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According to Princeton University’s biannual update on hazing, students in a fraternity and members of a student organization are being charged with a violation, resulting in 16 students being suspended, in addition to other students who have had their degree withheld or received disciplinary probation.

In 2021, the ‘Prince’ published a guest contribution from Aybars Önder ’24, who accused the Princeton Debate Panel (PDP) of hazing in the fall of 2021. “My experience with PDP leads me to worry that other clubs may have their own versions of repulsive initiation ‘traditions.’ Yet there is very little open discussion of hazing on campus, and those who go through it often choose to stay silent. By sharing my own experience in more detail, I hope to help the community recognize that some ‘traditions’ are unacceptable, deeply harmful, and must be stopped,” Önder wrote.

Accused students are assessed by the faculty-student Committee on Discipline (COD). In a separate piece, the ‘Prince’ delved into the role of the COD in academic integrity cases, noting that it handles a large percentage of cases as opposed to the student-run Honor Committee. One aspect the report revealed that was that the COD charged pledges for the hazing, not just existing members.

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Witherspoon statue, fossil fuel disassociation, CPS funding key topics in substantial CPUC meeting: At the Council of the Princeton University Community’s (CPUC) final meeting of the academic school year, held on May 1, the committee reviewed the preliminary results of the WeSpeak Survey, announced a budget increase of 26.4 percent for undergraduate scholarships, and gave updates from the Committee on Naming on the John Witherspoon statue. The next CPUC meeting is slated to take place in September 2023.

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OPINION | We started PGSU in 2016. Now, it’s time to unionize.

In a guest contribution, the architects of the Princeton Graduate Student Union (PGSU), Jamie Pelling and Sarah Reibstein GS ’22, reflect on the origins of the organization in 2016 and its drive to establish an official graduate student union. Encouraged by the PGSU’s recent efforts to promote solidarity, Pelling and Reibstein urge University graduate students to embrace the push toward collective action and usher in a new era of unionization.

“We are so proud of the graduate student organizers who have brought us to this point. It is deeply heartening to see solidarity spread across this campus. We urge Princeton graduate students to follow their colleagues at grad unions across the country to take a seat at the table, to set the terms of their employment, and to stand together as Princeton Graduate Students United,” write Pelling and Reibstein.

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• PODCAST: Listen to the latest episode of Daybreak, The Daily Princetonian’s daily news podcast. Tune in to today’s episode to hear about an update on the removal of Princeton High School’s principal, a deployment of U.S. troops to the southern border, the looming threat of a default on the national debt, and student attitudes on the Honor Committee.