Daily Newsletter: November 29, 2023
“Constructive Campus Conversations” with SPIA Dean Amaney Jamal
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“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.
On Monday, the Associated Press released its weekly polls for men’s and women’s basketball. The Tigers entered the Top 25 for the first time since November 2022 in women’s basketball, coming in at No. 25 in the Week 4 poll. On the men’s side, the Tigers picked up 14 points in the poll.
At Princeton’s Mpala Research Center, researchers grapple with a colonial legacy
Cloister in sink-or-swim situation amid financial challenges
“We are confronting a crisis, and it is not just possible, but likely, that absent significant aid from our alumni, Cloister will close its doors,” reads a email by the Board of Governors of Cloister Inn to Cloister alumni with the subject line “CRUCIAL: SAVE THE INN.” According to the email, with membership struggling to return to pre-pandemic rates, the club has had to use 90 percent of its reserve savings to stay open.
On Wednesday, the student body received an email: more than half of the elected positions for the upcoming USG winter elections were uncontested, meaning that either the position had the exact number of candidates running as there were positions to fill or, as was true in at least one case, no candidates were running at all.
For Kennedy Omufwoko, the Mpala Research Center represents opportunity.
Next to the philosophy building, the 1879 Arch stands as the gateway between the core academic center of campus and Prospect Avenue.
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Academics Committee publicly announced Princeton’s Syllabus Library on Nov. 8 in an email to students, advertising it as a way to preview courses students may be interested in without actually enrolling. While many students welcomed the library as a new way to explore course offerings, the University has actually maintained the syllabus library since fall 2021.
The winds of change are starting to blow on Prospect Avenue.
The guttural hum of a singing bowl kicked off a Thanksgiving celebration hosted by the Office of Religious Life (ORL).
Content warning: The following article contains links with graphic imagery.
Moments in Princeton’s Black history
Award season begins as Princeton student wins Rhodes scholarship
The University needs more transparency in how it funds religious life
For the past several weeks, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has debated whether or not campus organizations have to show up in-person to defend funding requests in excess of $1,000. The requirement was eventually not instituted.