The Princeton Tory /January 3, 2022
Image Courtesy of Fox News Tory contributor Myles McKnight ’23 was invited on Fox News and Fox Business to share his thoughts on the University’s restrictions related to COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. “The university [has] these requirements in light of surging COVID cases in the New Jersey and New York area. Some of […]
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Alexandra Orbuch /December 9, 2021
Photo courtesy of Alexandra Orbuch On December 8, The Tory and the Princeton Open Campus Coalition (POCC) co-hosted Abigail Shrier, journalist and author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Tory Publisher Adam Hoffman ’23 began the evening with opening remarks discussing the campus response to the lecture. “I recognize that many […]
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Danielle Shapiro /December 9, 2021
Located in Murray Dodge Hall, Princeton’s Office of Religious Life (ORL) is a hub for undergraduate religious and interfaith programming. The center provides meditation, dialogue, and worship for students. In the words of the Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel, Dean Alison Boden, the ORL is a “home away from home for our […]
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Rebecca Roth /November 16, 2021
Image courtesy of Ted Eyton Although up to 15% of Princeton’s student population identifies as Jewish today, the University has a long history of antisemitism, with Jewish students effectively barred from admission up until the early 20th century. While the University has made efforts to improve the treatment of Jews on campus, antisemitism remains […]
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Jared Stone /May 21, 2021
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons In a 2016 contribution to Princeton Alumni Weekly, President Christopher Eisigruber ‘83 described Princeton as a “place where Jewish students and scholars can thrive.” But this past week, many Jewish students have questioned their place at Princeton. The recent violent clash between […]
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Christopher /April 25, 2021
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons “I don’t get why people complain about Princeton being ‘too liberal’ when the school has always been willing to accommodate or even embrace conservatism…Conservative students need to get their heads out of their [expletive].” This is just one recent example of anti-conservative material from the tens of thousands of […]
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Jared Stone /April 23, 2021
Courtesy of pixabay.com In recent years, many elite universities have organized affinity-based graduation celebrations. They have served to commemorate minority graduates during university commencement exercises. These events have been criticized by leading conservatives as a form of segregation and part of “woke culture.” Columbia University’s School of Engineering has implemented affinity-based celebrations which, […]
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Billy Wade /April 15, 2021
Visual of the Iranian Military Hall. Courtesy of nara.getarchive.net Princeton graduate student Wang Xiyue’s story is as unique as it is inspiring. After becoming a United States citizen at age 28, in 2016 Wang was arrested in Iran and held captive for 40 months for the sole crime of being an American citizen. Since […]
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Christopher /April 11, 2021
Whig Hall. Courtesy of whigclio.princeton.edu On Thursday, March 4, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, colloquially known as Whig-Clio, voted to revoke the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service (JMA) from Senator Ted Cruz ’92 (R-Texas). The JMA, which Whig-Clio has historically given to distinguished politicians, is the society’s highest honor. Following the vote, the […]
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Christopher and Cassandra James /March 26, 2021
Students, Faculty, and Administrators Respond to Year Like No Other. (Photo Credit: altumhealth.com) For the past year, America’s college students have been treading water. An August report from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 62.9 percent of Americans between 18 to 24 have reported symptoms of depression or anxiety, […]
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Cassandra James /March 1, 2021
On February 21, 2021, the Board of Trustees of The Princeton Tory ratified the results of the Tory’s election, selecting former Editor-in-Chief Adam Hoffman ’23 as Publisher of the 37th Managing Board. “The times are tough,” Hoffman acknowledges, “and we are tasked to record and comment on them. In our pages, I plan to […]
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Cassandra James /December 27, 2020
Latino Voters Are Not A Monolith (Photo Credit: NBC) “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, okay? Do I need to say more?” This quote from Senator Harry Reid (D) could easily have been on the news last night—but unfortunately, it is more than a decade old. All these years […]
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