LetterBox2007-08
More letters from alumni...listed by topic, and within each topic in chronological order.

Last update: July 31, 2008
Items with an asterisk (*) have been most recently updated or added.

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Issues raised by articles in PAW:
Prokofiev’s mystery
Learning about alcohol
A different type of class
Working on the Geniza Project
Support for a ‘gap year’
Putting Second Life to work
Global warming: Research and conclusions
A question about climate change
Princeton’s billionaires
Coeducation and generous gifts
Critiquing West 80’s CD
Renovating Firestone
Affordable health care for all
Teaching about the Constitution
Making history lessons more provocative*
Choose another metaphor
Advice to parents: Just say no
Who does "admission obsession" really benefit?
Stressing over admissions
Science, art, and ethical questions
The SAT predicts freshman grades, but then what?
What it takes to do research: a hypothesis
Building to last a century or two
McCosh 50's big bang
When Muhammad Ali lit a spark
Set Princeton apart: free tuition for all
Remembering "Mr. Church"
Overlooking John Kemeny ’'46 49
Game Theory at Princeton
Omitting a basic question about the war
Cheers for positive stories about the military
Princeton's fine military officers
Pride in Princeton's military leadership
"Set" story was right on target
Brains vs. Bruins
The Olympics in the wake of China's earthquake*
Acceptance number worth celebrating*
Risking one's life for others*
Residential advisers and alcohol infractions*
Reducing the toll of alcohol abuse*
Treat the real causes of alcoholism*
Defining 'Protestant architecture'*
Living in 'ethereal surroundings'*
Beatrix Farrand's training and work*
Sensitivity to artistic work*
Academics and black identity*
Life in the Butler housing tract*
Milton, Shakespeare, and 'Animal House'*
Writing for the viola*

PAW readers remember
Robert F. Goheen '40 *48

From the archives:
No dinks or beanies
From the Archives: 1948
From the Archives: 1968
From the Archives, 1936
From the Archives, 1937*
From the Archives, 1946*
From the Archives, 1946 (II)*

Miscellaneous:
Legacy parent's revenge
Op-ed piece supports respect for all
Testing academic freedom
Discussing Princeton history
A chance to work for the CIA
Author's query
How to nurture the new Einsteins?
Post the Jefferson papers online*

In response to letters in PAW:
Democracy in China
Open trials for detainees
Respect the priorities of others
Scientific consensus can be wrong
Taking pride in Ali’s degree
Poles, Jews, and World War II
Calculus and climate change
Contrasting lessons of war
Encouraging study abroad
A legacy parent's sadness
Clarifying Maine geography
Teaching the truth about Vietnam
Debating health care: A response*
The rules of engagement in Iraq*
A Princeton education, 60 years ago*

Top25

Who should have made the list of the 25 most influential alumni of all time?
Click here to see the list of approximately 250 alumni considered by the panel.

PAW readers respond to the list with comments and suggestions.
Click here to see letters from alumni.

To offer your own views, write to paw@princeton.edu or to Influential Princetonians,” Princeton Alumni Weekly, 194 Nassau Street, Suite 38, Princeton, NJ, 08542.

 

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