Responding to student drug use on campus
While it is difficult to respond to specific allegations of unidentified students cited in The Daily Princetonian's story about drug use (March 14), I want to emphasize how the University deals with reported drug violations. The use, manufacture, purchase and sale of illegal drugs, in any amount, violate University regulations and we treat these cases very seriously. We follow up on every case reported, follow protocols set forth by law enforcement agencies, and report cases to local police when appropriate. The University's own disciplinary process ensures that we respond to each case in a measured way, with penalties ranging from disciplinary probation — which remains on a student's permanent record and is reported on graduate, law and medical school applications — to expulsion. Students who wish to remind themselves of the policy and penalties should reread the appropriate sections in "Rights, Rules, Responsibilities."
We encourage members of the University community to report alleged drug activity on campus to the University's Public Safety department at 258-3134. Kathleen Deignan Dean of Undergraduate Students
Confusion of Arab and Israeli groups; campus represented by wide diversity of viewpoints
The March 12th article "Campus responds to Israeli-Palestinian conflict with rallies, panel discussions" aimed at reporting three different events at one shot, though it is a difficult exercise. Confusion about the actors snuck in.
Restoration for an Ethical Israel is a group of Israeli Students, some of them reserve Officers and among these some refuseniks, who felt ethically compelled to express their reprobation in the wake of the recent violent illegal actions of the Israeli Defense forces.
The Princeton Committee on Palestine is a group of outraged people, not activists, most of whom are neither Palestinians nor Muslims but American graduate students. The two rallies organized earlier this month expressed the outrage in the face of state barbary, not a claim to know how to solve the conflict.
PIPAC, Princeton Israel Public Affairs Committee, takes for model AIPAC, a pro-Israeli Lobbying organization based in Washington, aiming at influencing Congress representatives and the media. It is usually one of the most available sources of comments but not the least biased.
I find embarrassing that the Princetonian confuses the venues of the first two groups and fails to identify their leaders correctly while giving most of its space to the Former President of a third group, unrelated to the events mentioned. Sylvain Merlen Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics
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An open letter to President Eisgruber and VP Calhoun concerning minoritized student safety
Patrick Jaojoco, Brandi Bushman, and Humza Gondal"We — the undersigned leaders, community members, and allies of cultural affinity groups of Princeton University — condemn in the strongest possible terms the University’s utter disregard for the safety and wellbeing of its students of color."
"We — the undersigned leaders, community members, and allies of cultural affinity groups of Princeton University — condemn in the strongest possible terms the University’s utter disregard for the safety and wellbeing of its students of color."
On the occupation of Clio Hall and the treatment of Graduate School staff
Cole M. Crittenden“There are real power differentials on this campus, and we all have an obligation to be mindful of them. The students, postdocs, and faculty who occupied Clio Hall seem to have abused their privileges in the ways they treated staff as an expression of protest. That is wrong.”
“There are real power differentials on this campus, and we all have an obligation to be mindful of them. The students, postdocs, and faculty who occupied Clio Hall seem to have abused their privileges in the ways they treated staff as an expression of protest. That is wrong.”
Regulations on ‘disruption’ restrict dialogue at Princeton. Let’s change the standard.
Rishi Khanna“When Princeton administrators suppress mere disruptions tied to progressive speech, they effectively suppress a substantial portion of the speech itself.”
“When Princeton administrators suppress mere disruptions tied to progressive speech, they effectively suppress a substantial portion of the speech itself.”
