Benjamin Woodard /February 11, 2023
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 […]
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Adam Hoffman, Ethan Hicks and Danielle Shapiro /February 9, 2023
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 […]
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The Princeton Tory /February 7, 2023
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 […]
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Adam Hoffman /February 7, 2023
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 […]
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Ethan Hicks /February 6, 2023
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 […]
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Ethan Hicks /December 21, 2022
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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Joe Tyson /December 4, 2022
On November 16, 2022, Princeton’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) approved a referendum that seeks to convert the majority of residential campus restrooms to be gender-neutral. The referendum argues that this move will make residential campus restrooms more “safe, more accessible for all students, and affirmative of the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming students on […]
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Alexandra Orbuch /November 30, 2022
On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) Committee on Naming held a “listening session” for undergraduate students to discuss a petition advocating for the removal of the statue of John Witherspoon. Witherspoon served as President of the University from 1768 to 1794, and he was the sole clergyman among […]
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Adam Hoffman /November 24, 2022
As of November 28, 2022, the webpage of Princeton’s Office of International Programs lists “Palestine” as a country under its search functions for international internships. According to the site, Princeton offers a program at the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University, which is located in the country of “Palestine.” The site does […]
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Osamede Ogbomo and Reid Zlotky /November 23, 2022
On October 4, 2022, Alize Roberson, the Residential Life Coordinator (RLC) of Forbes, one of Princeton’s residential colleges, announced the commencement of bi-weekly study breaks titled “Melanin Mondays.” Roberson is one of the University’s newly hired Residential Life Coordinators (RLCs), whose appointments were announced on August 26, 2022 by the Office of the Dean of […]
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Alexandra Orbuch /November 17, 2022
On November 16, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) passed a “Resolution to Condemn and Combat Antisemitism.” The resolution calls on the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) to increase antisemitism trainings for undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff. It also urges the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity “to include statistics and other information […]
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Alexandra Orbuch /November 8, 2022
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Executive Director of Princeton’s Center for Jewish Life, Rabbi Gil Steinlauf ‘91, released a statement to all Residential College listservs via HoagieMail condemning Princeton Committee on Palestine’s (PCP) recent statement that called on the University to boycott Israel TigerTrek. Israel TigerTrek is a student-led trip that brings Princeton students to […]
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