Daily Newsletter: December 1, 2023
Princeton first-year passes away overnight
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Princeton first-year passes away overnight
The School of Architecture hosted “the first-ever barn-raising on Princeton University's campus,’ according to a flier sent to residential college listservs on Monday, Nov. 27. The event started, held in the backyard of the School of Architecture, at 12:45 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, where participants to join architecture students in “rais[ing] an actual barn.”
The winter 2023 Undergraduate Student Government (USG) elections are the most contested elections since at least 2013, and the Class of 2025 Senator race is no exception with six candidates. With the departures of Ned Dockery ’25 and Braiden Aaronson ’25 from the senate, both seats are open. This contested election stands in contrast to previous years as the senior class senator role is usually uncontested. Not including this year, this role has been contested only one time in the last decade.
Last week, a group of students and faculty released a petition calling on the University to disassociate from companies with ties to Israel’s military activity and presence in the occupied West Bank and blockade of Gaza. The petition also calls on the University to develop affiliations with Palestinian “academic and cultural” institutions, while dissociating from corresponding Israeli institutions.
As part of the ongoing campus construction plans, there is a ten-year project involving the updating and replacement of dorm furniture. University spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian that, during the summer, “over 1,000 units casegood furniture sets and in-suite living room furniture” were installed in Rockefeller and Mathey colleges.
“How are people talking about USG now?” That question headlined a slide as the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) met for its final weekly meeting of the semester on Sunday, Dec. 3. This marks the last such meeting under President Stephen Daniels ’24, as the next president will have taken the office by the time meetings resume in January. In the first meeting of his presidency on Feb. 6, he said he hoped that, by the end of his term, the way students talk about USG would be “meaningfully different.”
On Saturday, Dec. 2, The Daily Princetonian staff elected Eden Teshome ’25 as the incoming Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the 148th managing board following two hours of platform deliberation in Betts Auditorium. For the first time since 2018, only one candidate ran for Editor-in-Chief.
Content Warning: The following article contains discussion of sexual assault.
A political group terming itself the Princeton Coalition of Responsible Development has drafted a petition with nearly 1,000 signatures opposing the Municipality of Princeton’s Master Plan. Princeton’s Planning Board prepared the plan, which guides the municipality’s growth and development and informs its zoning, land use decisions, and infrastructure.
The last year has been a special one for Princeton athletics. From men’s basketball’s historic run to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament to wrestler Patrick Glory ’23’s national championship, it was nothing short of an incredible year for fans of the Orange and Black — who showed their support this past Tuesday during the 10th annual Tiger Athletics Give Day (TAGD).
On Nov. 4, the Princeton Club Curling president Lara Katz ’24 emailed the undergraduate student body in need of a van driver: “We will rent a car and provide you food, lodging, and eternal friendship. you can curl if you like but not necessary, we do have a full team of curlers just no van-certified drivers lol. if you are our van-certified driver, we won’t have to take a Greyhound bus and Uber all weekend :)"
Content Warning: The following article includes mention of student death. University Counseling services are available at 609-258-3141, and the Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 at 988 or +1 (800) 273-TALK (8255). A Crisis Text Line is also available in the United States; text HOME to 741741. Students can contact residential college staff and the Office of Religious Life for other support and resources.
Aside from a now-essentially uncontested presidential election, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) races this winter are unusually crowded following a last-minute appeal from the current administration for more candidates.
Candidates for Undergraduate Student Government (USG) vice president Chase Magnano ’25, Srista Tripathi ’25 and Warren Shepherd ’27 faced off in the first-ever vice-presidential debate co-hosted by The Daily Princetonian and Whig-Clio. This marks a change from the traditional presidential debate given that the role of president stands essentially uncontested, with Avi Attar ’25 as the presumptive president-elect, though Braiden Aaronson ’25 will also be listed on the ballot.
Institutions of higher learning are facing a question: what is the role of the university in highly contested political debates?
“Constructive Campus Conversations” with SPIA Dean Amaney Jamal
The Integrated Science Curriculum (ISC) will not be offered this academic year, as the intensive science sequence undergoes “revitalization,” according to the Lewis-Sigler Institute (LSI) for Integrative Genomics website.
Earlier this month, in advance of a number of state-wide elections, Princeton political groups took part in canvassing and outreach efforts to get out the vote.
Rates of student employment may have increased this fall, the first semester after the University eliminated the $3,500 student contribution from all financial aid packages. Preliminary data indicates the percentage of undergraduates working campus jobs at the end of this semester will be “the same as or slightly higher” than in Fall 2022, University spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss wrote in an email sent to The Daily Princetonian.
Less than a day into campaigning, one of two candidates for Undergraduate Student Government (USG) president withdrew from the race. This leaves only one campaigning candidate for president for the first time since at least 2013.