Pub

Two-and-a-half months after the establishment of the working group on campus social and residential life, participants in the separate focus groups organized by the working group agreed that reopening a campus pub would be a good idea, said Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69, a co-chair of the committee.

A University-operated pub would provide a welcome and necessary alternative to the current on- and off-campus social options. By establishing a venue for responsible casual drinking, the University can facilitate a campus social scene that is more welcoming, safe and accessible to all members of the Princeton community. In the coming months, the working group should lend its support to the re-establishment of a campus pub and open dialogue with the Borough to gain its approval.

The University announced the creation of a 13-member working group on campus residential and social life on Monday. President Shirley Tilghman charged the group with following up on the work of last year’s Task Force on the Relationship between the University and the Eating Clubs by soliciting opinions from diverse members of the University community.

In efforts to break down barriers between students of different social groups and to encourage more responsible drinking on campus, both the USG’s Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO) and the Alcohol Coalition Committee (ACC) have proposed that the University re-examine the possibility of a permanent on-campus pub.“I think [a ...

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