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THE PRESIDENT ’S PAGE
The Class of 2017: Extending Princeton’s
Tradition of Service
I feel a special bond with the Class of 2017, whose members also served as the publicity director for Triangle, president of
began their undergraduate journeys at Princeton in the Grind Arts Company, and Princeton Preview captain for Butler
same year that I began my tenure as the University’s 20th College.
president. In my Opening Exercises address to the class Vanessa Smith has been a stalwart member of the Princeton
in the fall of 2013, I invited students to take advantage of their women’s basketball team for the past four years. She is, says
time at Princeton to explore “the question of what it means to Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students Bryant Blount, “the
live a successful human life.” Paraphrasing Professor Kwame consummate teammate.” Even more important than her athletic
Anthony Appiah in his book The Honor Code, their Pre-read prowess, however, is what Blount calls “an underlying thread…
assignment, I opined that “living well has at least two parts to of servant leadership” that runs through all her activities.
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share here a few examples of the special ways — often selfless
and behind-the-scenes — that members of the Class of 2017
have chosen to serve the Princeton community, our local
communities, and the wider world.
Many seek opportunities to serve their fellow students.
There are RCAs like Kendall Bedford, described by
Whitman College Director of Student Life Momo Wolapaye
as a “cheerleader for everyone;” she is a rugby player,
sometime Whitman Whale (the goofy, costumed mascot
for the college) and a beloved mentor to her own zees and
Vanessa Smith ’17 on the basketball team’s trip to Australia.
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an kitchen squabbles, as a member of the Varsity Athlete Student
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the team’s trip to Australia, Vanessa’s “humble, smiling nature”
shines through everything she does.
The Class of 2017’s commitment to service reaches outside of
the University’s walls as well. For Steffen Seitz, volunteering
as a tutor in local prisons began as an opportunity “to get off
campus and do something good.” Since then, it’s become his
passion. Steffen now teaches a philosophy class once a week
through the Prison Electives Program, and advocates for
criminal justice reform as a member of Students for Prison
Education and Reform (SPEAR). He will continue this work
next year as a Charles W. Puttkammer Fellow.
Kendall Bedford ’17 (center, with shield) joins Team Whitman Sahand Keshavarz Rahbar spent time in Greece last
in Clash of the Colleges. summer volunteering at a refugee camp. According to
Professor of Comparative Literature Karen Emmerich ’00, the
many others as well. Or Josh Morrison, a senior RCA at trip’s leader, Sahand and a fellow student (Ariana Mirzada ’18)
Rockefeller College, who Director of Student Life Amy Ham immediately recognized the need for math, science, and
Johnson calls “the heart of Rocky since his first year.” Josh English classes for Afghan refugees. Sahand and Ariana taught
has also been a member of the College Council, a Princeton classes in Persian and developed a curriculum that could be
Preview captain, and a SHARE peer. used after they left; Sahand also served as an interpreter for the
Others serve by helping to facilitate the artistic, intellectual, Afghan community. Emmerich was impressed with Sahand’s
and athletic life of the Princeton community. Naman Jain, chair “ability to juggle the roles of translator, advocate, aid worker,
of the USG Projects Board, spent “countless hours,” according and friend to camp residents.”
to Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Tom Dunne, What strikes me in all of these stories, and in many more
over and above the board’s regularly scheduled time slot every that I was unable to share in this short column, is that service
Thursday evening, working with student group leaders to apply comes naturally to these students: it’s part of who they are.
for and secure funding for their events. He has also served as Their example gives us another reason to take pride as they
the creative director of Princeton South Asian Theatrics and graduate and a reason to look forward to their accomplishments
was president of the nationally ranked Princeton Cricket Club. as they step beyond FitzRandolph Gate.
Another force in the USG is Jason Adler, who has
coordinated its popular free movie program, managing the
budget and selecting films for student showings at the Garden
Theatre every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. Jason has
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I want to applaud Princeton’s efforts it strives to be.
to engage and to help assimilate Robert Osborne ’96
low-income students, as I personally Cedar Grove, N.J.
endured all of the challenges described
in “Negotiating College Life” (On the DEBATING, WITH FACTS
Campus, March 1). In high school, There is a vigorous debate to have about
I helped feed my family with the leftover the role of government in regulating
chicken from my part-time job at KFC, the private lives of citizens. That’s a
and I couldn’t even afford a suit upon discussion worth having — as long as we
graduation from Princeton. To save are honest about the facts.
