UPC weekly roundup: Patrice Nganang, Michelle Alexander, and Student Protests

Your weekly briefing: here's what we've been writing

Q&A with writer Patrice Nganang of Hopewell by Brillian Bao| Planet Princeton

Brillian Bao '20 interviews Patrice Nganang, a writer, teacher, and poet who was detained in Cameroon for 21 days on allegations that he threatened Cameroonian President Paul Biya."Because my arrest was everywhere, people started coming to tell me their stories. The Anglophones came first to introduce themselves to me because they knew that I was arrested because of them. The government has also been arresting many people who they feel have been threatening their position."

Alexander Encourages Princeton Students to Pursue Social Justice by Mahishan Gnanaseharan| Princeton Alumni Weekly

Criminal justice, civil rights the focus of university lecture by Iris Samuels| Princeton Packet

Mahishan Gnanaseharan '20 and Iris Samuels '19 cover The New Jim Crow author Michelle Alexander's conversation with professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. Alexander's book, which documents the rise of mass incarceration in America, was recently banned by several NJ prisons.“I no longer believe that the current two-party, pay-to-play political system will, as constructed, do justice to poor people and people of color in this country,” Alexander told a large audience in McCosh 10 and three overflow rooms.

Princeton University issues statement about applicants’ right to protest by Sophia Cai |Princeton Packet

 Sophia Cai '21 writes about the University's decision to not to penalize prospective students suspended for peaceful protests.

"Admissions officials at Princeton University said in a statement posted online Monday that students who act on their conscience in peaceful, principled protest will receive full consideration in the admissions process."