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Princeton Students Mock, Pray in Anonymous Reactions to the Charlie Kirk Assassination

/September 13, 2025

On Wednesday, September 10, conservative leader Charlie Kirk was assassinated on the campus of Utah Valley University. Here at Princeton, students took to the popular anonymous posting app Fizz to share their thoughts on the tragedy. Reactions were mixed: while some students offered prayers and condolences to Kirk and his family, others seemed to gloat […]

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Anti-Israel Encampment Causes Distress for Jewish Students, Disrupts Learning

/April 25, 2024

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 […]

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Announcing the 35th Managing Board of The Princeton Tory

/February 20, 2019

The Princeton Tory Vol. 35 Publisher  Joaquim Brooks ’20 Editor-in-Chief  Jeff Zymeri ’20 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Senior Opinion Editor  Akhil Rajasekar ’21 Opinion Editors Max Parsons ’20 Stephen Phillips ’20 Nick Wooldridge ’21 News Editors Anne Marie Wright ’20 Copy Editors  Robert Doar ’22 Thomas Morris ’20 Design and Cartoon Editor Grace Koh ’20 Financial Manager Will […]

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The Carbon Tax: A Conservative Solution

/January 25, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In today’s polarized politics, few liberals would expect a Republican to care about the environment. However people often forget that conservatism and conservation have a tightly woven past. The Environmental Protection Agency owes a debt of thanks to President Nixon; the Climate Stewardship […]

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Why Federalism Still Matters

/January 25, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. We live in a country divided. And contrary to what pundits may say, this is the way it is meant to be. The United States is a large country with a geographically-dispersed population containing a diverse set of religious and ethnic groups. To […]

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Negotiating on the Side of Life in the Abortion Debate

/January 25, 2019

Princeton Pro-Life at the March for Life. Courtesy of prolife.princeton.edu The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Earlier this year, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society hosted a caucus at the Whig Senate Chamber to craft bipartisan abortion rights policies. In more ways than one, the event proved timely. Increasing concerns, especially […]

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He’s Always Watching You

/January 22, 2018

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Indoctrination and slow engravement in the memory of the people through propaganda, where no other past is remembered or imagined, was the goal of the Bolivarian Revolution. In the evening of December 6, 1998, the electoral ballot was released where Hugo Chávez won […]

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