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(05/03/16 8:05am)
Since March 2011, Syria has been plagued by conflict. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that at least 250,000 Syrians have died, over four million have fled internationally, and over six million have been internally displaced. In view of the increasing hopeless situation, educational institutions in the United States have started becoming more involved in efforts to help these displaced persons.
(05/01/16 5:11pm)
By Kristin Brennan '96, as published in the "Daily Princetonian" on May 1, 1996
(04/27/16 5:36pm)
In the wake of the protests this fall, President Eisgruber wrote Wilson College Head Eduardo Cadava, asking him to consider removing the image of Woodrow Wilson in the Wilcox dining hall. In response, Cadava asked students associated with Wilson College to volunteer for a committee to study the history of the mural and other iconography of Woodrow Wilson within Wilson College, and of the College in general, and to make a recommendation on the fate of that mural. Last week, we, the members of that committee, submitted a consensus response to Cadava, indicating our recommendation that the mural be removed, contextualized with a plaque acknowledging the process leading up to its removal, and replaced by another piece of artwork reflecting the unique history of Wilson College.
(04/26/16 6:22pm)
The National Labor Relations Board is currently considering a petitionfrom the Graduate Workers of Columbia University (GWC), a graduate student union, to be officially recognized as a collective bargaining unit, legally entitled to negotiate with Columbia on behalf of graduate students. If the NLRB recognizes the legitimacy of the GWC, it would overturn a 2004 ruling disavowing a graduate student union at Brown University. The Board ruled then that graduate student instructors and research assistants at private universities in the United States are not employees as defined by the National Labor Relations Act.
(04/25/16 7:09pm)
The Editorial Board recently published an editorial opposing SPEAR’s referendum calling on the University to divest from private prisons. It argued against the University divesting in general and more specifically, against divesting from private prisons. We will refute their arguments by explaining the inherent moral reprehensibility of prison privatization that the Board fails to understand.
(04/25/16 12:30pm)
Dear Daily Princetonian,
(04/21/16 5:08pm)
This past weekend, I was one of 850 plus alums to attend a conference on campus titled “L’Chaim!: Celebrating 100 Years of Jewish Life at Princeton.” For myself, and for many other attendees, this conference was healing, therapeutic and the antidote to what we experienced as students. Personally, I was from Brooklyn, and before Princeton, saying I was Jewish was as ordinary as saying I had hazel eyes or brown hair. After a few months on campus, I found myself lowering my voice when I said I was Jewish. Where did that come from?, I wondered. As I thought about it, the reactions I got made me self-conscious about something that prior to Princeton was just part of the fabric of my life.
(04/19/16 3:23pm)
By guest contributor Alice Mar-Abe ’18
(04/18/16 7:31am)
In his April 11 op-ed, Nicholas Wu mischaracterizes the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s determination that Princeton’s speech codes threaten students’ expressive rights. FIRE objects to section 1.2.1 of the conduct code —not “section 1.3.3” — because it allows Princeton to punish speech that “demeans, intimidates, threatens, or injures another.” This broad definition encompasses everyday speech like pointing out an error in a class discussion or trash-talking in an intramural sports game.
(04/14/16 3:29pm)
Academic integrity is a bedrock value of Princeton University — and something that should be held to a very high standard. We are an institution that values learning foremost, and guiding pedagogical principles are endowed in everything that we do. We, current and former members of the Honor Committee and the Chair of the Peer Representatives, do not believe that our current disciplinary system upholds the values of this University as best as it could. The University can better fulfill its institutional objectives and make Princeton a better place through a more compassionate system of discipline.
(04/06/16 6:06pm)
Editor’s Note: This article does not representthe views of the ‘Prince’.
