Today’s Briefing: 

WEEKLY USG MEETING RECAP: During its weekly meeting on Sunday, March 20, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) announced the USG Reform Project, a new initiative with the goal of introducing administrative changes. The Senate also heard committee updates, approved a budget proposal for the Princeton Perspectives Project, and agreed to sponsor a referendum for the spring election cycle that would make the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee a core committee of USG. The Social Committee additionally announced that they plan to select a student opener for Lawnparties this week.

The USG Reform Project is derived from the Internal Resources Working Group, headed by USG Chief of Staff Dillion Gallagher ’23. Gallagher expressed that the push for reform comes from a knowledge of “the student body’s general disinterest in the work of the USG.”

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OPINION | Mental health care must be proactive

Opinion Columnist Allen Liu laments the University's reactive approaches to mental health, including referring students to Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) and providing infrequent accommodations during particularly grueling circumstances. Liu argues that these policies fall short of truly responding to mental health crises students may be grappling with and calls on the University to address these issues proactively by taking student mental health into consideration when evaluating the implications of policy decisions.

“Rather than taking a reactive approach to mental health, the University can ensure that well-being is a central part of its decision-making and student experiences at Princeton. Mental health care can be proactive, and on a healthy campus, it must be,” writes Liu.

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This Week in Sports: 

This week in Princeton athletics, the women’s basketball team entered the March Madness tournament as the No. 11 seed and crusaded to victory against the sixth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats; the team then lost in a nail-bitingly close 56–55 game against the No. 3 Indiana Hoosiers; the lacrosse teams extended their win streaks; and track set new records. Read comprehensive coverage of the week’s sports events here.

At Your Leisure

• THE PROSPECT: Contributing writer for The Prospect Andrew Johnson delineates his experience studying dance at Princeton, describing his transformation as he waltzed into the dance studio for the first time.
• PODCAST: Listen to the latest episode of Daybreak, The Daily Princetonian’s daily news podcast!