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SOAPBOX: “Asian American”: The Shift from Political to Cultural Identity
Dear Reader, Before I ever stepped foot in my freshman dorm, I had already followed every iteration of leftist activist groups at Princeton. From my living room, I watched how the university handled the Gaza solidarity encampment, I read reports of the 13 students arrested for occupying Clio Hall, and I stalked who followed…
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After Federal Cuts, Ph.D. student Trajan Hammonds stares down an uncertain future
At 1 a.m. in a hotel room, Trajan Hammonds, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Princeton’s math department, lay in bed, bathed in his laptop’s spectral glow. An email banner swiped across his screen with the subject line: “Opportunity Deleted.” Scanning the automated message that followed, his chest tightened. In early February, Hammonds had traveled…