Daily Newsletter: April 16, 2024
Genrietta Churbanova, John Freeman named valedictorian, salutatorian: Your Daily ‘Prince’ Briefing
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Genrietta Churbanova, John Freeman named valedictorian, salutatorian: Your Daily ‘Prince’ Briefing
The University named Genrietta Churbanova ’24 as this year’s valedictorian and John Freeman ’24 as the salutatorian on Monday, April 15. The Daily Princetonian interviewed Churbanova and Freeman on their experience at Princeton, independent work and interests, and post-graduation plans.
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On Tuesday, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society will host a candidate forum for the Democratic primary of the 3rd Congressional District of New Jersey — the district of Senate-hopeful Congressman Andy Kim (D-N.J.). Organizers told The Daily Princetonian it is the first event of its kind in Princeton’s history.
As the Class of 2024 prepares to graduate on May 28, a time of celebration brings back memories of what proved to be a formative event in the Class of 2024’s college experience. March 2024 marked the fourth anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Daily Princetonian sat down with five members of the senior class to learn more about the strengths and lessons the Class of 2024 — the ‘COVID’ class — has brought to Princeton during their four years here.
With the University’s extensive varsity, club, and intramural sports programs, Princeton students have no shortage of options for athletic field usage on campus, even as Poe Field remains under construction until the end of the summer. As the weather gets warmer, field utilization will only increase.
I’m a first-year, and in less than a year, it’ll be time for me, my friends, and the Class of 2027 to join eating clubs. When we do, we’ll be looking for spaces where we can relax, socialize, and be among friends. We’re looking for places where we can have a reprieve from the fast pace of Princeton life, places where we can eat dinner, play pool, and sit around in complete comfort. For those of us of marginalized identities, that also means that we’re looking for a community that will respect us in a way that the outside world sometimes doesn’t. All of us, in our different ways, are looking for places where we feel at home. To phrase it in a way that has become controversial, we’re looking for safe spaces.
Coming off of a 2–1 loss against Harvard last weekend, Princeton softball (19–11, 8–4 Ivy League) swept a three-game series this weekend against Dartmouth (9–15, 5–7 Ivy League). With the sweep, the Tigers are now 23–22 against the Big Green since 2002. This series occurred during Princeton Pride Month and the first two games of the series were dubbed ‘Pride Game,’ as the Tigers displayed a pride flag in front of their dugout.
The Más Flow Dance Company honored legends of Latin music with their spring show “Leyendas,” which ran from April 11 through April 13 in Frist Theater. In the spirit of legends, the show presented its audience with stories and histories of the various music and dance styles that celebrate a valuable part of Latin culture.
Located on the back of the store Village Silver, the once blank wall on Spring Street has become a canvas. The Spring Street Mural, coordinated by the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP), has displayed original art to the town of Princeton since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the summer of 2020. As a part of the ACP’s public art initiative, the blank space was first painted to both promote the community and beautify the area — its first mural was titled “Stronger Together.”
Graduate students seeking to unionize filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Friday afternoon, potentially making the University the last Ivy League school to have a recognized graduate student union.
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate convened on Sunday, April 14 to discuss the proposed extension of passing periods between classes from 10 to 15 minutes, presentations on the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) report on antisemitism, updates from the Menstrual Products Task Force, and budget updates.
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USG affirms U. proposal to extend passing time between classes: Your Daily ‘Prince’ Briefing
Students were able to view a rare solar eclipse this week all around campus.
For its sixth annual Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Shabbat, the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) hosted Emily Ladau, a Jewish disability activist and author, for Shabbat on Friday, April 12. Ladau’s work as an activist began at age 10, when she made an appearance on Sesame Street to teach kids about what life is like with a physical disability.
The No. 17 men’s volleyball team (12–11 overall, 5–5 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) split the weekend series against the University of Charleston Golden Eagles (11–14, 2–6). Both games went down to the wire, accumulating a total of 10 sets over the weekend.
On Sunday, April 7, the New College West Coffee Club began offering a drink deviating from their other offerings: pour-over coffee. The drink, available exclusively as a hot 12-ounce cup, uses a freshly-ground Ethiopian bean. It’s also the manifestation of a dream by Coffee Club’s Director of Coffee Education, Ned Dockery ’25.
In February, I experienced a play that is rare at Princeton. It was created for Black women, about Black women, and by Black women. And it was powerful. “Love Type Beat,” written and directed by seniors Tanéyah Jolly ’24 and Nica Evans ’24, was an immersive play staged in the Lewis Center for the Art’s Wallace Theater about Black women and femmes’ many experiences with love, moving the audience through six vignettes of raw, intimate scenes.
A collection of boxes. A pair of sparkling red heels. “Flight of a Legless Bird,” written and directed by Ethan Luk ’24 with the help of retired Princeton English professor R.N. Sandberg ’70, opens where it ends. On one side of the stage, a group crowds around a collection of personal belongings of one of the play’s main characters, the late Hong Kong celebrity Leslie Chueng, cataloging them for display. Gloved and nearly clinical, they draw a sharp contrast to the opposite side where Robin, the play’s other central character, sits on the floor, sifting through a chaotic collection of unspecified items.