Opinion

Enough smear-mongering: it’s time for real change

We must all work hard to respectfully converse with and listen to each other. This can be tedious, tiring, and painfully frustrating. Further, we should attempt to bracket theoretical differences to create practical, humanitarian change and not ideologically backed revolution. If we fail, then what comes next will be a society that may be better but will be fundamentally unjust. A society founded on injustices will be doomed to repeat them.

Even more out of (birth) control

The recent Supreme Court decision indicates that the steps that are being taken to restrict women’s freedom are occurring within marginalized communities, and are working subtly to build up the burdens placed on women trying to access a (still) tiny, legal pill. 

Interclub Council: Thirty years later, a call to action

Sally Frank was not a club officer, and yet she persisted until all the clubs were coeducated. 

‘The Conundrum of Caucasians’: a response to Giberson

We must recognize that a “conundrum of change” only exists if you’re ignorant of the past, unwilling to admit that you’re wrong, and indifferent to the suffering of others. 

International students’ letter regarding fall planning

Princeton’s international students have always been a key part of the vibrant academic and social community the University is greatly known for. Dismissing them during these times would be of great disservice to Princeton as a whole.

The grand word: integrity

As part of this University, we should be tied together more by seriousness regarding racial justice than by the disciplinary matters that many of us promote and pride. 

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.