Geneva Wright '14 /March 21, 2014
On April 4, 2011, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released what became known as the “Dear Colleague” letter, urging colleges and universities to review their policies regarding the investigation and punishment of sexual violence. An environment made unsafe by sexual violence, the letter states, impairs students’ ability to learn, and constitutes an illegal violation of their right to an education free from discrimination.
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Sofia Gallo '17 /March 21, 2014
When I was four months old, my parents took me to the doctor because they noticed that I had unusual eye movements. Doctors informed them that I had Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, a condition in which the optic nerve does not develop properly and does not make the appropriate connection to the brain. The condition is not genetic, and causes are currently unknown.
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Penina Krieger '17 /March 21, 2014
Is it chivalric in the twenty-first century for a boy to push the handicapped button on the wall to open the door for me, or, perhaps more accurately, to have the door open itself for me? Something gets lost in translation when chivalry is transmitted through electronics.
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Josh Zuckerman '16 /March 21, 2014
What do migratory birds, Halloween chocolate, chemical weapons, and love triangles have in common? Until recently, absolutely nothing. However, the strange case of Bond v. United States unites these seemingly random objects in a scenario that threatens to undermine American federalism and, consequently, our basic rights and liberties.
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David Byler '14 /December 19, 2013
We love to talk about our ideas, but when it comes time to risk what’s actually important to us – namely our time and the perception of our future employers – we become terribly sheepish.
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Ashesh Rambachan '17 /December 19, 2013
“We are the indispensable nation.” In a 1998 interview, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, in a single sentence, explained the power dynamic of the world, a dynamic that still exists today.
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JP Spence '16 /December 19, 2013
Over the past few years I have read nearly every strip in Bill Watterson’s inimitable Calvin and Hobbes, but few remain in my memory.
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Evan Draim '17 /December 19, 2013
Imagine you are the head of a bicker eating club, tasked both with serving the interests of your members and contributing to the overall social scene at Princeton University.
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Nora Niazian '17 /December 19, 2013
An interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton.
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