(03/29/16 8:28am)
Before John F. Kennedy was a candidate for President, he was an applicant to Princeton. His 1935 application essay was handwritten; it was all of five tepid sentences. Hoping to ramp up some enthusiasm at the end, he concluded, "To be a ‘Princeton Man’ is indeed an enviable distinction."A “Princeton Man”: the phrase calls up countless black and white images of turn-of-the-century bros. They’re all white; they all look great tossing a football around in a three-piece suit. In their class photo, every young man has the broad-chested confidence of someone who stands an 82% chance of chairing his local chamber of commerce or taking over his father’s seat in the U.S. Senate.The reality was more complex, but from our current vantage point, to be that kind of "Princeton Man" meant being a member of a club bound together by race, wealth, and a vaguely defined set of WASP values. And, of course, not being women — because the leaders of tomorrow couldn’t possibly be female, right? In other words, the nostalgia stirred up by those sepia-toned "Princeton Men" is partly nostalgia for exclusion and privilege; it stands in the way of the equitable and inclusive future that we are striving to build today.More recently, another concept of the "Princeton Man" has been put forth by so-called "Princeton Mom" Susan Patton ’77. In a 2013 letter to the Prince, Patton infamously urged straight women enrolled at the U to lock down a hubbie before commencement. Princeton women would never again have such a wide pool of intellectual equals, she argued. Better get a ring by spring.The ensuing hubbub glossed over the fact that Patton’s idea of a "Princeton Man" wasn’t exactly a catch. As potential mates, the straight "Princeton Man" was painted as an attractive partners because of his "soaring intellect" and fine manners, but the whole premise of the piece was that men need to be tied down because they are inclined to wander off like testosterone-fueled zombies whenever a new hottie enters their visual field.Beneath the veneer of intelligence and class, Patton’s "Princeton Man" was, at his core, a caveman. He’d only enter into a relationship with a truly equal partner if she subtly coerced him into a commitment. Otherwise, he would float away in the "limitless universe of women" available for his selection.Is there anything to be salvaged in this term? Could the phrase "Princeton Man" call up anything more than the old boy’s club or the vapid horndog with major-league career prospects?We think so. We think that a "Princeton Man" could mean a man who is asking himself what those "masculine" values like courage, integrity and honor might mean in 2016. Maybe courage means standing up to your boys if they talk about women as if they are less than full human beings. Maybe it means finding out that you’re actually a feminist and saying so. Maybe courage means opening up a bit with friends about emotions that aren’t joy or anger (which pretty much define the spectrum of male emotion that won’t bring down a hailstorm of shame). Maybe it means allowing yourself to be a full and complex human being, to be more than a bro, bro.Integrity might mean taking responsibility for confronting our privilege. It might mean learning how to be an ally to the people with the least power in whatever room you’re in. It probably doesn’t mean protecting them; it might mean trying to see the situation through their eyes. Integrity might mean having uncomfortable conversations about gender, race and sexuality — and having them again, a little bit better. Integrity might mean admitting when we’re you’re wrong, or just ignorant — and to keep listening.Maybe having honor means asking if the communities we’re a part of reflect our values of inclusion and diversity, and doing something about it if they don’t. The WeSpeak survey told us that 1 in 4 undergraduate students and 1 in 9 graduate students experienced inappropriate sexual behavior last year. Maybe having honor means knowing how to intervene as a bystander when you see a situation that doesn’t look right. Maybe having honor means speaking up when you hear jokes that make rape or assault seem like part of the status quo. "Nah, bro — this is Princeton. We’re better than that."Maybe in a hundred years, men in the class of 2116 will be looking back at pictures of this community — this fantastically diverse community — and think...I wonder what it was like to have a physical body, to be more than pure digital consciousness? What was it like to just "use" the internet, and not "be" the internet? We hope they’ll also look at the men in this community and see people of courage, integrity and honor who stepped up to help build a just and equal world. Maybe they’ll think of us as Princeton Men to look up to.Signed,Kurt Thiemann ‘17JT Wu ‘16Carl Adair GSThe authors are members of Princeton’s MAVRIC Project (Men’s Allied Voices for a Respectful and Inclusive Community).
