Charlie Yale
Daily Princetonian
Excerpt: The Trump administration has used its power to marginalize transgender people to the point of rejecting the fact of their existence. If the Senate passes the language of H.R.28, legal protections against discrimination for trans students across the country could be in jeopardy, and the situation for trans students — including those on our own campus — could become far more dire than it already is.
That is why Princeton must take action to bolster resources and current protections for transgender students outside of Title IX as well as release a statement clearly condemning the legislation.
It makes sense that the same publication that has run non-stop editorial interference in support of the genocide in Gaza, would be promoting the participation of biological males in women’s sports and mourning its loss. Princeton used to have a variety of opinion. I don’t remember people with such anti-social viewpoints being evaluated so consistently. Actually, I do. It started with Princeton cheerleading the disastrous and immoral invasion of Iraq.
Annabel Green '26
Philosophy Professor Jennifer A. Frey of the University of Tulsa delivered a lecture on October 21, 2025 titled “What is a University and How Can We Recover It?” as part of the James Madison Program’s Stuart Lecture Series on Institutional Corruption in America. Professor Frey explored the historical vocation of the university and the crisis facing the contemporary academy.
City Journal
Excerpt:
Princeton University, like all Ivy League schools, has sunk more deeply into administrative activism over recent years. The school maintains a robust Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy, with more than six DEI employees per 1,000 students. The school also displays several other activist commitments that distract it from its educational mission—most notably, Princeton’s decision to intervene in the Students for Fair Admissions case at the Supreme Court in favor of affirmative action.
Elizabeth Hu
Daily Princetonian
Excerpt: University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 addressed conflicts between free speech and censorship on college campuses during a discussion at the Princeton Public Library on Monday. He was joined in conversation by Deborah Pearlstein, Director of Princeton’s Program in Law and Public Policy.
He also addressed the difference between censorship and controversy through a reference to Judge Kyle Duncan, who was invited to speak at Stanford Law School in 2023. Duncan’s talk was interrupted by student protesters throughout and was eventually cut short. “That’s real censorship,” Eisgruber said. “It made it impossible for a speaker that some people on campus wanted to hear to be heard, and that should be recognized.”
Dennis Doherty
February 07, 2025
I disagree with the underlying premise of this article, that the actions of the Trump administration have marginalized trans people to the extent of rejecting the fact of their existence and am alarmed and offended at the gaslighting in it warning of dystopian consequences of passing HR.28. The new administration aims to curb the excesses in this area that have occurred under the previous administration in particular, which aimed to propel the trans community into a privileged class.
I heard similar dystopian prognostications back in Trump’s previous administration which never came to pass. Those prognosticators never acknowledged that and continue to raise false alarms. Maybe time to engage in considered dialogue to persuade rather than fear monger.