The new University task force on health and wellness declared yesterday at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community that it would be seeking ways to determine which health measures are needed for students, faculty and staff.
At the CPUC's first meeting of the year, Provost Amy Gutmann, the chief budget officer, also said that the University has had to increase its financial aid budget to stay put with growing financial need among famliies. She explained that when tuition rises by a dollar, each student on financial aid receives an extra dollar of aid to cover the higher tuition.
The meeting by the University's largest oversight committee also discussed a wide range of issues that have come up over the summer and at the end of the 2002-2003 school year.
Gutmann said the University has increased its financial aid budget by over a million dollars a year. The average financial aid package is $23,000.
The University has made drastic changes in transportation for students on financial aid, Gutmann said. Currently, a domestic student on financial aid receives two round trip tickets home each year and international students receive one round trip ticket home.
Previously, financial aid recipients received only one round trip ticket for their complete four years. Although the University has made considerable progress in this form of aid, Gutmann said, it will continue to find ways to help domestic and international financial aid students.
Architecture
Architect Jon Hlafter '61 briefed the committee on current renovations building projects. He said that the new undergraduate dormitory is progressing as planned with completion in the spring and occupation in fall 2004.
Renovations of East Pyne Hall that are not yet complete include an underground auditorium underneath the courtyard and the addition of a social hall on Chancellor Green. Hlafter said they are due for completion in January.
Pequod packets
U-Councilors Matt Margolin '05 and Brandon Parry '06 presented the findings of their investigation into the high cost of Pequod packets, the bound volumes of photocopied handouts required for many undergradate courses.
Margolin and Parry said that, because half the cost of Pequod packets goes to copyright holders — and the other half goes to conducting research so that the packets do not breach copyright laws — there appears to be no way to decrease the cost of packets, without University subsidization.
Also mentioned at the meeting was the success of the campus shuttle program for graduate students. Almost 650 students take advantage of the resource every week.
The CPUC was founded in 1970 as an advisory body where students, faculty, alumni, and staff can discuss important topics related to the administration of the University approximately once a month.
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