Today’s Columns:
Columnist Hannah Reynolds describes the challenge that many climate change movements and activists encounter: those with political power and authority feel unaffected by the issue. Reynolds highlights how many of us have already experienced immediate effects of climate change — from Hurricane Ida to flash flooding in Princeton. Yet, those who are most affected rarely have enough political power to initiate large-scale change.
“Those in positions of power — whether senators, presidents, or wealthy lobbyists — have the luxury of focusing on money because they feel there will always be ways to escape the existential threat posed by climate change.”
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The Princeton Triangle Club, a theatre group, is one of Princeton’s longest-standing organizations. Each fall, the Triangle Club puts on the Triangle Show, which is written, produced, and acted entirely by students. With crumbled pieces of paper now shot towards performers instead of paper airplanes and a lack of LGBTQ+ representation, Guest Contributor Chris Park describes the troubling implications of keeping a Princeton “tradition.”
“‘But it’s tradition,’ some might say — but that was the crucial flaw of this show as a whole. Too much Triangle tradition did not receive serious reevaluation or appropriate adjustments for a show that is meant to provide new students a taste of Princeton culture.”
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