Nearly two weeks have passed since University students began taking online courses on Zoom. Not all students — depending on their time zone, internet access, and living situation — can participate easily.
Despite a lockdown at Princeton High School, local residents, University students, and a handful of high school students who left before the lockdown went into effect gathered to hear from speakers and voice their concerns.
In 1936, the Veterans of Future Wars began on the University campus as a joke between a handful of students, but soon exploded into a nation-wide phenomenon before collapsing, all in a little over a year.
What started as a joke exploded into a nation-wide movement. Newspapers across the country ran articles on the Veterans for Future Wars. Members of Congress discussed their arguments; veterans’ organizations condemned them.
As president of the University, Wilson falsely asserted that no black student had ever attended the institution and actively prevented black applicants from being accepted, writing: “It is altogether inadvisable for a colored man to enter Princeton.” Over two hundred students, alumni, and faculty members gathered to protest at the dedication of the University’s new installation, “Double Sights,” which is meant to represent Woodrow Wilson’s complex legacy.
From Princeton to New Delhi, Berlin to Antarctica, protesters marched to raise awareness of the climate crisis before the United Nations Climate Action Summit, which begins today.
According to reporting from the New Yorker, Wang’s wife “has been assured by [Trump] Administration officials that they are working for her husband’s release, but she has been left largely in the dark about what is happening.”
Starting next February, students working on campus will be able to earn paid sick leave under the New Jersey Sick Leave Act.
Polis has moved on from the Undergraduate Student Government at Princeton, where he served as communications director, and is now preparing to take office by attending a “boot camp for new governors” in Colorado Springs. Having defeated two-term state treasurer Walker Stapleton, Polis will replace the term-limited John Hickenlooper.
Over the past year, the Trump administration has placed increasing scrutiny on Chinese nationals studying at U.S. universities, particularly those in scientific and technological fields.
