During Bicker I was asked a question that, like most Bicker questions, was banal: What do you look for in a friend?
I was thrilled when I saw so many people taking time out of their day on Monday to participate in the Day of Action. But as with the other actions after the election, this inspiring, heart-warming moment tends to be followed by a deep cynicism. Where were all these people before the election?
The most vocal and effective response thus far to the Trump presidency appears to be comedy; it often feels like the liberal left has a powerful command of comedy beyond that of the conservative right.
Princeton is one of the most selective undergraduate colleges in the world. That is guaranteed, as there are more students who want to attend than spaces.
President Eisgruber does not seem to grasp the irony of touting a letter in support of DACA while simultaneously remaining silent on the University’s investments in facilities which have been used to illegally detain DACA recipients.
I’m afraid to say it out loud sometimes because it’s become a bad word of late. I believe in Israel’s right to exist and its necessity. I put great faith in the Jewish right to self-determination and have a deep love for the State of Israel. This makes me a Zionist.
Once it hits you, there’s no going back: you’ve discovered that someone near and dear to you voted for Trump.
The bedrock of democracy is an organizationally strong and politically responsive civil society — a dense network among the people, formed through the bonds of community and interest groups.
Incredibly, the Board cannot seem to fathom that Princeton, a private institution, has reserved the right to enforce its own rules of conduct regarding speech that is clearly harmful to the values of the community. The First Amendment may protect propagators of unsavory rhetoric from government interference, but Princeton has no legal obligation to tolerate this behavior, despite the Board’s unwillingness to admit it.
Not enough Princeton students are committing themselves to service projects. As a campus community, we can and should be doing more to reach outside the Orange Bubble. Our informal motto, “In the nation’s service and in the service of humanity,” certainly implies that Princeton students have an obligation to bettering their community, even beyond campus.
In December 2016, Princeton’s men’s swimming and diving team made national news after University officials suspended the team’s season following reports of “several materials” deemed “vulgar and offensive, as well as misogynistic and racist in nature.” This announcement came shortly after Harvard suspended its men’s soccer team over a similar issue.
What Aronson doesn’t realize is that there is a highly complex and sophisticated system in place to ensure the selection of the most qualified and competitive athletes who can make the most of an Ivy League education. Athletics is integral to the lives of a large portion of our community, all of whom believe that athletics is, in fact, a central component to the educational mission that the world’s most prestigious schools are pursuing.
“Princeton needs a more legitimate, formalized system for spring extracurricular recruitment.”
“The presidential seal of the United States flashes up on the screen, and for a second, it seems like an official message from the White House. We forget for a moment that it’s 11:30 p.m. on a Saturday night, and let our imaginations run wild.”
After Donald Trump referred to the press as the “enemy of the people,” there’s been a lot of talk about keeping journalistic integrity and protecting the First Amendment. For all his blubbering, Trump won’t silence the media. But I’m afraid that, in some ways, the media has already silenced its own voice.
Without question, there are widespread misunderstandings about what free speech is, the protections that safeguard it, and its purpose.
