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Election Day has arrived. 469 students told us how they were voting.

Election Day has arrived. 469 students told us how they were voting.

Paige Cromley

On the eve of the 2020 Presidential Election, The Daily Princetonian shares data gathered from a survey of the undergraduate student body, asking about voting plans, registration status, and views on the presidential candidates. The 469 respondents painted a picture of unenthusiastic support, passionate disapproval, and wholehearted civic engagement.

FEATURES | 11/03/2020

The most influential Princeton alumni in politics 2020

Daily Princetonian Staff, Ananya Grover, and Brian Tieu

We’ve named 29 Princeton alumni who profoundly shaped politics this year. See who made our list.

FEATURES | 11/02/2020

‘A wake up call’: Princeton students recall the wildfires that seared California

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‘A wake up call’: Princeton students recall the wildfires that seared California

Rachel Sturley and Reva Singh

As the fires begin to cool, The Daily Princetonian caught up with students living in California about their wildfire experiences, the intersection between pandemic and climate disaster, and what comes next.

FEATURES | 11/01/2020

The Poll Hero Project: Princeton students bring Gen Z to the polls

Sofia Alvarado

A pandemic-stricken election has left states without enough personnel to facilitate poll sites. Eleven Princeton students are tackling this problem head-on.

FEATURES | 10/29/2020

‘No better time’: Princeton gap year students commit to campaign work

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‘No better time’: Princeton gap year students commit to campaign work

Claire Schultz

Seven gap year students reflect on their decision to work for political campaigns, the ups and downs of the job, and the importance of voting. “There’s no better way to learn about politics and how it works than to be on a campaign,” said Ben Bograd ’23.

FEATURES | 10/28/2020

‘A sobering experience’: Students who contracted COVID-19 look back

Julie Levey

As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, three students sat down with The Daily Princetonian to share their experiences with the disease, as well as a few words of advice for their peers. “All I can really hope for is that people take it more seriously across the nation,” one sophomore said.

FEATURES | 10/22/2020

Tiger Tots: Marshall Barnes

Jacqueline Lydon

In the third installment of Tiger Tots, The Daily Princetonian interviews Marshall Barnes, the nine-but-almost-10-year-old son of Dr. Stacey Sinclair, Head of Mathey College and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs.

FEATURES | 10/19/2020

How the eating clubs went virtual

Ben Angarone

Eating club officers are striving to prove to current and future members that their institutions still hold value, even in an indefinitely quarantined world.

FEATURES | 10/08/2020

‘Committee, committee, committee’: After five years, Princeton’s approach to institutional reform hasn’t changed

Ellen Li and Alex Gjaja

On Sept. 2, President Eisgruber laid out how his administration would “combat systemic racism” — announcing plans that resemble the University’s response to the Black Justice League in 2015. With insight from the students, alumni, and stakeholders who sat on the previous iteration of committees, The Daily Princetonian unravels a convoluted story of college governance, layers upon layers of committees, and the difficulties that impede institutional change.

FEATURES | 09/24/2020

As humanities flounder, the HUM sequence faces a reckoning

As humanities flounder, the HUM sequence faces a reckoning

Rachel Sturley and Annabelle Duval

The Humanities Sequence is a University staple. How is it adapting to become more critical of the Western canon it teaches? HUM students and professors share their perspectives on how the course has changed direction and where it still needs to go.

FEATURES | 08/16/2020

Two Princeton teams, one mission: the fight to create fairer election outcomes

Two Princeton teams, one mission: the fight to create fairer election outcomes

Anne Wen

As data collection for this year’s census draws to a close, focus is shifting towards the use of that data in determining electoral representation. Two Princeton-based groups, the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and Representable, are working to stop the threat of partisan redistricting, a practice commonly known as gerrymandering.

FEATURES | 08/13/2020

‘Because voting should be simple’: group of first-years compile resources for student civic engagement

‘Because voting should be simple’: group of first-years compile resources for student civic engagement

Francesca Block

At the core of their work lies one clear idea: regardless of political views or background, Hope Perry ’24 said, “citizens of the United States deserve to have access to the ballot.”

FEATURES | 08/12/2020

Princeton businesses received over $200M in PPP loans. Some are still struggling.

Princeton businesses received over $200M in PPP loans. Some are still struggling.

Albert Jiang and Edward Tian

The U-Store, Tower Club, McCarter Theatre, Princeton Theological Seminary, Small World Coffee, Labyrinth Books, Jammin’ Crepes, and the Princeton Record Exchange all received loans of over $150,000. Several small business owners told the ‘Prince’ that this lifeline, while helpful, wasn’t enough.

FEATURES | 08/06/2020

Visit our first-ever frosh issue website!

Daily Princetonian Staff

Each year, we mail a “frosh issue” to all incoming students. This exclusive website accompanies our print edition.

FEATURES | 07/29/2020

PART II | ‘Resurfacing history’: A look back at the Black Justice League’s campus activism

PART II | ‘Resurfacing history’: A look back at the Black Justice League’s campus activism

Ellen Li and Omar Farah

Wilson was not at the core of the BJL’s early campaigns. But in the fall of 2015, the call to remove his name commanded national attention, largely eclipsing the BJL’s other goals.

FEATURES | 07/28/2020

PART I | ‘Resurfacing history’: A look back at the Black Justice League’s campus activism

PART I | ‘Resurfacing history’: A look back at the Black Justice League’s campus activism

Ellen Li and Omar Farah

Walking into Nassau Hall, the students had every expectation of returning to their dorms that evening. But five, 10, 20 hours later, they were still in Eisgruber’s office.

FEATURES | 07/28/2020

‘The early warning signs are not pretty’: Eviction Lab researchers study end of federal moratorium

Francesca Block

Desmond believes the lab’s data leaves one thing certain: “Without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.”

FEATURES | 07/27/2020

How the eating clubs went coed

How the eating clubs went coed

Evelyn Doskoch, Alex Gjaja, and Kenny Peng

Thirty years since the NJ Supreme Court ruled against Princeton’s last all-male eating clubs, The Daily Princetonian takes a look back at the decade-long fight for equality on the Street.

FEATURES | 07/13/2020

‘Walking at the frontier’: professor William Massey ’77, trailblazing Black mathematician and mentor

‘Walking at the frontier’: professor William Massey ’77, trailblazing Black mathematician and mentor

Edward Tian

Nineteen years ago, when Massey stood in front of a committee of white Princeton professors, waiting as they pondered his academic fate, no Black mathematician had ever been awarded tenure at an Ivy League university. When the committee was through, he had become the first.

FEATURES | 06/28/2020

‘It really seemed like we were in a movie’: Bridge Year Bolivia, political tumult, and COVID-19

‘It really seemed like we were in a movie’: Bridge Year Bolivia, political tumult, and COVID-19

Elise Hogan

After fleeing from Bolivia to Peru during a political uprising in November and being forced to evacuate to their homes in March due to the coronavirus, three members of the Novogratz Bridge Year Bolivia group spoke to The Daily Princetonian to discuss their unique experiences abroad and their adjustment to life back home.

FEATURES | 06/21/2020

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