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E-PrinceDuring her sophomore spring, Kaitlyn Hay ’10 wanted to join Charter Club, along with many of her friends. Despite the University’s financial aid programs, cost proved to be a barrier for her.
Hay said she initially signed into Charter ...
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Kaitlyn Hay '10 making the astounding observation that Princeton is not in fact a sub-Saharan African society and is consequently able to provide a sufficient quantity of calories to sustain human life.
How many times can one newspaper print the same story? Let's see...
THIS IS NOT NEWS
GET A NEW TOPIC
ludicrously low sample size. issues mentioned have some merit, definitely not enough to generalize.
The Prince would cease to exist if it weren't for dining options, the USG and 4 pages of sports news.
i wonder how many of the 4 posters above me have ever had to deal with the issue of not being able to join a club for financial reasons
I had to take out a loan to join a club this year. There are options available for those who choose to take them.
And my whole point is that this "issue" has already had at least two feature articles this year, and countless in past years, and it is quite simply NOT NEWS. Everybody is aware of it. This is a NEWSpaper not an OLDNEWSpaper
The co-ops are a great low-cost yet social alternative to the eating clubs. The costs for 2D, the International Food Co-op, and Brown Co-op range from $500/semester to $700/semester. The food is fantastic, as is the conversation.
NOT EVERYONE CAN BE EQUAL.
Sorry to break the news to you Hay '10....Some people are better off than others.
Deal with it. Its ridiculous that at Princeton people think that income disparity will be erased by financial aid...
Oh, look, it's Ayn Rand!
If $7k is given to everyone on aid to fund eating clubs, does that mean someone who would be on, say, $1k/yr in aid (or whatever the minimum is) before the advent of EC aid, receive $8k/yr after it?