Today’s Briefing:
CANNABIS TASK FORCE: On Saturday, the Princeton Cannabis Task Force gathered to discuss dispensary locations and encountered a variety of perspectives on the locations of these dispensaries, as well as some pushback from members of the town. The Task Force noted that they had reached a “consensus” among their 24-member council to support the prospect of a cannabis dispensary in Princeton. Residents, however, raised multiple concerns, including proximity to schools and risks of children's exposure to marijuana. Gabriel Saltarelli, a Princeton resident, stated “We know that if the product is sold here, it’s going to reach our children.”
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ACADEMICS: Two students are enrolled in a Vietnamese course through Brown University, the first to ever be offered to Princeton students. The class is taught in person by a visiting lecturer at Brown and attended virtually by the two students. Faculty at the Princeton Center for Language Study (PCLS) acknowledged that student advocacy played a crucial role in this step toward offering Vietnamese to interested students. In May 2020, nine Princeton students received an email from PCLS following up on their request and promising to “initiate some conversations with our partners within the University” to establish a Vietnamese curriculum.
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