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(11/10/13 8:19pm)
HackPrinceton, the semiannual hackathon hosted by the Entrepreneurship Club, experienced a jump in participation this past weekend, drawing over 500 Princeton and non-University students who spent 48 hours creating a hardware or software project of their choice. Previous HackPrinceton hackathons hosted just over 100 students.
(11/10/13 4:47pm)
A male student was diagnosed with meningitisSundaymorning in the seventh case of the disease associated with the University since March.
(11/07/13 5:25pm)
As Thanksgiving approaches and many students head home for the holiday, a group of their international peers will experience American culture firsthand through the Thanksgiving Host Family Program run by the Friends of Davis International Center.
(11/06/13 2:26pm)
Over 200 graduate students have signed a petition protesting the demolition of Butler Apartments under the University’s Housing Master Plan. The petition demands increased transparency and communication about graduate housing from the administration.
(10/22/13 2:22pm)
Projects Board did not violate the USG constitution in its funding request awarded to the Tango Club, Projects Board co-chair Jared Peterson ’14 and USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 confirmedMonday.
(10/22/13 12:05am)
Despite difficulties in organization and logistics encountered after its launch last year, the Big Sibs program, the service project of the Class of 2016, will be continued this year under a different structure with lower participation. While roughly 300 students expressed interest in the program when it was first presented, around 120 students are currently participating.
(10/20/13 8:00pm)
While the University requires a minimum proficiency in English for both undergraduate and graduate admission, some students arrive on campus still facing challenges with the language. According to University English as a Second Language tutors, the problem is especially seen among graduate students, who often turn to formal and informal ESL resources.
(10/20/13 2:43pm)
The Projects Board allegedly violated the USG Constitution by approving a funding request for $1,800 for the Tango Club Tango Festival.
(10/13/13 6:15pm)
Nusrat Ahmed, CJ Harris, Luke Li, Nathan Suek and Andrew Sun have been elected class council for the Class of 2017. The results were announced Friday evening by USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 in an email sent to the freshman class.
(10/13/13 2:37pm)
In response to calls for greater transparency by members of the USG Senate, theUSG passed a proposal to create a transparency ad hoc committee at a Senate meeting on Sunday evening. The vote was 12 in favor, seven opposed and three abstaining.
(10/13/13 2:08pm)
With the special New Jersey senatorial election happening on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the University continues to provide the resources necessary for students who want to vote in local, state and national elections, from facilitating voter registration to providing directions to polling locations.
(10/11/13 7:30pm)
The new Class of 2017 class council officers were announcedFridayevening by USG president Shawon Jackson '15 in an email sent to the freshman class.
The new officers areNusrat Ahmed '17,CJ Harris '17,Luke Li '17,Nathan Suek '17 and AndrewSun '17.
The five freshmen were chosen out of 23 who ran for the position.
Sun received 253 votes, Suek received 233 votes, Harris received 197 votes, Li recieved 174 votes and Ahmed received 173 votes.
Jackson did not disclose in the email the percentage of votes each elected officer received.
A referendum in the election of April 2012eliminated officer positionsfor the freshman class council. Instead of having a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and social chair like the upperclass council, the freshman class council officers are all equals.
(10/09/13 2:53pm)
College Night at Whitman will now take place every three weeks instead of each Tuesday in response to cumulative student feedback, the Whitman College Council announced in an email to Whitman College this week. Aimed at fostering residential college camaraderie and team spirit, these themed dinners are restricted to Whitmanites only and feature festive decorations as well as specialty meals.After the College Council kicked off the year with two College Nights in September, “Under the Sea” and “Meatball Night," only three more are planned for this semester according to College Council Chair Kristin Wilson ’14.The change was largely initiated by undergraduate representatives Sing Sing Ma ’14 and Sarah Grond ’16, who aim to be “more intentional” about the dinners by allowing for extra planning time and a presumably higher budget for each event, the email explained.The change has been motivated by student response and student reaction, according to Whitman Director of Student Life Devon Moore ’05.Students in Whitman praised the revision for its logistical merits.“I actually feel like that gives them time to make each College Night more special and put more effort into it,” Chloe Song ’17 said over a bowl of noodle soup. “It’s kind of hard to get to know people when you’re all in singles,” she added, referring to Whitman’s unique layout, which features interconnected buildings, but has fewer shared rooms than other colleges.However, members of other residential colleges have said Whitman’s tradition is exclusive and unfair. The mystery of what goes on behind the tall, wooden doors of the dining hall on Tuesday nights has left some feeling slighted.“I would like to go to a College Night and see what they eat,” Forbesian Kathy Yuen ’16 said. “Forbes has a special dinner once a week, and if Whitman does that too, then I think everyone should be able to go.”Other students said that the event is not meant to exclude, but reflects Whitman’s desire to remain connected as a residential college, a concept that is already emphasized at Princeton through intramural sports, restrictive ticket sales and the introduction of Clash of the Colleges.Rather than focusing on the college's exclusivity, Whitman students discussed the sense of community and the peacefulness they experienced through College Night.“It’s great. You don’t have all the lines that every other night has,” said Sebastian Marotta ’16, who said he supported the change. “There are fewer of them, but that means they’ll be better.”The college announcement promised a “more high-end” atmosphere and better food.
