Opinion

Princeton must fight for its international students

Both this country and the University have a long history of benefiting from foreign talent; international students and scholars have been part of the lifeblood of American academia since the dawn of this nation. To allow this injustice and manipulation to persist would be to watch idly as the United States is led further into isolationism and darkness.

We need to protect our international community

Even though ICE’s modifications say the government does not want you in the United States, I know that myself and the University want you here to complete your Princeton education. The Princeton community is not the same without you. 

Statement of solidarity with Ressa and of protest against Philippine current events

As members of the Princeton Filipino Community, we would like to take this moment to provide further context about Filipino current events, reflect on our country’s experiences with dictatorship and struggle for representation, and express our continued hope for the future of the Philippines and for democracy.

Heard, unheeded

What Rajasekar and POCC misunderstand is that their voices are not unheard; they are rather — for perhaps the first time in a long time — unheeded. That is a sign of positive change for Princeton.

Letter to the editor: In awarding the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, our work continues

It is a sad reality that the mission of the Prize has become only more urgent in the 17 years since its founding. While racial animus, ever present in our American experience, has seeped even more into the national discourse, we are nonetheless inspired and rejuvenated in hope by each years’ Prize winners. We are also invigorated by the ongoing opportunities for Princeton alumni to gather together to further explore our own racial identities and to push each other to expand our anti-racist actions. 

Answering charges: a defense of the Princeton Open Campus Coalition

Put more simply, we care a great deal about how discourse is conducted at a university and could not care less about what.

Ignorance is not academic freedom

The [POCC] piece’s core arguments are the product of an ignorance that is neither honest nor neutral. This ignorance is deliberate, unapologetic, and weaponized.

All hands on deck of a sinking ship?

The Andlinger Center is being used.

After five years of student activism, it’s time for the U. to stop dragging its feet

We demand the administration take material steps to ensure the renaming is the first step of many to address its racist institutional history.

Urgency of climate change demands all hands on deck to transform the energy system

Woodrow Wilson and the prince in ‘Princeton’

If Princeton retains its name it will be interesting to see how it justifies William’s legacy and its affiliation with a King who once ruled over England’s colonies, including those in North America, and oversaw the dawn of a period in slave trading in which the trade of African slaves peaked. 

In response to the Editorial Board’s 'Reimagining Public Safety at Princeton'

I challenge the entire Editorial Board to embrace your Public Safety department and make an appointment to speak with these dedicated officers who put their lives on the line every day to keep you safe.

Princetonians must confront symbolic reformism

We must cast away reformism and abolish the toxic spaces we ourselves create — not only to make students’ lives better in Princeton’s future, but to transform our own politics, to better steel us for the fight against both fascist white supremacy and its liberal-reformist cousin.

Why you don’t feel successful at Princeton

Students’ upbringings significantly influence — if not outright determine — the course of their academic and social lives at Princeton.

Committing to communal health: a student pledge to observe social distancing and COVID-19 safety protocols

It is our hope that the University will strive to bring as many students back to campus as possible.

Princeton must #BreakupwithExxon: an open letter to Andlinger from Divest Princeton

We call on President Eisgruber and Director of the Center Lynn Loo to end Princeton’s relationship with ExxonMobil. 

A brief history of Princeton admissions

While it’s important to celebrate Princeton’s accomplishments in diversifying its student body, recent data shows that there’s still much room for improvement. As was the case 60 years ago, it may be time to rethink the admissions system again. 

In response to the Editorial Board’s ‘Reimagining Public Safety at Princeton’

The Municipality of Princeton firmly believes that Black Lives Matter and that policing here in Princeton is, and should be, a work in progress ... We do, however, want to provide context for two statements that appeared in a recent article in The Daily Princetonian.

Princeton, don’t leave us in the dark

The University has an obligation to its community to be clear about the options it is considering for the fall semester and beyond. Bringing students into the fold only when a decision is made shirks that obligation.

Confronting anti-Blackness at Princeton University’s policy school

We want to believe that engaging in anti-racism, dismantling structural racism, and achieving racial equity are things a policy school can and must teach us — not just as niche topics, but as core tenets and fundamental practices in our field of public policy.