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E-PrinceAfter a week of clouds, thunder and rain, the sun has returned. Warm weather reigns again. The gods have blessed us with another beautiful Princeton Preview weekend.
The University, I’m sure, welcomes these prospective students with open arms. Events ...
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Agreed, Cliatt and the admin never say "Yes, there is something wrong" they always brush issues aside as the students' fault, or are too self-defensive when no one is blaming them
Cliatt's statements need to be crafted with more love and less cold-robot defense lines
"...we’ve bought into the notion of the Orange Bubble, with the town revolving around us, instead of realizing that our campus is a part of the town."
prolly has something to do with the fact that the university and the town have the same name
Amen, brother!
Jesus. 1 assault and 2 flashers in 2 years? That's just about the definition of isolated incidents. Try going to school in a real city.
Haha, well said GS. Wake up, Keith. This is Princeton. It's safe, it's beautiful, and it's the best place to be an undergrad in the nation.
the worst is when people r nonchalant about safety
You'd be a fool to believe that these were the only incidents over the past two years. But, then again, you might be just as much a victim of the Orange Bubble syndrome as the people this column addresses. I agree with Anonymous.
yes, the orange bubble isn't always safe from outside forces [i.e. townies in many cases], but we're not even safe from ourselves right now. sexual assault happens a fair amount on this campus, with the survivor and perpetrator both pton students.
why doesn't that alarm anyone? because no one one talks about it, so no one thinks it happens. because it's much more interesting to worry about the townies with dark skin who might come onto campus to flash us, instead of the student who might sit next to you in precept.
@butler proud: I think we are more willing to think of ourselves as an Orange Bubble with problems on the outside than to face reality, deteriorate the idea of the Orange Bubble in our minds, and accept that maybe there are safety issues on campus, however few, that we should be a little more conscious of.
People are quite careless about safety on this campus. It doesn't make sense for people to not lock their doors or bikes, have things stolen, and believe that the campus should be made more safe by DPS or anyone else. Students have to take responsible steps for their safety too. But in the case of a student walking around an open campus at night and being sexually assaulted, I think it is fair to accuse the university of not patrolling well, rather than blame students for not taking precautions to not walk around at night. At a campuses like those in New Haven, Durham, or NYC, on the other hand, where the prevalence of crime of this sort is much greater and harder to patrol, it is fair to ask students to be responsible and take precautions against walking around in the wee hours of the morning.
Thanks for pointing out how quickly (at least the online) Princeton community was to make these issues of safety and crime into racial matters. It's troubling.