On June 29th, the Supreme Court ruled against Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, declaring it unconstitutional to consider race in college admissions decisions. Following the Court’s landmark 6-3 decision, University President Christopher Eisgruber released a statement to…
Image courtesy of UCA News Twelve years ago, the Princeton Tory published an opinion piece by Toni Alimi ’13 entitled “Princeton, Religion, and Politics — The Politics of Catholics and Protestants on Campus.” Alimi’s…
Image courtesy of Morning Consult Recently, abortion retook center stage in the American political landscape with the overturning of Roe v. Wade. But most of the dialogue that swept the country was focused less…
This year’s orientation programming for the Class of 2026 featured a diversity and inclusion program that shocked me. This reaction was due not to the event’s topic or who the student speakers were but to…
Lincoln once said that “we cannot escape history.” For that reason, I understand the instinct to delve into the imperfections of our Constitution and national past and recognize that our failings are part of our…
In the popular imagination and in that of its students, is about progress. Technological innovation and new ideas are the coins of the realm. Students come here to meet new people and move beyond old…
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…
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…
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…
Stanford philosopher Rene Girard theorized that communities are formed through a process of scapegoating. To solve intragroup conflict, people will assign exclusive blame to a single individual, the scapegoat, whom they unite to rally against.…
Photo courtesy of Alpha Stock Images The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In my capacity as a reporter for The Princeton Tory, I covered the recent Boycott,…