Alimta's patent
In response to: Battling over Alimta
By Daniel Feigelson ’90
Published in the March 2, 2011 issue
I agree with David Herr ’65 (letters, Jan. 19) that seeing someone suffer from a terminal disease solely because she can’t afford an extant treatment is heart-wrenching. But his proposal that innovative drug companies give away their medicines is untenable. It costs...
Don't overlook chastity
In response to: Table talk: Drinking, sex, and how things go wrong
By John F. Fay *85
Published in the March 2, 2011 issue
With the article “Table talk: Drinking, sex, and how things go wrong” (Campus Notebook, Jan. 19), I see that sexism is alive and well at Princeton. One student noted that “a lot of males are utterly incompetent about reading clues.” The editors thought enough of the quote...
More Tiger pranks
In response to: Pranks for the memories
By Robert M. Ellsworth ’82
Published in the March 2, 2011 issue
My favorite “concept” prank (feature, Jan. 19) was swapping whole floors of offices in Fine Tower. Each floor in this tower is almost exactly like the others, except for the view out the windows. Sufficiently far from the ground, they’re interchangeable, except for the usual...
Those 'Prince' spoofs
In response to: Pranks for the memories
By Robert E. “Bob” Buntrock *67
Published in the March 2, 2011 issue
I was at Princeton from 1962–67, earning a Ph.D. in chemistry. I remember well The Great Train Robbery, at least from the coverage in The Daily Princetonian and elsewhere. What was not mentioned was that the perps could have faced legal punishment, since that was the one...
When toilet paper exploded
In response to: Pranks for the memories
By Stuart Hibben ’48
Published in the March 2, 2011 issue
I confess that I was complicit in a freshman-year prank that involved the infamous Toilet Paper Bomb: Take a roll of toilet paper, plug up one end, pour in powdered explosive, plug up the other end, and bore a hole for a twisted-paper fuse — and voilą, you had a device that...