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Princeton in the nation’s crosshairs

In recent weeks, Princeton has commanded national attention, both to its profit and detriment. In the same month that Mellody Hobson ’91 gave the funds to create a new residential college, the first to bear a Black woman’s name, high-profile clashes with the federal government have embroiled Nassau Hall.

Campus may be deserted, but it looms large in political debates and cultural flashpoints. As students who attend an institution trapped in the nation’s crosshairs, how are we to respond?

This month’s special print edition, mailed to all Princeton undergraduate students in the United States, hopes to offer a few answers. Read on to discover some of the articles featured in this issue. If you would like to order copies of our fall print editions, you can find our online order page here.

Thank you for reading the ‘Prince.’

News

Unclear whether U. complied with DOE deadlines, as growing chorus calls for investigation’s end

Upon announcing its civil rights investigation into the University last month, the Department of Education gave Nassau Hall 21 days to produce relevant documents and 28 days to make President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 available for an under-oath interview. A day after the second deadline,
it remained unclear whether the University had complied.

U. reaches $1.175 million settlement over pay disparities involving female professors

On Oct. 5, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it had settled
with the University for nearly $1.2 million over “allegations of
compensation discrimination” involving over one hundred female professors. The University, however, has denied any wrongdoing.

Features

‘Committee, committee, committee’:
After five years, Princeton’s approach
to institutional reform hasn’t changed

On Sept. 2, President Eisgruber laid out how his administration would
“combat systemic racism” — announcing plans that resemble the University's response to the Black Justice League in 2015. With insight from the students, alumni, and stakeholders who sat on the previous iteration of committees, The Daily Princetonian unravels a convoluted story of college governance, layers upon layers of committees, and the difficulties that impede institutional change.

Opinion

No, liberalism and anti-racism
are not the same

Growing up in Kansas City, I have had my fair share of encounters with white liberalism. Whether it’s “… but I voted for Obama!” after a questionable remark, or that black box on Instagram that has become symbolic of allyship with Black folk, this superficial opposition to racism manifests itself in many different ways.

Nuclear Princeton: Indigenous scholarship and representation in an institution ‘not designed’ for Native students

Over the past few months, the University’s long history of systemic racism
has become increasingly more visible. Yet, for all of the University’s (lackluster) efforts to acknowledge its history of anti-Black racism over the past few months, there has been no discourse about the impacts of racism towards American Indian and Indigenous peoples, both on campus and off.

Cartoon

CAPTION CONTEST | John Ehling

Congratulations to Taylor Branch for the winning caption:
“Don’t worry kids, it’s not like it can feel anything.”

THE ONLY WAY TO
WATCH LECTURES | ELIZABETH MEDINA

WINDOW COUNT | HAZEL FLAHERTY

The Prospect

Reflections on Baldwin and Jamaica:
‘for sinners shall be bound in hell
a thousand years’

In the same way the idea that “sinners shall be bound in hell a thousand
years” confronts Baldwin at the Nation of Islam with Elijah Muhammad,
and Sethe is constantly drawn back to the plantation in Toni Morrison’s
Beloved, Jamaica always seems to call me home — despite the fact that
I haven’t actually been home since I had to flee two years ago.

USG Movie Review:
BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Throughout his career as a director, Lee has used cinema as a medium to
explore themes such as race relations and the African American experience. “BlacKkKlansman” updates these themes for modern mainstream audiences, representing a natural progression from his previous works.

Thank you.
This special edition newsletter was designed by Juliana Wojtenko ’23 and Srija Patcha ’23.

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