Congress must be held responsible

Seth Ellingson, Contributing Writer
May 14, 2013 • 256 views
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Early last week, President Obama held a press conference to announce, well, nothing.  Obama commented on the rising number of inmates who are on hunger strikes at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo).  He announced another attempt to close the controversial prison.  This move was surprising... Read more »

Dry-Campus Policy Conceals Problems

Ashley Belisle, News Editor
May 13, 2013 • 174 views
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Any doubts as to whether the Saturday-formerly-known-as-Lutefest would still be a campus-wide day-drinking extravaganza were neatly cleared up in an email sent from Dean of Students Rosalyn Eaton-Neeb to the student body on Thursday, May 1. When Student Government Association (SGA) leadership announced... Read more »

Wikipedia authors list highlights inequality

Ben Taylor, Contributing Writer
May 13, 2013 • 114 views
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Recently, Wikipedia came under fire for segregating women from its list of “Great American Novelists.” Wikipedia crowd-sources its content in order to fulfill founder Jimmy Wale’s dream of providing information to all for free. Wikipedia has run into problems from this public process multiple... Read more »

Lutefest reminiscent of old Heathstock festival

Chris Bowman, Contributing Writer
May 11, 2013 • 167 views
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Lutefisk: a traditional, Scandinavian dish of pungently gelatinous cod. While its origins are unknown, one theory suggests that lye was added to preserve the fish for future consumption. The origins of Lutefest are much easier to trace. It rose from the ashes of Arbstock, which was described in the... Read more »

Millennial generation looks to overcome negative reputation

Kathryn Haggstrom, Contributing Writer
May 9, 2013 • 331 views
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Oles – we are the future. We are future lawyers, politicians, doctors, singers, teachers and leaders. One day, we will be the generation with the power to change things. But we are often called the doomed generation, or Generation Y. Recently, the Millennials, a 17-year span of people born between... Read more »

Take advantage of administrators’ availability

Stephanie Jones, Opinions Editor
May 7, 2013 • 212 views
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About 20 minutes into the April 30 episode of “Lunchtime Live,” I started feeling a little silly. It was not because of the goofy comments President David Anderson ’74 uttered in the most recent broadcast of his periodic, virtual, half-hour program, though I must share some comedic highlights:... Read more »

News on tragedies should inform, not entertain

Abby Grosse , Arts & Entertainment Editor
May 5, 2013 • 158 views
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I’m not denying that the events were tragic. Tragic beyond comprehension. But I don’t want to talk about the twisted narrative of the Boston bombings – I want to talk about what was done with it. The Boston attacks were a tragedy fully covered by the media. Witnesses documented the events on... Read more »

Stop pressuring women to seek their spouses during college

Katie Sieger , Staff Writer
May 2, 2013 • 263 views
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In a letter to the editor of The Daily Princetonian entitled “Advice for the young women of Princeton: the daughters I never had,” Susan A. Patton, an alumna from the class of 1977,  gave some interesting advice to the women of Princeton: Find your husband while in college. Yes, you read that... Read more »

Food hub could benefit Northfield if done right

Annelise Brandel-Tanis, Contributing Writer
May 1, 2013 • 254 views
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The movement of local produce from farmers to institutions requires a community infrastructure that supports these relationships. For the last 10 years, Northfield residents have been considering whether they ought to create a “food hub” that would coordinate the aggregation, distribution and marketing... Read more »

Kickstarter expands charitable giving

Nina Hagen
April 30, 2013 • 229 views
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Recently, creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell of “Veronica Mars” gave the show’s fans an ultimatum: If they donated two million dollars to their Kickstarter page, a “Veronica Mars” movie would be made using the funds, but if the goal was not reached within a month, the movie would never... Read more »