How Universities Weaponize Freshman Orientation

July 15, 2022 1 min read

Instead of simply informing students about the resources on campus, orientation can amount to an ideological hazing.

By ABIGAIL ANTHONY for The National Review

 I arrived at Princeton University in September 2019. I had looked at Princeton online and thought, “one day . . .” Suddenly, I was experiencing day one. My eager arrival on campus was emotionally amplified by bright smiles, copious pamphlets, and dormitory supervisors dancing in tiger suits. Orientation innocently began with introductions of names and hometowns — then descended into divisive lectures and panels. The intention of these programs was not to assimilate us into our new (and intimidating) surroundings, but rather to coerce students into accepting and affirming a resident orthodoxy.

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