The events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have made the presence of neo-Nazism and white nationalism in the United States undeniable.
During the 1960 presidential campaign, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge stated that a black man would be appointed to the cabinet if his running mate, Richard M.
To the Muslim students of the Class of 2021: Assalamu ‘alaykum! Welcome to Princeton University, home of the exciting next chapter of your lives!
To the University of Virginia and the Charlottesville Community: In the spirit of diversity and justice, members of the Princeton University Class of 2021 stand in solidarity with the students, family, and community members who were affected by the tragic events that occurred in Charlottesville on August 11th and 12th.
If I told you Nazis were marching down the street, chanting “Blood and Soil,” waving the infamous black with red swastika flag, you’d think I was giving a history report.
I defend the University’s affirmative action policies by placing them in their definitional and historical context. Opponents of affirmative action call it racist, like my fellow columnist Hayley Siegel. Yet arguments like these do not properly understand affirmative action, its importance, nor its context at the University.
President Eisgruber explained that Princeton does consider race in admissions, but that every applicant is nonetheless given “a fair shake.” A truly fair shake would level out the differences in performance resulting from an applicant’s socioeconomic background.
I got an email from my editor. Ryan, the frosh are coming, he said, we need some articles for them.
When I started to write this column, I intended it to be about freshman seminars. Apply, I was going to say, because they are the best courses you will ever take.
Your class is taking – and will take – unprecedented strides forward in many respects, as the first class to enroll more women than men, the class with the highest percentage of first-generation college students, at 16.9 percent, and the first class to enroll five military veterans. So as Princeton serves this nation, serves humanity, as its unofficial motto prescribes, by moving towards greater equality in opportunity, expanding those opportunities for everyone, and redefining ‘public service’ and what it means to serve, it’s now your turn – as a part of our collective responsibility – to consider how you, too, will serve, not only your community here at Princeton, but humanity. Looking back, as an incoming freshman, I certainly didn’t give Princeton’s motto a second thought (granted, the University motto was different then too). In fact, the only conception of ‘service’ that I harbored before arriving at Princeton entailed volunteering at the local public library, hospital, or food bank.
To the Incoming Latinx Class of 2021, Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos! Bem Vinda! As one of the many voices you will hear from prior to your arrival on campus, on behalf of Princeton Latinos y Amigos, we want to extend you all another welcome to what will be some of the most challenging, yet educative and exhilarating years that are to come.
I’m going to be honest, at times your peers won’t recognize you as Native American. People will casually joke “I thought you were Asian the first time I saw you” or at best, “I wasn’t sure of your background.” In situations such as these I laugh along with them, proudly declaring my Diné ancestry.
To the Black Members of the Class of 2021: On behalf of Princeton’s Black Student Union, congratulations on your admission and your accomplishments that have brought you thus far!
To the Class of 2021, The Asian American Students Association (AASA) wishes you a warm welcome to the Princeton community!
Your cat Hopes and dreams Expectations A snake Pleasure reading A desire for moist chicken A keychain for your room key Your ego Your Eggos Melatonin Your SAT scores - also AP, IB, ACT Your microwave Coins for the laundry machines Eye drops A distaste for the color orange The pre-read A printer High school apparel A boomerang, or other utterly impractical items from your home country A weak liver T-shirts (you’ll get enough for free) Daddy’s trust fund money Dignity Most species of bedbugs Boat shoes (why would you want to fit in, anyways?) Canada Goose Jacket An aversion to ice cream (it’s everywhere) A watch (you’ll never have enough time anyway) Sunglasses (like T-shirts, you’ll get a bunch of them for free) A framed portrait of Ted Cruz Ted Cruz A healthy appetite for free food Your health *This piece provides satirical advice for moving to Princeton.
I wondered what I would write in this column. What would I have told myself three years ago, in the summer of 2014?
As the Pastor of Christ Congregation, an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ and American Baptist Church — and as a friend and family member to many who have served in the military — I emphatically denounce the White House’s most recent policy denying transgender people the privilege and right to serve in our nation’s military. Scripture says this: “So God created humankind in God’s image, in the image of God, God created them; male and female, God created them.” If, like me, you believe all humans were created in the image of God, then we can assume that God’s existence does not conform to binary definitions of gender.
The University’s policy on the Student Health Plan (SHP) and financial aid is indefensible. An article published over the summer by The Daily Princetonian details Nasir Ismael’s ‘21 decision to start a funding campaign in order to ensure the $1,800 fee for SHP be covered, despite receiving a full financial aid package, because the SHP fee was not covered at the time of his financial aid package’s awarding.
The Herman Melville novella “Benito Cereno,” in which a merchant ship is taken over by a slave mutiny, may seem to many like the perfect allegory for populism today. However, I do not believe that populism tricks democracy into such a scenario. We must learn to steer our ship without fearing the foreseeable intrusion of the populist guest, as we sail into perilous and unforeseen depths of the new order in need of a democratic horizon.
Thank you for your recent note and for transmitting your petition. I appreciate your concern for the environment and your commitment to sustainability.
