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Sasha Malena Johnson

Princeton should make Opening Exercises secular

Students in green t-shirts sit in rows of folding chairs in front of an ivy-covered building.

Princeton should make Opening Exercises secular

Sasha Malena Johnson
| OPINION | 3 hours ago

"Prayers and blessings are not relevant to a mandatory introductory event at a non-religious university. We should focus less on our Latin motto, “Under God’s Power She Flourishes,” and more on our unofficial motto, “In the Service of Humanity.”

"Prayers and blessings are not relevant to a mandatory introductory event at a non-religious university. We should focus less on our Latin motto, “Under God’s Power She Flourishes,” and more on our unofficial motto, “In the Service of Humanity.”

Princeton is more than prestige and aesthetics. The pre-frosh experience must reflect that.

Bright day in courtyard. Someone in orange shirt standing atop stone speaking to crowd on the left.

Princeton is more than prestige and aesthetics. The pre-frosh experience must reflect that.

Sasha Malena Johnson
| OPINION | September 4

From the acceptance letter to Princeton Preview, perhaps Princeton is too removed in the way it treats its pre-frosh and too reliant on visuals and prestige during the period after Ivy Day. Princeton should prioritize efforts to connect with prospective students in written communication and work on making Princeton Preview more socially and intellectually engaging.

From the acceptance letter to Preview Days, perhaps Princeton is too removed in the way it treats its pre-frosh and too reliant on visuals and prestige during the period after Ivy Day. Princeton should prioritize efforts to connect with prospective students in written communication and work on making Preview Days more socially and intellectually engaging.

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