A 2014 article entitled Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League by William Deresiewicz (an Ivy grad and faculty member) argued that “[o]ur system of elite education manufactures young people who are . . . great at what they’re doing but with no idea why they’re doing it.” Students at “prestigious institutions,” it claimed, are always concerned […]
Image Courtesy of Wiki Commons Election chaos has come to Princeton. Preliminary results from April 13th indicate that the BDS-aligned Referendum 3, which called on the University to stop using Caterpillar construction equipment, had failed to win a majority of student support. The election ended in a plurality vote with 44% of Princeton students […]
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 […]
Wade Argues that Republicans Damage the Conservative Cause by Rejecting Joe Biden as President (Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla) The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. During the January 12th impeachment hearing, a little-known Republican Congressman named Dan Newhouse (WA-04) rose to a podium in the House of Representatives […]
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