money, I never joined an eating club, and Attendees at the Day of Action’s
I worked several part-time jobs while panel discussion on reproductive rights
I was a student. At Princeton, people like (On the Campus, April 12) were told
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overprivileged children looking down conditions such as placenta previa,
their noses at you. future premature births, and mental
Upon graduation, Career Services distress.” The risk of post-abortion
offered that I should “try calling some depression is no greater than the risk
alumni and just be patient.” That led of postpartum depression; both are
to my being a roofer for three years. A more likely in women with a previous
random encounter with a high school history of depression. Abortion does not
classmate helped me to land my first increase the risk of placenta previa or provide comprehensive support for
engineering job, and from there I’ve future premature births. women who wish to parent. Most
worked my way up to bigger things. Professor John Londregan mentioned women who seek elective termination
The sticking point for me with this that pregnancy is “temporary” and “a in the United States are mothers who
article is that it seems to want to exclude part of our natural life cycle.” Pregnancy can’t afford another child. If Professor
white people. Princeton should take carries a greater risk of death and Londregan and his colleagues would
care to include all low-income students. disability than abortion. It is absurd like to reduce the number of abortions,
It should be clear that there are in fact to suggest that because something is I urge them to stop promulgating
underprivileged students of all races “natural” that we should force people to falsehoods and to work to improve
and of all heritages and who are not experience it. contraception access and support for
necessarily first-generation who can When abortion is limited, women prenatal care, infant nutrition, and early
benefit from the University’s guidance die. They die from illnesses that can’t be childhood education.
services. I give full credit to Princeton treated without termination. They die Jenni Levy ’82, M.D.
for attempting to show improvement from illegal abortions; women have sought Allentown, Pa.
in these areas. I hope that my feedback abortions throughout recorded history.
on past surveys has contributed to the We can reduce the number of abortions: Editor’s note: A longer version of this letter
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n ’ ’71 went to class — and encountered “Make America Great Again” as a call
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war difficult it is to find middle ground people ruled” (essay, March 1). I do not
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Another mistaken and offensive
idea expressed in this article is that
the white men in charge now will be
“governing as white,” which includes
the intention of taking America “back
to before multiculturalism, ... before
ESCAPING THE ECHO CHAMBER:
the reign of political correctness.” No
OVERCOMING INTOLERANCE AND
to the first, yes to the second. Because
many Americans are weary of needless CONFORMISM IN ACADEMIA
political correctness (removing mirrors
A Discussion with
from school bathrooms to de-emphasize
JAY ELLISON, Dean of Students in The College, University of Chicago
young people’s focus on appearance, for
JOHN ETCHEMENDY, Patrick Suppes Family Professor in the School
example, or the liberal obsession with
of Humanities and Sciences; Former Provost, Stanford University
myriad new definitions of sexuality and
JONATHAN HAIDT, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership,
sexual expression taking up class time Stern School of Business, New York University
in schools) does not mean we do not JACQUELINE RIVERS, Hutchins Fellow, W. E. B. Du Bois Research
embrace multiculturalism and the nature Institute, Harvard University
of America as a diverse nation built by Moderated by ROBERT P. GEORGE, McCormick Professor of
immigrants (of all colors, by the way). Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University
The author’s simplistic depiction
Thursday, June 1, 2017
of the philosophical and policy
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differences between the two major
political parties is not worthy of serious James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
consideration. It seems in Ms. Painter’s [phone] • jmp.princeton.edu
worldview, one party has all good ideas
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Speaking as someone who felt the harsh
Diana Foster ’72, works with at-risk students, and with Outdoor Action
split between my largely urban, liberal
Mark Peevy ’92, leader in both charter schools and technical education
friends and my relatively spread-out,
Kevin Hudson ’97, Assistant Director for College Opportunity, Princeton University
conservative family, I found the March 1
essay by Tom Bevan ’91 to be an interesting Moderator: Christopher J. Campisano, Director, Program in Teacher Preparation
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assumptions and in our “experts.”
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some of the same experts who believed
Trump would not be nominated or elected
“are declaring with absolute certainty that
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I appreciate Bevan’s point that these
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an electric violinist brand-building, we could all do well to
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an Olympic medalist Luke Owings ’07
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a yogi
a conservation biologist HELP, NOT PUNISHMENT
and a Bollywood dancer Thanks for the nice article about Steve
...all have in common? McNamara ’55 and his work with the San
Quentin News (cover story, March 22).
I worked as a psychiatrist with prisoners
They will be panelists at the
in the Washington, D.C., system for
2017 Alumni Faculty Forums.
15 years, and I know exactly what he’s
talking about. If you get to the point where
A Reunions tradition for nearly fifty years, the AFFs bring together alumni panelists there is mutual trust (which is a lot easier
from major reunion classes for discussions on a broad range of timely topics, all than one might think), you see quickly
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While it may be that Mr. Smith is just
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The Class of 1967 presents: with villains who could not give a hoot
Undergraduate
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