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Thomas Buckley

Princeton must take action to ensure what Epstein did at Harvard can’t happen here

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Princeton must take action to ensure what Epstein did at Harvard can’t happen here

Thomas Buckley
| OPINION | 5 days ago

Princeton’s guidelines for sponsored research impose no restrictions on funding sources besides requiring that its sources and purpose be disclosed, which fails to prevent the influence of donors like Epstein and thus to protect the integrity of its researchers. 

Princeton’s guidelines for sponsored research impose no restrictions on funding sources besides requiring that its sources and purpose be disclosed, which fails to prevent the influence of donors like Epstein and thus to protect the integrity of its researchers. 

There’s a better way forward for students in crisis

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There’s a better way forward for students in crisis

Thomas Buckley
| OPINION | February 3

If Princeton is serious about combating mental illness, it should follow the lead of Rutgers, Pitt, and others that provide students with an organized and comprehensive program of care that reinforces rather than untethers their supportive campus relationships.

If Princeton is serious about combating mental illness, it should follow the lead of Rutgers, Pitt, and others that provide students with an organized and comprehensive program of care that reinforces rather than untethers their supportive campus relationships.

Reactions: Which alum would you nominate for the Woodrow Wilson award?

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Reactions: Which alum would you nominate for the Woodrow Wilson award?

Chloe Cresswell, Isaac Barsoum, Thomas Buckley, and Frances Brogan
| OPINION | 02/26/2025

We asked our writers to reflect on which alumni are best upholding the informal motto “Princeton in the nation’s service,” and make a case for who deserves to win the Woodrow Wilson Award next year.

We asked our writers to reflect on which alumni are best upholding the informal motto “Princeton in the nation’s service,” and make a case for who deserves to win the Woodrow Wilson Award next year.

Leave microeconomics alone!

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Leave microeconomics alone!

Thomas Buckley and Jerry Zhu
| OPINION | 02/17/2025

Though an introductory microeconomics course like the one SPIA requires cannot hope to address diverse topics like law, healthcare, agriculture, and the environment, what ECO 100 succeeds in is that it provides the foundations for in-depth analysis of these complex, important, and policy-relevant problems.

Though an introductory microeconomics course like the one SPIA requires cannot hope to address diverse topics like law, healthcare, agriculture, and the environment, what ECO 100 succeeds in is that it provides the foundations for in-depth analysis of these complex, important, and policy-relevant problems.

Give students a break from nuisance fees

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Give students a break from nuisance fees

Thomas Buckley
| OPINION | 10/24/2024

“This charge is instead part of a genre of fees that are more of a nuisance than anything else. If they are intended to be punitive, they are too small to be an effective deterrent. However, raising them would come across as excessively cruel. Instead, the fees exist only to squeeze as much money out of the students using these services as possible.”

“This charge is instead part of a genre of fees that are more of a nuisance than anything else. If they are intended to be punitive, they are too small to be an effective deterrent. However, raising them would come across as excessively cruel. Instead, the fees exist only to squeeze as much money out of the students using these services as possible.”

Princeton's culture of overwork has real-world consequences

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Princeton's culture of overwork has real-world consequences

Thomas Buckley
| OPINION | 09/19/2024

“Princeton plays the role of the funnel for these banks, finding “talented” young people, training them both to have the skills and the lack of boundaries around work necessary to do these jobs, and guiding them towards roles in these industries.”

“Princeton plays the role of the funnel for these banks, finding “talented” young people, training them both to have the skills and the lack of boundaries around work necessary to do these jobs, and guiding them towards roles in these industries.”

Allowing YAT candidates to campaign is essential to preserving Princeton's values

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Allowing YAT candidates to campaign is essential to preserving Princeton's values

Thomas Buckley
| OPINION | 04/11/2024

"Disallowing the YAT candidates from campaigning on issues abridges their freedom of speech and stifles campus discourse, issues that President Christopher Eisgruber and the University care a lot about in every other context — just not this one."

"Disallowing the YAT candidates from campaigning on issues abridges their freedom of speech and stifles campus discourse, issues that President Christopher Eisgruber and the University care a lot about in every other context — just not this one."

Reactions: What data should the University publicly release?

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Reactions: What data should the University publicly release?

Siyeon Lee, Davis Hobley, Anais Mobarak, Thomas Buckley, Lizbeth Reyes, and Frances Brogan
| OPINION | 03/08/2024

“The University releases data about many different aspects of the University from student demographics to progress towards its sustainability goals. We asked our columnists what other data the University should release.”

“The University releases data about many different aspects of the University from student demographics to progress towards its sustainability goals. We asked our columnists what other data the University should release.”

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