Posts by The Princeton Tory
Cynthia Cherrey’s Tabula Rasa
by Sam Norton ’12 Many of the most consequential issues facing Princeton today fall under the jurisdiction of the Vice President for Campus Life, making that office’s current occupant, Cynthia Cherrey, one of the most influential figures in the administration. Her views on these issues, and her approach to dealing with them, will shape the…
Read MoreStudent Organizations: A Path to Responsibility and Community?
by Kimberly Hopewell ’13 Is your hair red? If so, I bet you didn’t know Princeton has dedicated a special group to your specific needs, called Princeton Redheads; an organization devoted to the Ginger experience. If you’re not a carrot top, don’t fret. You can start up a new group for, say, permed hair, pink…
Read MoreAspire – The Largest Fundraising Campaign in University History, and It’s Not For You
by Chris Goodnow ’14 “Aspire” is an intentionally ambiguous term, a word that forces our eyes to grow wide and our hearts to croon with optimism as we revel not in the substance of our aspirations, but in the sheer act of aspiring. Given this spirit of the word “aspire,” it is perfectly befitting that…
Read MoreConservative Groups on Campus
by David Byler ’14 The Tory prides itself on being a serious journal of conservative and moderate thought. Nevertheless, we are not the only student organization supporting conservative ideas at Princeton. In this article we profile other conservative campus organizations — some of which are widely known, while others fly under the radar. The most…
Read MorePrinceton, Religion, and Politics — The Politics of Catholics and Protestants on Campus
by Toni Alimi ’13 Especially in recent elections, religion has come to be an integral part of the American political scene. Countless polls show the relationships and correlations between voting patterns and religious affiliation, religious involvement, and opinions on religion. A December 2009 Gallup poll showed that 49 percent of people who considered themselves “Highly…
Read MoreHummus Referendum
by Kimberly Hopewell At first it was disheartening to see that a spat about hummus had garnered the top spot on the Daily Princetonian’s list of most read articles; it seemed as if students were buying into the idea that the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) was truly arguing for choice. But, a quick glance…
Read MoreWisconsin Senate Race
By Lisa Femia, PPN Around this time last year, you would have assumed that the Wisconsin Senate race was a shoo-in for Democratic incumbent Senator Russ Feingold, one of the most liberal Democrats in the Senate. He has held the seat for 18 years and has proved to be an important and influential member of…
Read MoreProposition 23 Debunks Dirty Energy Hysteria
By Chris Goodnow, Tory I don’t know about you, but when I turn on the lights at my house in the quaint town of Pleasanton in the East Bay area of San Francisco, I always wonder aloud, “Why the heck is this energy so clean?” I can literally feel the wind turbines caress my face…
Read MoreBeyond the Tea Party: The Old Dogs of the Republican Party, and How They Will Determine the Course of Congress
By Branden Lewiston, Tory The narrative for the 2010 mid-term elections seems to revolve around the Tea Party. If you are not convinced, merely look at the recent edition of the Tory and the Princeton Progressive Nation: PPN’s cover-story was about the Tea Party, one of the Tory’s main articles was about the origins of…
Read MoreTea Party Divisions
By James Di Palma-Grisi, Tory As I write this, puttering along the American countryside in a government-subsidized train, I find it difficult to comprehend the Tea Party’s rage. But as difficult as I find it to understand, I must respect that it is there and detachedly analyze it for the benefit of the reader. Last…
Read MoreA Closer Look at Northeast Senate Races: Part 2
By Sam Norton, Tory New Hampshire In the spring of 2009, three-term Senator Judd Gregg announced that he would be retiring, setting off a marquee race in this perennial battleground. New Hampshire, the only state in the Northeast to back George W. Bush in 2000, had swung to the left in the past decade, narrowly…
Read MoreA Closer Look at Northeast Senate Races: Part 1
By Brennan Robbins, PPN Delaware Special Election Senate Race The special election to fill Vice-President Joe Biden’s former Senate seat seems to have its own unique, internal logic: whatever is expected to happen will not happen. At the outset of the race, political observers expected Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden (D) to succeed his father’s…
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