I may getting soft in my old age, but I’m compelled to write to say how outstanding this April’s issue of PAW is.
It was a great read, from Brett Tomlinson’s article on the new Applied Science complex, to Eric Olson’s profile of Rudresh Mahanthappa, to Julie Bonette’s informed review of the upcoming Princeton University’s “Nursery of Rebellion” exhibit. It’s good to be reminded that we were once a nursery of rebellion, not a feedlot of conformity.
I especially commend Bonette’s decision to write on this matter, and PAW’s decision to publish the very serious charges leveled by Dan-El Padilla Peralta ’06 — a summa cum laude graduate and faculty member since 2016, who was on a clear path to a full professorship before choosing to take his scholarship elsewhere. The report was well-balanced and fair to all parties involved.
Nevertheless, I cannot help but decry the apparent reality that one or more members of the Princeton faculty have chosen to subordinate scholarly integrity to rank partisanship in service of a foreign nation. It’s an ugly thing and conduct wholly unbecoming of academic life.
PAW and Bonette will certainly catch endless hell for this article from those who make it their business to advocate for foreign nations, regardless of the cost to our own nation’s interests, the interests of peace, and the academic integrity of Princeton.
I may getting soft in my old age, but I’m compelled to write to say how outstanding this April’s issue of PAW is.
It was a great read, from Brett Tomlinson’s article on the new Applied Science complex, to Eric Olson’s profile of Rudresh Mahanthappa, to Julie Bonette’s informed review of the upcoming Princeton University’s “Nursery of Rebellion” exhibit. It’s good to be reminded that we were once a nursery of rebellion, not a feedlot of conformity.
I especially commend Bonette’s decision to write on this matter, and PAW’s decision to publish the very serious charges leveled by Dan-El Padilla Peralta ’06 — a summa cum laude graduate and faculty member since 2016, who was on a clear path to a full professorship before choosing to take his scholarship elsewhere. The report was well-balanced and fair to all parties involved.
Nevertheless, I cannot help but decry the apparent reality that one or more members of the Princeton faculty have chosen to subordinate scholarly integrity to rank partisanship in service of a foreign nation. It’s an ugly thing and conduct wholly unbecoming of academic life.
PAW and Bonette will certainly catch endless hell for this article from those who make it their business to advocate for foreign nations, regardless of the cost to our own nation’s interests, the interests of peace, and the academic integrity of Princeton.
I hope you stay the course.