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Selections from our archives of 'Prince' coverage of the eating clubs and Bicker.
Bicker: Perspectives From The Past

HEW decides clubs may bar women

The following article is reprinted from the April 30, 1980 edition of The Daily Princetonian.As expected, the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) disclosed yesterday that it has ruled against Sally B. Frank '80 in a sex discrimination complaint filed against the university and three all-male eating clubs.However, ...

UGC findings confirm desire for Bicker changes, alternative

The following article is reprinted from the April 14, 1966 edition of The Daily Princetonian.Results of the recent UGC poll on the Princeton social system released yesterday indicate widespread discontent with the Bicker process and support for a social alternative to the club system.A total of 753 students in the ...

10 students seek to replace Bicker with semi-random selection plan

The article is reprinted from the Nov. 16, 1966 edition of The Daily Princetonian.A committee of ten undergraduates proposed yesterday the Princeton Bicker system be replaced by a special process of group assignment of persons wishing to enter the clubs.In a booklet entitled "Report on Bicker and Proposals for Change" ...

All clubs plan Bicker for January; reactions to random selection vary

By Staff
This article is reprinted from the Dec. 8, 1966 edition of The Daily Princetonian."All the clubs will be bickering this year," Interclub Committee chairman Clinch H. Belser Jr. '67 announced yesterday.Prior to an ICC decision Monday, four clubs had voted in favor of the recent Bicker proposal or a comparable ...

Forces opposed to Bicker organize to prepare battle about CURL

This article is reprinted from the April 30, 1980 edition of The Daily Princetonian.Now and then, when they pause to reflect on the odds against them, they like to compare themselves to the Afghan rebels.They are few, poorly financed, and in combat with a well entrenched opponent. But they believe ...

Ivy, T.I. told to go coed

This article is reprinted from the May 27, 1987 edition of The Daily Princetonian.TRENTON — Pamela Poff, director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, announced at a press conference yesterday that she has ordered Ivy Club and Tiger Inn to admit women during next year's bicker.Poff's decision was ...

100 per cent Bicker fails

By Staff
This article is reprinted from the Feb. 10, 1958 edition of The Daily Princetonian.The Interclub Committee formally abandoned all attempts to gain 100 per cent Bicker early this morning. Open House ended officially at 12 midnight.Twenty-three members of the sophomore class remained out of clubs. Approximately half of these men ...