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Aaron Sorkin is on the record in favor of plagiarism, so I am going to plagiarize him without worrying about it too much.
“The single idea of Big Block of Cheese Day is still more important than ever: who gets heard, and about what?”
The ‘Prince’ staff sat in Wawa for 24 hours, observing the rotating cast of characters who enter and exit its doors, and the stories of those who work behind its counters. Reporters switched off hour by hour, each observing a part of the Wawa tapestry.
Everybody loves a secret space. From rumors of a shrine to Danny DeVito hidden behind laundry machines in Little Hall to whispers of a network of underground tunnels darting across campus, there's a certain allure about little known spaces on campus.
After a competitive vice presidential election, Srista Tripathi ’25 secured the position against Chase Magnano ’25 and Warren Shepherd ’27. The results of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) winter election were released on Friday, Dec. 8 in an email sent to the student body by current USG President Stephen Daniels.
When you ask people what they love about Princeton, we almost always hear similar responses. For these interviews, we wanted to go a little deeper to see what made people really fall in love with Princeton.
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Response rate falls in first We Speak survey on sexual misconduct in five years
The University has issued an outright ban on the use, storage, and parking of personal electric vehicles (PEVs) on most of campus. This is an update to the less aggressive time-based PEV restrictions announced in August and is the result of low compliance with that policy, according to an email shared with the community on Monday, Dec. 4.
A redeveloped Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), slated for release by the end of the month, will significantly shorten the process for applicants, including those to Princeton. As reports speculate that this may lead to students receiving less aid than previous iterations, the University says its financial aid program will not be impacted.
As we begin reading period, the Princeton community is entering our semesterly sprint to the finish. Many resources are offered to mitigate our inevitable stress — emails about Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) and various study-break activities chief among them. While the University and student focus is often on expanding student support during exam periods, the overall health of students throughout the semester deserves more attention. Further, our current dialogue on advocating for increased mental health resources should also consider implementable changes that more holistically approach and mitigate the causes of mental health issues.
Will Aepli ’26 spent the summer after his freshman year working at Hungry Jack’s, a general store in Wilson, Wyo. that sits near the base of Teton Pass. Bounded on both sides by Fish Creek, the store is both a “supply hub and neighborhood checkpoint” for the surrounding community. A sign on its exterior from 1954 reads, “Pop: 35, Elev: 6146,” though now it serves more than a thousand people with food, alcohol, holiday cards, and fresh-roasted coffee.
As the tallest and shortest guys, respectively, in the Princeton Footnotes, Rupert Peacock ’24 and Koda Gursoy ’26 might not have much in common at first glance. But what brings the two singers together is their unconventional childhood performance careers.
On Wednesday night, the women’s basketball team (6–3 overall, 0–0 Ivy League) beat the Quinnipiac Bobcats (2–5 overall, 0–0 Metro Atlantic Athletic) in comfortable fashion at Jadwin Gymnasium.
Princeton advertises its “commitment to undergraduate education” extensively on its website, but the level of access that students have to professors and instructors varies widely across subjects. The Daily Princetonian analyzed 500 Fall 2023 course syllabi — broken down into humanities, social science, natural science, and engineering disciplines — from the Syllabus Library to see how the hours Princeton faculty offer for drop-in differs across disciplines.
On a daily basis, Princeton students face all sorts of stressors from academics to social life. But on a campus where, according to The Daily Princetonian’s Frosh Survey, 52.5 percent of the incoming Class of 2027 participated in a high school varsity sport, sports are a natural break for many students.
“After weeks of grinding and studying in East Pyne and Firestone, there’s nothing like fighting between the lines,” sophomore Braden Lalin told The Daily Princetonian after his team, the Travelers, emerged victorious from the championship game of this year’s 5v5 intramural basketball season.
In a festive, wreathed home just down the street from Forbes College, Head of Forbes College Maria Garlock and Dean of Forbes College Patrick Caddeau sit amidst a tornado of fur. Fonzie, a one-year-old golden retriever, and Lionela, a black Puerto Rican street dog, occasionally approach their humans for nuzzles. Lionela eventually races off after the toy in Fonzie’s mouth.
The University’s Office of Sustainability boasts “more than 250 filtered water bottle-filling stations.” Yet the fountains on campus vary significantly, having been installed at different times.