Correction appended
Fifty-eight undergraduates have applied to join the Task Force on the Relationships Between the University and the Eating Clubs, which was announced by President Tilghman and USG president Connor Diemand-Yauman ’10 on Sept. 17.
Six of these students will be selected to join the committee, which will also include Diemand-Yauman, three faculty members, five University staff members and one or two club graduate board members. University Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69 will chair the task force, whose membership will be finalized and announced early this week.
Of the 58 applicants, there are 20 seniors, 16 juniors, 12 sophomores and 10 freshmen. Still, Diemand-Yauman said in an e-mail the task force's selection committee will recruit heavily from the junior class.
“Aran [Clair ’10], Dean [Thomas] Dunne and I agreed that the undergraduate members of the task force should be recruited heavily from the junior class because it’s important that they be around when the task force compiles its report after concluding at the end of this year,” Diemand-Yauman explained in an e-mail to The Daily Princetonian. Clair is the president of both Cloister Inn and the Interclub Council, while Dunne is an associate dean of undergraduate students. Clair, Dunne and Diemand-Yauman will select the student representatives on the task force.
Half of the applicants are members of eating clubs. Tiger Inn and Cottage Club had the most applicants, with six each. Members of every club applied, including five from Tower Club, four from Ivy Club, two each from Colonial Club and Terrace Club, and one each from Charter Club, Cap & Gown Club, Quadrangle Club and Cloister.
While there are more applicants from the junior and senior classes, only seven of the upperclassman applicants are not club members.
Diemand-Yauman explained that, in addition to seeking students who can “think creatively and deliberate thoughtfully about the relationships between the University and the eating clubs,” he, Clair and Dunne hope to capture a “broad representation across the undergraduate community” in selecting task force members.
The task force is officially charged with considering ways to improve the club experience for members, increasing engagement for non-members, strengthening the relationship between the clubs and residential colleges, and examining the application process for students hoping to become members. But the specific topics for the task force to investigate will not be determined until it convenes in October.
Correction
An earlier version of this article stated that Tom Dunne was the dean of undergraduate students. In fact, he is an associate dean.
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