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In 1835, the College of New Jersey was on the brink of financial ruin.
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Despite a slow start to their first game of the 2023–2024 season, the women’s basketball team (1–0 overall, 0–0 Ivy League) walked away with a 65–57 win against the Duquesne Dukes (0–1, 0–0 Atlantic 10). The squad was led by sophomore guard, and reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year Madison St. Rose, who finished with a career-high 26 points.
Sajan Rhea Young ’24 has a connection to Princeton going back 250 years — but not because he’s a legacy student.
“They’re going to be an NCAA Tournament basketball team, there’s no doubt in my mind,” said Rutgers head coach Steve Pikiell in a post-game press conference about this year’s Princeton Tigers (1–0 overall, 0–0 Ivy League). The Tigers picked up right where they left off last season with a 68–61 upset win over the Power 5 Scarlet Knights (0–1 overall, 0–0 Big Ten) on Monday night.
There is no denying that the Princeton undergraduate experience is luxurious. Free Tacoria seems ubiquitous at campus events. Residential colleges offer free massages during midterm week and free Broadway trips throughout the year. Some seminar classes include trips abroad that are fully funded, regardless of students’ financial aid status. These perks reduce the stressful, overwhelming nature of life at Princeton. But, these luxuries create a sense of entitlement, and alienate us from the vast majority of the world’s population. That entitlement discourages us from pursuing careers in public service.
On the border of England and Scotland stands an 800-year-old pink-stoned castle. Once the home of the bishops of Carlisle, within its grandiose walls, visitors marvel at the lush gardens and intricately-decorated interiors.
“Just because you’re from this ‘small place’ doesn't mean that you can't have a ‘big future,’” said Princeton Caribbean Connection (PCC) co-president Isabel Matthews ’26 in an interview with The Daily Princetonian. “There are opportunities for [Caribbean students] to pursue what they want to pursue in whichever field that they're in. It's possible to do that within the Caribbean, but also for the Caribbean.”
Free speech at Princeton, throughout the 20th century
The wait for the fourth president of the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO) is over. Vincent Tuohey, who is leaving the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will serve as the next President, according to a University announcement on Nov. 6. He will succeed current PRINCO President Andrew Golden, who will retire on June 30, 2024 after a nearly 30-year tenure.
Recently, The Daily Princetonian created a new metric for assessing Princeton professors’ public profile — how many times more googled a professor is than President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, colloquially known as the Bosworth Score. Considering the correlation of professors’ fame with their teaching and their work, we asked our columnists which professors’ work students should follow. We got recommendations for accounts people should follow on X, formerly known as Twitter, columns to read, classes to take, and podcasts to listen to.
Amid the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine, political speech has been in the spotlight on campus. University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 spoke with “Bloomberg Markets: The Close” on Oct. 10 about protecting free speech on campus in light of the war. He referenced an orientation module that first-years complete about respecting free speech and engaging in civil dialogue.
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It was a memorable senior day for the No. 7 men’s water polo team (25–5 overall, 9–1 Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC)) as they honored the six seniors on the team and took care of business against Iona (12–18 overall, 4–8 conference) and Long Island University (LIU) (6–21 overall, 2–9 conference) on Nov. 4.
With their Ivy League title hopes on the line, the Princeton women’s soccer team (9–5–3, 4–2–1 Ivy) traveled to Providence on Friday for a semifinal bout against the rival Harvard Crimson (12–3–2, 5–1–1 Ivy). This matchup pitted No. 2–seeded Harvard against the No. 3–seeded Tigers, who looked to add to a successful regular season. After a back-and-forth game in which the Tigers led twice, their hopes were dashed as they fell 4–2.
The Princeton Tigers Field Hockey (8–9 overall, 5–2 Ivy) season ended on Sunday, Nov. 5 in the Ivy League championship game versus the Harvard Crimson (15–3 overall, 7–0 Ivy). The Crimson sent the Tigers home after pulling ahead by one goal with 35.7 seconds left in the game, handing them a 2–1 loss.
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Natalie Zemon Davis, a pioneer in the study of women, gender, and the marginalized in historical scholarship, died in her home in Toronto on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the age of 94.
Stagnant student engagement in the issues that have come before Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has been a consistent topic of debate. “The apathy many students have towards USG, an apathy USG has allowed to fester, has serious consequences,” wrote now-USG President Stephen Daniels ’24 in a guest contribution to The Daily Princetonian in 2021.