Room draw for students with housing accommodations is actually unaccommodating
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After announcing their intent to file a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to form a union, approximately 50 postdoctoral scholars delivered a letter to Nassau Hall on Monday calling on the University to remain impartial during the anticipated election to unionize.
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Reserving Richardson Auditorium, the largest performing arts space on campus, is presenting a problem for student-led performance groups at Princeton. The auditorium, renovated in 1984 to become a world-class concert hall, is one of the most coveted spaces for student performances.
After last weekend’s 2–1 series win over Cornell featuring strong performances from senior first-baseman Kyle Vinci and sophomore pitcher Justin Kim, the Princeton baseball team (7–15, 3–3 Ivy League) played their second Ivy League series against the Yale Bulldogs (7–14, 3–3) at Princeton’s Clarke Field. Yale came into this series on the heels of a series loss against Dartmouth, in which the Bulldogs narrowly lost games two and three.
Theatre Intime’s new show “Yaga,” first written and produced by artistic director Richard Rose of the Tarragon Theater in 2019 and now directed by Kat McLauglin ’25, is a humorous and riveting retelling of the classic Slavic folklore of Baba Yaga. The production asks the audience to reconsider the stories and humanity behind the characters we take for granted.
After last week’s big win against Harvard, the No. 14 ranked Princeton Tigers (6–3 overall, 2–1 Ivy League) came into Saturday’s contest against the Dartmouth Big Green (3–6, 0–2) eager to get a winning streak underway. Led by an impressive defensive showing and four goals from junior standout attacker Coulter Mackesy, the Tigers cruised to a victory against Big Green, coming out on top 15–5.
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate convened for its sixth meeting of the spring semester on Sunday, March 24. The Senate heard presentations on a University diversity report and regarding collaboration with the Muslim Student Association (MSA). They also approved a number of budget increases.
Class of 2028 admitted, first class following affirmative action ban: Your Daily ‘Prince’ Briefing
In the third year of an expanded undergraduate class, the University offered admission to the Class of 2028 this past Thursday, March 28. March 28 was this year’s ‘Ivy Day,’ the day that most Ivy League schools release their regular decision results and is traditionally the day in which Princeton accepts the majority of the next year’s class.
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Postdocs and scholars across Princeton want a union. For the past year, we have been talking with our colleagues and signing union authorization cards. These cards demonstrate our support for collective bargaining through a union. A supermajority of all postdoctoral researchers and Associate Research Scholars — over 65 percent — have signed authorization cards, clearly showing the majority desire for a collective voice and better working conditions.
In a top-20 men’s volleyball matchup between two of the strongest teams in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA), the No. 15 Tigers (10–10 overall, 3–4 EIVA) fell just short in a tough match against the No. 19 George Mason Patriots (15–7, 4–2) on Saturday.
Growing up, I quickly realized that the humanities are not as respected as their STEM counterparts in many spaces. For years, I told people that I wanted to be a doctor because I knew that it was a socially acceptable answer. I wouldn’t have to deal with someone interrogating me about job security or what I actually plan to do. Being a doctor was a safe, stable path. After applying to Princeton, I realized that I wasn’t passionate enough to dedicate the next decade of my life to studying medicine to become a doctor. I decided that, instead of studying neuroscience like I had originally planned, I was going to study English.
On Feb. 14, just like many hundreds of other Princeton students, I stopped by my eating club — Charter — to have lunch. I brought two guests, one of whom is a professor who has taught me in several courses and is also my senior thesis advisor.
“Do you have an iPhone? The idea behind the question marks was when you haven’t updated your phone, and the emojis won’t show up,” Petr Karpov ’24 said as I sat on the human-sized scanner’s glass pane, waiting to be scanned. I watched as a normal-sized scanner roved underneath the glass. The smaller scanner systematically makes its way across the whole pane, and a computer program then puts these small scans together to piece together one large image of whatever is sitting on the glass—in this case, me.
Princeton set new goals for socioeconomic diversity: Your Daily ‘Prince’ Briefing
Roy “Trey” Farmer ’93, a prominent figure in various Princeton arts and alumni spaces, was arrested for alleged possession of child pornography on Friday, March 22.
On Tuesday, March 26, the University announced new enrollment goals aimed at bolstering socioeconomic diversity. Princeton will strive to enroll an undergraduate student population that is, at a minimum, 70 percent need-based financial aid eligible and 22 percent Pell Grant eligible. A committee of the Board of Trustees also recommended growing the transfer program, continuing legacy preferences in tie-breaking scenarios, and ensuring that recruited athletes are representative of the greater student body.
In film and other media, three things are required to pass the Bechdel Test: two of the characters must be women, these women must converse with each other, and the topic of conversation must be something other than a man. Bonus points are given if the two women have names.