On February 8, 2025, The Princeton Tory announced its new leadership for the 41st Managing Board. Zach Gardner ’26 has been elected Publisher, and Khoa Sands ’26 will serve as Editor-in-Chief, succeeding Alexandra Orbuch ’25 and Benjamin Woodard ’25, respectively. Gardner, who has been involved with the Tory since his first year at Princeton and […]
The chaotic anti-Israel protests of last year have faded, but quieter, more insidious biases have remained entrenched on Princeton’s campus. One need look no further than the experience of an Israel club I’m involved with, B’Artzeinu, where university policies have enabled departments and professors to discriminate against pro-Israel students and organizations. This past July, in […]
On Friday, October 4, Sunrise Princeton, a climate justice student organization, held an “Emergency Rally for Climate Justice” in front of Nassau Hall. The rally drew approximately 30 attendees, who chanted, among other things, “Climate, justice, climate, justice,” “do your job,” and “cut all ties.” Attendance was noticeably lower than past Sunrise Princeton rallies, including […]
On April 24, 2024, National Review (NR) published an article announcing that, according to leaked documents, students planned to organize a “Gaza solidarity encampment” at Princeton. Pro-Palestinian protestors have set up similar encampments at universities across the country in recent weeks, most notably at Columbia University. After the NR piece was published, Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun […]
Lawdan Bazargan is an activist and former political prisoner from Iran who is organizing a push for Princeton to fire Seyed Hossein Mousavian, currently on staff at Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security. Mousavian is a former Iranian diplomat who has been accused of involvement in the assassinations of Iranian dissidents in Germany. Late […]
On Thursday, March 21, Princeton’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted Norman Finkelstein GS ’87 for a lecture titled “On the Gaza Genocide.” The talk centered on a comparison between the Nazi Holocaust of the Jews and Israel’s ongoing operations against Hamas in Gaza. During the lecture, Finkelstein refused to condemn Hamas for perpetrating […]
On Tuesday, February 27, the Department of English, the Department of African American Studies, and the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) co-hosted the annual Edward Said ‘57 Memorial Lecture. The lecture was delivered by Samah Jabr, a psychiatrist and head of the mental health unit of the Palestinian Ministry of Health. In her talk, Jabr […]
On Friday, February 9, Princeton’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized a student walkout to protest Israel’s campaign in Gaza. The assembly joined in chants and cheered on speeches in support of a “free Palestine” from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea, support of Houthi piracy, and the end of the […]
On Sunday, December 9, 2023, former Princeton Tory Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Orbuch ’25 was elected Publisher of the 40th Managing Board. She selected editor Benjamin Woodard ’25 to serve as Editor-in-Chief. Orbuch is excited to assume her new role, but she also understands the immense responsibility it entails, given the current campus climate. “We are living […]
On Thursday, November 9, at 12:00 p.m., Princeton’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted a “Walkout for Palestine” on Princeton’s campus. The protest was coordinated as part of a nationwide campus walkout, with demonstrations also occurring at Columbia University, the University of Michigan, and elsewhere. At the event, Tory reporters were obstructed […]
On Friday, November 3, the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) Committee on Naming held a symposium entitled “Monuments, Memory, and the John Witherspoon Statue.” According to a poster advertising the event, it was held to “explore memorialization, monuments in American art history, and the university campus as a space and a community” in […]
On Wednesday, October 25, at 12:00 p.m., a group of Princeton graduate students organized a “Walkout in Solidarity with Palestine” to call for a ceasefire and “free Palestine” during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Gemma Sahwell and Aditi Rao, Princeton graduate students, guided the crowd of about 300 people in chants that ranged […]
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