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Monday, November 7, 2022
Newsletter by Amy Ciceu and Olivia Chen

No communication orders now require initial informal contact; faculty, student activists look ahead to 2022 midterm elections

Jon Ort / The Daily Princetonian

Todays Briefing: 

NO COMMUNICATION ORDERS NOW REQUIRE INITIAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STUDENTS: In August, the University revised its policies for students seeking No Communication Orders (NCO). Under the new policy, students must communicate their wish for an end to all communication directly to the other student before elevating the request to the University through an official NCO.

The changes mark a shift from prior policy, in which students’ NCOs were reviewed upon request without mandating that students first attempt to communicate directly with one another. 

An NCO prohibits students from contacting each other in-person or online, and in certain instances, prevents students from being in close physical proximity or inhabiting the same spaces. Students under an NCO must exclusively communicate through approved University administrators.

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PRINCETON FACULTY, STUDENT ACTIVISTS DISCUSS 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS: The imminent midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 8 will prove critical in determining the leadership of both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in addition to a variety of crucial governorships and other down-ballot races. The Daily Princetonian spoke with student activists and faculty members about their research and efforts ahead of the 2022 midterms. 

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OPINION | This year, Princeton must admit more activists

Eleanor Clemans-Cope ’26 participating in civil disobedience. The photo was taken by her grandmother, Holly Clemans.
Photo courtesy of Eleanor Clemans-Cope ’26.

Contributing columnist Eleanor Clemens-Cope ’26 argues that the University should strive to admit more students with backgrounds in activism. Although Clemens-Cope highlights her positive experience navigating various activist groups on campus — including Divest Princeton, SPEAR, and PCP — she notes that the undergraduate student body displays a notoriously abysmal rate of engagement with respect to political issues, with only 54 percent of first-year students participating in 2022 Undergraduate Student Government (USG) class council elections and 48.2 percent of students casting their ballot in the 2018 midterms, a percentage lower than the national voting average.

Clemens-Cope writes that the University’s admissions process prioritizes characteristics such as “deference to authority” and is emblematic of an institutional emphasis on dialogue above action.

“So Princeton should step up: Admit more activists this year. With more activists in our student body, our campus can move beyond the vacuous goal of discussion for the sake of discussion, and toward a place where our 'truth-seeking' is followed by action and positive change,” writes Clemens-Cope.


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Junior quarterback Blake Stenstrom throws a pass.
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At Your Leisure:

The Jammin’ Crepes storefront on Nassau Street.
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  • STUDENTS REFLECT ON FIRST TWO MONTHS OF INAUGURAL PAY WITH POINTS PROGRAM: Contributing Writer Sofiia Shapovalova interviewed several first-years and sophomores about their opinions on the new dining points initiative connected to the unlimited meal plan.
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