Princeton students lack concern for others and live in an environment that does not encourage a sense of social responsibility, said a group of concerned students who were joined by deans and administrators at a town-hall discussion in the Mathey ...(back to the article)
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I'm going to go ahead and throw this out there: Incident at BlackBox largely caused by non-Princeton students. You could probably safely say that kidnapping is an uncommon occurrence at Princeton. Those are your top two justifications for deeming that Princetonians "lack concern for others"? Come on, Prince, is having standards too much to ask?
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What has the Diversity Council even done? How are we supposed to assume that it is our voice when we haven't even heard of it? I think Josh is just leading us on by pretending he does all of this good stuff but actually lying to us and not giving credit to the people on this campus who actually do good things for the student body. Anna Almore has done more than his Diversity Council ever will...if there even is one.
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Correction: I am, however, not self-obsessed enough to make sure everyone knows my name and understands what a good person I am, and scold others who don't act like me.
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I don't like to be lectured about how to care about other by a bunch of self-righteous, self-centered activist types with an ostentatious holier-than-thou attitude either. Most students on this campus are wonderful people who profoundly care about others. I have given hundreds of dollars to relief organizations in the wake of natural disasters. I am, however, not self-obsessed enough to make sure everyone knows my name and understand what a good person I am, and scold others who don't act like me.
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The fact is, despite the article's portrayal to the contrary, students do care about and support each other alot - it just happens through their own deep personal relationships with friends rather than through purpose-driven organizations.
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cross out "concern for others" and substitute "time" and you will have a more accurate article. I'm sorry we students don't participate in every town hall meeting, group vigil, campus dialogue, or other expression of support for people's pet causes (yes, there are a lot of things wrong with the world). However, I would appreciate not being accused by self-righteous resume-padding do-gooders of lacking concern for others because I actually care about my academics, activities, and life in general more than shallow expressions of solidarity.
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