(03/24/16 4:43pm)
To the Editor:
(03/23/16 2:47pm)
In May 2015, President Eisgruber and the Council of the Princeton University Community Resources Committee rejected the Princeton Sustainable Investment Initiative’s proposal for sustainable management of the Princeton endowment. Eisgruber wrote, “It would be a profound mistake to create an investment policy that took political stands regarding the business activities of energy companies.”In this stance, Eisgruber has neglected to heedthe University’s commitment to sustainability and environmental ethics. The financial support of companies involved in environmental destruction and climate change denial runs counter to the University’s values, as stated explicitly in the Princeton University Sustainability Plan and implicitly in the research of its scientists. Moreover, the University has taken political stands in the past,divesting from companies involved in apartheid in South Africa (in 1978) and violence in Darfur (in 2006), to varying degrees. A University committee recently endorsed a target for the University to be carbon neutral by 2046 — shouldn’t the University’s investment policies be consistent with its direct goals?While Eisgruber may think Princeton’s responsibility ends at the FitzRandolph gate, major institutions worldwide are rethinking their ethical investment responsibilities. Universities such as Stanford, UMass and Georgetown have removed all their direct investments in coal. The University of California has sold off $200 million worth of holdings in coal and oil sands. Large non-educational institutions such as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, theUnited Church of Christ, major insurance company Allianz and Norway’s sovereign wealth fund — the world’s largest at $900 billion — have either made plans to sell off their stocks in all fossil fuels, or to sell their stocks in coal at the least. In the face of increasing impacts from anthropogenic climate change, these institutions and universities are taking actions to reduce the contribution of their investments to the problem.Last year’s rejected proposal to the CPUC Resources Committee did not call for immediate divestment, but rather, a series of steps to advance more environmentally responsible investment practices such as signing the Carbon Disclosure Project, adopting the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (as Harvard has done), and creating a committee to oversee management and distribution of financial resources.The proposal was signed by over 1600 students, faculty, staff and alumni, but after receiving President Eisgruber’s letter and consulting with the Princeton University Investment Company, the CPUC Resources Committee rejected the proposal on all counts.This year, PSII has developed a new proposal which demands that the University: 1. Immediately remove holdings in all coal extraction companies, and 2. Commit to gradual divestment from all other fossil fuels. This proposal focuses specifically on coal, which is both the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel and the worst source of air pollution. Coal contributes approximately 40 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Air pollution from coal causes over 350,000 premature deaths in China alone each year and is estimated to inflict health costs of over 100 billion dollars per year in the United States, which neither coal companies nor their investors pay for. Moreover, the value of coal companies have decreased sharply – coal stocks fell by almost 50% in 2015.Low-carbon investment funds that match the returns and risk profiles of existing benchmarks are emerging, and hedge fund managers and central banks alike are beginning to acknowledge the financial risks posed by fossil-fuel stocks and the likelihood that fossil fuel assets will become stranded.In light of the fact that the ethical and financial cases for fossil fuel divestment continue to grow stronger, that more and more institutions are deciding to divest and that the University has committed itself to become carbon neutral, PSII believes it is time that the University’s endowment reflect its values on climate change and divest from coal.Princeton Sustainable Investment InitiativeThe Princeton Sustainable Investment Initiative is a student-led organization that seeks to make the University practice more environmentally sustainable investment. They can be contacted at pusustainableinvestment@gmail.com. Their petition can be signed here.
(03/22/16 4:33pm)
For a scientist, it is of crucial importance to secure a patronage either of the state or private sector to carry out research work and possibly to offer the world a new discovery or invention. Without this support, many ideas couldn’t be realized and many scientists would fail. The patronage bears, however, some risk of dependence on sponsors and of implementation for profit or power purposes. In striving for success, the scientist might be also tempted to sidestep the rules of ethical conduct. For this reason, medical doctors are obliged to take Hippocratic Oath and to reveal their conflicts of interest when publishing scientific articles. Other scientists like physicists, biologists, chemists, engineers or historians need not take any oath at all or reveal their conflicts of interest.
(03/20/16 4:01pm)
On Feb. 29, Princeton University and eight peer institutions submitted an amicus brief to the National Labor Relations Board, advising the board to refuse a request made by Columbia University postgraduates to form a union. The arguments in this brief are both wrongly motivated and wrong on the facts. The authors claim that unions would threaten a “graduate student/university relationship … not driven by economics.” If fostering such a relationship is indeed their interest, then the signatories would do well to retract this brief and instead follow the lead of their forward-looking peers, who accept their responsibilities as employers.
(03/10/16 3:52pm)
Dear President Eisgruber, University President;
(03/01/16 3:40pm)
We, the undersigned undergraduate members of the Department of Near Eastern Studies, submit the following statement regarding one of our faculty members, Dr. Michael Barry.
(02/29/16 9:25pm)
April 25, 1924 -Mainly where she wants to be. So we must conclude after watching the abler members of the opposite sex gain seats in the House of Commons, capture municipal and state offices, and even run taxicabs. We never had the matter brought so strongly to our attention as we have by the appearance on our formerly strictly masculine Campus of a group of girls whose presence here is a challenge to male forensic superiority.
(02/29/16 8:34pm)
Dec. 5, 1989 -Standing in front of Firestone Library Thursday, watching the graduate student demonstration, I found myself feeling a sense of déjà vu. Four years earlier, as a night student at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, I participated in the successful graduate student strike for higher stipends and better housing.