Rain: Relentless Lee

In response to: OA trips cut short by deluge from tropical storm

By Nan Moncharsh Reiner ’77

Published in the November 16, 2011 issue

In re the truncated Outdoor Action activities as the result of Tropical Storm Lee (Campus Notebook, Oct. 5), a sympathetic word from northern Virginia, where my neighborhood got 15 inches of rain in a relentless five days: You sidled up disarming, Lee, not acting too...

Conservative values

In response to: GOP forum puts national focus on professor’s conservative group

By Redmond Finney ’51

Published in the November 16, 2011 issue

It was a most welcome and pleasant surprise to read in the Oct. 5 Campus Notebook section about the activities of McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Robert George. Especially in light of the heavy liberal bias that exists on the current Princeton administration and faculty,...

Conservative values

In response to: GOP forum puts national focus on professor’s conservative group

By Fred Holzweiss ’54

Published in the November 16, 2011 issue

There has been a trend over the years in PAW that is perhaps best illustrated in the Oct. 5 issue. You seem to refer to people as “conservative” when that is the case. That’s fine. But nowhere in the magazine do you refer to any others as “liberal.” In the article on ...

Plaudits for Hessler ’92

By Wendy Weisend Kuran ’79

Published in the November 16, 2011 issue

Hooray for Peter Hessler ’92 and his MacArthur fellowship (Weekly Blog post, Sept. 21)! He is the best travel writer I have ever read since writing my senior thesis on “British Travel Literature in the 1930s” with Sam Hynes more than 30 years ago. John McPhee ’53 transformed...

Gauging Princeton’s impact

In response to: President's Page

By Richard C. Orth Jr. ’59

Published in the November 16, 2011 issue

It is evident, especially in the last few years, that change often is more negative rather than positive. Clearly, President Tilghman is outlining the steps to be taken for incoming students, faculty et al. to have a positive educational and social growth experience at...