Following the USG Senate’s rejection of incumbent Class of 2012 social chair Aparajita Das’ appeal for permission to run for re-election at Sunday night’s meeting, U-Councilor Steve Lindsay ’12 presented a progress report on the Committee on Background and Opportunity III Project.
COMBO III is a student survey that examines demographics, income, dining options and happiness levels.
“COMBO III will be launched shortly after the completion of final exams and will be active for roughly one month, with weekly reminder emails to the undergraduate body,” Lindsay explained.
According to the project group’s report, the survey’s questions will be divided into two groups: background and opportunity. The questions on background will include subgroups on socioeconomic status, sexual orientation and gender, legacies, athletes, public and private schooling and parents’ education, religion, geography and race. The questions on opportunity will include questions on academics; leadership and extracurricular activities; physical and mental health; employment and internships; and social life and friendships.
The group hopes to limit the survey to roughly 50 questions, according to its report, around 10 to 15 fewer questions than COMBO and COMBO II contained.
At the meeting, Student Groups Recognition Committee representative Jack Ching ’13 also made a presentation on several newly approved student groups. Ching announced that the recognition committee had approved the Dance Improv Group, a group for improvisational dancers that will not hold auditions, the Backgammon Club, the Scrabble Club and Advertise This, a group for students interested in “an anthropological and performative approach to advertising.”
Senior executive secretary Hae Bin Kim ’13 also announced that the USG Summer Storage Initiative would provide students with storage options at $9.50 per box for three months of storage and a box. Students can choose to store up to six boxes, but the service would be limited to 300 to 400 students, selected on a lottery basis, Kim said.
Class of 2014 senator Dylan Ackerman and IT Committee chair Rodrigo Menezes ’13 also presented an update on the Free Food List Project.
“Free Food List provides a way for students to find and give away free or excess food after events and lessen the amount of food often wasted after student group events or study breaks,” Ackerman said. USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 announced a “soft launch” of the program in hidden white text in an email to the student body on Monday.
U-Councilor Merik Mulcahy ’13 also reported on the most recent Council of the Princeton University Community meeting, highlighting the fact that the Office of the Registrar reported interest in expanding the course evaluation system and improving the SCORE website.
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