Education

Curiosity Did Not Kill the Cat
Steve Nelson | January 31, 2025
“Curiosity killed the cat.” Among the world’s most foolish aphorisms, this one stands out. It is quite likely that the lack of curiosity is more likely a fatal condition for cats . . .

What to do when the world is crumbling
Caleb Dunson | January 17, 2025
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Health & Well-Being: Reframing the Anxiety Conversation
Elaine Griffin | January 10, 2025
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“No Excuse, Sir”
Alden S Blodget | December 27, 2024
This is an address presented to high school students and their parents and teachers. Each time I conduct one of these awards ceremonies, I spend some time thinking about what it is that separates

Failing focus
Claudia Flynn | December 20, 2024
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The Hollowdays
Brent Kaneft | December 13, 2024
“We are the hollow men / We are the stuffed men / Leaning together / Headpiece filled with straw.” – T.S. Eliot (“The Hollow Men,” 1925) It is already Christmas at Starbucks. They

Pathologizing men is unproductive. We should invest in better men-focused spaces.
Nicholas Manetas | December 6, 2024
In her Oct. 22 op-ed, Julianna Lee ’25 argued that male-only spaces could better Princeton’s campus by building “encouragement, empowerment, and friendship for men.” Columnist Ava Johnson ’27 responded on Nov. 4, contending that male-only spaces fail

Banning books is detrimental to intellectual growth
Gisele Bisch | November 29, 2024
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Learning and the Brain: Bid the geldings be fruitful?
Brent Kaneft | November 15, 2024
“And all the time – such is the tragicomedy of our situation – we continue to clamour for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. You can hardly open a periodical without coming across




