The University Cottage Club enthusiastically supports the University's decisions to increase grants for all students who receive financial aid and to provide all juniors and seniors on financial aid with sufficient support to enable them to cover the average cost of membership in an eating club. We believe removing financial barriers for financial aid students who might like to consider joining clubs benefits both the students and the eating clubs. Students will be able to decide whether to participate in the club system based solely on their judgment about what is right for them, not on their family's economic circumstances. Clubs will be able to draw their prospective members from a much larger and more diverse pool of students.
We are also supportive of the University's initiatives to expand student choice and improve access to a wider range of social and dining options. We agreed to participate in the University's shared meal plan system which allows a limited number of junior and senior club members the option of being full eating club members and also having a 95-meal-per-semester dining plan at a residential college. Once again, we believe the shared meal plan system benefits both the students and the eating clubs. Participating students expand their social and dining options, and the eating club is able to attract members who wish to live in a residential college.
We believe the University's initiatives expand student choice and enhance the undergraduate experience for all students at Princeton, outcomes that we heartily support. We also believe that these initiatives serve to strengthen and advance the relationship between the University and the eating clubs, and we welcome that development enthusiastically as well.
H. Arthur Bellows, Jr. '60 is the graduate board chair of Cottage Club.
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