March 2003 PRINCETON TORY THE INTERNET AND: SELF-SEGREGATION POLITICAL CORRECTNESS RACIAL PREFERENCES $9.9 MILLION OF UNIVERSITY FUNDS Notes from the Publisher HE RINCETON T P Ditching the Robe TORY Last autumn, intrigued by flyers asking “Do You Have What it Takes to Wear the Robe?”, I auditioned for the University Chapel Choir March 2003 and donned the Orange and the Black. Last Sunday, I heavyheartedly Volume XX - Number 2 resigned my membership and office in the Choir. Publisher Editor-in-Chief In between those dates, I experienced what I would describe in John Andrews ’05 Evan Baehr ’05 my resignation letter as “a sick, twisted, and needlessly politicized pseudo- Managing Editors religious environment.” The Robe is besmirched by repeated sacrifice of Brad Heller ’05 Duncan Sahner ’06 principle in shameless promotion of a radical and antireligious political agenda and unquestioning support of a liberal administration. Torn be- Web Manager Financial Manager tween the deep beauty of the music and the banal sham of the message, I Eric Czervionke ’05 Ira Leeds ’06 finally decided that my voice, in song or in speech, shall not support this Graphics Editor Content Editor perversion. Deb Brundage ’03 Brian Beck ’05 As our elders betray the University for the radical and irrational cause, believers can only watch in horror. The Sunday of my resignation Pete Hegseth ’03, Publisher Emeritus was especially disheartening, featuring SHARE director Thema Bryant- Brad Simmons ’03, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Davis, who took to the pulpit to praise affirmative action and condemn Staff Writers capitalism as the oppressor of blacks. (There were some biblical refer- ences too, but they had more to do with Abraham being a “rapist” and Jennifer Carter ’03 C.R. Mrosovsky ’04 Jesus being a “Nubian.”) This was hardly the first time politics took Ryan Feeney ’03 Arvin Bahl ’05 precedence in the Chapel; as documented in the Tory, Breidenthal has Nat Hoopes ’03 Julie Toran ’05 elevated the polemic to sacred art. Daniel Mark ’03 Powell Fraser ’06 There comes a point in every Princetonian’s life when he is con- Nathaniel Norman ’03 Stephen Lambe ’06 fronted by the Orwellian darkness that is the Tilghman agenda. This vast Matt O’Brien ’03 Jurgen Reinhoudt ’06 malevolence, armed with ignorance and robed in apathy, attempts to ex- John Ference ’04 Paul Thompson ’06 tinguish the light of reason through the most subversive means. This Betsy Kennedy ’04 Paul White ’06 month, I came face to soulless visage with this darkness. Board of Trustees Though there was a time when the Robe was a symbol of rever- ence, it now represents the cowardly conformity of an intellectually de- Peter Heinecke ’87 Anna Bray Duff ’92 praved and politically monolithic administration. Now, the Orange and David Daniels ’89 Brian Tvenstrup ’95 the Black are but stains upon the fabric of our intellectual and moral exist- Mark Banovich ’92 Wickham Schmidt ’99 ence. At a recent Aquinas Fellowship lecture, theologian George Weigel Timothy Webster ’99 spoke of “The Courage to be Catholic.” In the same spirit, I suggest that The Princeton Tory is a journal of conservative there is also the courage to be conservative: to defiantly stand against the and moderate political thought written, edited and produced by Princeton University students and deliv- radical and adversarial culture of academia. Tilghman, Breidenthal, Bryant- ered free of charge to all Princeton students and fac- Davis, and pals have sown the seeds of their own destruction by bringing ulty. The Princeton Tory is a publication of The our nation’s brightest here where they may observe the most egregious Princeton Tory, Inc. Opinions expressed herein are excesses of liberalism. those of the authors and not necessarily those of the editors, trustees, Princeton University, or the Do conservatives have what it takes to Princeton Tory, Inc. wear the Robe? Yes, and then some. We have The Princeton Tory accepts letters to the editor. the perspicacity to realize what the Robe has be- Direct correspondence to: P.O. Box 1499, Princeton, come, and we have the courage to discard it. NJ 08542; or by e-mail: [email protected]. 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If it does so, it runs the risk of Dear Tory, confusing the people who think they are part of an organization “Join us for a Shabbat celebration for LGBT students in that upholds certain fundamental principles. The Center for Jew- the NJ/PA area,” read part of an email from the Center for Jewish ish Life, as well as other religious organizations on campus, in Life one February morning. This invitation for, let’s for the pur- their pursuit of progressivism, should simply keep in mind that poses of clarity say, “homosexual Jews” to join the CJL for a toleration of deviant ideology does not have to succumb to affir- dinner celebrating the Jewish day of rest is in my opinion a policy mation of that ideology. that threatens to undermine the foundations of religious under- Best, standing on this campus. Steven Kamara ‘04 Before cursorily skipping this let- ter because you despise homophobic rhetoric, please understand that neither MANUFACTURING MEN homophobia nor even a condescending sentiment towards homosexuality is To the Editors: grounds for my letter. Instead, I believe I am writing in response to Brad that there is a contradiction in the term Heller’s article on cloning in the last edi- “LGBT Shabbat” that has the power to tion of the Tory. It unfortunately fails to turn the ideology of Judaism upside-down forward a coherent argument and merely and thus confuse many of its believers perpetuates an ignorant social ethic. In and even casual observers. his first three paragraphs, he claims that Firstly, this is an event that is “science now has the God-like ability to catered towards homosexual Jews and, create life.” The unease we feel now that therefore, by its very nature, it is a selec- “a single man is powerful enough to ini- tive celebration. Judaism, though, does tiate life from nothingness” results because not profess to cater to any particular Jew- only God “is able to withstand such re- ish sect, but instead, seeks to be open to sponsibility.” This is as far as his “argu- all Jews equally. In fact, the usual CJL ment” goes. Shabbat services and dinners have always Mr. Heller next asserts that “there is been open to all people, of every Jewish no situation in which cloning a human is denomination, and even non-Jews alike. Accordingly, this spe- correct. There is no moral context in which this process is ethi- cial invitation, singling out homosexual Jews, was not only un- cal.” I take it that he means to reject cloning a priori—the poten- necessary, but also contrary to a basic tenet of openness found tial beneficial consequences of human cloning cannot justify its within Judaism. use because it is wrong in principle. But in an odd show of self- But even more troubling about the special invitation, contradiction, Mr. Heller proceeds to explain why human cloning which makes it more dubious than lets say an “’04 Shabbat” event is wrong because of its consequences.