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Debate Scorecard

GREATEST INVASION IN FOREVER—NORMANDY
In the undisputed declaration by McCain, the American invasion of Normandy in World War II is “the greatest invasion in history, still to this day, and forever,” although he promised, snickering, that his future land war in Asia would give it a “run for its money.”

by Conor Gannon on October 2, 2008March 17, 2013

An E-mail I Received from Barack Obama, Democratic Nominee for President of America

Dear Chris—

We’ve done it!

Or rather, I’ve done it—successfully completed my first debate with Sen. John McCain, whom I refer to as ‘John’ in order to seem familiar and approachable and non-Muslim.

by Anonymous on October 2, 2008February 26, 2014

Non-Religious Discussion?

When a movement exclusive in membership, religious in orientation, and all comprehensive in its ideological scope attempts to gain the sanction of a secular university community committed to diversity and inclusion, it obviously puts itself into a paradoxical situation. This was the situation the founders of Princeton’s Anscombe Society, a group “dedicated to affirming the importance of the family, marriage, and a proper understanding for the role of sex and sexuality” (their website) faced when they decided to apply in February 2005 for official University recognition as a campus group.

by Tim Nunan on February 28, 2007March 17, 2013

The Greeks and the Deans

“The administration did not want an event that promoted sorority life, though this was not the intention of the panel,” said Maria Hughes ’06, OWL president and Kappa Kappa Gamma member.

by Alexis Okeowo on October 6, 2004March 17, 2013

Is Orange the New Brown?

A few weeks ago, I was plugging away at my JP in the Mendel Music Library when I heard the unusual sound of shouting and pounding feet. I looked out the window and saw a small, male redhead running past Prospect House naked, yelling into a bullhorn.

by Eleanor Barkhorn on May 4, 2005March 17, 2013

All Depressed with Nowhere to Go

Princeton is not conducive to good mental health….If you enter freshman year with problems, then you’re up the proverbial shit creek, and University Health Services is not going to throw you a paddle.

by Captain Insano on December 7, 2005March 17, 2013

Facebook Frenzy

Are people afraid that their deepest darkest secrets will make their way into the hands of their mortal enemies? Why do we see one person’s post on Facebook and instantly delve into a tumultuous back and forth between the meager efforts to protect our photos and the nonchalant I-don’t-give-a-fuck shoulder shrug?

by Bennett Alvaro on December 6, 2012March 22, 2013

I Cannot Take it Anymore

Facing the forces of Trump.

by Kat Powell on November 21, 2016December 3, 2016

The Gender Revolution

Jean/Gene Beebe ’10 was taken aback when I contacted her. “I’m curious as to how you found out about me, and why you want to interview me,” she writes in an e-mail, adding in parentheses: “(Unfortunately, in this socially conservative … Read More

by Stephan Crown-Weber Crown-Weber on April 11, 2007March 17, 2013

Arrived

On our post election world, and an alien invasion

by Elliott Eglash on December 11, 2016February 18, 2017

The Burning Bush: Global Warming in America

The Pentagon challenging the Bush Administration’s stance on global warming – sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone, doesn\\\\\\\’t it? But it’s true; last week, a report on global warming commissioned by a high-level Pentagon official was leaked to … Read More

by Cathy Kunkel on March 3, 2004March 17, 2013

BROTHER ALI’S CURE FOR MODERNITY

An underground Muslim rapper diagnoses our sickness and offers some remedy.

by Alex De La Garza on October 22, 2017October 22, 2017


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