Opinion columnists share their recommendations for Princeton’s next pre-read. 

College admissions was fairer before COVID-19. Princeton should bring back the SAT.

“Yes, the SAT is skewed towards the privileged, but in deciding whether we should get rid of it, the question isn’t whether the test is skewed, but rather whether it is excessively skewed compared to other components of holistic admissions.”

“Yes, the SAT is skewed towards the privileged, but in deciding whether we should get rid of it, the question isn’t whether the test is skewed, but rather whether it is excessively skewed compared to other components of holistic admissions.”

In defense of Community Action

“My recommendation would be to take a step back from lofty debates over what service truly is and return to simpler projects, especially involving physical labor or creating something usable.”

“My recommendation would be to take a step back from lofty debates over what service truly is and return to simpler projects, especially involving physical labor or creating something usable.”