Oh Princeton, you commie, you...
Hello Princeton student. Did you think you went to the apathetic, relatively conservative Ivy? Well, shhhhhh. I'll let you in on a little secret. Princeton's actually commie.What am I referring to? Why, this comment, among many others, from the Prince's comment sections on the recent and controversial appointment of Van Jones to be a visiting fellow next year:
Following the February 4th announcement of the appointment, an article in yesterday's Prince suggested that most faculty and students are supportive of the appointment. But if you want to find people who are angry, you need not look far. The comments sections of both Prince articles about Van Jones are full of anti-communist, anti-Princeton trolling (see the screenshot above). And lest we forget, we can always turn to Glenn Beck (skip to 1:29 to hear about Princeton).But can we really give Glenn Beck the last word? For those who prefer to hear about Jones' environmental justice credentials (since that's the topic he'll be teaching next spring), Derek Gideon of The Princeton Climate Dispatch, gives a different perspective.