Fee for 9/11 memorial necessary


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For many, two dollars might seem like a trifling amount — or at least nothing to argue over. But in the case of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center in New York City, it’s a different story. The memorial foundation’s recent announcement that a temporary two-dollar service fee for […]

Micromanaging employees could hurt bottom line


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It’s not news that the job market is currently in trouble. Horror stories of layoffs and home foreclosures are common and it seems like a shocking number of people are doing all that he or she can to avoid losing employment. But how are the companies themselves dealing with having fewer employees? “Wages are stagnant, […]

Race still a factor in job searches


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Meet Yolanda Spivey: a vibrant and educated young woman in her 20s with more than a decade of experience in the insurance industry. During those that span, she worked as an assessor, broker and manager of other employees. She did well in her field too, with a client base including not just individuals but also […]

Pro-life rights also include life of mother


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On Monday, Praveen Halappanavar was questioned in an Irish court about the events surrounding the death of his wife, Savita Halappanavar. Savita Halappanavar, an Indian dentist who moved from southwest India to Dublin with her husband in 2008, was 17 weeks pregnant when she was sent to University Hospital Galway on Oct. 21, 2012 after […]

How effective will the new strict Conn gun reform law be?


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Lawmakers need to do more to restrict other kinds of guns and ammunition, as well as more strict background checks. According to CNN, the Connecticut state government, reacting to the Sandy Hook massacre from December, has created a new law designed to decrease the deadliness of American weapons in its state. The new law, which […]

‘Best-looking’ remarks opposite of sexist


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As a figure upheld for his tolerance and politically correct take on the world, President Barack Obama has taken an incredible amount of heat from critics for a comment he made last Thursday at a fundraising lunch in Atherton, Calif., at the Democratic National Committee. While praising California Attorney General Kamala Harris as “brilliant,” “dedicated” […]

New streaming business model paves way


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When kids in the modern day want to kick back with their favorite television show after a long, hard day’s work, very few turn on their actual television sets. With the advent of Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go and dozens of other streaming sites, as well as the handy DVR and TiVo recording devices, the idea […]

Euthanasia lingers in ethical gray area


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A smoking revolver, one dead woman and a confession from the very man who committed the act — the evidence for murder is all there in the details of Arizona man George Sanders’ “mercy killing” of his 81-year-old wife, Virginia. Lost in the distant objectivity of the headlines, however, is a heartbreaking story of love, […]

Should women be told to find a partner in college?


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Collegiate women should not count out the possibility of finding their mates in college for the sake of their careers. On Friday, a female Princeton alumna named Susan A. Patton, Class of ’77, wrote a guest column for the Daily Princetonian.Though it isn’t strange for someone to send a letter to the editor, this one […]