Expansion to residential colleges provides students with alternate housing option
(12/04/13 3:38pm)
Students had the option to live in gender-neutral housing in the residential colleges for thefirst timethis academic year.
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Students had the option to live in gender-neutral housing in the residential colleges for thefirst timethis academic year.
The launch of anew official websiteabout the eating clubs has provided a unique window into the clubs’ real membership numbers, one which suggests that a significant number of students drop the eating clubs before graduating.As of the beginning of the current semester, 1,710 students in the Classes of 2014 and 2015 are members of the eating clubs according to the InterClub Council website.
A new initiative, Club Nom, has been launched to facilitate dialogue between eating club members and students who eat independently, in the co-ops or in the residential colleges.
Those who wish to receive the emergency meningitis vaccine that the University is offering will not have to waive any rights before receiving it. Consent forms were made available over Thanksgiving break on theUniversity’s websiteand emailed to underage students in order to be signed by their parents.
Construction of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood has caused small inconveniences for the day-to-day lives of students living in Forbes College, according to several residents of Forbes.The intersection of Alexander Street and University Place was closed to vehicular traffic in October, resulting in changes to pedestrian and bike paths from Forbes College to the main campus.
USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 won his bid for reelection, chief elections manager Rachel Nam ’15 announced in an email sent by Jackson to the undergraduate student body last Friday afternoon.Jackson received 68.36 percent of the vote, with 1,303 students voting in his favor.
Members of the Senate debated a proposed constitutional amendment to split the existing USG structure into two separate bodies at their Monday evening meeting.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given final approval for ameningitis vaccination campaignto commence at Princeton, the University announced in an emaillast week. The vaccine will be made available to all undergraduate students, graduate students living in undergraduate dormitories, the Graduate College and annexes and other members of the University community with medical conditions predisposing them to meningococcal disease.
Princeton's plan to make a meningitis vaccine —called Bexsero —available to students in the near future likely has few legal ramifications for the University, despite the fact that the U.S.
Students who wish to be employed by the Office of the Alumni Association during Reunions may now complete an online survey to be considered for employment, according to an email sent by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students to non-senior students last week.
The two $1,000 first prizes for Princeton Pitch went to the creators of “splash,” a free application that allows users to share media based on location, and the developers of “Saheli,” a catering service that aims to help Indian women escape the sex trade. Students dressed in business attire crowded into Dodds Auditorium for the annual competition hosted by the Entrepreneurship Club, which gives participants 60 seconds to pitch their startup ideas, in for-profit or social entrepreneurship tracks, to a panel of judges for cash prizes.
Several campus organizations have had their events cancelled or seen reduced participation due to concerns by outside groups over the outbreak of bacterial meningitis at Princeton.The Big Sibs mentoring program by the Class of 2016 has had two events with its elementary school mentees cancelled, and a Princeton Disabilities Awareness event this weekend saw much lower attendance than predicted.
The University community braved the cold Sunday evening to witness the second consecutive bonfire, lit in honor of the football team's defeat of both Harvard and Yale in a single season. The pyre featured the traditional outhouse, as well as a Harvard flag draped over the base of the fire.
On the first day of the semester with temperatures that failed to reach above freezing, students, faculty, staff and townspeople huddled for warmth around a bonfire on Cannon Green to celebrate the football team’s victory in the Big Three for the second year in a row.
Adam Mastroianni ’14 and Timothy McGinnis ’13 were selected as recipients of the U.S.
Updated 11/24, 9:07 p.m. A female student was diagnosed with meningitis and hospitalized late on Thursdayin the eighth case of the disease to strike the University community since March. The student developed symptoms of the diseaseon Wednesdaynight, when she went to University Health Services at McCosh Health Center.
Despite a late start to campaigning, Zach Ogle ’15 said he will rely on his perspectives as a student in USG and in other campus groups to win the campus vote, emphasizing the importance of increased outreach to student groups. “I’m running for USG president because I feel like USG can do a much better job of reaching out to non-USG students,” Ogle said.
In a break from recent trends, three of the four USG committee chair positions — Campus and Community Affairs Committee,Social Committee and Academics Committee — have contested elections.
This spring break, eight Princeton students and one faculty member will travel to Urubamba, Peru to bring solar power to two communities in the area.
In response to student concerns regarding the burning of a human figure, fuel for Sunday’s bonfire will not include an effigy of John Harvard and likely will not include a Yale bulldog.