(10/09/13 2:21pm)
Two of the University's most prominent undergraduate Christian organizations, whose membership had been delineated largely along racial lines, merged this fall, following a lengthy discussion over the previous academic year.
(10/08/13 3:35pm)
The female studentwho received treatment at a local hospital last weekfor meningococcal disease has been discharged from hospital care. She is currently recovering, according to New Jersey Department of Health spokesperson Daniel Emmer.
(10/07/13 9:00am)
A groupof Mathey freshmen enjoyed the last of the season’s locally grown tomatoes and Jersey corn for dinneron Thursday at the home of Master of Mathey College Harriet Flower, just one of many traditional freshman advisee group dinners taking place at residential college masters’ homes this month. While Flower hosts Mathey advisee groups for dinner every year, this year is the first that has featured locally grown food.
(10/06/13 1:43pm)
U-Council Chair Elan Kugelmass ’14 proposed creating a three-member “USG Transparency Committee” at the weekly USG meeting on Sunday evening.
(10/06/13 11:15am)
There was no food on the menu. Instead, five thought-provoking questions lay on a table in the Frist Multipurpose Room. "What have you rebelled against?" one of them read.
(10/03/13 6:20pm)
Students will soon be able to rent mattresses for overnight guests as part of a program initiated by the Undergraduate Student Government. The service, which will allow students to rent air mattresses from the USG for their rooms, will be piloted in the coming weeks despite concerns that have been raised over possible sanitation issues.“This would give students a service and allow more guests to come onto campus without having to sleep on the floors or on the couch,” USG vice president Carmina Aguilar Mancenon ’14 said.The proposal was introduced last spring by Class of 2016 Senator Eduardo Lima, now project manager for the initiative. After attending an Ivy League leadership conference and hearing about a mattress rental system in place at Harvard, Lima said he decided Princeton would benefit from a similar program.The program, which was discussed by the USG Senate last week, will launch in roughly two weeks, according to Lima. The USG has purchased five mattresses but hopes to grow the program if it can successfully recover the costs of the initial mattress purchases.“The logistics are still in progress,” Lima said. “Once we get the air mattress system done, we’ll work with the people who head the [USG] office and figure out the best way to go about this.”To rent a mattress, students will be able to drop by the USG office Monday through Saturday and enter their name and the number of days they intend to have the mattress. They will sign a pledge promising to return the mattress in the condition they received it and pay $2 per night.Several members of the USG expressed concerns over the sanitary ramifications of circulating mattresses at the USG Senate meeting last week. Some voiced the concern that the USG could be held accountable if a disease like Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, commonly known as MRSA, is contracted after a mattress is used.Trap Yates ’14, Campus and Community Affairs Chair, has raised concerns about potential liability issues for the USG. A recent bedbug infestation in Holder Hall resulted in a four-person suite being temporarily evacuated.“I was initially worried if someone slept on the mattress and their desk had lice or something, would USG be liable for that?” Yates said. “I just think the question is, can this be a liability put on renters or USG?”Yates is a former associate Street editor for the Daily Princetonian.Lima said that these concerns have already been addressed and that the USG had a dialogue with University Health Services and Public Sanitation.“They [UHS and Public Sanitation] would recommend that people use the same kind of sanitation process they would use at the gym,” Lima explained. “That is, if you rent an air mattress, there’s a common acknowledgement that other people have slept on it. If you have Lysol wipes, use them. If you have sheets, put them down.”Mancenon added that other universities with similar systems — such as Harvard — will serve as a model for proper sanitation practices. “What we’re hoping to do now is try and understand their best practices of how they handle things. But from our end, we hope guests and users will take good care of the mattresses,” Mancenon said.According to Mancenon, students can expect an email from USG President Shawon Jackson ’15 in the next few weeks with more information on the mattress rental system.
(10/03/13 4:59pm)
A female student has been diagnosed with probable meningococcal disease and is receiving treatment in a hospital, the University announced in an email Thursday evening. If confirmed, hers will be the sixth case of bacterial meningitis linked to the University since March.