It was March 28th – Ivy Day 2024 – and the culmination of all my time and effort in high school. I was in awe of the opportunity presented to me. Princeton felt like something I could only dream about, but nothing I could ever actually achieve. Reading my acceptance letter, I no longer had […]
Every Saturday, I walk past Nassau Hall on my way toward Witherspoon Street, drawn by the diversion of a hot cup of coffee and a quick lunch before returning to my classwork. Passing FitzRandolph Gate onto the sidewalk beside Nassau Street, I always encounter a small group of pro-Ukrainian protesters soliciting donations for the embattled […]
When Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy began rapping Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” during the Iowa State Fair, many were rightfully confused. Why would a highly accomplished individual who seeks to occupy the highest office in the land do something so over-the-top? The answer is that Ramaswamy understands the importance of connecting conservative values to likable people. […]
This is a guest write-in addressed to the Princeton Class of 2025. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Dear Class of ’25: Did you appreciate the clever way you were introduced to Princeton? Did you recognize that your orientation video was […]
Image courtesy of Flickr.com The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Nearly two years ago, the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests occupied a brief moment of prominence in the American mainstream media. The introduction of the Chinese extradition bill in Hong Kong, intended to permit the transfer of suspected […]
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, […]
The Ever Given Blocking the Suez Canal. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In late March 2021, much of the 24-hour news cycle was dedicated to an economic catastrophe in the Middle East. On March 23rd, the Ever Given, a 1300 foot-long shipping […]
Photo Credit: Michael Candelori/Flickr The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In the mid-20th century, a small group of political activists forged a heterogeneous coalition to support the Republican Party and elect Ronald Reagan as President, and they shaped the American right for two generations. Today, a nascent group of […]
Credit: The Manhattan Institute An Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, energy expert Mark Mills answered The Princeton Tory‘s questions on energy policy in 2020 and beyond. Is Climate Change as bad as the media makes it out to be? Should we be looking towards politicians for guidance on the severity of the issue? None […]
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. All ideologies derive from certain principles which others do not accept; otherwise they would not be ideologies, but patently obvious truths, accessible and accepted by all. Behind the controversy about environmental policy lies an ideological divide which will prevent further discourse if we […]
Dear Tories, It’s my absolute pleasure to usher this publication into another decade. Throughout the past thirty-five years, Princeton students have decided over and over again to invest countless hours into the Tory. The collective willpower of these Princetonians has kept this magazine going longer than anyone could have imagined. The Tory has even been […]
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