Finding a religious niche in an academic world
God may not attend Princeton, but many students say that He does indeed have a place here. Despite academia's somewhat secular nature and the challenges presented by a busy college lifestyle, students have continued the religious practices they observed before college with the support of small religious communities distributed across campus.Rena Lauer '05 said that compared to other universities, the tight-knit community of orthodox Jews at Princeton has afforded her the opportunity to be a leader in several arenas."It's very easy to slip through the cracks and not have a voice in your community," she said of religious life elsewhere.The abundance of opportunities to play an active and influential role in the Jewish community was one of the main reasons Lauer chose to come to the University, she said.