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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ross Perot 1992 run for president spoiled George HW Bush’s reelection. Photo Credit: AP The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. The spirit of protest is natural to the American ethos. When unleashed, it has reaped catastrophic harm and emboldened the government to further intervene in our lives. When employed […]
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