Princeton University will offer a course titled “Black + Queer in Leather: Black Leather/BDSM Material Culture” in the Spring 2023 semester. The course will study how Black Queer BDSM material culture resists contextualization in relationship to biographical narratives. “Black + Queer in Leather” will be taught by Tiona Nekkia McClodden, a Princeton […]
On September 22nd, Dean of the College Jill Dolan, Senior Associate Dean of the College Claire Fowler, and Director of the Office of Disability Services Liz Erickson sent a memo to all faculty members outlining University policies for academic accommodations. The memo states that “Princeton University is committed to ensuring equal access to its educational […]
Image courtesy of Flickr.com Former Princeton University employee Kate McKinley filed a lawsuit against the University for its failure to accommodate her religious objections to various COVID-19 policies. She claims the University fired her as retaliation for a religious discrimination complaint she filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In April 2021, Princeton […]
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that laws regulating abortion belong to individual states in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the University released a statement disapproving of the Court’s decision and supporting abortion as an “essential and fundamental right.” The statement was published in an email by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion […]
While the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement continues to gain momentum on college campuses, Princeton bucks the trend. Background For the second time in its history, Princeton University undergraduate students faced a BDS-aligned referendum for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG). Despite a close race, it did not win support from a majority of […]
In an April 22 email to USG President Mayu Takeuchi ‘23 and USG Secretary Charlotte Selover ‘25, Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber announced that the University will not dissociate from Caterpillar, as requested by Referendum No. 3, which aligned itself with the national Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement calling for the end of […]
On the heels of election controversies regarding the status of abstentions for the BDS-aligned Referendum No. 3, Princeton University Student Government (USG) considered an official appeal brought forth by USG treasurer Adam Hoffman ’23 and co-signed by four other senate members. On the evening of Monday, April 18, the USG senate called a meeting to […]
On Monday, April 18, Princeton University Student Government (USG) met to discuss a formal appeal filed by Adam Hoffman ’23 against the results of Referendum 3. The referendum called on the University to boycott construction contractors who use Caterpillar equipment, citing, among other reasons, “the violent role that Caterpillar machinery has played in the […]
On Thursday, March 24, Princeton Open Campus Coalition (POCC), in collaboration with the Princeton Federalist Society and the Clio Party, hosted a panel of guest speakers on the topic of free speech. The event featured former Portland State professor Peter Boghossian and Princeton alumni Ilya Shapiro ’99 and Samantha Harris ’99 and was called […]
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 […]
According to leaked data from the University Student Government (USG) vote, Referendum #3, which aligned with the national Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement and called on the University to halt the usage of Caterpillar construction equipment, failed to win a majority of student support. The referendum received 44% of the vote, the opposition […]
Image Courtesy of Wiki Commons Princeton University students are currently advancing a student government referendum that urges the University to halt usage of Caterpillar construction equipment. The referendum cites, among other reasons, “the violent role that Caterpillar machinery has played in the mass demolition of Palestinian homes.” In its explanatory section, the referendum cites the […]
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