After years of student advocacy, the Princeton women’s rugby team changes to varsity status, representing an opportunity for the team to compete at the highest level of collegiate rugby, an NCAA emerging sport. But this season is also a moment of transition as the players — most of whom hadn’t played rugby before they got to Princeton — become Division I athletes. Amid this adjustment, the players have sought to maintain the team’s walk-on culture.

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Princeton after latest financial aid expansion: ‘We still have work to do’; European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen crashes International Center Ice Cream Social

Today's Briefing:

PRINCETON FINANCIAL AID EXPANSION: The University recently announced a significant expansion of its financial aid program, meant to attract and support more low to middle income students in the future. But the University and current students recognize that more work needs to be done to admit more low to middle income students, as well as students from diverse backgrounds such as transfer students. Students also said that while the expansion of the financial aid program will allow more students to attend Princeton, additional work must be done to lessen the costs associated with social activities in order to truly foster equity on campus.
 

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From Opinion: 

TRUTH-SEEKING: Myles McKnight '23, the President of the Princeton Open Campus Coalition, responds to columnist Abigail Rabieh’s perspective on how “institutional neutrality” interacts with free speech on campus. McKnight writes that every University principle, including the free speech policy, “is sound (at least as a principle of academic life) if it serves our truth-seeking common good."

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COFFEE CONSUMPTION: Opinion columnist Ava Milberg argues that a dependence on drinking coffee for an energy boost indicates alarmingly that “students and professionals are regularly expected to perform in ways that require more energy than they naturally have.” Milberg emphasizes the importance of getting more sleep instead of consuming caffeine, and calls for reframing the narrative around coffee. “We can appreciate the energizing quality of caffeine when it is needed, but we should also strive to take care of ourselves more meaningfully and get enough sleep,” she writes.

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