With the increasing popularity of environmentalism and social activism across the nation, Princeton developed a Sustainability Action Plan, which expresses the University’s intention to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and reduce water usage, among other “action items.” In 2022, the University’s Board of Trustees voted to dissociate from 90 companies in service of its […]
On April 20th, The Daily Princetonian published its second annual Senior Survey, which asked the Class of 2023 questions ranging from their political affiliations to religious beliefs. Approximately 44.1 percent of the 1,296 members of the Class of 2023 responded to the survey. The report follows the Prince’s first Senior Survey published last year. While […]
On Wednesday, April 19th, Princeton’s Pace Center for Civic Engagement and the Carl A. Field Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding hosted an event entitled “Creating a Pleasure Practice with The Fat Sex Therapist,” featuring Sonalee Rashatwar. This was not Rashatwar’s first engagement at Princeton. In 2020, Rashatwar gave two talks at the University: “Decolonizing […]
The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) Committee on Naming held the Witherspoon Symposium on Friday, April 21 to examine the historical legacy of John Witherspoon, the University’s sixth president and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. A poster advertising the event describes it as “a panel of scholarly experts [who] will explore […]
From March 11-16, 2023, Princeton University students will travel to George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, MN, as part of an “immersive learning opportunity” hosted by the Office of Religious Life (ORL). There, the trip participants will study “the sacred work of memorial preservation and protest” while engaging with community leaders to better understand their […]
On February 10th, The Daily Princetonian published its second ever annual Diversity, Equity, Belonging, and Inclusion Report. The report follows the Prince’s first ever Diversity Report published last year. Less than 5 percent of the Prince staff reported itself as conservative, similar to less than 3 percent in 2022. According to The Daily Princetonian’s Frosh […]
On the evening of February 3, around three dozen students gathered to hear Fordham Law Professor Tanya Hernández at the Princeton Progressive Law Society’s first event. Hernández is a Fulbright Scholar and author of Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality, and her remarks were titled, “Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias in […]
On February 8th, Princeton’s Department of English and the Princeton Committee on Palestine hosted Mohammed El-Kurd as the Edward W. Said ’57 Memorial Lecture Fund speaker. The Tory previously reported on the controversy surrounding El-Kurd’s invitation. In the lecture, titled “On Perfect Victims,” El-Kurd endorsed violence against Israel and its civilians. Professor Jeff Dolven, Acting […]
The Tory obtained a copy of the Acting Chair of the Department of English’s response to a letter signed by over 40 students and sent to the Department of English on February 6, 2023, in response to an event featuring activist and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd that the department is co-sponsoring with the Princeton Committee on […]
On February 8th, 2023, the Department of English and the Princeton Committee on Palestine will host activist Mohammed El-Kurd as the Edward W. Said ’57 Memorial Lecture Fund speaker. The decision of the English Department to invite El-Kurd, who has a history of antisemitism in his writing and public addresses, has sparked outcry across campus […]
On February 3, members of Divest Princeton gathered under Blair Arch to advocate the University’s complete dissociation from fossil fuels. Divest Princeton describes itself as a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni who demand that Princeton University “divest” its endowment from nonrenewable energy. The group also opposes the University’s acceptance of funding from nonrenewable […]
Amid former president Donald Trump’s announcement of his 2024 presidential bid and growing speculation surrounding Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ 2024 bid, it is likely that the GOP will see a showdown between the two in 2024. In order to get a pulse on Princeton students’ perspectives on the Trump v. DeSantis debate, the Tory conducted […]
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