Today’s Briefing: 

This semester, Princeton students cannot look forward to the time-honored tradition of a Lawnparties concert, either in-person or online. Based on the findings from a Spring Social Engagement Survey, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) decided not to recreate the fall’s virtual Jason Derulo performance or any other large virtual events. Instead, USG will prioritize small group activities and the Tigers in Town initiative, partnering with local restaurants to give away free food.

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On March 21, a coalition of student activist groups collaborated to create an art installation outside Nassau Hall. Called “Eyes on Eisgruber,” the display featured black-and-white photos of students in support of the movement, as the banner above them proclaimed: “We want to see change.”

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For the Class of 2021, Princeton’s cultural graduations will continue via six online ceremonies, celebrating students from certain ethnic and socioeconomic communities. These include ceremonies for students who identify as first-generation, low-income (FLI), Latinx, Pan-African, Middle Eastern and North African, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American, and Native American.

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In Prospect: Following a surge in violent attacks against Asians and Asian Americans, Contributing Writer Sophia Zheng returned to historical works of art speaking out against anti-Asian discrimination. Zheng connects the 1973 music album “A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America,” the photos and writing of Young Kwok “Corky” Lee, and contemporary racism which permeates popular culture. The recent Atlanta massage parlor shooting, Zheng says, should serve as a wake-up call and a catalyst for action.

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From Opinion:

• This week, the columnists of Thus Spoke the Undergrads answer one sleepy student’s question: how to politely confront one’s roommate about noisy sex.
• Contributing Columnist Allen Liu ’22 emphasizes the need for a continuing focus on mental health at Princeton even after the pandemic. He writes that “there has always been a mental health problem at Princeton [...], and it shouldn’t take highly-visible levels of burnout or worse, a tragedy, to address it.”
• Guest Contributor Professor Barbara Graziosi acknowledges that, as a discipline, classics has been used to perpetuate white supremacy and exclusion, but asks what comes next for the field. Graziosi argues that classics can become more interdisciplinary, collaborative, and applicable to current events. “I sometimes think of classics as a form of homemaking which, as any feminist knows, entails homework. I see it as a matter of care, of rooting ourselves in the archives of the past as a precondition for strong and generous growth,” Graziosi writes.

Celebrating Women's History Month:

• To wrap up Women’s History Month, the ‘Prince’ spoke with some of Princeton’s inspiring female authors. Professor Andrea Goldsmith, Dean of Engineering and Applied Science, talked about confidence, perseverance, and harnessing technology to improve the world.
• All eight Ivy League newspapers are being run by female editors-in-chief for the first time in the 221 year history of American collegiate reporting. During Women’s History Month, the ‘Prince’ spoke with seven of them about their goals for their time in leadership.