Where is Princeton?
” Michael Ritter, a member of the class of 2003, wrote an editorial in The Daily Princetonian last year that raised this question. I pose it to you again today. Where is Princeton? It is certainly in classrooms and lecture halls, in performance spaces and on athletic fields. But in the aftermath of September 11, Princeton extended far beyond Fitz Randolph Gates. Princeton was in the classrooms of New York City. Princeton was in the suffering cultural venues of New York. Princeton gave thousands of students their first exposure to live arts and enabled them to dream. If only for a few hours, Princeton relieved children affected by September 11 from some of their suffering. Where is Princeton? Princeton is, and always will be, in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations.
