While still a student at StC, Nick Manetas ’23 founded “The Conversation,” a student-run publication centered on current events and ideas. Now a sophomore at Princeton University, Manetas continues to help drive thoughtful discussions in print and online. 

 

In a November op-ed in the Daily Princetonian, Manetas makes the case for healthy male-only spaces as an avenue for self-improvement and pointed to his time at StC as influential in his thinking. “By hosting a wide variety of speakers and leading thoughtful, small-group discussions, my school created a positive environment that showed boys as young as five the full range of how men can be loving figures for positive change in their communities,” Manetas writes in his article.

 

Manetas writes that men could gather to think critically about themselves and build positive relationships centered on self-improvement by providing spaces on campus for men to discuss healthy, modern notions of masculinity.

 

By focusing so frequently and thoroughly on the benefits and dynamics of male-only spaces during his Upper School career at StC, Manetas felt his perspective could be valuable to the Princeton community. “I don’t think I would’ve written this article had I not gone to St. Christopher’s. I had the experience of being in a space where people often talk about what it means to be a man, specifically with all The Center for the Study of Boys speakers and group discussions. It was such a valuable thing,” Manetas said. 

 

Manetas plans to keep up the writing and is considering joining another Princeton publication this semester.