Campus Club has lain empty and fallow at the corner of Prospect and Washington since the beginning of the year. That will soon change. Alumni and former members of the club recently made the magnanimous decision to donate their club to the University on the condition that it be used as a social space for students. Those associated with Campus Club should be strongly commended for taking the greater interest of the Princeton student body into consideration when deciding what to do with the now defunct club's home. Their donation provides the University with an important opportunity to enrich campus life for years to come.
Yet the prospect of turning Campus Club into a "social space" for students means little in itself. Not all potential uses of the space are created equal. We hope, as a recent 'Prince' article suggests, that the building is not just used for precepts, alumni gatherings and space for student organization meetings. While each of these of these functions are certainly important to the school, many facilities already exist that can serve them.
We hope, instead, that the University uses Campus Club to bring together students regardless of major, eating club or residential college. In a previous editorial, we suggested several possible uses for the space that would serve this function. Opening a bar for students over 21 on Thursday and Saturday nights would provide a venue for alcohol consumption that is not only safer than the eating clubs but also serves as an intimate alternative to the clubs' bad beer and worse bands. On other days, the bar could double as a cafe or small restaurant. Additional fantastic possibilities for the space abound. With a few pool tables and televisions, the space could be used as a place for students to hang out and relax. With a few other changes, it could be transformed into a small theatre or even a dance hall.
Whatever the University decides to do with the space, it should use this unique opportunity to benefit student life in a truly meaningful way.
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